Beauty

The Univision talk show host canned for racist remarks about Michelle Obama says the pink slip was generated from the First Lady's Office.

Rodner Figueroa's team tells TMZ ... no one from the station or social media uttered a peep when he said Wednesday morning that a makeup artist who transformed himself into Michelle Obama, looked like a member of the "Planet of the Apes" cast.

The team claims at 10:20 PM Wednesday they got a call from a Univision exec who said Michelle Obama's office called the network to complain.

Figueroa wrote a letter to the First Lady -- obtained by TMZ -- in which he says he's from a bi-racial family, half-black, half-Latin, and adds he's the first openly gay Hispanic TV presenter. He says, "I've been an activist for causes in favor of minorities, as I have been discriminated against."

Figueroa then writes, "I voted openly twice for your husband, Barack Obama."

If this is how Carl's Jr. babe Charlotte McKinney plans to rehearse for her upcoming gig on "Dancing With the Stars" -- there's at least a chance we might be interested in that show again.

Hint for the 'DWTS' wardrobe department -- save the bikinis for Charlotte, and keep them away from Redfoo ... at all costs.

Of course, it's easier (and hotter) to just watch her burger spot instead.

Jennifer Lopez slithered into a tight, formfitting red dress Tuesday and showed off her killer body as she made her way in to tape an episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"

Taylor Swift put her famous (and possibly extremely valuable) gams on full display in Los Angeles for a shopping trip down Melrose Avenue.

According to a report, Swift and her team explored the possibility of insuring her legs against possible injury and learned they were valued at $40 million.

Mase might not be the same old pimp, but he still needs pimp-styled pampering -- the rapper did a father-son outing to a nail salon.

Mani-pedi sources tell us Mase and his kid (not pictured) hit up "Lovely Nails" Thursday night in Newport Beach, CA -- and had the staff working three deep to give them the works on their hands and feet.

We're told most of the staff didn't recognize the ex-Bad Boy rapper at first, but they were impressed once he dropped his creds.

One thing's for sure, Lindsay Lohan looks way better in a cream colored coat and bell-bottomed black slacks, than jailhouse orange ... which she keeps narrowly dodging.

Lohan was walking around London ... where she's been flying under the radar since an L.A. judge ordered her to perform 125 additional hours of community service.

This is the best we've seen her look in a while -- however, time spent putting together one's outfit and applying one's makeup ... does NOT count as community service.

It's unclear if LiLo's aware of that.

Jared Leto lopped off his long Jesus hair and dyed what's left of it platinum blond for a new movie role. But one of us thinks his new look has completely ruined the hotness forever!

That's in spite of that fact he still looks better than 99.5% of the world ... and his hair will grow back.

Kim Kardashian said hey baby, take a walk on the bright side -- debuting an ultra blonde hairdo in Paris.

Kim and Kanye West walked out of Le Royal Monceau Hotel, and -- it might just be the new 'do -- but she had a disturbingly distant look on her face ... maybe thinking if change is a good thing.

There is only one possible reason Scott Eastwood was working out in Santa Monica without a shirt or shoes, but WITH jeans and a giant belt buckle -- and you're looking at it.

When you've been blessed with looks and a body like that ... you show it off as much as possible.

Then again ... maybe Clint's son is just prepping for a sequel to his "Funny or Die" video where he plays with dogs. The rest of us just don't stand a chance.

Ronda Rousey spent more time throwing punches on the set of her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition modeling shoot ... than she did during UFC 184 ... and now there's video of the scantily clad workout.

SI just released the video ... in which Rousey says she was WAY more comfortable doing martial arts poses during the shoot than the traditional kissy-face looks.

Here's hot Brazilian model Natalia Borges playing some beach football in Miami Beach ... with her NYC nightclub honcho fiance Michael Satsky.

If nothing else ... Chris Brown was swimming in the right end of the gene pool when he knocked up his baby mama -- as evidenced by these pics.

As we told you ... the mother's name is Nia -- a 31-year-old from Texas who used to do some modeling, and she also appeared in music videos. We're guessing that's how she first hooked up with Chris years ago.

Drake did a little importing for his Australian tour -- flying in a hot chick -- from NY to keep him company.

The "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" rapper was chilling at his hotel pool in Perth, Australia, wearing a smoking babe in a bikini, named Bernice Burgos. We're told they met back in NYC, and they've been "knowing" each other since 2012. Drizzy immortalized her in his verse for the song, "Odio."

She's clearly hot enough to warrant a plane ticket half way around the world.

By the way, rare shots of Drake shirtless. He ain't hardcore, but he's looking ... fit.

Nicole Murphy likes 'em big ... real big ... and younger from the looks of things down on Miami Beach.

The reality star was hanging with enormously buff Brit model David McIntosh over the weekend. Considering she split with ex-NFL stud Michael Strahan last August ... it definitely looks like the lady has a type.

But sources connected to Nicole tell us despite their perfect physiques (she's freakin' 47) being so close ... they only hooked up for a photo shoot. No banging. Not yet.

The two of them together though -- quite a body of work.

Cindy Crawford's stock in trade is her body and now her people are out for blood, claiming the person who posted this pic (above) severely altered it to make her look bad.

The lawyer for Cindy's photographer

-- obtained by TMZ -- threatening everyone who posted the pic with a lawsuit if they didn't take it down and apologize. The lawyer says the original pic was stolen and then doctored to make her midsection look haggard.

The lawyer included a statement from the famous photog, who says he took the pic for Marie Claire Mexico and someone stole it from him and Photoshopped it.

The letter apparently worked ... some media outlets are already complying.

Shortly after the altered pic hit the Internet, Cindy's hubby, Rande Gerber, posted the pic below, showing the real deal.

Mystery solved! We now know exactly why Kate Upton is so ridiculously hot, because she was spotted pulling off her secret move ... in her car!

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