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Angus Cloud's mom is striking back at lawyers she claims have been hounding her with bogus claims against the "Euphoria" star's estate ... according to new court documents.

In the two years since losing her son to an accidental overdose, Lisa Cloud -- who administers Angus' estate -- claims in a new lawsuit she has suffered elder abuse, emotional distress, and more in connection with a claim from an alleged former "personal assistant" of Angus against her son's estate.

Lisa is going after the firm Hackard Law, attorney Michael Hackard, and associate Brian Geremia for filing what she's calling "meritless creditor's claims and a civil action" seeking around $310K against Angus' estate without sufficient evidence.

Dr. Evil and Mini-Me's costumes from the 'Austin Powers' franchise probably won't bring in one MILLION dollars at auction ... but they're not going for chump change either -- with the two gray suits expected to be sold for thousands!

The two outfits are available for a groovy bidder to make a play at now ... with bidding for the two signature gray Nehru-style suits -- one made for Mike Myers and the other for late actor Verne Troyer -- set to run through December 5 in Propstore's Winter Memorabilia Auction.

Myers wore his suit in a couple iconic scenes in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" ... like when his character attempted to blackmail the United Nations out of $100 billion and during a memorable confrontation with his son Scott, played by Seth Green.

Food influencer Michael Duarte was shot and killed by cops in Texas after he threatened to kill people, according to new details released by police.

A rep for the Medina County Sheriff's Office tells TMZ ... deputies responded to a 911 call November 8 in Castroville, Texas, regarding a disturbance involving a "male subject with a knife acting erratically."

The sheriff's office tells us Duarte approached a responding deputy threateningly -- paramedics were already at the scene -- and "after multiple verbal commands were given for Duarte to get on the ground by the deputy, Duarte charged toward the deputy while yelling, 'I’m going to kill you.'"

Michael Duarte had a promising career as a food influencer ... but it all came to an abrupt end with his death in November 2025.

What's even more concerning is the violent way the social media star died, which stood in contrast to the platform he'd built.

We're going to take a look into Duarte's professional and personal backgrounds ... and see what led up to his shocking death.

Flyysoulja of the Island Boys was going through a drug-induced psychotic episode leading up to his detainment and mental health evaluation in Florida over the weekend ... TMZ has learned.

The rapper told us the psychosis came about after he took "multiple substances like pills."

He recalled, "In the psychosis, I was trying to find something for my hair for hours, and destroyed the home while unknowingly being on Live."

Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury says it's clear the White House is trying to cover up Donald Trump's involvement with Jeffrey Epstein ... pointing to a specific eyebrow-raising email as evidence.

We caught up with the Democratic representative from New Mexico on "TMZ Live" Wednesday ... and, we asked her about the emails from Epstein Democrats released Wednesday morning -- including several that mention the 47th President of the United States.

Representative Stansbury says she thinks one particular email -- allegedly sent to Ghislaine Maxwell -- reads, "I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. [VICTIM REDACTED] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc.  im 75 % there" -- is especially damning ... since it begs a ton of questions.

10:27 AM PT -- Akon was busted because he had a bench warrant issued for failure to appear for a suspended license ... according to new legal docs obtained by TMZ.

Cops say it all started back in September, when Akon was driving a Tesla Cybertruck in Georgia. Police say they were on patrol when they spotted a Cybertruck stranded in the middle of the road ... they say Akon was the driver and he told cops the battery died.

Police say they called a tow truck to move the Cybertuck and while waiting, the officer says he discovered Akon's license was suspended for a failure to appear from back in January 2023. Cops say Akon was issued a citation for driving while his license was suspended and released from the scene.

The officer also noted in the report, "An illegal vape in the center console was seized during the inventory and submitted for destruction."

After a long legal battle, all five NewJeans members are returning to their record label ADOR.

This dispute kicked off in late 2024, when the successful K-pop group announced their plan to depart from ADOR due to what they said was mistreatment and manipulation, as well as certain demands not being met – with one being to reinstate CEO and mentor Min Hee-jin.

After a series of court battles went in ADOR's favor, members Hyein and Haerin announced they were going to "respect the court’s ruling and return to the company,” according to ADOR’s official X account.

President Donald Trump is big on hospitality ... because he sprayed down Syria's president with his own cologne during a White House visit Monday.

Trump was hosting Ahmed al-Sharaa in the Oval Office and insisted on showing off his Victory 47 cologne during the meeting ... by spraying it on himself, al-Sharaa, and a translator, as seen in a video released on Wednesday.

Trump then gifted the bottle of cologne -- which retails for a cool $249, according to Trump's fragrances website -- to al-Sharaa, and told Syria's president there was another bottle of the stuff for his wife (there's also a women's perfume with the same name).

POTUS then asked al-Sharaa about how many wives he had, and when he replied he only has one wife, Trump slapped him on the shoulder and quipped, "With you guys, I never know."

Al-Sharaa appeared to take the comment in stride, and Trump made a reference to the remark later in their conversation, stating al-Sharaa only had one wife "right now."

