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Selma Blair is finally speaking out after her shocking arrest earlier this week ... releasing a lengthy statement through her spokesperson, who claims the actress "did not intend to harm anyone."

In a statement to PEOPLE, Selma's rep says ... "Selma Blair experienced a medical emergency on the flight. There was no attempt to open the door of the aircraft. Selma did not intend to harm anyone.”

We broke the story ... Selma was arrested after allegedly punching a flight attendant and biting another one on a Delta flight from Los Angeles to New York. She was taken to a hospital, and on the way there she allegedly kicked a cop and then kicked a nurse once she got to the hospital. She was charged with two counts of assault and pleaded not guilty.

3:53 PM PT -- Hassan Kariem's family tells TMZ... "They can’t perform the Janazah for Hassan on Sunday at 2 PM. Cemetery reached out an hour ago. Due to cemetery timing, New date - Monday October 19th, 2 PM Atlanta, GA."

Hassan Jihan Ibn Kariem -- the man who was thrown from a roller coaster and fell to his death at Six Flags Over Georgia earlier this week -- will be laid to rest on Sunday ... TMZ has learned.

His family tells TMZ ... Hassan's body was returned to them from the coroner on Thursday, and -- because he was a Muslim -- Hassan's body has to be buried within 3 days of the mortuary receiving him.

We're told his funeral is scheduled for Sunday at 2 PM in Atlanta.

The Good Samaritan who put an end to a school shooter's rampage in Bend, Oregon, is getting support from people online ... who are throwing cash his way as a "thank you" for his heroic actions.

A woman named Amy Reynolds -- a businesswoman who is based in Bend -- started a GoFundMe for Kaylub Giamanco after he rushed into Silver Rail Elementary School and neutralized a 16-year-old school shooter who had already killed 4 people

Amy says Kaylub bravely acted out of love ... but he still has a difficult road ahead, which may require extra money.

Katie Zacharia's White House career is apparently over before it even got started ... with President Trump's newest press secretary reportedly getting the boot after a week on the job.

According to The New York Times, Zacharia has been fired after 5 days on the job ... making her stint even shorter than Anthony Scaramucci's infamous 11-day run as White House communications director in 2017 ... even the Mooch lasted longer.

The reported firing comes just minutes after Trump suggested Zacharia might be better off without the job ... telling reporters she'd been treated "very, very badly" by the media and didn't need the headache.

A New York judge is putting one of the Cornell 7 defendants and his lawyers on blast ... saying they're stirring up media drama.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, Judge Phaedra Perry-Bond shot down Diego Sarabia's attempt to limit what attorneys and others involved in the case can say publicly about the explosive gang rape lawsuit ... with the judge saying his legal team didn't come close to making a convincing argument.

The judge says simply expressing opinions about the case isn't enough to take away someone's right to free speech ... and Sarabia's lawyers didn't give her a good enough reason to step in.

The Oakland Police Department is looking into a viral video that allegedly shows the shooting that ended reality star Kash's life.

OPD confirmed they're looking into the clip, which is making the rounds online ... telling us it has been forwarded to the case investigator for review.

The video is graphic ... it shows a fight breaking out between two women -- with the pair trading blows and pulling hair -- when a third woman runs up and starts smacking down at one of them.

Sean "Diddy" Combs has had an insane week behind bars ... and now things have gotten even crazier for him, because we've learned he was just transferred out of his New Jersey lockup.

We're told Diddy is now at Federal Corrections Institution in Allenwood, Pennsylvania, a low-security prison.

The federal Bureau of Prisons tells TMZ ... Diddy was sent packing from FCI Fort Dix this morning ... after his medical emergency last Saturday when he was taken by ambulance to a facility for treatment.

Anthony Scaramucci will no longer be known as the shortest-lived White House Press Secretary ... that distinction now belongs to Katie Zacharia ... and the Mooch ain't mad.

Anthony couldn't resist chiming in Friday after Katie's blink-and-you-missed-it stint as President Trump's mouthpiece came to an end after just 5 days ... a firing that everyone saw coming.

Joe Scarborough started it all by joking, "Mooch, we hardly knew ye" ... a reference to Scaramucci's 11-day run as White House press secretary during Trump's first term.

Scaramucci fired back with a classic response ... "Records are made to be broken. But I take no pleasure in other people's pain."

Elon Musk is apparently tired of cars staying on the ground ... because Tesla just unveiled what it's calling a flying car, and the billionaire is making some pretty wild promises about what this thing can do.

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Diddy is getting a change of scenery behind bars ... TMZ has learned the disgraced music mogul was transferred to a low-security federal prison in Pennsylvania after a wild stretch involving disciplinary trouble and a medical emergency at his New Jersey lockup.

Rick Ross may have a tough-guy reputation, but Phaedra Parks says the rapper is really a big ol' teddy bear ... just don't get her started on his love for marinara sauce.

We got the 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star at LAX this week, and she came to Ricky Rozay's defense following his recent battery arrest ... telling us the man behind the bravado is actually a sweetheart.

Phaedra, who worked with Ross before he became a superstar, says he's a true gentleman with a big heart ... pointing to his charitable work and contributions to affordable housing.

"American Pickers" star Mike Wolfe and his girlfriend Leticia Cline have split, TMZ has learned.

Leticia announced on social media that the 7-year relationship was over. She said, “For the past two months I’ve been trying to come to terms with things that have left me absolutely devastated.”

“While the world continues to see one version of someone, I’ve been living with a very different reality,” she said. Leticia added she's kept so much private over the past 10 years ... “things I witnessed, things I experienced, and things I stayed silent about because I loved someone and believed I was protecting him.” 

Before this cute girl with blunt bangs turned into an Australian model, she was just working in the fashion industry at 13 years old, racing motorbikes and riding horses.

She was the first Victoria's Secret Angel from Australia, rising to fame in 2007 -- the same year she made a cameo on "How I Met Your Mother."

10:35 AM PT -- A senior White House official tells Fox News that Katie is "transitioning out" of the role.

President Trump is telling Katie Zacharia she doesn't need the headache of being White House press secretary ... and he's letting her decide whether to stick around.

Trump says his newest spokesperson has been treated "very, very badly" by the media ... revealing he personally told her she doesn't have to put up with the abuse.

Startling discovery at a Philadelphia home that's been linked to 7 missing women ... bones were found on the property.

6abc Philadelphia -- a local outlet in the City of Brotherly Love -- reports that sources say the medical examiner's office was called Thursday to collect bones from the Olney neighborhood residence on the north side of the city.

It's still not clear if the bones are human or connected to any of the cases. Forensic examiners are still investigating.

RJ Mitte's mother is opening up about the heartbreaking moment she found her son dead ... while also confirming there was tension between the "Breaking Bad" star and his fiancée over his close relationship with his family.

Dyna Mitte tells NBC News she was the one who discovered RJ's body after he died by suicide at his Texas home ... revealing the 34-year-old actor did not leave a note.

RJs mom is also shedding new light on the relationship troubles TMZ first reported ... acknowledging RJ was struggling with pressure to choose between his fiancée, Kennedy Suarez, and his family.

The community in Bend, Oregon, is rallying around the family of a 5-year-old boy killed in Thursday's horrific elementary school shooting ... raising tens of thousands of dollars to help his grieving loved ones.

A Meal Train fundraiser has been set up for the family of Rhoam Summer, with donations pouring in as the community works toward a $100,000 goal ... already surpassing $60,000.

And money isn't the only support being offered ... community members have also arranged to deliver meals to the Summer family every day from October 18 through December 22, helping ease the burden of everyday responsibilities during an unimaginable time.