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Martin Luther King III says he and Donald Trump were able to find some common ground on a day dedicated to his late father.

We got the famous civil rights leader's eldest living son Monday leaving Trump Tower, after he and the Prez-elect sat down for a heart-to-heart. He says they both agree ... the voting system in the country is broken.

He also touches on a big what-if about his dad ... one lots of folks are wondering about on MLK Day.

"New Girl" star Lamorne Morris isn't happy he's spending Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the set.

We got Lamorne out Sunday in L.A. ... and he was none too pleased about his next call time.

Mariah Carey's bungled NYE performance cannot be better explained by anyone better ... than Mariah Carey.

Mimi posted an audio clip Sunday describing what went down -- and it matches up exactly with TMZ's reporting. She makes it clear... "they foiled me."

Hear her take for yourself ... straight from the horse's mouth.

Mariah Carey was even higher than 7,900 feet above sea level during her Aspen vacay ... assuming she indulged in any of the high grade marijuana she bought there.

Mimi stopped by a local pot shop called The Original Leaf at least a few times over the Christmas weekend ... according to our Aspen sources. We're told she went with a very popular strain called Amafu, which goes for $400 an ounce! Expensive anywhere other than Aspen.

According to OL's site ... it's a sativa strain that's "great for the great outdoors."

As for how much MC bought -- we're told she never breached the legal limit ... 1 oz. per transaction.

It's possible she was just buying a Christmas gift for a friend, or this explains her initially chill response to the New Year's Eve mess.

It's smellin' like a breakup between Meek Mill and Nicki Minaj.

Both Nicki and Meek performed separately in Miami for New Year's Eve, and they also partied separately afterward. Nicki performed at E11even nightclub and then stayed to party. Meek performed at Dream Nightclub 2 miles from E11even and stayed there.

Nicki showed up at E11even at 11:30 PM, but Meek didn't show up at Dream until 2:40 AM, which would have given him plenty of time to ring in 2017 with Nicki.

Meek was also partying in New York on December 30 ... with Nicki nowhere in sight. On January 1st, Meek went to LIV nightclub in Miami and she wasn't there.

We're told they weren't together on Christmas Day as well.

Mariah Carey's people are incensed Dick Clark Productions is trying to lay the blame on her for the New Year's Eve fiasco on live TV, and they say DCP's own people copped to the problem right after it went down.

As we reported, Mariah's team believes DCP "sabotaged" her performance in order to score big ratings. She claims she and her team repeatedly told production people the earpiece was not working but they assured her it would be fine when she got onstage and performed. It did not.

Our Mariah sources insist after the performance, people from Dick Clark Productions were "screaming' about the malfunction, with one production person saying, "I don't care that her ears didn't work. She could've just winged it."

Dick Clark says Mariah's claim of sabotage is defamatory. But she's incredulous, saying she did Dick Clark Productions a favor after they begged for her to sing, and she did it for free.

One Mariah source tells TMZ, "We could be in Aspen right now having the best time instead of being in dog s*** Times Square that smelled like a f****** sewer."

Doutzen Kroes had a resolution for 2017 -- play beach soccer in a bikini ... check.

The Victoria's Secret Angel hit up Miami Beach Sunday to kick around a ball with her hubby, Sunnery James, all while showing off her smokin' hot bod ... rear view included.

Ja Rule and Ashanti are going Down Under for New Year's Eve but coming up HUGE.

Check out the pics and scroll to see which stars -- including Young Jeezy -- are putting in an hour's work for some SERIOUS time-and-a-half pay to close out 2016.

Andy Cohen is a little late for a "Baywatch" audition, but he still looked good in red trunks, braving the warm waters of St. Barth with his boyfriend.

In case you don't know, St. Barth is the "everybody who's anybody" place to go for Xmas and New Year's, so A.C. was right there rubbing elbows.

Kris Jenner brought a little Calabasas flavor to Skid Row with her own kind of meals-on-wheels.

Kris surprised the good folks at Red Eye -- a community outreach program that benefits the inner-city youth -- by calling the organization's director, Justin Mayo, to tell him she wanted to donate 100 gourmet chef-prepped meals for the homeless on Christmas day.

We're told the menu had it all -- white truffle mac and cheese, sweet potato soufflé, turkey, ham, braised short ribs, and mashed potatoes. For dessert -- pies and cookies.

Kanye West is back ... or so it seems from this video.

'Ye was leaving 24 Hour Fitness in L.A. Tuesday when a photog asked about his New Year's resolution.

Justin Bieber has been working out ... and showing off the results in Barbados.

Biebs was out and about Tuesday ... shirtless at the beach, where he mounted a jet ski with baby bro, Jaxon, riding bitch.

Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Meyer whipped themselves up for a Christmas miracle.

Tobey and Jennifer -- along with their 2 kiddos -- reunited for the holidays as they caught a flight Monday out of LAX. They broke up back in October, and they've been out and about all over L.A.

No smiles here ... but then again, they're at LAX.

It's clear Kris Jenner wants to keep Tristan Thompson around -- because she SMOTHERED Khloe's NBA star boyfriend in expensive Christmas gifts ... and he was all about it!

Kobe Bryant has a NEW Christmas Day tradition -- one that doesn't involve basketball -- and it seems his wife, Vanessa, couldn't be more excited about it!

FYI, Kobe spent 16 of his last 20 Dec. 25ths playing in the NBA's Xmas day classic -- and became the #1 all-time Xmas day scorer with 395 total points.

But that was before he retired ... because this year it was all about his new baby, Bianka -- and Macaulay Culkin!

In fact, Vanessa seemed PUMPED about her new holiday plans when she posed about it on Instagram ... saying, "No more games on Christmas. 🏀 🎶"For the first time in forever..........."- (Princess Elsa voice)🎶❄️❄️❄️ #PeacefulHoliday #Christmas #FamilyTime 🎁🎅🏽🎄#HomeAlone2."

Kobe also posted, "Home watching a classic and realized this was my face 1 week ago when I realized I didn't have the NBA package LOL #mindblown."

Welcome to your new life, #24.