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"Wicked: For Good" may be so two months ago, but Ariana Grande is still droppin' behind-the-scenes shots, and this double birdie selfie is the mood we need going into 2026. What are y'all's thoughts?

Internet sensation and Broadway star Trisha Paytas says she wants to run for Congress in California ... and she's already got her campaign slogan picked out. With a tight deadline to collect signatures, are you signing for Trisha?!

In December, a video went viral showing a drunk, belligerent woman attacking bar staff in San Francisco ... now one of the bartenders she terrorized has reportedly been fired.

ICYMI ... Shireen Afkari had a wild altercation at the popular food spot, Hazie's. After appearing to get cut off from drinks -- reportedly for causing a ruckus -- Shireen was caught on video shouting at and getting physical with employees as well as fellow patrons.

After striking one customer, Shireen was slammed to the ground by a restaurant worker ... but that's not who is reported to have been fired. Outside, Shireen was running on the sidewalk, and apparently got tripped by bartender Miguel Marchese ... and Miguel is reportedly the employee who was let go.

The Golden State Warriors aren't playing around when it comes to fan violence -- the team banned two spectators after a wild brawl broke out in the stands during Wednesday's game.

TMZ Sports spoke with the Warriors on Thursday after several videos surfaced on social media showing two men going at it during the Dubs vs. Bucks game at the Chase Center.

"SFPD (San Francisco Police Department) was on location to defuse the situation," the org. said. "The fans have been banned from future Chase Center events."

The Warriors also told us no one was injured ...which is pretty remarkable after watching the video.

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A recent Broadway production of "Mamma Mia!" looks like it had more drama in the audience than on the stage ... a man in the crowd went nuclear on some women seated behind him ... and his epic freakout is all on video.

The footage, which is going viral online, shows a man at the Jan. 3 theater performance getting up from his seat at intermission and popping off on a bunch of ladies seated near him ... he shouts for security and tells his neighbors, "You want me to make a scene? I'm going to make a scene!!!"

Trisha Paytas is shooting for the stars in 2026 ... she says she wants to run for Congress in California ... and she's already got her campaign slogan picked out.

The podcaster and influencer posted a video on social media revealing her plans to run for Congress as a write-in candidate ... and she had to Google how to get the process started.

Trisha's got a tight deadline to collect some signatures, but given her large online following, she's pretty confident she will meet the requirements ... so it sounds like she's serious.

The reason Trisha wants to get it politics ... her kids. She says her Generation Alpha and Generation Beta offspring need a better world, and she's determined to give it to them.

North West either ate a whole sleeve of Oreos or she just debuted a cool rocker-chic new look ... the 12-year-old popped up on TikTok with black grills.

In the video, posted Saturday, North flaunts an apparently fake piercing through the bridge of her nose, along with blue hair and all-black dental bling.

North also showed off the diamond skull necklace her mom, Kim Kardashian, got her for Christmas.

1/4/25 9:25 AM PT -- A Universal spokesperson tells TMZ ... "We have investigated and reviewed the concerns brought forward by this former employee and they were found to be inaccurate and without merit. We take all employee concerns seriously and have established processes for raising any concerns without fear of retaliation."

Steven Anthony Lawrence -- a  former child star on the Disney hit "Even Stevens" -- says he was retaliated against for reporting a pedophile at Universal Studios ... and now no longer has a job there.

The actor -- who played Bernard "Beans" Aranguren on 22 episodes of the show from 2001 to 2003 -- made the claims on Instagram Saturday ... sharing a photo of his work ID leaned up against a large Toad costume.

Steven says he's put off sharing the news because he hoped to come to an amicable solution with his former employer.

"Uncut Gems" might just be a movie, but it looks like it nailed the volatile nature of the jewelry industry in New York ... because a couple of well-known jewelers got into a massive brawl Friday.

Here's the deal ... a jeweler named Maksud Agadjani, who owns TraxNYC -- and boasts more than 3 million Instagram followers -- confronted George and Freddy Akay of Akay Diamonds. He accused them of using his name to rip people off.

In the clip he posted, he goes crazy at the Akay booth ... screaming in a man's face and calling him a thief while shouting curses and other NSFW words at him.

TikTok's beloved Grandma Mary has passed away, her granddaughter announced Friday.

Grandma Mary died peacefully in her sleep on New Year's Eve, her granddaughter -- who goes by Pyxie online -- revealed to her 1.4 million followers. She added ... "How lucky we are to have experienced her and her love. She will always be with us."

Grandma Mary was adored by Pyxie's followers as she was heavily featured on her TikTok account doing day-to-day tasks and generally spreading joy with her upbeat persona and comforting smile.

A parachutist at the Armed Forces Bowl ended up with an unexpected touchdown prior to the game ... or, perhaps "crash-down" is a more apt term -- since he went down hard after catching on the field goal net.

The wild moment went down before the college football game in Fort Worth, Texas Friday ... when a few parachutists leapt from planes during the flyover to land on the field -- all pretty standard fare for big-time matchups like this one.

While four of the jumpers landed safe and sound, one got a little too close to the net behind the goal post which keeps balls from landing in the crowd ... stopping his momentum and sending him plummeting to the earth.

Grok -- the chatbot developed by Elon Musk's company xAI -- has apparently allowed users to create images involving minors in "minimal" clothing ... though it has promised to remedy the issue.

Here's the deal ... this week, some sick users on X decided to ask Grok to take real pictures of kids and put the subjects in sexual situations.

Others on the site allege the chatbot did just that ... and, when confronted about it, Grok replied to one user, "There are isolated cases where users prompted for and received AI images depicting minors in minimal clothing, like the example you referenced. xAI has safeguards, but improvements are ongoing to block such requests entirely."

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Walt Disney World was the site of yet another scare when a massive prop boulder slammed into a worker, knocking him off his feet ... with blood spurting from his head.

Video of the shocking scene surfaced Tuesday on TikTok ... the clip opens with a crowd of people watching the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida -- and everything seems normal at first.

When the boulder from the epic "Raiders of the Lost Ark" opening scene starts rolling toward a man playing the role of the famous film character, Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones Jr., before it suddenly veers off course. The giant orb hurtles toward the audience ... and an employee steps in front of it to block its path.

A car crashed through a man's fence and went flying through the air, landing on his pool house roof and ejecting the driver ... and it's all on video.

Surveillance footage shows the moment the car comes busting through the backyard fence of Cletis Reed's home in Laughlin, Nevada ... the car barrel rolls as it goes airborne and the lady behind the wheel splashes down in a swimming pool.

Reed told FOX 5 Vegas he was getting ready to use his hot tub -- you see the jacuzzi in the corner of the yard -- and had gone inside to talk to his wife moments before the car came crashing through the wall.

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