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One of the escaped monkeys in Mississippi was shot and killed Sunday morning by a mom who told the Associated Press she feared for the safety of her children.

The AP reports Jessica Bond Ferguson -- a mother-of-five living in Heidelberg, Mississippi -- was alerted to a monkey running in the yard outside their home by her 16-year-old son this morning ... and, when she looked, she says the monkey was just 60 feet from her home.

Ferguson told the outlet she fired her gun ... “I did what any other mother would do to protect her children. I shot at it and it just stood there, and I shot again, and he backed up and that's when he fell.”

In what authorities reportedly called a 2-part attack, wild elephants broke a man's legs in Malaysia ... then later came back and trampled him to death.

According to local news outlet, The Vibes, Saidi Jahari, 43, was working at a logging site in the Gua Musang district of the country at the time of the incident. The news outlet reports elephants attacked the logging site, injuring Saidi while the five other loggers were able to escape into the woods.

Following the attack, Saidi's coworkers brought him inside their communal house for protection as he nursed his two broken legs.

Vogue UK writer Chanté Joseph -- of the viral "Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?" article, which has blown up the internet discussing women's perspectives on dating -- tells us the men are "outraged" and "worried" ever since the ladies got a hold of her piece.

The popularized writer tells TMZ the feedback from women on her article has been nothing but praise ... but men, on the other hand, are not too fond of her words, which have sparked worry throughout the boyfriend community.

Check the clip ... Chanté dives into how the inspiration for her article came about, saying she noticed women posting and cropping out their husbands/boyfriends from their pics online. So, she decided to start asking women why this is, and she tells us the responses were so insane she had no choice but to dig more into the subject.

Heidi Klum went from "Project Runway" to "Project Rainway" ... 'cause her latest catwalk resembled a wind tunnel -- except it was outside on a rooftop, where she found herself unwittingly locked in a high-fashion duel with her umbrella.

Check it out ... Heidi hit the Empire State Building in NYC on Thursday ... but between the howling wind and sideways sheets of rain, her poor little umbrella never stood a chance.

The video’s pure comedy ... Heidi was battling her rebellious canopy as it flipped inside out and thrashed from side to side as she desperately tried to keep it together.

10:35 AM PT -- Julia Fox just addressed her reasoning behind her choice of controversial Halloween outfit this year, posting a statement on IG …

"I’m dressed as Jackie Kennedy in the pink suit. Not as a costume, but as a statement. When her husband was assassinated, she refused to change out of her blood-stained clothes, saying, ‘I want them to see what they’ve done.’ The image of the delicate pink suit splattered with blood is one of the most haunting juxtapositions in modern history. Beauty and horror. Poise and devastation.

"Her decision not to change clothes, even after being encouraged to, was an act of extraordinary bravery. It was performance, protest, and mourning all at once. A woman weaponizing image and grace to expose brutality. It’s about trauma, power, and how femininity itself is a form of resistance. Long live Jackie O ♥️"

Julia Fox looked back to the John F. Kennedy assassination for inspiration for her Halloween costume ... dressing up as Jackie Kennedy in her blood-soaked pink suit.

Ya gotta see Julia's costume from The Cursed Amulet's Halloween party in New York City Thursday night ... she channeled the way JFK's widow looked in 1963 after the president's head got blown off in Dallas, Texas.

Jackie was wearing a pink Chanel suit and a pink pillbox hat as she sat next to JFK in a motorcade driving through the city ... and her outfit was sprayed with blood when her husband was assassinated. She held him in her arms as he died.

Kelly Osbourne's son is showing the apple doesn't fall far from the tree ... biting the head off a "bat" in an adorable new video.

Kelly took to TikTok to show her infant son, Sidney, dressed as a skeleton ... where he's seen taking a big bite out of a stuffed bat before ripping its head clean off.

Sidney's clearly proud of his work ... flashing a big smile and laughing once the head's clean off.

Influencer Eugenia Cooney has resurfaced at Disney World amid her social media hiatus ... and growing concern from fans over her health.

Check out the pics ... YouTube/TikTok star Eugenia was riding the monorail with her mom and brother on Tuesday ... but, as you can see, she looks pretty glum as she stares out a window at "The Most Magical Place on Earth." An eyewitness tells us she and her family didn't say one word to each other during the entire ride.

Her clothes, though, screamed high fashion. Eugenia was decked out in a ruffled, metallic dress and an oversized pink cardigan paired with fishnet tights and white boots. She also got into the Halloween spirit by rocking a 'Nightmare Before Christmas' purse.

If Emma Stone’s on the call sheet, you already know it’s worth watching. Add Yorgos Lanthimos in the director’s chair and -- drumroll, please -- we’ve got "Bugonia"!

It’s Halloween week on "TMZ Movie Tea," and Jabeen Waheed's serving up some eerie picks -- starting with "Bugonia," where Jesse Plemons and breakout star Aidan Delbis snatch up Emma Stone’s power-CEO, convinced she’s an alien in disguise.

For extra chills, we’ve got "Hallow Road" starring Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys -- a couple jolted by a late-night call from their daughter after she hits a pedestrian ... but the drive to reach her spirals into something much darker.

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Beloved TikToker Kae Bradshaw has died after a valiant battle with cancer.

Her husband, Austin, announced the heartbreaking news on her TikTok account Wednesday and revealed she passed Monday at 1:27 AM with family surrounding her.

Austin said Kae -- who had been diagnosed with stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma, or bile duct cancer -- was in no pain and was holding his hand as she took her last breaths.

"Love Island" star Huda Mustafa's livestream with boyfriend Louis Russell turned ugly when they laughed at a fan calling Olandria Carthen the N-word ... now they're all responding to give their side of the story.

So here's what Huda had to say ... she's claiming she did hear the N-word, but that's all. According to her, she didn't know the unknown caller -- who sounded like a small child -- was using the word to describe Olandria ... but that still begs the question, why did they laugh???

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Everybody was wondering how Jay Guapo and Pink Cardigan convinced North West and Kim Kardashian to dress up as them for Halloween ... but the viral TikTokers told us they had nothing to do with it.

Jay told TMZ in Los Angeles yesterday, "It was a total shock to us."

Not just shocking ... it was unbelievable. At first, Jay thought for sure it was an A.I. fake-out. It was only when they saw it on North and Kim's official social accounts that they both believed it.

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Jaylen Brown has seen all the jokes about his in-game fake hairline catastrophe ... and the chatter's gotten so loud, he's calling on LeBron James for an assist.

Fresh off a viral video of what appeared to be hair paint rubbing off on Knicks hooper OG Anunoby's jersey over the weekend, the Celtics star hopped on Twitch on Tuesday ... where he allegedly hit up King James for some hair advice.

Bron didn't pick up the phone ... but Brown left a message to make sure he knew the matter was serious.

North West is getting into the Halloween spirit ... dressing up as one of Gen Z's most beloved content creators ... none other than Kai Cenat.

North nails the look ... rocking a fake goatee and facial hair, plus a dreadlock wig with the perfect lineup.

She tops it off with a gray blazer and maroon tie ... mimicking Kai’s signature fit from his live-streamed creator bootcamp, “Streamer University.”