FYI ... Trump dropped Victory 47 fragrances for both men and women earlier this year, and he wrote the scents are "all about Winning, Strength, and Success" in a Truth Social announcement.

Miles Teller's making it clear the "Man in the Mirror" isn't playing Michael Jackson ... reiterating to anyone still confused that he isn't starring as the King of Pop in the flick.

The actor jumped on Travis and Jason Kelce's "New Heights" podcast to explain what might have caused the initial mix-up ... revealing many of the original headlines read "Miles Teller to Star in Michael Jackson Biopic."

The headlines proved confusing to some, Teller says ... 'cause he actually plays Jackson's longtime attorney, John Branca, in the film -- not the hitmaker, who is being played by MJ's nephew Jaafar Jackson.

Kai Trump might be feeling the nerves ahead of her first LPGA tournament ... but she's got some major supporters backing her up ahead of her big tee-off.

The social media star -- who's going to compete at The Annika at Pelican Golf Club near Tampa, Florida this week -- told reporters she'd received advice about handling pressure from golf legend Tiger Woods ... and her grandfather Donald, who's a diehard golfer.

Kai said Tiger -- who as you may recall has won several major championships -- advised her to "go with the flow" and try to have fun during The Annika ... hey, if it's coming from one of the GOATs, it's gotta be solid advice.

She also said her grandfather told her to try to keep the nerves away and maintain her composure on the green during the pro-am tournament.

Kai said she'd teed off with the president on multiple occasions ... but she was cagey when she was asked if she'd ever beaten him on the green.

Kai's going to have some stiff competition at The Annika, as pro golfer Nelly Korda and Indiana Fever basketball star Caitlin Clark are also set to tee off at the event.

Singer Tish Hyman got into one fiery face-off with California State Senator Scott Wiener over her viral run-in with a trans woman in a women’s locker room in L.A. that got her booted from Gold's Gym entirely ... and things got so tense, she ended up storming out Tuesday night.

Tish declared her stance is not rooted in homophobia -- reminding everyone she’s a lesbian -- as she grilled Wiener -- who’s gay and running for Nancy Pelosi’s seat -- at a San Francisco forum ... wanting to know how he plans to protect women’s safety in the wake of her experience.

Wiener said women’s safety matters across the board ... including the safety of trans women, pointing out they’re brutalized nationwide at an alarming rate and deserve protection, too.

Arizona's Congressional Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva has traveled a long road to the House of Representatives ... and she's looking to confront the guy she holds responsible for her delayed swearing-in ceremony.

Grijalva won a special election to send her to the House in September ... but her formal swearing-in ceremony was indefinitely delayed, as the House has been out of session since September 19th.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has so far delayed swearing in Grijalva. She was elected on September 23 ... the House has been out of session since Sept. 19, and Johnson has kept it shuttered through the length of the government shutdown, which began on October 1. There's no requirement for the House to be out of session during a shutdown ... in fact, it's historically unprecedented.

The Senate agreed to a budget resolution this week, sending the bill back to the House for passage, which will then go to President Trump to sign ... which will finally the end the shutdown. Grijalva is set to be sworn in Wednesday so the House can vote on the resolution.

Grijalva told CNN she's planning to confront Johnson at her swearing-in ceremony ... she said she wouldn't be able to "move on" from the whole thing without asking him about the delay. She's called the delay "unconstitutional" and "illegal."

Jeffrey Epstein and author Michael Wolff were talking about coaching Donald Trump ahead of a 2015 CNN debate -- and in newly released emails, it seems they were trying to craft a response that would not fully disclose the relationship between Epstein and Trump. The White House is pushing back, saying "These stories are nothing more than bad-faith efforts to distract from President Trump's historic accomplishments."

According to a December 2015 email, Wolff said to Epstein, "I hear CNN planning to ask Trump tonight about his relationship with you."

Epstein wrote back, "If we were able to craft an answer for him, what do you think it should be?"

Global girl group Katseye have only been around for about a year ... but they say they've already received thousands of death threats.

The group, composed of 6 women from all over the world -- Sophia Laforteza, Daniela Avanzini, Yoonchae Jeong, Manon Bannerman, Lara Raj, and Megan Skiendiel -- seemingly has a member anyone can relate to ... but they're not resonating with everyone.

They told BBC News music correspondent Mark Savage they've been sent thousands of death threats ... even their families have been threatened.

The drama between filmmaker Yi Zhou and actor Jeremy Renner ratcheted up the ugliness last week ... for Renner, it seems to be a story of misconduct and unethical business dealings -- but Zhou tells us it's more about heartbreak.

We caught up with Zhou in Beverly Hills Tuesday night, where she told us ... "I thought it was love -- maybe true love ... It seems that he thinks otherwise."

As we reported ... Renner alleges they had a "brief consensual encounter" in July ... but when they met again in August, he allegedly told Zhou he was not interested in a sexual relationship, and put her in a guest bedroom that night.