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Jeffrey Epstein's got a loose connection to Michael Jackson ... the attorney who asked Epstein in a deposition if he had an oval-shaped unit tells us he was taking a cue from a famous MJ trial.

Spencer Kuvin, the lawyer who grilled Epstein in the infamous 2009 deposition, tells TMZ ... he got the idea to question Epstein about his alleged "egg-shaped penis" from the King of Pop's kid-sex trial.

He says the prosecutor in the MJ case wanted to enter into evidence graphic photos of splotches on Michael's penis so an alleged abuse victim could identify the skin discoloration known as vitiligo. MJ had originally submitted to having the graphic photos taken during a 1994 investigation into whether the pop star molested a boy.

Neil deGrasse Tyson has some good news for comedians worried about artificial intelligence taking over their jobs ... A.I.'s not an immediate threat!

We caught up with NDT today in NYC ... according to Neil, comedians might have some of the only safe jobs left ... that is, if you're good! He judges A.I. to be a soulless entity that doesn't understand what it's saying -- a considerable hurdle to overcome if you're mining for the revelatory and surprising insights needed for impactful jokes.

He explained, "I've asked A.I. to give me some good jokes ... they were on a bad dad-joke level."

A devastating gas explosion in a neighborhood near Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium left one man badly injured and forced about 40 residents to evacuate their homes ... and harrowing footage from the scene shows just how violent the blast was.

The blast erupted Tuesday night are tore through a vacant three-story building that was under renovation.

In shocking new video -- obtained by TMZ -- a partially nude man is seen on his knees being tended to by fire personnel. His skin appears severely burned ... and at one point, he lets out a scream of agony while being treated.

2:50 PM PT -- Hours after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to require the Dept. of Justice to release the Epstein Files, the Senate agreed to pass the same bill by unanimous consent -- to move the bill forward with no amendments to the House's version, according to the New York Times. This avoids a recorded vote in the Senate chamber.

Once the bill formally transfers from the House and is received by the Senate, it will automatically go to President Trump's desk. The transfer process generally takes several hours.

Bottom line, the bill could land on President Trump's desk tonight. Trump has said he will sign it.

We're one step closer to finding out who was dealing with Jeffrey Epstein ... the House just approved a bill demanding the Dept. of Justice release the Epstein Files.

The bill was put on the floor Tuesday for a full vote, and it passed by a 427-1 vote.

President Trump has done an about-face on the Epstein Files -- on Friday he said Republicans would be "soft and foolish" to vote for releasing the documents ... but he reversed course by Sunday night and said House Republicans should back the bill.

Nicki Minaj became the first female rapper to address the United Nations on Tuesday and gave credit where it was due ... to President Donald Trump for setting the stage!!!

The occasion was a bipartisan one ... however, the 'Pinkprint' megastar took on the U.N. invite to confront the situation in Nigeria, where Trump has claimed Christians are being murdered simply for their faith.

Nicki admitted she was nervous at the start of her speech and spoke in a soft, gentle tone throughout her entire speech, but firmly demanded urgent action for the killings.

Simon Leviev -- the infamous "Tinder Swindler" who allegedly scammed women out of millions on the dating app -- says he's mounting a legal war against the streaming service that made him famous ... telling TMZ he's suing Netflix.

Simon joined us on "TMZ Live" Tuesday after being sprung from jail in Georgia -- the country, not the state -- and we asked him about the latest round of allegations against him.

He was arrested back in September after Interpol, the intergovernmental law-enforcement organization, issued a Red Notice -- AKA an international alert -- but Simon says the allegations that led to the alert were totally false.

Donald Trump gave an ice-cold response when asked about the slaughter of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi Tuesday, sweeping it under the rug while seeming to imply that he just wasn't very popular.

As you know ... Khashoggi was famously murdered in a Saudi consulate in Turkey in 2018 by men who reportedly strangled him and sliced him up with a bone saw while he was still gasping for air. The CIA determined Saudi leader Prince Mohammed bin Salman was the one who ordered the grisly slaying.

During his Tuesday visit to the White House -- MBS was asked the inevitable question by a reporter about why Americans should trust him given that he's widely considered to be the mastermind of Khashoggi's horrific murder.

Have you ever lain awake at night wondering what it’s like to get torpedoed on a boat? No? Well, buckle up anyway ... because we’re about to show you exactly that.

No, not IRL -- don’t worry. But we do have video. Recently released NATO footage gives a wild, front-row seat to a torpedo strike, with explosive shots captured right from the target vessel ... and yeah, you can literally see all hell break loose the second it hits.

