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Brandi Glanville had a pearl-sized grey-black mass removed from her face during a recent surgery, which was sent to a lab for testing ... and it seems she's still waiting on the results.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Brandi had a very difficult October -- because on top of dealing with her father, Guy Glanville, and her close friend, Markee M. Hasche, passing away, she also underwent surgery on her face to clean out an infection.

Our sources say doctors found a mass in her face the size of a pearl during the surgery, removed it, and sent it off to a lab for testing.

Our TMZ staff busted their best costumes out of the back room for this Halloween ... check out all the best looks from a year full of memorable pop culture moments.

Eric went the spooky route this Halloween as Pirate Clark from the horror flick "Backrooms" ... while Charlie's saving lives and serving looks as Pamela Anderson's "Baywatch." Meanwhile, Talia killed it as Donna Kelce's window -- a more obscure reference, though we certainly focused on it pretty intensely back in March!

Katie's decided she only cares about sports this Halloween ... cracking up her co-workers with her comedic taken on Sydney Sweeney's controversial Novig campaign ad.

Savannah Chrisley and Jason Galanis seem very much in love, but his estranged brother says he isn't sure Jason is in it for the right reasons ... claiming his brother has always been a conman -- and he doesn't think he's changed.

TMZ's Charlie Neff sat down for an interview with Derek Galanis on Thursday ... and she asked him why he thinks his brother might have an angle when it comes to his new marriage.

Derek -- who wrote a book titled "Greed and Fear: The Galanis Crime Family" -- says everyone knows Jason is a conman -- citing his guilty plea to 7 charges connected with two different fraud schemes.

Dolly Parton's estate shake-up is far from over ... 'cause TMZ has learned the late country legend's niece has been fired just weeks after opening Dolly's highly anticipated museum.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... the folks overseeing Dolly's estate fired her niece Rebecca Seaver, the sister of Bryan Seaver, on Thursday from her position overseeing Dolly's archive and museum operations.

We're told Rebecca wasn't the only one shown the door ... her entire staff was also let go, though it's unclear exactly how many employees were affected.

Hulk Hogan's widow and stepson are being sued by multiple Jane Does in explosive new lawsuits claiming she provided alcohol for her underaged son's party where a minor was allegedly sexually assaulted.

The lawsuits, obtained by TMZ, claim Sky Daily -- whose full name is Melanie Sky Daily Bollea -- provided booze for her son Hayden Hitt's shindig, even though she knew minors would be there.

Both lawsuits allege Sky supplied alcohol for a party that went down March 28, while she was at a Real American Wrestling Event ... where she allegedly had been told not to bring minors because, in the past, she'd given them alcohol.

In one lawsuit, Jane B. Doe, a minor, alleges she was raped by a minor boy at Hayden's party that night, identifying her attacker only as John B. Doe.

HUGE problem looming for Abdul El-Sayed ... Rep. Haley Stevens is ready to pull her support for the Michigan senatorial candidate and no-show an important campaign rally if he doesn't disavow a couple of controversial political ads ... and the warning is coming straight from Haley's fiancé.

Jason Turkish joined us on "TMZ Live" Friday and told Harvey and Charles that Haley could soon abandon her fellow Democrat ... unless he condemns political ads she considers antisemitic.

"I don't think she's going to be supporting Abdul El-Sayed very much longer," Jason told us ... making it clear his fiancée isn't bluffing.

Rep. Ilhan Omar went from one husband to another ... then back to the first, only to end up divorced all over again ... and it's all laid out in court documents.

TMZ has obtained the divorce judgment from the Minnesota congresswoman's split with Ahmed Abdisalan Hirsi, which was finalized November 5, 2019 ... revealing how the couple divided their assets and worked out custody of their 3 then-minor children -- Adnan, now 21; Isra, now 16; and Ilwad, now 14.

According to the docs, Omar and Hirsi agreed to joint legal and physical custody, with the children living primarily with her in Washington, D.C. Hirsi was granted generous parenting time ... with Omar covering the kids' travel expenses to Minnesota.

