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More mysterious video of what appears to be super tall human-like beings walking among us ... and this time, folks are claiming there are 10-foot tall "aliens" down in Brazil.

Ya gotta see these videos from Ilha do Mel, an island off the coast of Brazil ... where locals claim they saw at least two tall and mysterious figures standing on a hilltop. It's hard to gauge how far away these clips were shot from -- but whatever's out there sure looks big.

The so-called "aliens" here in the videos seem to be surveying the land below from up on the hill ... moving around, gesturing and seemingly walking through the landscape.

It's pretty crazy ... the woman who took the video says it's pretty much impossible for humans to reach the part of the hill where the "creatures" are ... and she says the beings are way bigger than people. At one point, you start to see them on the move -- walking around!

The sighting comes only days after an incident in Miami ... where conspiracy theorists claim video shows a tall "gray creature" walking through an outdoor mall in the middle of a massive police response.

As we first told you, cops in Miami said that video doesn't show a creature but rather a human shadow ... and the cops were responding to a huge fight.

The Brazilian government is going a different route to brush this incident off ... posting on social media, "Surreaaaaaaal what happened on Ilha do Mel!!! Verão Maior Paraná is another story and even 'strange beings' came to check it out. 😱 And you, will you be left out? 🤔"

In other words, they're trying to play this off as a hoax ... or not what people think it is.

Eye of the beholder, we suppose -- we'll say this though ... these sightings are becoming more frequent. And at some point, someone might get something on camera that's impossible to deny as much ado about nothing. Until then, here are more breadcrumbs for the unknown.

Más videos misteriosos de lo que parecen ser humanos súper altos caminando entre nosotros, y esta vez, la gente dice que son "extraterrestres" de 10 pies de altura en Brasil.

Tienen que ver estos videos de Ilha do Mel, una isla frente a la costa de Brasil, donde los lugareños afirman que vieron al menos dos figuras altas y misteriosas de pie en la cima de una colina. Es difícil determinar la distancia desde la que se grabaron estos videos, pero lo que sea que hay ahí parece muy grande.

Los llamados "alienígenas" en los videos parecen estar estudiando la tierra desde lo alto de la colina, moviéndose, gesticulando y aparentemente caminando por el paisaje.

Es una locura... la mujer que grabó el video dice que es prácticamente imposible para los humanos llegar al lugar de la colina donde están las "criaturas" y que los seres son mucho más grandes que las personas. En un momento dado, se los ve moviéndose y, ¡caminando!

El avistamiento se produce solo unos días después de un incidente en Miami. De acuerdo a los teóricos de la conspiración, un video muestra una alta "criatura gris" caminando por un centro comercial al aire libre en medio de un gran despliegue policial.

Como les contamos por primera vez, los policías en Miami dijeron que el video no mostraba a ninguna criatura, sino más bien a una sombra humana. Los policías habían llegado al lugar para contener una gran pelea.

El gobierno brasileño va en una dirección diferente para ahuyentar este incidente. En sus redes sociales publicaron: "Surreaaaaaaal lo que pasó en Ilha do Mel!!!! Verão Maior Paraná es otra historia y hasta 'seres extraños' vinieron a comprobarlo. 😱

En otras palabras, están tratando de hacer pasar esto como un engaño o que no es lo que la gente cree que es.

A los ojos del espectador, suponemos que estos avistamientos son cada vez más frecuentes. Y en algún momento, alguien podría conseguir algo en cámara que será imposible negar. Hasta entonces, aquí hay más videos sugerentes de lo desconocido.

Superemos a "la rata come pizza", hay un nuevo video de roedores de Nueva York corriendo por las calles y esta vez tiene que ver con un indigente.

Échale un vistazo a este video de una estación de metro en la Gran Manzana que se publicó esta semana... se puede ver a un indigente durmiendo bajo una manta mientras decenas de ratas se escabullen debajo de las sábanas.

Comienza con unas pocas ratas huyendo cuando los pasajeros del metro se acercan, luego sigue una estampida masiva que se dirige hacia las vías del tren. No se sabe si fueron atropelladas por un tren como ese tipo la semana pasada en Filadelfia.

El número de ratas que parecen dormir con este vagabundo -acurrucadas bajo la manta, nada menos- es impactante. Estamos hablando de al menos una docena de estos monstruos ratoniles, si no más.

Parece que el nuevo "Paraíso de las Ratas" es Nueva York, y Kathleen Corradi tiene mucho trabajo por delante.

