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Claudia Tihan is helping us heat up the chilly winter months on her birthday ... because we've got her spiciest snaps together in honor of her 29th birthday!

The star is celebrating another trip around the sun on Thursday ... presumably in her favorite outfit -- a tiny 2-piece bikini, and nothing else.

Of course, she could be spending the afternoon in bed ... and, we're sure a ton of her fans would love to be lying right there next to her!

In honor of Claudia, take a few minutes and guess what word we're looking for connected to her ... and, while true, it's not just "HOT!"

If you 'Like It Hot' and 'Prefer Blondes' -- and have $3.3 million -- boy do we have the house for you! Marilyn Monroe's former Palm Springs home just hit the market.

Located in the iconic Vista Las Palmas neighborhood of Palm Springs, California ... this internationally recognized architectural residence -- known as the Marilyn Monroe Doll House -- occupies a rare elevated lot with sweeping mountain views.

This majestic pad encompasses just under 3,000 square feet, featuring 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, vaulted ceilings, multiple entertaining spaces and a private pool.

Dog owners are usually asked to pick up after their dog ... but authorities in Las Vegas just wanted a woman to pick up her actual dog and take it with her -- and they arrested her when she allegedly wouldn't.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shared video of officers confronting an irresponsible dog owner at her flight departure gate ... telling her they're going to walk her back to where she left her dog tied up at the ticket counter.

The clip then cuts to security camera footage which shows this individual arriving with her dog and stopping to chat with the woman at the checked bag desk.

Anyone suddenly feel the urge to confess to their crimes? Because one glimpse of this hunky cop had us checking the comments for backup ... and yep, turns out everyone else was guilty of felony-level thirst too!

Not sure if this was a strategic move to boost the Burbank Police Department’s IG or just a lucky snap, but Officer Parks had the public fully detained ... and that’s saying a lot, because even the adorable pups in the pic couldn’t steal his spotlight.

The caption said the dogs greeted him during a routine call ... but LBR, between the crisp uniform, lethal dimples, and hair slicked with military precision, this was less public service and more public seduction.

Shirley Raines -- also known as activist and founder of Beauty 2 The Streetz, "Ms. Shirley" -- passed away from hypertensive heart disease.

Shirley's daughter Danielle confirmed the news to TMZ ... telling us Shirley had a history of high blood pressure, which she was being treated for at the time of her passing.

A private service is scheduled for next Monday ... while a public one will be held at a later date.

If you think Chipotle isn't spicy, you should head to West Hartford, Connecticut ... things got heated between customers and employees in a holiday brawl caught on video!

Watch the footage ... at the start of filming, a customer appears to throw a metal tray at a worker before diving behind the counter. As the customer rains blows down on the fallen employee, their coworkers step in.

Then another customer matches up with a different employee -- this one involved a lot more hair-pulling.

Maisie Williams let loose during a vacation in Italy ... stripping down to nothing to take a dip in the Mediterranean Sea!

Check out the "Game of Thrones" star's recent Instagram clip -- she seems to be in pure bliss as she flashes the camera with her bare butt and enters the blue water surrounding the stunning island of Sardinia. She dives right under, and comes up with a huge grin across her face.

Her friends also got in on the cheeky carefree fun, posing together topless -- but covered by the water -- in one pic, and diving down to show off their bottomless behinds all sticking out of the water in another snap.

Child content creator Brielle "Brie" Bird has died following a 5-year bout with stage-4 cancer.

Her family announced the heartbreaking news on Instagram Friday night with a touching tribute to their 9-year-old. They penned ... "You are the miracle! Your purpose on earth was fulfilled, and it was the most sacred privilege to escort you home. You brought people to Christ, you showed the world that God is good, and your light shined to all corners of the earth."

Speaking to Brie further, her loving family said they will look for her in dragonflies and asked her to visit often, adding ... "We will never stop sharing your story."

Brie was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma in 2020 and documented her journey with her family ever since. When they first revealed her illness, Brie's mother, Kendra, said doctors found an 8-centimeter tumor in her abdomen ... and that the cancer had spread to her back.

