LAFC Sergi Palencia Under Investgation By Concacaf ... For Alleged Hate Speech
LAFC defender Sergi Palencia is currently under investigation ... after being accused of using a derogatory term toward a Colorado Rapids player during Tuesday night's contest.
Play was halted at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles during the 85th minute of the Concacaf Champions Cup match ... when Rapids defender Chidozie Awaziem began speaking intensely with a referee over what he deemed hate speech.
The official then talked to both coaches and the respected team captains before the action was resumed ... which ended in a Rapids loss by a final score of 1-0.
Bhad Bhabie Drops Diss Track For Alabama Barker... Video Features Travis Barker Look-Alike!!!
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11:46 AM PT -- Bhad Bhabie went on Instagram live and teased a possible Kanye collab. She posted a snippet of a song that featured Kanye on it, and fans are speculating there may be a Bhad Bhabie and Kanye remix soon.
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Bhad Bhabie just dropped a new diss track -- "MS Whitman" -- targeting her nemesis Alabama Barker and making it abundantly clear -- she ain't playin'!
Bhabie's music video takes a direct shot at AB and her famous family, featuring a Travis Barker lookalike who plays the drums as BB twerks around him in white lingerie.
Lyrically, no one is safe either. At one point, Bhabie raps about the Kardashians while claiming Alabama's "stanky p***y got you kicked out the Kardashian house." In real life, Alabama is close with stepmom Kourtney Kardashian.
Diddy We're Challenging Search Warrants ... Feds Offered 'Distorted Picture of Facts'
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Diddy's legal team is attacking the search warrants federal agents obtained to raid his homes and examine his internet history -- claiming feds "made false statements" in their applications for the warrants.
The super producer's lawyers filed the documents Sunday ... asking a judge to suppress all of the evidence obtained in the searches because the government "presented a grossly distorted picture of the facts" when obtaining the warrants.
Diddy's team says the feds had a variety of evidence that would prove at least one alleged victim willingly participated in the so-called "freak-offs." In court documents, the feds define a "Freak Off" as days-long sexual activity between Diddy, a woman and a male commercial sex workers, some of whom were transported over state lines.
Dave Grohl Little Nicotine to Calm Me Down ... Puffs on Cig After Baby Mama's Identity is Revealed
Dave Grohl's got another confession to make ... he's a bit stressed -- or at least he looked it while walking around Los Angeles!
The singer-songwriter was spotted Friday afternoon ... grabbing lunch at the luxurious Chateau Marmont before heading over to the ritzy grocery store Gelson's and then CVS.
DG -- keeping a low profile by tying his hair back and throwing a baseball cap on -- was furiously puffing on a cigarette ... getting his nicotine fix.
Scott Disick Ex Implies He Tried to Talk Her Into Plastic Surgery ... Wanted Boob Job & BBL!!!
Scott Disick's ex seems to be calling out the star for trying to pressure her into plastic surgery ... 'cause she's heavily implying he wanted her boobs and butt augmented.
Holly Scarfone hopped on her "Suite n' Salty" podcast earlier this week ... and, she opened up about how a guy she dated really pushed her to change her figure.
Listen to the clip ... Scarfone won't say the guy's real name -- but, she shares alleged text messages with the contact initials reading "SD" and at another point in the pod she used the fake name "Rot Shnisnick."
Luka Doncic Covered Up In Mavs Hype Vid ... Who-ka??
Luka Doncic was once the face of the franchise, but now the Dallas Mavericks refuse to even show his mug -- with the team editing the Slovenian hooper out of a hype video weeks after trading him to Los Angeles.
The Mavs dropped a new promo on Friday to seemingly get heartbroken and shocked Dallas backers to care about the team again ... but the big takeaway was the fact that any clips featuring Doncic included lazy editing -- like turning his body into a shadow and throwing a logo over his face for good measure.
Whole lotta shooters that's right WE MAVERICKS 😤@DorroughMusic // #MFFL pic.twitter.com/jffRXq4gUp
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) February 21, 2025 @dallasmavs
While the plan might have been to get folks to focus on the players still on the squad, the effort had the opposite effect ... as fans quickly shared screenshots to call the team out.
Luigi Mangione Defense Attorney Blasts Eric Adams ... Got Hair, Makeup Done to Prejudice Jury!!!
Luigi Mangione's lawyer is pissed off at the mayor of New York City ... blasting Mayor Eric Adams for giving a TV interview about the alleged evidence against her client -- when she says she has yet to receive it from cops.
Karen Friedman Agnifilo appeared on the steps of a NYC courthouse Friday just minutes after Mangione's court appearance ... the first look the public has gotten of him since he was arraigned in December for allegedly murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
KFA says she had a few serious concerns to bring up in court ... one of the biggest being "Who is Luigi Mangione?" -- a recent documentary released by HBO which features high-ranking police officials and Mayor Adams himself.
'Euphoria' Star Hunter Schafer Passport Says I'm A Man ... Trump's Executive Order in Action!!!
Hunter Schafer -- a prominent transgender actress and activist -- says the U.S. government has changed one of her major documents ... showing her passport, which now identifies her as male, to her fans.
The "Euphoria" star posted a video after she received her new passport in the mail ... claiming she opened it up and was surprised to see a little "M" instead of an "F" listed under the gender category.
