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TMZ has obtained video of the accident that left Paz de la Huerta with a broken back that derailed her career.

The video was shot on the set of "Nurse 3D." You see Paz walking across a street -- umbrella in hand -- when the side mirror of an ambulance nails her, sending her crashing to the ground.

Paz filed a lawsuit against Lionsgate for $55 million, claiming the 2011 accident left her unable to work and permanently hurt. She had to have surgery to correct a spinal fracture.

The video will be the centerpiece of her trial. She's due in Santa Monica court Tuesday because Lionsgate is trying to get the suit dismissed.

He was awesome as Ray ... he crushed it as Django ... and apparently Jamie Foxx also brought down the house playing RONDA ROUSEY!

It's a pretty cool story ... UFC champ Holly Holm says Foxx invited her over to his L.A. pad after she won the fight back in August -- and treated her to a live reenactment of the K.O. seen 'round the world.

So, how'd Foxx do?

HOLM LOVED IT!

Sidney Poitier -- the first black actor to win a best-acting Oscar -- went to Craig's to celebrate his 89th birthday ... and a truckload of stars showed up to honor him.

Check out the video ... Denzel Washington, Lenny Kravitz, Patrick Stewart, Lori Laughlin and others came to watch Sidney blow out the candles. Nick Jonas showed up at the same time as the others and left around the same time as well, so it looks like he was part of the celebration.

Mike Tyson thinks Leonardo DiCaprio's famed Oscar drought should come to an end this year ... saying that Leo's killed it in "The Revenant" and deserves to take home a gold trophy.

A collection of Mario Puzo's rough drafts of "The Godfather" was snatched at an auction for the very godfatherly price of $625k.

Puzo's children unloaded 45 boxes filled with reams of handwritten notes and drafts from multiple versions of the famous novel and screenplay ... which Francis Ford Coppola eventually brought to the big screen.

Puzo died in 1999.

Jennifer Lawrence got A-level Wang treatment in NYC ... at the expense of some frigid shoppers.

Alexander Wang's store went into lockdown mode Thursday so J Law and a friend could browse the racks by their lonesome ... leaving a few vagabond shoppers to shiver in the 37 degree weather.

Shortly after the actress arrived, the manager pulled down the blinds for complete privacy.

It's like Dickens ... only real.

Gwyneth Paltrow's alleged stalker is still a threat to the actress ... no matter what the jury said in his felony stalking case -- so says the LAPD.

LAPD cops with direct knowledge of Dante Soiu tell us ... they're surprised a jury found him not guilty, but it doesn't mean Gwyneth is safe. Soiu has showed signs of mental instability over a period of years, and a dangerous obsession with the actress.

We're told LAPD officials will meet with prosecutors to figure out why the case went south and how to shore up any future case against Soiu. One thing is clear ... the LAPD doesn't think this is the end of Soiu and his bizarre conduct toward Gwyneth.

Somebody get Maverick on the horn ... Val Kilmer appears to be on the road to recovery, and ready for a wingman.

Val was spotted at Heathrow Airport Wednesday, looking the best we've seen him in a long time. You'll recall, about a year ago he was getting treatment for what doctors suspected was a tumor on his throat -- and he's rarely been seen in public since then.

He's been taking in some London plays recently and touring art galleries.

Vanity, lead singer of the '80s girl group Vanity 6, has died after years of battling kidney failure and, more recently, an abdominal illness.

Vanity, whose real name was Denise Katrina Matthews, passed away in a Fremont, CA hospital on Monday ... according to sources close to her family. A few months ago she set up a GoFundMe page, and said she'd been diagnosed with sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis -- an inflammation of the small intestines.

She also battled crack addiction in the '90s, and after a 1994 OD her kidneys were shot. She had to undergo nearly daily dialysis treatments.

Vanity's biggest hit came in 1982 with "Nasty Girl" ... a song produced by Prince. The group toured with Prince on his 1999 tour, but she quit right after that. She went on to sign a solo record deal with Motown, and starred in movies like "The Last Dragon" and "Action Jackson."