Christa Pike says she made peace with dying ... but after her execution failed, she's been left struggling to make peace with living.

In her first public statement since the botched Sept. 30 execution, shared by her legal team with TMZ, Pike opens up about the physical and emotional toll of surviving ... saying she's still in pain a month later.

In a first-person letter, she writes ... "Several days later I woke up alone in a hospital confused and in pain. There hasn't been a moment since that night when I haven't been in pain. My body hurts. My arms hurt. My hands hurt. My throat hurts. I still struggle to speak."

Kevin Gates says he doesn't care that he had to fork over a small fortune to his estranged wife ... saying he always gives everything to those he loves -- and the seven-figure payment was no different.

The rapper joined us on "The TMZ Podcast" ... and Towanda asked him about a judge ordering him to split the proceeds of his music catalogue sale with Dreka Gates ... to the tune of $1 million.

KG says a portion is nothing to him ... because he's used to giving his loved ones the world ... implying he did just that for Dreka.

Rep. Ilhan Omar's ex-husband -- who has long been rumored to be her brother -- was apparently nowhere to be found when it came time to end their marriage ... leaving a judge to finalize the divorce without him ... TMZ has learned.

According to court documents, obtained by TMZ, Omar was granted a divorce from Ahmed Nur Said Elmi on December 4, 2017, in Minnesota's Hennepin County District Court ... after the judge found he failed to show up or respond to the proceedings.

The documents show Omar and Elmi married in February 2009 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota ... but had been separated for more than three years by the time their divorce was finalized.

Brielle Biermann is preparing to walk down the aisle, but her adoptive dad Kroy Biermann won't be giving her away ... 'cause TMZ has learned he wasn't invited to her nuptials.

Sources with knowledge tell TMZ ... Kroy did NOT receive an invitation to Brielle's November wedding to fiancé Billy Seidl.

We're told Brielle and Kroy are no longer close for various reasons, and their strained relationship has reached the point where he won't be included in her big day.

The woman who was renting the home at the center of Anne Heche's fatal crash is firing back against the actress' son, claiming he mismanaged her estate and failed to account for assets like missing diamond rings ... TMZ has learned.

In docs obtained by TMZ ... Lynne Mishele objected to Homer Heche Laffoon's first account of the late star's estate ... 4 years after she filed a $2 million creditor claim against Anne's estate.

Mishele's legal team claims that despite reaching an agreement in principle, Homer has stalled the probate process.

Tupac Shakur shooting mastermind Duane "Keefe D" Davis started his 40-year prison sentence in Nevada ... and we can see it written all over his face.

Davis posed for a new mug shot at the maximum-security High Desert State in Indian Springs, NV ... and it's safe to say he's not a happy camper.

Check out the pained look on Keefe's face ... which seems to indicate that reality is setting in for the convicted killer.

Coachella 2027 may be months away, but the annual concert event in April is already taking shape with some huge acts close to signing up, TMZ has learned.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Dua Lipa, SZA and Tame Impala are nearly confirmed as performers for the two-weekend music festival in Indio, California.

Our sources say Coachella organizers also wanted BTS and Rage Against the Machine to hit the stage, but both groups passed.

Rick Ross is no longer facing a felony charge in his Miami domestic violence case -- and it's all thanks to prosecutors who dropped the felony battery/strangulation charge against him, TMZ has learned.

According to new court documents, obtained by TMZ ... prosecutors filed two misdemeanor charges against the rapper -- one for battery and the other for battery/domestic violence. Prosecutors dropped the top charge of felony battery because of insufficient evidence.

Previously, Ross pleaded not guilty to a felony battery by strangulation charge and a misdemeanor battery charge.

Terrence Howard has his sights set on the White House ... telling TMZ he might just have to run for president if nobody else is willing to make a real difference.

We caught up with the "Empire" star Wednesday in NYC ... and when we asked if he was looking forward to voting, Terrence had a much bigger goal in mind.

Terrence told our photog ... "Yes. I'm looking forward to becoming president."