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9/15 6:11 AM PT -- President and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of America tells TMZ ... “What an incredible night! Our heartfelt thanks to Nate Bargatze, CBS, and the Emmy Awards team for supporting Boys & Girls Clubs in such a big way. It was a true honor for our Club Kids to share the stage with the night’s winners, especially knowing some of our alumni have gone on to become Emmy winners themselves."

"We are also deeply grateful to all who kept their speeches short in the spirit of this fun challenge and to maximize the impact for our young people. The generous $350,000 donation from CBS and Nate is a powerful investment in the dreams and great futures of millions of young people nationwide.”

Hollywood's elite are usually known for their charitable contributions ... but, Sunday night they took a whole lot more than they gave -- 'cause they bankrupted a $100K pot meant for charity!

Here's the deal ... in the lead-up to the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards host Nate Bargatze told multiple outlets he had a way to keep the show on track in terms of time.

His plan was simple ... he was putting up $100K for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America -- and, each time an Emmy winner went up to give a speech, they had a chance to add to the total.

Drake snuck a subtle shot at Kai Cenat's hairline after the top Twitch streamer trashed his new song on his "Mafiathon 3" stream ... and Kai's demanding answers!!!

Kai's chat tipped him off that Drake had given his forehead and tattered braids the spotlight treatment via an unflattering photo wedged in between his latest photo dump from his adventures in France.

The international roasting caused Kai to sulk at his desk as the Undertaker's gong rang unrelentingly, and he eventually had to walk away from the computer.

Jalen Carter's spit just cost him a wad of cash -- the NFL just hit the Eagles defensive tackle with a $57K fine for his role in a wet incident with Dak Prescott in the season opener.

The NFL revealed the punishment on Tuesday ... days after Carter was caught in the act at the beginning of "Thursday Night Football" last week.

The league stated the fine will be Carter's game check -- which comes out to $57,222.

Awkward exchange at the Venice Film Festival ... and Italian film journalist excluded Ayo Edebiri from a question about the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements in Hollywood ... and Ayo's response is going viral.

Ayo, Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield were promoting their new film "After The Hunt," Monday when a reporter, Federica Polidoro, asked Julia and Andrew "what to expect in Hollywood after the #MeToo movement and the Black Lives Matter are done?"

The Italian journalist also asked, "If we lost something with the politically correct era."

Mariah Carey's clearly not onstage a ton anymore ... 'cause her choreography was a bit awkward onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards -- including a fake slap she really didn't sell.

The singer-songwriter took the stage at UBS Arena in New York Sunday night to perform some of her hits and accept the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award -- a lifetime achievement presented at the ceremony each year.

After finishing up a song, a woman in an all-red outfit -- who Mariah called Bianca, a reference to a character from the 1999 "The Heartbreaker" music video -- came out ... and, Mariah pretended to smack her in the face -- all rehearsed choreogrphy.

Young Thug says he doesn't trust people putting on a facade ... especially men who come out as gay after they've already struck up a friendship.

The rapper made the controversial comments on the "Perspektives with Bank" podcast ... equating informing the cops about someone with coming out as gay after first claiming to be straight.

It's a convoluted argument ... but, essentially, Thug says if you present yourself one way -- a straight man in this case -- and later come out, then he's not rocking with you anymore.

The hosts of ESPN's SportsCenter are weighing in on Friday's viral baseball moment -- and are they ever pissed at the woman who snatched a home run ball from a young Phillies fan.

Nicole Briscoe and Michael Eaves were doing their Friday night segment, “So This Happened,” inside the studio after the Philadelphia Phillies destroyed the Miami Marlins 9-3.

The hosts were clearly beside themselves after watching video of the woman — who Briscoe dubbed a "Karen" — take the home run ball from the cute kid, who appeared to be with his father in the stands.

Sebastian Bach won't embrace his fans with open arms ... literally, it seems 'cause if you ask the guy for a hug, he's going to blow up on ya.

The heavy metal singer was performing Friday night in Las Vegas as part of the 2025 Chevy Metal Summer Tour. Chevy Metal is a Foo Fighters cover band featuring Taylor Hawkins' son Shane on drums.

