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Will Smith went full cowboy mode, busting out "Wild Wild West" and other classics while tearing up the stage at his Las Vegas concert!

The crowd went wild as Will cranked up the fun, tossing his hat into the audience mid-performance Thursday night at The House Of Blues, and he even made sure to give his mom, Caroline, in the crowd a loving shoutout.

The energy was all fun and chaos as Will rocked out to the iconic track from his '99 flick, as well as other hits like "Men in Black" and "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It."

Rapper Too $hort is getting back into the movie biz with his manager, David Weintraub, and their first film together has some major star power!

The Hollywood heavyweights are executive producers on the drama flick, "Freaky Tales," featuring a slew of A-List actors ... Pedro Pascal, Tom Hanks, Jay Ellis, Ben Mendelsohn, Jack Champion, Ji-young Yoo, rapper Symba, singer Normani, and Too $hort himself.

"Freaky Tales" is a wild ride through 1980s Oakland, California, giving an in-depth view into the city's music and sports scenes ... namely hip hop and basketball. $hort plays the role of a crooked cop, and Oakland rapper Symba takes on the part of $hort as a youngster.

Courtney Stodden says she almost took her life because of all the online abuse she faced when she was still just a teen ... name-dropping Chrissy Teigen as someone whose words really took a toll.

The reality television star is the subject of a new ABC News documentary titled “IMPACT x Nightline: Confessions of a Child Bride” ... and, in the trailer, she discussed the mental health issues caused by big-time celebs taking aim at her.

Specifically, Stodden mentions Teigen who posted multiple times on social media that she hated Courtney and even said her fantasy was for Stodden to take a "dirt nap."

Ryan Reynolds is trying to run from the very firestorm he helped ignite by trying to get cut out of the legal battle between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively ... at least according to Justin's attorney.

Bryan Freedman is blasting Ryan for filing a request to dismiss Baldoni's lawsuit against him, telling TMZ ... "Mr. Reynolds’ exploitation of his enormous power in Hollywood continues, this time arrogantly asking to be dismissed from the case despite his publicly documented involvement extending far beyond just being a 'supportive spouse.' Mr. Reynolds was a key player in the scheme, defaming Justin around Hollywood, strong-arming WME into dropping Justin as a client, and trying to destroy Justin’s career however possible."

As we reported, Ryan filed the dismissal docs Tuesday, calling Justin "thin-skinned" for complaining the so-called "Nicepool" character from "Deadpool & Wolverine" was mocking him.

The biggest honor in entertainment means nothing to Ben Stiller -- at least in comparison to his beloved New York Knicks' success ... 'cause the actor said he'd rather have an NBA title than an Oscar!!

The comedy legend and "Severance" director admitted just how crazy he is about his basketball team on the latest episode of Travis and Jason Kelce's "New Heights" podcast ... when he admitted he'd be perfectly content with never getting a statuette in his trophy case -- as long as Larry O'Brien comes back to New York.

Stiller joked a Knicks title is a lot more likely ... so he's "definitely down" for it to play out like that.

Christina Applegate says she's been hospitalized "upwards of 30 times" from throwing up, diarrhea, and excruciating pain ... and she thinks it stems from her MS.

The "Married... with Children" star -- who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021 -- opened up about her rather crappy experiences on her latest 'MeSsy' podcast episode as she and her cohost Jamie-Lynn Sigler addressed a note from a listener also battling the autoimmune disease and dealing with frequent diarrhea and vomiting.

During the candid discussion, CA admits when she needs to go No. 2, she oftentimes also pukes ... and is certain there's a correlation between her upset stomach and MS, despite doctors not being totally convinced.

Steven Spielberg’s daughter had a front-row seat to an unforgettable moment at her first-ever courtside NBA game Monday night—sitting next to Tracy Morgan as he threw up all over the court at the New York Knicks game.

Destry Allyn Spielberg took to Instagram on Tuesday to make light of the awkward moment ... sharing a hilarious photo of herself looking absolutely disgusted as she sat one seat away from the 'SNL' star while he got sick.

She jokes that she "had a great time" in her first meme-worthy photo, then followed up with a snap of Tracy spewing vomit, overlaid with a shrugging emoji. Hey, s*** happens!

American actor Hawthorne James was 43 years old when he played Sam -- the Los Angeles bus driver who is shot after he and his passengers discover a planted bomb -- in the action/thriller film "Speed" back in 1994.

