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A Detroit woman was ripped apart by a judge after she was driving her car during a virtual court appearance ... and swore up and down to the judge she was doing no such thing.

Check out the viral video -- Kimberly Carroll showed up late to her virtual court date Monday in Michigan after the judge had already entered a default judgment, doing so after she didn't show up. Red flags were waving as soon as her screen popped up for the judge, who immediately accused her of driving while on Zoom.

Carroll -- who was accused by consumer debt company LVNV Funding LLC of owing $1,788 -- used all the excuses in the book ... saying she had a family emergency, and insisted whe was actually the passenger in the vehicle. Watch the video to catch all her excuses.

The Hawks' Magic City Night was canceled, but the clothes were still coming off in the NBA on Monday ... when a Pelicans fan lost his shorts during a dance competition.

The moment went down during a break in the second quarter of the New Orleans' home matchup with the Dallas Mavericks ... when four spectators were picked to take part in a "freeze dance eliminator" challenge on the video board.

The rules were simple -- do an Irish dance and stop in your tracks when the music stops. If you don't, you're out.

Bethenny Frankel turned into a bloody mess after she cut her face with a new skin care product she was testing out. 

"The Real Housewives of New York" alum posted a frantic Instagram video Thursday night, showing her blood-covered face after slicing her cheek. Bethenny pressed a towel against her face while explaining what happened.

She said she bought a skin care product from Nurse Jamie -- a silicone cup attached to a glass cylinder she used to contour the face. 

Donald Trump says he's too busy to learn Spanish ... even while he works on a new initiative drawing Latin America deeper into the U.S.A.'s sphere of influence.

POTUS spoke at the first Shield of the Americas summit in Miami Saturday ... launching the new intiative which he told the crowd aims to "eradicate the criminal cartels plaguing our region."

Leaders from a dozen Latin American nations -- including Argentina, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Panama and more -- attended the event ... but, if they were hoping to hear President Trump speak their native tongue, it's time to put that pipe dream aside.

Timothée Chalamet is getting heat for some ugly remarks he made about the opera & ballet industry -- and he's even pissed off perhaps the most famous opera house in the world!

The Metropolitan Opera in NYC on Friday shared a TikTok video showing hardworking crew members inside the famed opera house -- everyone from costumers to composers, set designers, stagehands, musicians, and more.

A message appeared on screen that read ... "All respect to the opera (and ballet) people out there." This was accompanied by a caption for the clip directly addressing the actor ... "This one's for you, Timothée Chalamet… 👀"

Logan Paul isn't taking Tom Brady's "bitch" comments lightly ... claiming when they meet up in their flag football showdown later this month, he might have to throw hands.

The NFL GOAT's latest trash talk was featured in an Instagram video with Rob Gronkowski ... where TB12 called the Maverick the bad word ... adding, "Come play with the big boys. You're lucky you won't get hit."

Paul got wind of it all ... and he made it clear there's been no change to his plan to put the seven-time Super Bowl champion in his place and prove he can hang with the NFL's best.

Shia LaBeouf is reflecting on his Mardi Gras morning arrest ... saying he doesn't have a drinking problem, but rather a Napoleon complex -- oh, and he's scared of gay people touching him.

The troubled actor said all this and more in a lengthy interview for "Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan" published on YouTube Saturday. You can see it all in the clip -- he reflects on his Feb. 17 arrest and theorizes his outburst has more to do with his anger and ego than his use of alcohol.

Shia also looks back on what led up to him getting physical with a group of people before his arrest ... explaining "big gay people" are scary to him ... and he was frightened when they allegedly began touching his leg.

Michael Phillips is convinced he has the world's smallest penis ... but anyone who wants to take the title for themselves is welcome to drop their pants and prove it.

The 38-year-old North Carolina man sat down with our own Charlie Neff for an interview ... and, he says -- based on his own research -- he thinks it's very likely he's working with the smallest equipment known to man.

That said, Michael -- who claims he's been medically diagnosed with a micropenis -- is willing to compare sizes with anyone who thinks they've got the smaller wiener.

Bill Gates just dropped a bombshell ... the Microsoft cofounder has reportedly 'fessed up to having affairs with Russian women while married to his now-former wife, Melinda.

