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RJ Mitte is being remembered by his family and friends in Texas, days after his tragic death. 

The "Breaking Bad" star's sister Lacianne Carriere took to the podium during Friday's celebration of life and rightfully got incredibly emotional ... while talking about how great a brother she was to her, especially after her mother got into a terrible accident.

Speaking at Mitte Cultural District, the family’s organization in Brownsville, Texas, Lacianne stressed that everything she loves is because of RJ ... and reminded those struggling to seek help.

The Oregon shooter who killed 3 students and one teacher at an elementary school was armed with a pump-action shotgun purchased by his mother, according to the Associated Press.

The AP reports the 16-year-old gunman, whose name has not been released, used the powerful weapon to go on his bloody rampage Thursday inside Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, OR.

Police say the teen fatally shot three kids, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher before a good Samaritan killed the shooter with his own gun.

Citing a law enforcement source, Fox News said the Samaritan had a permit to carry a firearm.

Halle Berry is offloading her Sunset Strip mansion ... another major life change as she dukes it out with her ex-husband in court.

The actress listed her 5-bedroom, 6-bathroom residence for nearly $12 million earlier this month ... days after Olivier Martinez filed a temporary restraining order against her over alleged child abuse.

The 5,900-square-foot home -- originally built in 1926 -- sits on more than 25K square feet and boasts three separate structures ... a three-bedroom main residence, a guest house and a separate studio.

Keegan Allen is back in public for the first time since he claims he was robbed at gunpoint and bloodied during a violent encounter in West Hollywood ... and he says things aren't great.

Photogs got the "Pretty Little Liars" star in Los Angeles on Thursday and asked how he was holding up.

Keegan's response ... "Not feeling great."

Montez Ford's hips have gotten the WWE SuperStar in hot water ... the wrestler's been sued for performing a "sexualized lap dance" on a security officer during a Monday Night Raw taping.

Security guard Noel Lucas, a sheriff's deputy from Cook County by day, filed a lawsuit in Illinois, claiming he got a whole lot of unwanted crotch during the July 6 wrestling event, where he was working ringside security.

Lucas is suing for assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, among other claims.

The dance in contention occurred during the 36-year-old wrestler's grand walk-out entrance at Raw.

Russell Brand allegedly tried to drag a woman into the bathroom while working at MTV ... according to new testimony in his criminal trial.

The actor's rape and sexual assault trial just finished its first week ... and, on Friday, a woman detailed an alleged 2001 encounter while she was working for the entertainment company.

She says she complimented Brand on his T-shirt ... and, after some playful banter, he asked her to show him to the bathroom.

The alleged victim says, once they got to the bathroom, Brand grabbed her arm and said in a "pleading" voice, "Come in, go on, come in." She alleges he had a "wild" look in his eye.

Laken Snelling is going away for a long time ... because a judge slapped her with a 10-year sentence in connection with the death of her infant son last year.

The 22-year-old former University of Kentucky cheerleader was sentenced Friday, several local news outlets reported.

Snelling pled guilty to first-degree manslaughter, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant back in August ... one year after her roommates found the boy's body in her room after hearing strange noises the night before.

Hayden Panettiere’s ex, Wladimir Klitschko, is one step closer to potentially getting back some of the late actress' jewelry he claims was sold to a pawn shop ... TMZ has learned.

A judge signed off on Wladimir’s petition to be named temporary guardian of his daughter Kaya, who is the only beneficiary of Hayden’s estate.

Among his specific powers, the court specifically authorized him to request and authorize law enforcement to investigate the missing jewelry he believes was misappropriated.

A college student in New York City died after she unwittingly took fentanyl and was raped by a teenager in her dorm room ... according to prosecutors.

Moises Freire -- a 19-year-old from the Bronx -- has been charged with participating in a fentanyl distribution conspiracy and distributing a deadly drug with intent to commit rape in connection with an alleged incident authorities say went down on March 18.

Prosecutors claim Freire brought a substance to two students' dorm room and told them it was pure cocaine when it was actually fentanyl.

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The driver who tried to stop the Oregon school shooter is showing the damage the gunman did to his truck ... and it's riddled with bullet holes, including a shot through the windshield.

A new video shared by the still-unnamed driver shows the body of the vehicle ... with bullet holes by the back wheel well and another through the truck's camper shell.

Two of the windows were completely blown out by gunfire ... and the shocked driver even notes one bullet went through the windshield -- right above where his head was when he was driving.

Lori Loughlin's estranged husband, Mossimo Giannulli, isn't exactly seeing eye to eye with the actress in divorce court ... TMZ has learned.

In new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Mossimo lists the date of separation as "to be determined," unlike Lori, who says they split on August 31, 2025.

Mossimo is asking the court to determine whether spousal support should be paid to either party. He doesn't make any specific reference to a prenup, which Lori says was signed around a month before their November 1997 wedding.

Up is down, and down is up ... and the White House Press Secretary is refusing to take questions from the media.

Katie Zacharia is under fire for claiming she was a "lawyer" when she never passed the bar exam ... but when the White House press corps dared to ask her about it Friday, she stunningly shut them all down.

Ya gotta see the video ... President Trump's new White House Press Secretary walks up to a throng of reporters on the North Lawn, and the first words out of her mouth are, "I'm not taking any questions."

Fox News contributor Kennedy is dishing on her experiences with Kimberly Guilfoyle while the two worked together at the network, painting Guilfoyle as a status-hungry social climber with a spicy sexual appetite.

In fact, Kennedy wrote a column for the Daily Mail on Thursday, pointing out one incident in particular that showed just how spicy Guilfoyle could get.

Kennedy wrote that she was invited to Guilfoyle's home one night and, when she got there, Guilfoyle opened the door wearing a "black, push-up corset and thigh-high stockings, and purred: 'You like what you see?'"

Sean Hannity grilled Katie Zacharia over her bar exam controversy on his show Thursday night ... and the experience didn't go so well for the newly minted White House press secretary.

The longtime Fox News host interviewed Zacharia on "Hannity" about her first week as President Trump's press secretary and, at one point, Hannity brought up that Zacharia called it a "conspiracy theory as it relates to the issue of being a lawyer."

Zacharia flashed an uncomfortable smile as Hannity pointed out that she attended Pepperdine University and failed her first attempt at passing the bar exam to become an attorney.  

10:20 AM PT -- Crystal Harris is firing back at Bridget Marquardt ... and she claims Bridget and Holly Madison are "constantly tearing me down."

Crystal responded in a social media post, saying ... "I fully support everyone having the right to tell their story. I've never said otherwise. What I don't support is the continued mythologizing and glamorization of predators and abusers."

She adds ... "I'm not trying to silence anyone. I'm asking Hollywood to be mindful of what it chooses to celebrate."

Bridget Marquardt doesn't think Jessica Biel should think twice about the message she got from Hugh Hefner's ex ... and should stay in the upcoming Playboy movie.

Bridget sat down with TMZ's Charlie Neff on "The TMZ Podcast" to discuss the digital drama going down ... and she tells us Crystal Harris was just looking for attention when she messaged Jessica.

Crystal slid into Jessica's DMs asking her to reconsider playing Hef's wife in "Playmates," referencing what she calls "troubling concerns regarding minors" and saying she experienced "sexual, emotional, financial and physical abuse" during her marriage to Hugh.