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Megan Thee Stallion and Milagro "Gramz" Cooper's intense courtroom battle is over ... with a jury handing the superstar rapper a big win over her blogging nemesis.

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with Megan as she left the Florida courtroom Monday with her legal team and her former manager Travis Farris right after the verdict was read. As you'd expect, she said she was "happy" the legal ordeal was over.

The jury awarded Megan $75K in damages, which breaks down like this -- $15K for defamation, $8K for emotional distress, $50K for a deep fake porn posted online and an additional $2K for punitive damages and emotional distress.

Under Florida law, Milagro is also liable for Megan's legal fees, so she could be on the hook for way more than the $75K.

The bad news for Megan is we also caught up with Milagro ... who told us she's unsure she can foot that bill.

Joe Manganiello and fiancée Caitlin O’Connor are leveling up after their engagement -- ditching L.A. and settling into a slower life ... all because they’ve got babies on the brain.

Sources close to the couple tell TMZ Joe and Caitlin packed up for their native Pittsburgh ... officially swapping Hollywood for a place in Joe's hometown of Mt. Lebanon.

We’re told the move came after they realized they wanted to be closer to family -- and figured Pittsburgh would be the perfect place to raise kids ... when that time rolls around.

Papoose wants ALL THE SMOKE with the hip hop music he considers trash and poisoning the culture -- and flipped a full 11-minute mini movie to prove his point!!!

The veteran MC collaborated with producer Sean2 Miles, and for their 5-song EP, "Bars On Wheels: A Journey To Save Hip Hop," and spliced together all the music videos for a full cinematic blowout.

Directed by Daniel Curtis Lee, and presented by Wynn Records -- where Pap serves as its Head of Hip Hop -- Pap morphs from rap pusher, to Hip Hop cop, to ambulance spot rusher, to rap ambusher ... all the way down to the Undertaker lowering the casket 6-feet deep.

Rapper POORSTACY is dead ... and it sounds like he may have taken his own life.

The death of POORSTACY -- legal name Carlito Milfort -- was confirmed by the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner ... the Boca Raton Police Dept. told TMZ he died early Saturday in the city.

A Boca Raton hotel worker tells TMZ ... POORSTACY was transported to a local hospital for a medical emergency Saturday morning ... he was the only one hospitalized. We're told the rapper had been staying for 10 days at the hotel ... he had checked in with a woman and a toddler. No one else was reported injured Saturday.

Ric Flair's shocking claim that "street drugs" killed Hulk Hogan is simply not true ... this, according to the wrestling legend's widow, who tells TMZ Sports the Nature Boy was fed some bad info.

Flair recently addressed Hogan's death on the "DOUBL3 COVERAGE" podcast ... when he stated he spoke with Hulk the day before he passed about his deteriorating health.

Flair claimed Hogan's doctor stopped prescribing him pain medication to combat his numerous wrestling injuries ... so he resorted to unorthodox measures to deal with his suffering.

Things seriously blew up between Zachery Ty Bryan and his girlfriend before their arrests this weekend -- and TMZ's got the messy play-by-play ... and honestly, it seems like the "Home Improvement" star’s lucky to be alive.

Lane County Sheriff’s deputies tell us they responded to a reckless-endangering call near a camping area outside Lowell, Oregon, on Saturday -- where they found Zachary in a pickup truck with his fiancée, Johnnie Faye Cartwright, and their three small children.

Deputies say they learned that earlier, Bryan stepped out of the pickup and started walking along Big Fall Creek Road ... and that’s when Cartwright allegedly hit the gas, aimed the truck at him, and ended up crashing into a ditch with the kids still inside.

Prosecutors in New York came out guns blazing in their legal showdown against Luigi Mangione ... wasting little time getting eyeballs on the video they say shows Luigi gunning down a health care executive.

Luigi is in court right now for a pretrial hearing in his state murder case, and prosecutors just showed the infamous footage of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson being blown away on a Manhattan sidewalk on December 4 last year.

Prosecutors say Luigi is the person in the video who whips out a firearm and shoots Thompson in the back.

"Dance Moms" star Abby Lee Miller has come under fire after former student Nia Sioux accused Abby of being racist to her on the show ... but Abby tells TMZ although Nia has a right to freedom of speech, she remembers things differently.

Nia would've been around 10 years old when she first starred on the reality show in 2011 ... and in her memoir "Bottom of the Pyramid," she writes Abby once asked her, "Don't you just wish you had white-girl hair?" and titled Nia's first solo, "Nattie of the Jungle." The number was reportedly about a child raised by monkeys.

