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A father of two in Florida died after he swam out to help a seagull he hooked while fishing ... and ended up drowning.

William "Stone" Romberg -- a hospitality manager -- died while fishing down in Panama City Beach on Sunday ... according to a GoFundMe set up for his family.

His friend, Heidi Fortner, says Romberg was fishing at an inlet when his cast caught a seagull. Concerned for the bird, she says he jumped into the water to untangle the animal.

Talk about a nightmare neighbor ... residents of an apartment building in China got the scare of a lifetime when a massive, nearly 18-pound king cobra came slithering right past their windows ... and it's all on video.

The terrifying encounter went down Sunday afternoon in Liupanshui, a city in southwestern China ... where the enormous snake was caught on video crawling along the metal railings outside the building.

The venomous reptile was seen making its way along the exterior of the building, getting dangerously close to people's windows -- that's one visitor you definitely don't want dropping by unannounced.

Cheek of the Week this week is brought you up by a rapper whose buns even caught the attention of the President! Can you guess whose buns are staring at you in the face?!

Mary J. Blige went scorched earth on a fan booing during her Las Vegas Residency, calling the person an "idiot" before asking for their polite removal from the theater -- and it was all caught on video!

TMZ obtained the insane footage of the iconic singer going off on the fan during her Wednesday night concert at MGM Resorts' Dolby Live Theater -- and it was totally eye-popping!

According to an eyewitness ... Mary was at the halfway mark of her 2-hour show, standing center stage at a microphone in between songs when someone in the crowd started booing.

Russell Brand has admitted to being a womanizer in the past ... but his wife says the man she married is caring, kind and an "amazing" husband.

Laura Brand took the stand Thursday in her husband's rape trial at London's Southwark Crown Court ... giving jurors a glowing review of the embattled comedian.

She described Russell as "caring and kind," a wonderful father and an "amazing, attentive husband" ... adding he has an "eye for detail I have never known before."

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Chrisean Rock isn't sweating her breakup with Blueface ... instead, she's sweating it out in the ring as she gears up for a celebrity boxing match.

TMZ caught up with "Holy Hands" Chrisean as she was prepping for her big fight next month against Morgan Victory ... and we asked her about her recent split, which came on the heels of a whirlwind engagement.

Chrisean says she's unbothered by her ex-fiancé and could take or leave his support -- she says she's focusing on faith right now ... and her fight.

A 72-year-old great-grandmother of 8 has revealed the "great retirement" plan she cooked up with her husband ... filming adult content.

DD White says what started off as making content for fun with her husband has turned into the ultimate post-career hustle ... and she has now launched her own OnlyFans.

Apparently, DD and her Italian husband -- whom she met in a spicy meet-cute at Ladies Night on the floor of a disco -- were swingers early in their now 40-year marriage.

Crystal Hefner and Jon Lovitz are locked in a tense back-and-forth over his time at the Playboy Mansion ... with Crystal calling his behavior "misogynistic" after Jon shrugged off her earlier criticism and defended her late husband, Hugh Hefner.

Crystal told Page Six ... "I think Jon Lovitz is part of the problem. I think many men who came up to that mansion [and] were very sexist and misogynistic are all part of that problem."

She added ... "Jon Lovitz had mentioned to me that Hef had bought something for me or paid for something and that I have no reason to speak because of that. I think his thinking is very outdated. That's really sad that, just because someone buys you something, it guarantees silence."

Crystal called Jon "one of the biggest pervs" in Hollywood and the Playboy Mansion's "No. 1 customer" on the "Lisa Guerrero Unleashed" podcast Tuesday.

Millie Bobby Brown just shared the tiniest glimpse of her infant son in her latest photo dump that's all about fall ... and it seems the little one is all set for Halloween!

In the photos ... Millie's second child can be seen wearing orange and black jack-o'-latern socks ... and the mom-of-two also shared a snap of a table setting that read "Mommy."

Millie captioned the photo set ... "Fallen so madly for fall."