NYC radio station Hot 97 bills itself as "#1 for Hip Hop" but Ebro Darden is telling the world it's all a lie!!!

The longtime Hot 97 figurehead abruptly had his "Ebro In The Morning" nationally syndicated radio show canceled on Friday ... leaving him, Peter Rosenberg, and Laura Stylez as the latest Hip Hop media correspondents without a home base.

Billboard, Rolling Stone, Vibe and several Hip Hop-centric employees with the major record label system have since had their cultural positions evaporated in the past few months ... Ebro told his followers he had been warning of an approaching Doomsday.

Mary Magdalene -- the Canadian-Mexican Instagram model who got 38J breast implants -- reportedly died on Tuesday, Dec. 9.

According to Daily Mail, Mary -- whose real name was Denise Jarvis -- was in Thailand when she fell from the ninth floor of a high-rise apartment.

Friend Eden "the Doll" Estrada also posted about Mary's untimely passing.

Mary made headlines when one of her 11-pound breast implants exploded, leaving her with what some followers referred to as a "uni-boob."

A Los Angeles Whole Foods may need to expand its deli ... because a couple customers had some major beef in the store, which resulted in a brutal brawl caught on video!

The incident went down on Wednesday at the Downtown L.A. location ... and, video kicks off with the fight already in progress -- with two big dudes trying to wrestle each other to the ground.

While security half-heartedly tries to break up the fight, slowly trailing after the pair, one guy throws the other into a tower of pastries ... knocking the mountain of snacks to the ground.

The two men end up on the floor, too ... eventually guards are able to break up the pair, though they have to work hard to keep the guys from launching right back into their unscheduled boxing match.

Talk about highway robbery! A London man was ticketed 4 times for leaving his car in a disability-accessible parking space ... but it turns out, the space was painted around his car while he was out of town!

The vehicle owner told BBC he couldn't even enjoy his trip last month ... because he could see he was racking up fines via a CCTV camera trained on his car hoodwinking.

When he came back from his ruined vacation, he found 2 tickets on the windshield, as 2 others had inexplicably been removed by an unknown passerby. Thanks for nothing!

Popular Australian food influencer Stacey Hatfield died from postpartum hemorrhaging ... according to testimony given in court Wednesday.

The influencer's cause of death was revealed during a court hearing looking into the circumstances of Hatfield's death, according to the Australian Broadcasting Company. Hatfield was with her husband, Nathan Warnecke, and a "birth support worker" when she gave birth to her son in September.

Despite the successful delivery of the baby -- the child survived -- Hatfield's condition declined and an ambulance was called.

Heidi Klum looked like an absolute sun goddess in a video posted Monday ... showing the model tanning topless by a pool.

The "Project Runway" host blissfully indulged in one of her favorite pastimes, wearing just a bikini bottom in the 25-second clip. The post needs no words, because ... well, it speaks for itself.

In a "Call Her Daddy" interview last year, Heidi came clean about her fondness for sunbathing, saying, "I love tanning. My dad was always like, 'Why are you doing this? How are you going to look when you're like 70?'"

Cosmo Lombino was one of many fans worried sick about Downtown L.A. "Skid Row influencer" Rebecca Olsen -- who was presumed dead after her recent disappearance from social media -- but CL now tells us Rebecca is clean and sober after many feared she'd taken her own life.

We spoke with the self-styled "Queen of Melrose" -- who owns multiple boutiques on the popular L.A. street of Melrose -- about Rebecca, who was arrested last month for battery on an emergency personnel. Cosmo tells us Rebecca was away helping a friend and missed the "proof of life" appeals for her online.

Lombino says it was just a relief to find out Rebecca was alive ... because she had appeared on Soft White Underbelly recently, where she'd said she was suicidal -- and Cosmo and others in their friend group feared the worst.

Luigi Mangione was fighting for his life in court this week, and Justin Baldoni wanted Blake to know ... he's circumcised. So we gotta ask ...