Sebastian hopped on the mic for the show ... and, after a song ended, he flipped off a woman in the crowd and started cussing her out.

Donald Trump only interacted with Jeffrey Epstein 'cause he was informing on him to the FBI ... so says the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Speaker Mike Johnson defended the President's association with the convicted sex offender when speaking to reporters Friday ... explaining the President isn't calling Epstein's crimes a hoax -- he's saying Democrats have blown his involvement with the guy out of proportion.

Johnson then said, "When he first heard the rumor, he kicked him out of Mar-a-Lago. He was an FBI informant to try to take this stuff down.”

A Phillies fan went viral for all the wrong reasons Friday night -- the "Karen" stole a home run ball from a young boy!

Check out the bizarre video to see how the shocking situation unfolds  -- you can see a few fans going after Phillies slugger Harrison Bader's home run ball in the stands at the Miami Marlins' LoanDepot Park.

A male ends the hunt victorious and gives the ball to a young boy -- possibly his son -- and hugs him. However, their excitement is quickly bulldozed over after the angry woman stomps over to the pair and begins berating the older male.

Steve Ballmer is adamantly denying the L.A. Clippers had a role in Kawhi Leonard's massive endorsement deal with Aspiration ... claiming the contract came months after the NBA superstar already agreed to an extension with the team.

The billionaire owner opened up on the recent bombshell report on ESPN on Thursday ... kicking things off by saying the Clippers have always abided by the league's salary cap circumvention rules, as it's "the right thing to do."

Ballmer then went into detail on his relationship with the now-bankrupt company ... saying the team was approached regarding a potential sponsorship deal, and he felt it was a "match made in heaven" based on its emphasis on carbon neutrality.

Hours after Jalen Carter spat on Dak Prescott, the Eagles star showed some remorse for his behavior ... calling his actions "a mistake."

The gross scene went down just after the start of Philadelphia's season-opener against the Cowboys ... when Carter was jawin' back-and-forth with Dallas' signal-caller.

At one point, cameras captured the Philadelphia defensive tackle hocking a loogie on Dak's chest -- and when a ref saw it, Carter was ejected from the game.

Michael Knowles is defending Tucker Carlson's wild claim that Pete Buttigieg is a "fake gay guy" ... and he says he's heard the same thing from a gay friend of his own.

The Daily Wire host joined us on "TMZ Live" Thursday and we challenged him over his recent appearance on Tucker's podcast, where they laughed and speculated Pete is be faking his sexuality for political gain.

Michael says he takes Pete at his word that he's gay, but he's got no problem amplifying the opinions of folks who think Pete is full of it ... telling us a "card-carrying member" of the LGBTQ+ community told him Buttigieg is masquerading as a gay man.

A luxury yacht gurgled "Mayday!" after facing disaster mere minutes into its launch ... and the whole chaotic ordeal was captured on video.

Check it out ... the cruiser, named Dolce Vento, is guided into the water for the first time on Tuesday off the shore of northern Turkey. While the vessel's initial introduction to water appears to go off without a hitch, things begin to go awry about 15 minutes later ... when the Dolce Vento starts tipping over and taking on water.

It doesn't take long for the yacht to succumb to the sea, with at least one man on board jumping off in a panic. We're told the owner, the captain, and 2 crew members all swam to shore safely ... no one was injured, despite the chaos.

Paris Jackson's telling Colman Domingo he better stop telling lies if he doesn't "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" ... 'cause she says she never consulted on the Michael Jackson biopic.

Here's the deal ... Domingo -- who is playing Jackson's father, Joe Jackson, in the new movie -- told People at this year's amfAR benefit gala that Paris had been "very helpful" to him during the shooting process.

However, Paris says Colman's straight-up fibbing ... 'cause she took to Instagram to say she had "0% involvement" in the movie.

Luigi Mangione has some people really confused right now ... 'cause it sure appears SHEIN is using the accused killer's face to help sell clothes!

Ya gotta see this model in the photographs for a button down shirt for sale on the fast fashion website ... the guy's mug looks an awful lot like Luigi.

Unclear if this is a photoshopped Luigi or the product of some generative artificial intelligence ... but it seems like the model here is helping SHEIN ... the shirt is mostly sold out, with only one size available.