She eventually ditched Hollywood, quit drugs and became a born-again Christian in the mid '90s. She remained active in her local church up until her death. We're told she was in church on Saturday evening and told the congregation she was "ready to go home."

Vanity was 57.

Bill Murray just came face to face with an old nemesis on the golf course in Pebble Beach ... THE GOPHER.

It was pretty funny ... Bill took some time during the Pebble Beach Pro-Am to check out the varmint who popped up right near the hole -- just like in "Caddyshack."

Only this time, there were no explosives.

Though we know how Carl Spackler woulda handled the situation ...

Tom Cruise zealously guards his image, which is why it's shocking he's allowing a Senate candidate in the Philippines to use his mug on campaign billboards.

Cresente Paez is gunning for an upgrade from the Philippines House of Representatives to the Senate. So the campaign brain trust came up with this ad, showing Tom Cruise scoffing at Paez's candidacy ... calling it "Mission Impossible." But Paez fires back, "It's Paezible!"

Tom has gone on the attack against people who use his name and likeness without permission, but his longtime lawyer, Bert Fields, tells TMZ, "Since the ad's meant to be funny and doesn't imply an endorsement, I'm sure Tom's not going to assert the right to protect his name and likeness."

Sidenote ... the movie poster is from 2006. Sometimes there's a bit of a delay when movies go international.

Harrison Ford's busted leg on the set of 'The Force Awakens' just got the 'Star Wars' production slapped with 4 criminal charges in England.

The U.K.'s Health and Safety Executive brought the charges against Foodles Production Ltd. -- a Disney subsidiary -- claiming it violated health & safety codes when Han Solo went down during filming.

Back in June 2014 ... a hydraulic metal door on the Millenium Falcon slammed on Ford at Pinewood Studios. Foodles will have to face the judge in May.

Good thing they didn't see what happened to Han later during filming!

Josh Brolin's got issues with the Academy Awards -- not only because they dissed some worthy black actors, but they also gave him the cold shoulder.

Josh and his fiancee Kathryn Boyd were at LAX when one of the paps brought up the lack of diversity in Oscar nominees this year, and he quickly pointed out he wasn't invited either.

BTW, Josh was awesome in "Sicario" ... and probably shoulda been nominated.

Anyway, JB says he's happy Idris Elba at least won a SAG Award, but his reaction when someone wished him luck in getting a future nomination was, umm ... unexpected.

Jada Pinkett Smith doesn't think loading the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with black people is a solution to the obvious problem.

We got Jada Tuesday in Flint, Michigan, where she met with the Mayor over the water crisis. Jada doesn't like the notion that black people will automatically vote black.

She has a fascinating point to make about "Beasts of No Nation" and Idris Elba, and why they got overlooked.

As for whether she's softened her position on attending the Oscars ... take a guess and watch the video.

Ben Stiller mugged for the cameras at their "Zoolander 2" premiere -- and by mugged we mean he and his son went full Blue Steel.

Stiller and his wife, Christine Taylor, made it a family affair with their kids Ella and Quinlin at the world premiere of "Zoolander 2" at Alice Tully Hall in New York Tuesday night.

The family stopped to pose on the purple carpet and Stiller's son grabbed the spotlight and flashed a perfect Blue Steel to the crowds.

Stiller's been on a tear promoting "Zoolander 2" in Milan at a department store and breaking a record for exposing his ultra-long stick.

Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill aren't the only ones with hard bodies in 'Batman v Superman' ... the new batmobile's also flexing for tourists.

We got this footage of Batman's whip cruising around the Warner Bros. lot, and the guy behind the wheel is a dead ringer for Affleck. Sources on the lot tell us they're not shooting scenes for the movie, which comes out next month.

Instead the batmobile was just on promotional duty -- rolling around to pique the interest of people taking the WB Studio Tour.