Actress Elke Sommer -- best known for her sexy role as Maria Gambrelli in Peter Sellers' “Pink Panther” franchise -- has died one week before her 86th birthday, according to a new report.

Sommer's stepson, Sebastian Walther, told German news outlet Bild that Sommer died from heart failure Wednesday at her home in Bel Air, a ritzy neighborhood in Los Angeles. Sebastian also said Sommer's husband, Wolf Walther, died three months earlier after losing his battle with cancer.

Born in Berlin, Germany, Sommer spent nearly 6 decades as a Hollywood actress, kicking off her successful movie career in the 1960s with her most famous role as Gambrelli in the 1964 "Pink Panther" sequel, "A Shot In The Dark," starring Peter Sellers.

Cops have denied that a stabbing took place at a midterm rally where President Donald Trump spoke ... and revealed that an officer's knife became accidentally caught in a MAGA supporter's shirt.

In a video taken of the chaotic scene on Wednesday night ... a MAGA supporter sits down on the curb with what at first glance looks to be a pocket knife sticking out of his back.

While social media quickly speculated that a stabbing had taken place while Trump was on stage, the Chillicothe Police Department says that's not what went down at all.

Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Lee Curtis dove into all the buzz surrounding the new Elizabeth Holmes documentary, spoofing the mega-popular film for "The Tonight Show," and their performances were totally dead-on accurate and hilarious!

Jimmy and Jamie did the 1-minute spoof for Wednesday night's episode of "The Tonight Show" with Jimmy playing the role of Nathan Fielder -- co-director of the Holmes documentary "You Can See Everything" -- and Jamie playing the role of Elizabeth Holmes.

The two play Fielder and Holmes with awkward precision as they stand face-to-face, like at one weird point in the documentary.

Can you score the saddled up sweetheart who put on her lil' blue bikini and struck a pose for this shameless thirst trap?

Before landing her breakout role, she appeared in the superhero series "Black Lightning," but her superstardom skyrocketed playing Kiara on the hit teen show "Outer Banks."

Lindsay Clancy's attorney is firing back at her ex-husband's legal team ... flatly denying claims she plans to testify in a civil lawsuit against her medical providers. 

In a statement released Wednesday, Lindsay's attorney, Kevin Reddington, blasted representations made by Patrick Clancy's attorney during a hearing in his ongoing wrongful death lawsuit against Lindsay's former mental health providers.

Reddington said, "Lindsay Clancy never told any of her healthcare providers that she harbored homicidal ideation toward her children."

He also pushed back on claims Lindsay is prepared to take the stand in Patrick's civil case, saying she never indicated she intended to testify and no one representing her ever suggested otherwise.

Reddington ended his statement with a pointed message ... "Mr. Clancy's counsel does not speak for Lindsay Clancy."

The statement came after Patrick's attorney told a Massachusetts judge Wednesday he believes Lindsay will testify that she explicitly informed her medical providers she was experiencing homicidal thoughts and feared something terrible could happen to her children.

The dispute unfolded during a hearing over a motion to dismiss Patrick's lawsuit against Lindsay's former medical providers, whom he accuses of mishandling her mental health treatment before the January 2023 deaths of their three kids -- Cora, Dawson, and Callan.

As we reported ... Lindsay was charged with murdering the children before attempting suicide. Her defense argued she suffered from postpartum psychosis, but prosecutors disagreed. Her trial ended in a mistrial in September.

Savannah Chrisley's fiancé apparently made quite the impression while serving time in federal prison ... 'cause TMZ has obtained records showing he was praised for his work ethic, teaching skills, and willingness to help fellow inmates.

According to Federal Bureau of Prisons records filed in court and obtained by TMZ, Jason Galanis received glowing reviews in a July 2017 work performance evaluation while serving as a volunteer tutor.

Prison officials wrote that Jason volunteered to teach several classes to fellow inmates and made a genuine effort to turn his negative experience behind bars into something positive.