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Tom Hanks' son Chet Hanks says he's currently stranded in Colombia after running into a passport problem while trying to return to the United States.

The actor and musician explained on Instagram that he was traveling with his Greek passport -- he's a dual citizen -- because his American passport was close to expiring. According to Chet, airline officials would not allow him to board his flight without the proper U.S. documentation required for re-entry.

As a result, he says he's stuck in Medellín until he can resolve the issue. Chet told his followers, the next step is heading to the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá to obtain emergency travel paperwork. "Free me," he captioned one post about the situation.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel's attack on Puerto Vallarta left a ton of Americans stranded in the resort town ... including actress Niecy Nash ... who is thankfully safe now.

Niecy and her wife, Jessica Betts, rushed to the airport Tuesday to get the heck outta Dodge days after the explosive siege began.

Niecy confirmed the scary getaway posting, "Went to celebrate my bday with my family, and got caught up in the cartel attacks," adding ... "There was fear, anxiety and few tears."

Niecy turned 56 Monday -- likely the reason the two hit the fabulous vacation destination -- though this wasn't exactly the most relaxing way to spend a birthday.

HBO’s steamy hit "Heated Rivalry" has fans going feral -- and now they can take their obsession offline ... 'cause they can officially rent out the actual Canadian cottage from the show!

Yes, seriously. The iconic lakeside Barlochan Cottage tucked away in Muskoka, north of Toronto, is hitting Airbnb -- and bookings open March 3 at 12 PM ET.

The price? $248.10 in Canadian dollars per night (about $181 USD) -- a cheeky nod to "24" and "81," the jersey numbers of Hudson Williams’ Shane Hollander and Connor Storrie’s Ilya Rozanov, the duo at the heart of the show’s fiery, queer hockey saga.

As any fan knows, the 3-bedroom forest-core fantasy in the pics wasn’t just set dressing -- it was the setting. From Connor’s now-legendary "I’m coming to the cottage" line to Shane and Ilya’s off-ice moments, all the way to that finale ... it’s basically a fandom pilgrimage site with throw pillows.

British budget airline Jet2 has banned two passengers for life after a brutal brawl broke out on a flight from Turkey to the United Kingdom ... and, another passenger recorded all of it.

The flight took off from Antalya Thursday headed for Manchester ... but had to make an emergency landing in Belgium after a shouting match began between several passengers.

The flight crew tries to step in to calm the situation ... but, that doesn't tamp down tensions at all -- the confrontation quickly turns physical, leading to a massive brawl.

Kiefer Sutherland's been spotted for the first time since he allegedly threatened to kill his Uber driver ... and, somehow, he apparently grabbed ANOTHER ride with the service!

Photogs snapped pics of the actor at LAX Thursday in a wide-brimmed white hat, what looks like a guitar in hand, and a couple bags with him as he rushed across the street toward a sign which clearly reads, "Uber."

It's a pickup spot for the rideshare service ... and he's clearly handing over his bags to a man before he hops in the back of a large black SUV.

Philippine Airlines may want to invest in a certified plumber to fly with the rest of its crew ... because a recent bathroom accident caught attendants with their pants down.

Horrifying video has come out from a recent 15-hour flight from Los Angeles to the Philippines ... which shows crew members manually removing human waste from the toilet and putting it in the sink after all 11 onboard toilets failed mid-flight.

Watch the video at your own risk ... a worker -- wearing gloves and a thin surgical mask -- repeatedly dips what looks like a bucket into the overflowing toilet and removes waste, which is then drained down the sink. It's unclear how long the worker had to repeat this action.

A Spirit Airlines passenger got into a heated confrontation with staff before takeoff in the Caribbean ... and she was booted from the plane along with her 2 dogs while the cameras were rolling.

TMZ obtained dramatic video from Thursday's jaw-dropping incident aboard the aircraft, which was standing on the tarmac at Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Check it out ... the woman is clearly pissed as she argues with 2 staffers ... saying something about her seat while pointing to the number on the overhead bin.

Things quickly devolved into chaos, with security officers yanking her out of the plane and down a flight of boarding stairs onto the tarmac, while another worker led the dogs out.

Ted Cruz is out there searching for greener pastures ... because he was just spotted flying to sunny California while his home state of Texas braces for a winter storm.