Hemos visto ratas arrastrando trozos de pizza, luchando por la pizza y atacando a las palomas en los últimos años en la ciudad de Nueva York. Este video es solo uno más de cientos que circulan por las redes.

Una última cosa, el video no muestra al indigente debajo de la manta, dejando a algunas personas con la interrogante de si todo esto fue una puesta en escena. Todo se desarrolla con demasiada perfección, y como hemos dicho, hay mucho que no se ve en el viral.

Robert Kraft says both he and Bill Belichick agreed to break up this week ... calling the decision to split a mutual one that was made "amicably."

Kraft just spoke with reporters about the move at a news conference in Foxborough ... saying the decision was "so hard."

"This is a very emotional day for me," the New England owner said.

Kraft told media members he was very grateful for Belichick -- a man who he employed to oversee his team for the past 24 years -- saying matter-of-factly, "he's the greatest coach of all time."

Kraft added that he'd continue to wish Belichick success ... joking that that stance would only change if and when Bill coaches against the Patriots.

Belichick also spoke at the news conference, and he confirmed that through a series of discussions with Kraft this week, they both did indeed mutually agree to separate.

Belichick thanked all of his former players, coaches and Patriots fans for their support the last two-plus decades.

Belichick did not reveal where he'll go next -- but he did say he's "excited for the future."

Neither the coach nor the owner took questions at the presser.

The 71-year-old coach first joined New England in the 2000 season ... and went on to win six Super Bowls for the org. In his Pats tenure, he piled up a 266-121 record.

9:58 AM PT -- NYC Mayor Adams' 'Rat Czar' Kathleen Corradi tells TMZ ... "Mayor Adams declared war on rats when he took office, and under this administration, we are winning that war day by day. Rat sighting complaints are down 7 percent citywide since May and down 20 percent in 2023 in rat mitigation zones, where we are deploying targeted and effective rat reduction strategies."

She adds, "We’re employing a whole-of-government approach which includes the Sanitation Department’s ambitious, paradigm-changing plans to containerize all garbage in New York City and bring free, no-hassle, curbside composting to all 8.3 million New Yorkers by this fall. The Adams administration will continue this fight until we can definitively declare victory"

Move over Pizza Rat -- there's a new video of New York City rodents running the streets ... and this time it all has to do with a fellow subway bedfellow ... of the human variety.

Check out this wild video from a Big Apple subway station that was posted this week ... you can see commuters walk over to a homeless person sleeping under a blanket, and dozens of rats scurry out from under the covers.

It starts with a few rats running away as subway riders approach, then a massive stampede follows ... with the rodents scurrying down onto the train tracks. It all happens in a matter of seconds.

The sheer number of rats seemingly sleeping with this homeless person -- cozying up under the blanket, no less -- is shocking. We're talking about at least a dozen of the mouse-y monsters here, if not more.

Looks like New York City's new "Rat Czar" Kathleen Corradi has her work cut out for her.

We've seen rats dragging pizza slices, fighting over pizza and attacking pigeons over the years in NYC ... and this video is right up there in the NYC Rat Hall of Fame.

One last thing ... the video doesn't show the homeless person under the blanket or who pulls the blanket up, leaving some folks to wonder if this was all staged. It does all play out a little too perfectly, and like we said ... there's a lot you don't see in the viral clip.

Anyway ... talk about a rat pack, huh?

Un editor de Hollywood está recibiendo malas noticias profesionalmente, debido a su reciente detención por poner en peligro a unos niños. A pesar de la especulación que va a seguir trabajando en un gran espectáculo de Amazon Prime... TMZ puede confirmar que está fuera.

Christopher Charkowski —de 39 años— fue detenido en el condado de Los Ángeles la semana pasada por un cargo de delito grave de crueldad intencional a un niño causando posibles lesiones o la muerte, y un video está circulando en línea que supuestamente lo muestra abusando del niño dentro de una casa.

Fuentes policiales nos dicen que este video de vigilancia que ha estado haciendo rondando por las redes sociales, se le ha presentado a las autoridades como parte de su investigación del caso. Los registros judiciales indican que el presunto delito se cometió en junio de 2022.

El caso fue archivado en noviembre, pero Charkowski no fue detenido y fichado por la policía hasta el 4 de enero. Lo que se muestra en este video es inquietante, por decir lo menos, y podría ser una pieza clave de las pruebas a medida que avanza este caso.