It’s an incredible -- and low-key terrifying -- watch ... and anyone who gets seasick might wanna sit this one out 'cause those waves are insane and only make the impact look even more brutal, crashing through and breaking up everything on board.

Mark Epstein is cynical about the House of Representatives' vote to compel the release of the Justice Department's files on his late brother Jeffrey ... he says House Republicans are only agreeing to the action now because he says the Epstein Files are being edited.

In an interview on NewsNation Monday, Mark alleged ... “The reason they’re gonna be releasing these things, the reason for the flip is that they’re 'sanitizing' these files. There’s a facility in Winchester, Virginia where they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out.”

Mark assured the information comes from a "pretty good source."

Hold onto your fries, folks! President Donald Trump, the unofficial mascot of McDonald's, is dropping a bombshell about his favorite meal ... and nope, it's not the Big Mac!

At the McDonald's Impact Summit on Monday, Donald dished that his top-secret munchie is the Filet-O-Fish ... but he also slid in a not-so-subtle note to the Golden Arches -- load that thing up with more tartar sauce!!

His tartar confession got some knowing chuckles from the crowd ... especially when Donald ranted about how much he hates having to ask for extra sauce, even locking eyes with one guy in the audience who clearly felt his pain.

President Trump is so annoyed by the Jeffrey Epstein scandal that he's resorting to personal attacks on reporters asking him about the notorious sex offender -- and he even called one journalist a pig!

As you know, Trump has been under tremendous scrutiny over his longtime association with Epstein -- including last week when the House Oversight Committee released 23,000 emails that pointed to the their connection.

New video's surfaced of Trump flying Friday on Air Force One with a bunch of reporters -- one of whom asked the prez about his name popping up in the thousands of never-before-seen emails ... and Trump didn't take too kindly to the question.

It looks like the "Pink Pony Club" made its way all the way to Mar-a-Lago ... 'cause Keith Urban just played the hit Chappell Roan song at an event at Trump's Florida golf club!

Check it out ... the Aussie country crooner sang the catchy pop tune -- inspired in part by Los Angeles gay bar The Abbey and the LGBTQ+ community -- over the weekend at a private event hosted by Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt.

Trump was recorded sitting next to Pratt -- who reportedly donated $10 million to his 2024 election campaign -- at the event.

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have been around the world promoting their new movie ... and now they're back stateside for one last rodeo.

Ariana and Cynthia were in lockstep Monday at the premiere of "Wicked: For Good" at the Lincoln Center in New York City.

The cast previously hit premieres in Brazil and Singapore, where things got dramatic when an unruly fan jumped a barricade and attacked Ariana.

The executor of O.J. Simpson's estate, Malcolm Lavergne, stopped by "TMZ Live" Monday and admitted the estate doesn't have enough to cover Fred Goldman's $57 million creditor claim ... but he says they'll pay what they can.

Lavergne told us bluntly, "The reality is the estate currently doesn't have that kind of money and, practically, the estate probably will never have that kind of money."

So why did the estate accept the multimillion-dollar settlement? Lavergne explained it isn't based on how much Simpson's estate can afford, but whether the claim itself is valid.

11/17/2025 11:28 AM PT -- A rep for the Goldman family tells TMZ ... "The Executor’s acceptance of the claim is a positive acknowledgement of the debt; however, it does not constitute payment. This acceptance simply allows the administration of the claim to move forward in probate. We will continue to monitor the probate process as it progresses.”

O.J. Simpson's estate seems one step closer to paying Fred Goldman money he's owed for winning his wrongful death lawsuit years ago ... because the estate's accepted a multimillion-dollar settlement.

Malcolm LaVergne -- the Simpson estate executor -- filed court documents earlier this week in which he accepts Fred's creditor claim in the "amount of $57,997,858.12 (U.S.), plus judgment interest on the approved amount."

Goldman originally asked for north of $117 million ... but, LaVergne argues that -- despite what he sees as a good faith effort on Goldman's part to determine an accurate amount -- the interest hasn't been calculated correctly.

President Trump says "somebody" is responsible for bringing white nationalist Nick Fuentes to dinner at Mar-a-Lago ... and that special someone is Kanye West.

Trump was defending Tucker Carlson's recent interview with Fuentes -- which has caused backlash among Republicans -- when he went down memory lane ... and things got funny, fast.

POTUS awkwardly referred to Kanye only as "somebody" who, unbeknownst to him, invited Fuentes to Mar-a-Lago a couple years ago for dinner. Trump then quickly identified that somebody as Ye.