A photo posted on X by political strategist Shea Jordan Smith Tuesday, show Cruz waiting in the aisle of a crowded commercial flight. Smith wrote the plane was heading to Laguna Beach, California.

Although the weather in Laguna Beach is forecast to stay in the low 60s throughout this week, much of Texas is preparing to deal with a massive ice and snow storm set to arrive Friday.

A Minnesota woman died after her arm was ripped clean off in a suspected shark attack off the coast of St. Croix in the Caribbean Sea.

According to the Virgin Islands Police Department, officers responded to a call about a woman who had presumably been bitten by a shark around 4:30 PM Thursday near Dorsch Beach on St. Croix.

Fire, marine units and EMS arrived on scene ...where they found the woman, already missing an arm. They searched for an additional reported victim but found no one.

Married comedians Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky are reluctantly getting their groove back ... they're stuck in the Caribbean after the U.S. capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

As you may know ... U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy closed down airspace around Venezuela after the late-night military operation over the weekend, leaving some civilians and celebrities without flights back to the States.

The list of celebs affected reportedly includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Natalie Portman, Queen Latifah, Mike Tyson, and now ... Tom and Christina.

Alaska Airlines doesn't give in to purr-pressure -- that's what Alexandra Compton found out on a recent flight home for the holidays ... and she told TMZ it might be because they're dog people.

Alexandra -- a 35-year-old bartender now known as '2 Cat Karen' -- got into a standoff with airline staff in Las Vegas when they refused to let her board with her 2 cats in the same carrier.

She tells TMZ ... on December 21 she was travelling from Vegas to Portland to go back home for the holidays on a flight with her cats Phoenix and Blaze. According to Alexandra, the airline caused a fuss over the cats being in the same carrier, but she's travelled with Alaska Airlines in the same carrier many times before.

"A man in charge came down from an office and didn’t even look at the cats," Alexandra told us. "He made the decision I needed to book another seat and get another carrier or I couldn’t fly with them. Because he didn’t look at the cats, it made me think he was a dog person. It was giving he had a golden retriever at home."

Nyjah Huston had our camera guy hustlin' at LAX recently ... skating through the airport as we fired off some questions ... and as it turns out, staffers are pretty chill about him cruising through the terminal on wheels!!

We saw the Olympic medalist rolling through on his board before boarding ... so naturally, we had to ask his thoughts on how airports would hold up as makeshift skateparks.

"The airport would be sick to skate around," Huston said. "Surprisingly, they're pretty chill about us cruising around."

Travel influencer Anunay Sood died from a fatal mix and alcohol ... TMZ has learned.

The social media star's official cause of death is "combined fentanyl and ethanol toxicity" ... according to authorities in Clark County, Nevada, where he died.

We're told the manner of death is accidental.

A high school student got lit up with a Taser during a tense encounter with a cop on an Atlanta school bus ... and the disturbing moment was caught on camera.

The clip shows things spiraling fast -- 18-year-old Lanier Johnson-Hunt refuses to get off the school bus, despite repeated warnings from a school resource officer that he’ll be tased ... and after a brief scuffle, the threat turns real ... with the Taser deployed at point-blank range, right on the teen's chest, leaving him screaming in pain.

This is bananas ... a passenger at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport was caught trying to bring "nonhuman primate meat" through Customs.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said they seized the prohibited item along with some "unknown plants" and beans that were reportedly carrying pests. All the items were reportedly destroyed.

The passenger, from Congo, apparently didn't think anything of it.

Hulk Hogan's death came as a shock to the world ... and to our newsroom, where we were shooting one of our TV shows when the Sports Department learned the news. We later learned the WWE star died from a heart attack.

We dove more deeply into Hulk's life and death in our documentary "TMZ Presents: The Real Hulk Hogan" ... available to stream on Hulu.

Diddy dodged a bullet when he was found not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering ... charges that could've landed him a life sentence in federal prison.

The music mogul's still doing time for his two Mann Act convictions ... but, check out this clip of our newsroom as the decision was announced -- complete and utter shock!

We were also live-streaming when Diddy received 50 months in federal prison ... even though it seemed like Judge Arun Subramanian might give him a whole lot more time behind bars.