En el video se ve a un hombre perdiendo la cabeza y yendo a por lo que parece ser un niño pequeño. Se le ve poner las manos encima del niño, estrangularlo y posiblemente incluso darle algún puñetazo.

No está claro cuál es la relación entre el adulto y el niño, pero los oficiales tienen motivos suficientes para creer que es Charkowski quien aparece en el video.

Por cierto, ha sido puesto en libertad bajo fianza y las fechas para la corte están programadas.

Ahora, en cuanto a quién es Charkowski en el mundo del espectáculo, ha trabajado en post-producción para un montón de grandes programas de televisión. Más recientemente, editó el video de "Jury Duty", que dio de que hablar de la ciudad el año pasado, e incluso fue nominado en los Globos de Oro del pasado fin de semana.

Charkowski aparece como parte del departamento editorial de esa serie, y luego de que este video saliera a la luz, la gente ha estado clamando para que Amazon lo deje caer lo antes posible. Una fuente directa le dice a TMZ que Charkowski ya no está afiliado con el estudio.

Nos dicen que su papel en "Jury Duty" —que se extendió por 8 episodios— vino y se fue una vez que terminó la producción hace casi un año. Nuestras fuentes dicen que era un contratista externo al show, no un empleado permanente de Amazon/Freevee.

Desde entonces, nuestras fuentes dicen que no ha sido empleado de Amazon en absoluto y es seguro decir que no va a volver.

Otro espectáculo en el que ha trabajado durante mucho tiempo es Bravo "Below Deck Mediterranean", pero una fuente señala que no ha estado con ellos desde hace unos dos años.

A prominent Hollywood editor is getting the cold shoulder, professionally, due to his recent arrest for child endangerment -- and despite speculation he'll continue working on a big-time Amazon Prime show ... TMZ can confirm he's out.

Thirty-nine-year-old Christopher Charkowski was arrested in L.A. County last week on a felony charge of willful cruelty to a child causing possible possible injury or death -- and a video is circulating online allegedly showing him brutalizing a kid inside of a house.

Law enforcement sources tell us this clip -- home surveillance footage that's been making the rounds on social media -- has been submitted to authorities as part of their investigation of the case. Court records list the date of the alleged offense as June 2022.

The case was filed back in November, but Charkowski wasn't hauled in and booked by law enforcement until Jan. 4. What's depicted in this video is disturbing, to say the least, and could be a key piece of evidence as this case proceeds.

In the clip, you see a man losing his mind and going after what appears to be a little boy. You can see him putting his hands on the kid, throttling him and possibly even throwing some punches.

It's unclear what the relation might be between the adult and child here, but on its face, it appears law enforcement had enough reason to believe it's Charkowski in the video.

BTW, he's been released on bail -- and future court dates are scheduled.

Now, as far as who Charkowski is in showbiz ... he's worked in post-production for a lot of big TV shows. Most recently, he edited video for "Jury Duty," which was the talk of the town last year, and was even nominated at last weekend's Golden Globes.

Charkowski is listed as part of the editorial department for that series -- and after this video got out, people have been clamoring for Amazon to drop him ASAP. Welp, a source with direct knowledge tells TMZ that Charkowski is no longer affiliated with the studio.

We're told his role on "Jury Duty" -- which spanned 8 episodes -- came and went once they wrapped production nearly a year ago, and our sources say he was an outside contractor on the show, not a permanent employee of Amazon/Freevee.

Since then, our sources say he hasn't been employed at Amazon whatsoever -- and safe to say ... he won't be back.

Another show he's worked on for a long time is Bravo's "Below Deck Mediterranean," but a production source points out to TMZ .... he hasn't been with them for about 2 years now.

Robert Downey Jr.'s joking about Robert De Niro's reaction to RDJ's win at the Golden Globes and hooking us up with a great soundbite -- even just for the sake of being glib.

We got the "Oppenheimer" star Wednesday outside "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and our photog asked him about De Niro mistakenly standing up when the winner for Best Supporting Actor was being read. It was a quick little mix-up on Bob's part -- but people definitely noticed.

In case you missed it ... RDJ and RDN were both up for the same award -- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture -- which went to "Robert ... Downey Jr." When De Niro heard "Robert" though, he started to stir in his seat ... almost as if he'd won ... only to be let down when a different last name followed.

RDJ's having fun with it all here, telling us ... "Nothing's better than losing."  Mind you, he was doing this in the middle of signing autographs and shooting the s*** a bit.

