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Everyone always wants an in to Coachella, but this year some last-minute changes ahead of the opening weekend are causing chaos ... 'cause some influencers claim they're being uninvited just a day or two before the big festival opens, and regular folks are crying foul at escalating costs.

Entertainment and lifestyle influencer Tiahra Nelson -- who boasts 4.7 million followers on the app -- hopped on TikTok Thursday and said she was all ready and even got her hair done for the big show in Indio, California ... but she says her ticket was abruptly taken away from her.

Yazmin Marziali, who has more than 280,000 fans on TikTok, said in an 8-minute rant that her brand trip was canceled 2 days before she was supposed to get to the California desert. That's just 2 examples of heartbroken creators who say their plans and deals were axed ... there are plenty more.

This ain’t a drill -- we’ve got a seriously hot firefighter on our hands, and the internet is already going up in flames over him!

The Laguna Beach Fire Department in Orange County, CA dropped a few pics of Billy Senecal while naming him their 2025 Firefighter of the Year -- pretty standard -- until everyone got a look at him ... and suddenly it wasn't about the award anymore.

Billy is out there looking more like a model -- muscles on full display, rocking a true fireman's mustache, saving lives ... even posing with a little dog. Yeah, he’s got the full package.

A young woman in Mexico had a heart-stopping brush with disaster ... dramatically caught by a man on the ground below after she slipped off a malfunctioning carnival ride.

The whole thing played out on camera at an Easter fair in Ometepec, where "The Hammer" suddenly started jerking big time, causing the woman to slip out of the capsule she was in ... before one man sprinted in and caught her just before she hit the ground.

The incident was provoking pure panic last week -- the ride was still moving, people screaming ... and she somehow managed to walk away alive, shaken and clearly distressed.

This bravehearted Irishman was nice enough to chat it up with us when we caught him at LAX in 2012 ... can you guess who he is?

That year, the iconic character actor was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and less than 28 days later, we caught him hightailing it out of L.A.

A Detroit bakery had the Internet doing a double-take after dropping what might be the most unhinged Easter dessert of all time ... a lamb cake that looked straight out of a horror movie.

Homestead Kitchen Artisan Cakery went viral after posting an April Fools' Day "special" ... an A.I.-generated lamb cake with bulging eyes, crooked teeth and droopy frosting that had people seriously concerned.

The bakery told customers to "order your lamb cake for Easter," listing flavors like chocolate and lemon, but the visual had folks thinking more "haunted house" than holiday dessert.

Viral Internet singer Harry Daniels is all for Clavicular getting with his friend, Woah Vicky ... and gives us his NSFW explanation for how the duo could make it work!

We ran into Harry at Sunset Tower this week ... and he tells TMZ it was definitely "interesting to see" Clavicular hit it off with Vicky over a week ago when he showed up to Clav's pad to sing for him ... and brought Vicky as a surprise.

Sparks flew so much, Vicky and Clav went on to participate in a live stream speed date ... and we're told they kept flirting after cameras stopped rolling, plus planned on seeing each other again.

Brazilian influencer Rita Ephrem died last week ... according to an announcement on her Instagram account.

The social media star had amassed over 300K followers on the platform and had been documenting her experience living with a rare auto-inflammatory disease.

The touching tribute to the content creator roughly translates to say "her story does not end here," noting ... "It lives on in everything she planted within each of us. We carry on with a sense of longing, but also with gratitude for having walked alongside her."

A completely naked man got into a street fight outside a Kanye West concert ... and it's all on video.

TMZ obtained footage showing a guy throwing hands in his birthday suit Wednesday night at an intersection outside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA, where Kanye was performing inside.

The guy was letting it all hang out as he unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks on another man ... as people watched, and a man in a yellow vest even tried to intervene.

Joe Biden turned a commercial flight into a full-on meet-and-greet ... bopping around the cabin, greeting passengers, and even penning a sweet note for a young girl.

A TikTok making the rounds on social media shows a girl, Cailyn, stunned the former prez is sitting just three rows behind her ... where he's seen casually posted up reading the paper.

Looks like Joey B and Dr. Jill looked to be flying in biz class, and Cailyn couldn't believe she found herself chatting with 46.

They even snapped a selfie in which the former prez flashed a wide grin.

Brandy is finally confirming the old rumor that she dated Wanya Morris of Boyz II Men fame when she was just 16 years old, and he was 22.

The singer and actress admitted to the romance in her new memoir, 'Phases' ... revealing the pair started dating around 1995, about a year after they met.

Brandy says she admired Wanya, who served as her music mentor, during the early days ... but, she says he quickly "weaponized" that admiration.

Wanya called himself Brandy's "boyfriend" in private, she says ... and, though he wouldn't publicly state they were together, Brandy says she was "under the impression that we were madly in love -- or at least what I believed love to be at sixteen."

A Texas judge is making a splash on the internet for all the wrong reasons this week ... with the internet ruling he's a mean dude after videos of his courtroom interactions went viral.

Independent journalists have shared clips of Judge Nathan J. Milliron -- who sits on the bench of the Texas 215th District Court -- engaged in tense exchanges ... including one video which shows him dismissing a defense attorney during a hearing.

Check out the clip .... While the attorney is explaining her case to the judge, he interrupts her to say she's "wasting [his] time this morning." The attorney argues they have an overlapping issue in the case, but the judge disagrees and denies her motion.

Kai Cenat was revved up to meet some of his adoring fans in L.A. yesterday ... and we got video of him zipping around with them on their motorbikes.

Watch the clip ... the 24-year-old streamer absolutely made these kids' day. After they waited patiently for him outside of Beverly Glen Deli, Kai rewarded them with not just handshakes and pictures ... they had the ultimate hang in the parking lot, as they shared laughs and raced around bikes.

For a second, the fun time almost turned sour when Kai accidentally started up an electric bike that appeared to brush one of the fans ... but they laughed it off!

Here comes double the trouble because Kim and Khloe are teaming up for a family vacay in Japan! The Kardashians took their kiddos to have a lil fun in Tokyo, and they shared some special moments on the Gram!

From visiting iconic museums to scoring claw machine wins, the famous family surely knows how to have a good time! They even stopped to pose with samurai swords!

Rising temps call for some relaxation, and this supermodel understood the assignment! The A-lister opted for a two-piece polka dot bikini, but the question is, can you guess who's behind this sexy shot?!

After you hit up the gallery to reveal the lounging lady, play this fun game of mini crossword!

"Looksmaxxing" streamer Clavicular's girlfriend -- Violet Lentz -- is following him into hot water ... jailmaxxing in Florida after turning herself in to police on a battery charge.

A spox for the Osceola County Sheriff's Office tells TMZ ... Violet surrendered Sunday just before noon and was booked with misdemeanor battery.

She posed for her mug shot ... staring blankly into the camera, and clearly she's not too thrilled to be there.