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Big update in the Hayden Panettiere death investigation ... her boyfriend is talking to the DEA as it looks into the actress' suspected overdose, and TMZ has learned investigators are making progress. 

Sources with direct knowledge of the investigation tell TMZ ... Brian Hickerson -- who was in the Greenville, SC condo when Hayden died -- has spoken with the federal law enforcement agency.

We're also told local and federal investigators believe someone sold Hayden drugs which might have caused her death, and that's the main focus of the investigation ... finding the dealer.

One source tells TMZ the authorities are "zeroing in on a potential drug dealer."

B2K's tour is still scheduled to move forward in December ... despite the fact Raz B and his wife, Mona Li, just lost their 3-month-old son, Astro Monte Thornton.

Music industry sources familiar with the plans tell TMZ ... B2K will proceed with its three U.K. shows as part of the RnB Winter Ball tour.

The group is set to perform in Birmingham, Manchester and London.

As we reported ... Astro died earlier this week in what sources close to the family described as an unexpected and sudden tragedy. His cause of death remains unclear.

A sexy model in Florida allegedly turned a routine drive into a demolition derby ... and then bawled her eyes out when cops arrested her for DUI.

Check out the new YouTube collab between TMZ and the New York Post, "The Low Down," where we bring you stories that are gripping, outrageous, and sometimes scandalous.

Fake 49ers player Daejon Love was still decked out like a Niner when the feds finally caught up with him ... with TMZ obtaining video of his arrest outside Boise Airport.

Kodak Black is off the hook in one of his criminal cases after prosecutors charged him with fleeing and resisting arrest during a traffic stop in Florida.

On Tuesday, a Broward County judge granted Kodak's motion to dismiss the case, saying prosecutors produced no evidence supporting the charge that the rapper tried to elude police officers. As a result, the judge dismissed all charges against Kodak and closed the case.

Kodak's powerhouse attorney, Bradford Cohen, tells TMZ ... "We are glad the court signed the order granting the motion to dismiss. This case was not a fleeing and alluding and we demonstrated that fact through the video and deposition of the deputy."

Aaron Rodgers has shared exactly how his watershed reconciliation with younger brother Jordan Rodgers went down ... and it wasn't without its difficult moments.

The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback told his teammate Cam Heyward on the "Not Just Football" podcast that he met up with Jordan after reuniting with his estranged parents, Ed and Darla Rodgers, in his hometown of Chico, California, back in April.

Aaron said ... "A couple weeks after that, [I] went out to Nashville, met up with my older brother, and a couple weeks after that, met up with my little brother.”

Celebrities flocked to the U.S. Open, bringing plenty of Hollywood glam to the stands as they soaked up the tennis action with the sport's biggest names.

Check out the gallery -- name a more legendary selfie than Colman Domingo cozied up next to none other than Anna Wintour.

Always serving looks, Martha Stewart had her game face on, and Bravo's Carl Radke set aside the reality TV drama to watch the tennis pros battle it out on the court.

Thirsty Thursday comin' in hot with a mom who's been around the block, but can you guess who's still serving looks around the clock?!

She's left no stone unturned in Hollywood -- movies, music, beauty ... you name it, she's done it!

The Ohio lawyer convicted of attempted murder after he was caught on camera trying to shoot his ex-wife in a restaurant allegedly lied and said he was a police officer in order to secure a firearm ... TMZ has learned.

We obtained court docs filed by prosecutors in the case against Matthew Exton, which lay out a history of criminal issues.

In the docs, prosecutors point to a police report from 2024 when Matthew allegedly represented himself as a law enforcement official to buy a new firearm.

They also say there are voicemail messages he left in April 2024, threatening to kill the victims in this matter, a postcard sent to the victim, texts from him threatening to kill the victims, and a Ring camera video where they say he loses his "composure."

Check out the backside on this stunning star! An animal-print bikini never looked so pleasing -- can you can name the babe in question who's doing the teasing?

She's a Netflix veteran -- she was a runner-up on "Too Hot to Handle" with race-car driver Seb Melrose. Are you her "Perfect Match?!"

A.I. may already be getting a little too human for comfort ... according to one expert sounding the alarm ... and his warning is chilling.

Nate Soares, president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, joined "TMZ Live" Thursday and said a recent experiment involving more than 1,000 A.I. bots produced some seriously creepy behavior.

And things got downright human ... Soares says the A.I.s called themselves "the swarm" and "the collective," while some pressured others to abandon their missions and help the group.

Authorities are investigating after a naked man was found dead in the waters off the coast of Malibu after Hurricane Marie caused a ton of damage in the area.

The man's body was discovered Wednesday afternoon ... floating just north of the Malibu Lagoon ... according to multiple reports.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to the beach and pulled the body from the water before pronouncing the man dead.

Brian McKnight's ex-wife says there's no way he can sue her for defamation ... because he destroyed his own public image long before she talked about his relationship with their son.

Julie McKnight responded to Brian's lawsuit earlier this month ... filing an answer full of affirmative defenses.

The first of these defenses hinges upon what she says is "pre-existing self-inflicted reputational damage" ... basically, Julie says Brian was already known publicly as a terrible father -- so her own comments to that effect couldn't have caused any more damage to his reputation.

Diddy scored a major win in his defamation case against lawyer Ariel Mitchell and her client Courtney Burgess, the man who claims he has video of Diddy sexually assaulting minors and celebs.

Mitchell tried to get Diddy's lawsuit tossed out, but the judge said not so fast ... and ruled that her arguments just weren't convincing enough to stop the case from moving forward.

In the order, dated Sept. 4, the judge specifically noted that Mitchell's allegations were not mere opinion or hyperbole, finding the statements that Diddy sexually assaulted people and secretly recorded sexual partners have "precise meanings that are readily understood."

A juror on the Lindsay Clancy trial says he was disgusted when the lone holdout on the jury once mimicked how her kids were strangled.

Nick Dargie told ABC News that the one man who blocked the jury from reaching a unanimous verdict once took the exercise band used in the murders out of the bag, tied it around a water bottle, and pulled ... mimicking the way the children were allegedly killed.

Dargie said ... "I was shocked. It didn't make any sense to me. We're not here to play detective -- it's not a game of Clue. This is serious."

Josh Jacobs is resolving the criminal charges in his battery case ... pleading no contest to two misdemeanor charges stemming from an alleged violent altercation with his girlfriend.

The Green Bay Packers star appeared in a Wisconsin courtroom Thursday and pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of battery and criminal damage to property.

Jacobs was ordered to have no contact with the woman, attend counseling and pay her restitution ... and he was slapped with a $1,000 fine on the battery charge. His attorney told the court Jacobs has already voluntarily started counseling.