He's joking, of course, and the reason we know that is because we asked what he meant -- with Downey Jr. adding ... "I just wanted to give you a good quote." Indeed, it was!

Looks like RDJ's still in good spirits after the big win for his role as Lewis Strauss in "Oppenheimer" ... he didn't just bless us, but he also gave autograph hounds what they wanted too. He also walked away with a big fat peace sign for the whole gang.

Celebrity chef Curtis Stone says foodies should be wary of McDonald's' new Double Big Mac ... and he thinks the mega burger should come with its own freakin' warning.

Curtis joined us Wednesday on "TMZ Live" to talk about the Golden Arches' super-sized creation, which Australians have been chowin' down on for a while, and is about to return to the U.S. for a limited engagement.

According to Curtis, this 4-patty beast is an eat-at-your-own-risk kind of situation, and should have a health warning attached to it ... but his concerns don't stop at the caloric intake -- which is around 740 calories, for the record.

Curtis thinks McDonald's has often provided a lack of food information to its customers -- namely the "100% beef," which could be a mixture of all kinds of meat cuts -- and folks should always know exactly what they're ingesting.

He also thinks companies like Mickey D's dominate the country by adhering to peoples' cravings, but Curtis tells us why that's doing a lot more harm than good.

El famoso chef Curtis Stone dice que los amantes de la comida deberían tener cuidado con el nuevo Double Big Mac de McDonald's y cree que la mega hamburguesa debería venir con su propia advertencia.

Curtis se unió a nosotros el miércoles en "TMZ Live" para hablar de la nueva creación de la empresa de los Arcos Dorados, que los australianos han estado comiendo por un tiempo y que está a punto de regresar a los Estados Unidos para un compromiso limitado.

Según Curtis, esta bestia de 4 hamburguesas tiene sus riesgos y debería tener una advertencia de salud adjunta. Aunque sus preocupaciones no se detienen con la ingesta de calorías, que es de alrededor de 740, para que conste.

Curtis cree que McDonald's a menudo ha proporcionado poca información sobre los alimentos a sus clientes, como por ejemplo que el "100% carne de vacuno" podría ser una mezcla de todo tipo de cortes de carne. Él piensa que las personas siempre deberían saber exactamente lo que están ingiriendo.

También cree que las marcas como Mickey D's dominan el país por adherirse a los antojos de la gente, pero Curtis dice que eso está haciendo más daño que bien.

It's Kuh-nay-guh.

High school sports star Noah Knigga has become quite the internet sensation for much more than his athletic accomplishments recently ... but he wants everyone to know his name is safe for everyone to say -- as long as it's pronounced correctly.

The athlete and his family did an interview with Robert Griffin III this week ... and they answered the burning question surrounding their surname.

Of course, social media has been having a field day with the whole phenomenon ... firing off jokes left and right as it comes SUPER close to a word that could get a lot of folks canceled real quick.

Even RGIII had fun with it during the Q&A ... asking the Kniggas if they've ever been to Paris -- a reference to the famous Jay-Z and Kanye West song.

FWIW -- the Kniggas have never visited the City of Lights.

But friendly jabs aside, Noah -- a junior at Lawrenceburg High in Indiana -- is being recruited by multiple Division I schools to play football ... and recently won MVP honors in a basketball tournament over the weekend, so his game is no joke.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is dishing new surprising confessions about her time behind bars ... admitting she once spent 2 weeks in solitary purely because a total stranger posted something about a prison break.

Her new e-book, "Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom," was released Tuesday and in it, Gypsy says the super fan's social media post declared she didn't belong in prison, and they wished they could bust her out.

She says that was enough to trigger staff at Chillicothe Correctional Facility in Missouri to send her straight to isolation.

Gypsy says the experience was traumatizing as prison officials used that time to go through her stuff and look for any plans or correspondence indicating she knew the person behind the post ... but she didn't.

The e-book features a collection of letters, phone transcripts and photos from her prison stay ... and was written with Michele Matrisciani and Melissa Moore -- the latter interviewed Gypsy while she was locked up.

It also details her opioid addiction while in prison ... and features an open letter she penned to her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, telling her that fear, manipulation, and isolation were all she learned from her type of love.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard está haciendo nuevas y sorprendentes confesiones sobre su tiempo tras las rejas, admitiendo que una vez pasó 2 semanas en régimen de aislamiento solo porque un total desconocido publicó algo sobre una fuga de la cárcel.