James was joined by Hollywood icons like Keanu Reeves as the fearless and daring LAPD officer going after the bomber, Jack, Sandra Bullock as the broke Los Angeles passenger who steps up and drives the bus to safety, Annie, and Dennis Hopper as the former police officer and bomber seeking revenge on the LAPD, Howard.

D.L. Hughley is all in on Don Lemon's take, saying he agrees -- you can be Black and Republican, but supporting MAGA? That's a no-go.

We caught up with D.L. on "TMZ Live" Tuesday and he didn’t hold back -- saying Black people know they'll be tokenized, especially since Trump’s just using Black voters, trotting them out when it suits him ... like when Stephen A. Smith claimed Black people relate to Trump because of his felony convictions.

Catch the video ... D.L. dives deeper into his examples, noting how the Prez uses marginalized groups to sanitize his stances.

Ryan Reynolds is asking a judge to let him out of the ongoing legal saga between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively ... and he's taking some shots at Baldoni in the process.

Ryan just filed a motion to dismiss Baldoni's defamation suit against him.

According to the legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Ryan says Justin is showing his true colors in filing suit against him ... claiming Baldoni took his "thin-skinned outrage over a movie character" and decided to go after Ryan in court ... a reference to the satirical, woke Nicepool character from the new 'Deadpool' movie, which JB thought was an obvious shot at him.

Gal Gadot's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony served as a battleground for pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters ... with demonstrators clashing on the streets as she received her star.

Things got super intense on Hollywood Boulevard as Gal's Walk of Fame ceremony was underway Tuesday ... with protesters getting into a fight just feet away from where the Israeli actress was being honored.

Footage shows the chaos devolving between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine factions ... one altercation happened after a pro-Palestine demonstrator snatched a flag from the pro-Israel faction.

"RoboCop" icon Peter Weller is all about returning to the franchise -- but hold up, he’s not jumping back in just yet, 'cause he tells TMZ the conditions have got to be right first.

We caught up with Peter at LAX, and he said he’d pretty much do anything if the script is good and the money’s right -- so, he's not exactly asking for much.

Catch the full video, because it looks like even if Peter gets a good deal for a "RoboCop" reboot, it'll have to compete with his latest passion -- he’s just written a book!

Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, made phone calls to a medical center on the morning after the day officials first identified she was believed to have died -- throwing a wrench into the timeline of both their deaths.

Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Denise Womack-Avila stated the department obtained phone records confirming Betsy made three phone calls to a Santa Fe medical center on the morning of February 12 -- the day after New Mexico officials concluded she likely had died ... from hantavirus, a rare and potentially fatal disease.

Womack-Avila told TMZ Tuesday ... "We can now confirm that Mrs. Hackman’s phone was utilized on the morning of February 12 to call a medical center in Santa Fe, Cloudberry Health. A total of three calls were made that morning, all to the medical center."

The original Mickey Mouse is out for blood in a new horror film based on Steamboat Willie ... and his targets are a group of princesses who are knockoffs of Disney stars.

Sources close to the production of "Screamboat" tell TMZ ... five "Party Princesses" will serve as Steamboat Willie's victims, and they are loosely based on Disney princesses.

We're told the princesses are celebrating a birthday on the steamboat and the party includes ... Cindi, Jazzy, Bella, Arianna and Rory.

Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow really got to know one another filming their upcoming movie ... because she says they have a lot of sex on camera ... like, a lot a lot.

Gwyneth dished on her steamy sex scenes with Timothée in their upcoming flick, "Marty Supreme" in a new interview with Vanity Fair .. telling the outlet, "I mean, we have a lot of sex in this movie. There's a lot -- a lot."

The two were photographed making out for the cameras while filming scenes, but Gwyneth says these snaps are just the PG version.

Mel Gibson has emerged as a popular Republican candidate to run for California governor ... and while he appreciates that confidence from voters -- there's no way in hell he's running.

A source close to Mel tells TMZ ... he's "flattered" to have done so well in a recent straw poll among 2,640 respondents, emerging as the top Republican candidate with 12% of the vote -- but it ain't happening.

We're told Mel has never had any political ambitions -- and that isn't changing now even if voters are digging his criticisms of current Democratic leadership on the state and local level.