She says she filled out the paperwork the same as always -- identifying herself as a female ... but, she adds she never got her birth certificate changed, and thinks the department that issues the crucial travel document may have cross-referenced her application with the other document.
Kanye West Steve Bannon Can Do a Nazi Salute, But Not Me???
Kanye West is PO'd he can't do a Nazi salute without getting canceled ... after Donald Trump’s former White House strategist Steve Bannon was accused of flashing the hate gesture during his Thursday night speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
You can see clearly in the video -- Bannon is pumped up ... encouraging the CPAC audience in D.C. to "fight, fight, fight" before briefly stretching his right arm out in a diagonal motion with an open palm facing down. He takes in the cheers from the crowd for a moment, then nods, concluding ... "Amen."
Ye seemed jealous ... tweet-quoting overnight the video with "Whits [sic] guys have all the fun."
'Jesus Christ Superstar' OG Messiah Cynthia Erivo Haters Need Come-to-Jesus Moment!!! ... Broadway Debut Also Faced Protests
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There has been an onslaught of outrage since it was announced Cynthia Erivo would star in a short run of "Jesus Christ Superstar" in L.A. ... but one former messiah actor says haters need to chill and maybe ask -- WWJD?
Here's the deal ... Cynthia will play Jesus in the classic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in a three-night stint at the Hollywood Bowl in August ... and some people have gone berserk online over a Black queer woman being cast in the title role.
Ted Neeley, who played Jesus on Broadway and several world tours, as well as in the Golden Globe-nominated film, tells TMZ ... he's sadly not shocked the CE casting choice is getting backlash -- after all, he says the show has been polarizing since it opened decades ago!
Real Xtreme Fighting Men Beat Up Models In Sanctioned Bout ... Sparks Outrage
Three OnlyFans models were beaten to a pulp by two men during a sanctioned MMA bout this week ... and fight fans everywhere have been outraged by the disturbing video of the scrap.
The tilt went down during a Real Xtreme Fighting event in Romania ... and it featured a team of Alicia Bonita, Denisa Costea and Maria Adriana for some reason going against Costica Prisecaru and Sebastian Rechinu.
Clad in white tank tops and matching skirts, the trio of women wore headgear ... while the duo of males did not.
D.L. Hughley Trevor Noah's Integration Query Was So Stupid!!!
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D.L. Hughley isn’t holding back on Trevor Noah’s recent podcast question about whether integration was the right move for America -- calling it "maybe the stupidest thing I've ever heard."
He broke it down on "TMZ Live" Tuesday, saying Black people are still at a disadvantage even after integration -- pointing to issues like "white flight" and underfunded Black schools.
D.L. doubled down that integration was necessary because Black schools were severely underfunded -- but once schools did start integrating, white kids left, taking resources with them ... basically canceling it out.
Trevor Noah I'm Not Sold On Integration, Are You?!?
Trevor Noah's posing a loaded question ... was integration the right thing for America?!?
The former 'Daily Show' host discussed the controversial topic on his podcast "What Now? with Trevor Noah," suggesting segregation may have been for the best.
Trevor says he's taking all of the negative things out of the equation here -- racism, oppression, lack of opportunities -- and just looking at segregation and integration on the most basic, fundamental level.
Tom Hanks In Jeopardy Over MAGA 'SNL' Skit!!!
Tom Hanks stirred the pot as he stepped into character for 'SNL's 50th anniversary special -- but his portrayal of a Trump supporter didn’t land well across the board.
Trump Derangement among the MK Ultras. pic.twitter.com/l6oS3KoeAf
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) February 17, 2025 @WhitlockJason
The Oscar winner took on the MAGA-hat-wearing role of Doug in a 'Black Jeopardy' skit, where his character preached the world would be better if more people went to church.
When game show host Darnell Hayes -- Kenan Thompson -- went in for a handshake, Doug pulled back, saying, "Don’t like that, whoa, whoa, whoa!"
Draymond Green NBA's New All-Star Game 'Sucks' ... 'This Is Ridiculous'
The NBA's new All-Star Game format took a ton of heat on Sunday night ... including from Warriors superstar Draymond Green, who said on live TV the event straight up "sucks."
Adam Silver's new look for this year's midseason showcase featured a mini-tournament of four teams playing in three games -- instead of the traditional one-contest exhibition -- and from the jump, there weren't many who were happily vocal about the way it was going down.
The NBA and NBPA announced today a new format for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game in the San Francisco Bay Area.
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) December 17, 2024 @NBAPR
In addition, NBA All-Star Voting presented by AT&T will tip off on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 10 a.m. ET.
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Hoop heads clowned it all on X throughout the evening ... and when Green -- a four-time All-Star who was helping broadcast this year's iteration for TNT -- was asked for his thoughts, he held nothing back.
Blake Lively & Ryan Reynolds Legal Battles Aren't Keeping Us From 'SNL' 50th
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5:00 PM PT -- Blake and Ryan kept their fun weekend going on Sunday ... stopping by "SNL 50" to show love for the sketch comedy show they've both previously hosted.
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively arrive at the #SNL50 Anniversary Special in New York City pic.twitter.com/6jufmNuy4h
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 17, 2025 @THR
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds might be in the middle of some legal drama, but they're still finding time to celebrate ... showing up to Chris Rock's birthday party and taking a pic with a controversial comic actor.