Su nuevo e-book, "Released: Conversations on the Eve of Freedom", fue publicado el martes, y en él Gypsy dice que la publicación de la fan en las redes sociales declaraba que ella no pertenecía a la cárcel y que deseaba que la pudieran sacar.

Ella dice que eso fue suficiente para que el personal de la Correccional Chillicothe de Missouri la enviara directamente al aislamiento.

Gypsy dice que la experiencia fue traumática, ya que los funcionarios de la prisión utilizaron ese tiempo para revisar sus cosas y buscar cualquier plan o correspondencia que indicara que conocía a la persona detrás del correo. Pero ella no tenía.

El e-book cuenta con una colección de cartas, transcripciones telefónicas y fotos de su estancia en prisión y fue escrito junto a Michele Matrisciani y Melissa Moore, quienes entrevistaron a Gypsy mientras estaba encerrada.

También detalla su adicción a los opioides mientras estaba en la cárcel y contiene una carta abierta que escribió a su madre, Dee Dee Blanchard, donde le decía que el miedo, la manipulación y el aislamiento eran todo lo que había aprendido de su clase de amor.

Una explosión masiva en Fort Worth esta semana convirtió las calles del centro en algo sacado de una película de acción, y desafortunadamente dejó a varias personas heridas.

Las autoridades locales y equipos de emergencia se lanzaron sobre el Hotel Sandman en la calle Houston el lunes por la tarde, después de que una explosión sacudiera el costado del edificio, enviando escombros y restos a las calles.

Los reportes indican que al menos 11 personas resultaron heridas de distintas maneras, y se reporta una persona fallecida. Actualmente, se está llevando a cabo una operación de limpieza. En cuanto a la causa, los bomberos dicen que parece ser una fuga de gas.

La investigación sobre la causa exacta aún está en curso. Por si no estaba claro lo grave que fue por las imágenes que circulan, ahora estamos enterándonos de que se destruyeron 2 pisos enteros del hotel de gran altura. Es un milagro que no haya más personas heridas o incluso muertas.

Los residentes locales informan que el olor a gas se está propagando por toda la cercanía, y están tratando de llegar al fondo de lo que sucedió aquí. Hay rumores de que podría haber habido alguna construcción en este hotel.

A massive explosion in Fort Worth this week made the downtown streets look like something out of an action movie -- and, unfortunately, it left some people harmed.

Local officials and first responders swarmed upon the Sandman Hotel on Houston Street Monday afternoon ... this after a blast rocked the side of the building and sent debris and rubble spilling into the streets.

Reports say at least 11 people sustained injuries of varying degrees, and one person is reported as dead ... and a cleanup is underway right now. As far as what might've caused this -- fire officials are saying it appears to be a gas leak of some sort.

The exact cause is still under investigation. In case it wasn't clear how bad this was from the footage that's going around, we're now learning 2 floors' worth of the high-rise hotel was destroyed ... so it's a miracle even more people weren't hurt, or even killed.

Locals are saying the smell of gas is spreading throughout the immediate area -- and they're scrambling to get to the bottom of what the hell happened here. There's word that some construction may have been going on at this hotel.

The man who brazenly attacked a Las Vegas judge was back in court to finally be given his sentencing ... and it was handed down by the exact same judge he took down last week.

Deobra Redden faced Judge Mary Kay Holthus in Clark County District Court Monday, donning a face mask and covers over his hands ... as well as guards on either side of him. Probably for good reason considering what happened the last time around.

Safe to say they're making sure there's no repeat attack here -- as we reported, Redden shockingly dove over the raised bench to attack Judge Holthus last week while she was gearing up to sentence him for his attempted battery conviction.

Now, as for how Monday's appearance went -- it was thankfully much calmer.

Judge Holthus kept her cool during sentencing, and didn't mention the prior outburst whatsoever ... but she did hit him with a sentence of 19-48 months behind bars, which is apparently what prosecutors were asking for. In other words, no real leniency.

Can't really blame her for throwing the book at him with everything that's gone on.

Remember, Redden was immediately put into isolation after attacking Judge Holthus, classified as a "2C" inmate, which is the most restrictive classification for inmates at the Clark County Jail. The video of him leaping up onto and past the bench to reach her was wild.

On top of all this, Redden's now facing 13 charges in connection with the attack on the judge and is due back in court for that on Tuesday.