Abby tells us ... "I have different memories compared to what the girls have. I remember doing a lot of good for them."

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Diane Keaton's incredible life also included a whole other career as a home renovator ... and her most personal project is now on the market, listed for $26,900,000, TMZ has learned.

Diane's longtime friend Andrew Gulyas holds the listing nicknamed "The House That Pinterest Built."

The sprawling 9,219-square-foot estate took 14 years to complete, according to the New York Post, and was reportedly inspired by her childhood love of "The Three Little Pigs" -- an inspiration perhaps most notably evidenced by the 75,000 hand-selected 18th-century bricks purchased in Chicago, which form the foundation.

Reba McEntire might have found the one in her fiancé Rex Linn ... but she's not a married woman yet -- and she had to remind Savannah Guthrie about her marital status on "Today" Monday morning.

The country music legend stopped by the show to promote a few of her projects, including her sitcom "Happy's Place," in which she stars alongside her future husband.

At one point, co-anchor Guthrie mistakenly referred to Rex as Reba's husband, and the singer quickly jumped in and pointed out they are currently just engaged ... before her fans had "a conniption fit."

Reba took the flub in stride and said her family would probably be up in arms if she'd tied the knot with Rex under their noses -- hey, eloping's still a thing!

She added working with Rex -- who was present in the studio while the interview was being taped -- was a "blast" and they are "grateful and thankful" to be able to work together.

FYI ... Reba and Rex got engaged in December 2024, although they managed to keep their engagement under wraps until two months ago.

Hilaria Baldwin wasn’t about to gatekeep her gym-honed bod -- she tossed out a few fitness tips while rocking the tiniest workout set ever ... just in case her fans needed a little visual motivation.

Check it out ... Alec Baldwin stays winning, 'cause Hilaria hit the floor in a baby-pink sports bra and red undies to demo proper form for legs, butt, abs, and lower back ... though LBH, nobody was tuned in for the tutorial.

Hilaria dialed the sexy all the way up ... kneeling on a plush bedroom carpet and arching back, all to give those washboard abs their moment.

Diddy can't stop hugging his fellow inmates and posing for pics with them ... at least that's how some new photos and videos make it seem, except those images are really just A.I. running amok!

There's a selfie floating around social media -- one inmate in the foreground as he snaps a pic of Diddy grinning and hugging another inmate ... and the pic even has a TMZ watermark on it. Looks legit, but we're here to bust your bubble.

While TMZ has obtained several real images of Diddy at Fort Dix federal prison ... this ain't one of 'em -- nor are the other crystal clear selfies you might have seen on social platforms. It's simply someone's clever use of A.I., and it's becoming more and more prevalent.

Bill Belichick's Tar Heels couldn't protect their endzone on Saturday, but the North Carolina head coach at least provided some coverage for his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson ... ditching his coat to keep her warm after the game.

The football legend shifted into boyfriend mode after NC State embarrassed his team in a 42-19 effort ... taking the puffy blue jacket off his back to make sure the 24-year-old Hudson was warm in the Raleigh weather Saturday night.

It didn't look like Hudson was prepared for the cold -- she was wearing a navy and Carolina blue ensemble with see-through printed pants ... and her arms were fully exposed.

Donald Trump didn't mince words about his feelings about the country of Somalia while speaking to reporters on Air Force One Sunday.

The president was fielding questions from reporters when he landed on the topic of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, whom he previously called the R-word slur in an unhinged social media rant on Thanksgiving.

47 said there is "something wrong" with Walz, who challenged POTUS to release the results of his under-the-radar MRI from back in October. Trump then referred to Minnesota's large Somali population and said the United States has given billions to the African nation.

The president said Somalia isn't "even a country" and said the nation "doesn’t function."

Trump ordered the reexamination of green cards issued to immigrants from Somalia, as well as 18 more countries of "concern," following last week's shooting of a National Guard troop in D.C. by an Afghan citizen, according to CBS News.

Luigi Mangione is getting a respite from the federal detention center he currently calls home ... because he's back in a courthouse ... at least for a little bit.

Luigi was back in court Monday for a pretrial hearing in his New York state case ... where he's accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4 last year.

Luigi bypassed most of the crowd on his way into court Monday morning, arriving through a side door in the courtroom -- but we caught a couple photographs of him … here he is wearing a gray suit with a white checkered shirt. He showed up in handcuffs, but a guard uncuffed him before he sat down.