Gates made the admission Tuesday, telling his staff the shocking news during a town hall meeting of the Seattle-based Gates Foundation, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Gates dropped the stunning revelation ... admitting to having affairs with a "Russian bridge player who met me at bridge events" and a "Russian nuclear physicist who I met through business activities."

Gates said Jeffrey Epstein later discovered the affairs ... but to be clear, the women did not involve Epstein victims, according to the WSJ report. As you know, Gates has been dogged by his association with convicted pedophile Epstein over the years ... and it's all coming to a head with the recent release of the Epstein Files. Gates apologized for his association with Epstein Tuesday.

Professional rock climber Alex Honnold has found himself in some sh**ty situations in his death-defying line of work ... and he tells Hasan Minhaj what it's like when you're scaling a mountain -- and nature calls.

When you gotta go, you gotta go ... that was pretty much Alex's motto when Hasan asked him how he goes to the bathroom while climbing.

According to Alex ... you just go!

In fact ... there's apparently been multiple times where Alex found himself hanging off the side of a cliff, one-handed, while taking a dump.

It's been over 30 years since "Tommy Boy" hit movie theaters around the country -- and Rob Lowe is just now making it known publicly he wants some damn credit!

The actor had an uncredited part as Paul in the 1995 comedy film starring Chris Farley, David Spade, Bo Derek and Brian Dennehy ... but Rob says that credit list needs to change -- pronto! -- in an open letter to Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison.

Rob posted the letter to his X account Thursday night ... and, we gotta admit, it all sounds like a joke. Kicking things off, Rob says among the "long-standing, important and unresolved issues" is his lack of credit on "Tommy Boy."

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor -- formerly known as Prince Andrew -- turned fun bags into kicks for kids in some very un-princely photos obtained by TMZ.

These pics of Andrew, taken back in 2011, show the then-Duke of York kneeling across from a young boy and rolling a ball back and forth with him.

Just clean, wholesome fun ... until you realize the ball is painted like a breast, complete with a pale pink nipple protruding from it.

President Trump says Barack Obama would be wise to keep his mouth shut about aliens ... 'cause he says Obama gave out top secret information on a podcast where Obama said extraterrestrials were real.

Check out this exchange between Trump and FOX News' Peter Doocy Thursday aboard Air Force One.

Peter asks POTUS if he's "seen any evidence of non-human visitors to Earth" given that Obama recently came out and said aliens were real.

Trump shoots back ... "Well, he gave classified information, he's not supposed to be doing that."

One of Shia LaBeouf's alleged assault victims from his crazy night in New Orleans Monday told police Shia repeatedly hurled gay slurs at him during the alleged attack.

In the official police incident report, obtained by TMZ, Shia allegedly called two men the F-word multiple times while striking them with closed fists. But he didn't stop there, continuing to spew slurs at them even when the cops were investigating the scene and arresting him.

According to the report, Shia said at one point, "These f*****s put me in jail. I'm a Catholic."

The Iowa Athletics Department released a statement on Wednesday, apologizing for the fan's behavior after he entered a restricted area.

"We apologize for this incident and will conduct a review of our procedures and security measures to determine what adjustments may be needed to further strengthen our protocols and help prevent similar incidents in the future," Iowa said.

The Big Ten also commented, noting that they "discussed the situation with both institutions, is taking no action in relation to Coach Hoiberg, and appreciates the efforts by Iowa’s administration to address postgame security protocols in the interest of preventing a similar occurrence from happening in the future."

Fred Hoiberg doesn't like opposing fans getting in his face, and that was crystal clear on Tuesday after the Nebraska head basketball coach was seen slapping a fan's phone out of the guy's hand.

It all went down after the No. 9-ranked Cornhuskers' shocking 57-52 loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.

The upset win prompted Hawkeye fans to storm the court and celebrate ... when one fan got a little too close to Hoiberg.

Video from the stands shows a fan in a black hoodie cheering, holding his phone up right in Hoiberg's face ... before the 53-year-old coach immediately takes a swat at it.

"Silence of the Lambs" totally missed the mark when it came to handling gender identity onscreen ... so says one of the movie's biggest stars.

Ted Levine -- the actor who played Buffalo Bill in the hit 1991 film -- finally addressed the controversy surrounding his character in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

If you haven't seen the movie, Buffalo Bill is a serial killer who flays women and wears their skin over his own ... which, in more recent years, many have claimed makes the character an unflattering portrayal of transgender or gender nonconforming people.