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Former "Love Island USA" cast member Yulissa Escobar has had enough with the backlash she's received after podcast videos resurfaced of the ex-islander casually throwing around a racial slur ... and she's blaming cancel culture for her recent online abuse.

Escobar posted a long message on her Instagram account that she's fed up with cancel culture being wrongly used to erase those who are experiencing controversy, instead of its intended purpose -- holding people accountable.

Yulissa reveals she's received death threats and messages fhis week saying she should kill herself, all because of viral resurfaced videos.

Is Nick Jonas "Jealous" of Sam Asghari's white-hot robe?! It's time for a lil' fun Friday game of Who'd You Rather?!

Both Hollywood hunks stripped out of their day-fits and threw on their cozy robes, but the question here is: Who'd You Rather?!

VOTE NOW!

Once you've sent your vote in, we thought we'd generously leave you with Nick Jonas' Hot Shots to get you to the weekend ...

And, who doesn't want to have a "slumber party" with Mr. Asghari's shirtless shots?!

9:17 AM PT -- We now have new information on Kanye's shocking appearance ... with court officials telling us they had rows ready for him in the regular overflow room -- but the room became very crowded before he got there.

To accommodate him, the court opened a second overflow room ... where he sat for about 10 minutes before he bounced.

9:04 AM PT -- Kanye definitely knows how to make an entrance ... and, a very quick exit, too -- 'cause he left Diddy's trial after only about half an hour.

Kanye West's comments about supporting Diddy during his federal sex trafficking trial weren't just empty words ... 'cause he just showed up at court to support the embattled mogul.

Our cameras were rolling when Ye arrived at the federal courthouse in Manhattan Friday ... hopping out of a black car in an all-white outfit.

He shook hands with a couple people out front, then headed toward the security check-in, but, before he got to the door, he ran into Christian Combs -- Diddy's son -- dapping him up on the way in.

Iranian athlete Parsa Mansour was killed in the Israeli strikes in Tehran on Friday ... with reports stating he was returning home from a training session when the attack broke out.

The Iranian Tennis Federation announced the death on Instagram ... saying Mansour was among the casualties after the launch of Israel's "Operation Rising Lion," an unprecedented series of airstrikes targeting Iran and its military infrastructure and leadership and nuclear sites.

Mansour, who was leaving practice, was killed by the strikes along with other military commanders, scientists and civilians, the org. stated.

Antonio Brown doesn't seem to be sweating his arrest warrant ... the former NFL superstar just posted a video of him grinning ear to ear while on a bike ride.

The ex-Steelers wideout shared the footage on his Instagram page Friday afternoon ... appearing to show he's not worried about the felony charge he's now facing in Florida.

Brown can be seen in the clip pedaling a two-wheeler, all with a huge smile on his face.

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It's time to take flight!

Universal's live-action "How to Drain Your Dragon" movie soars into theaters this weekend ... and you know what that means ... your kids are about to want some serious dragon merch after seeing it!

Avoid having your children turn into Monstrous Nightmares .. and stock up on must-have swag featuring Toothless, Hiccup and more.

Fire-breathing creatures need to sleep ... and so do your kids. And this Franco How to Train Your Dragon Kids Bedding is perfect for any fan.

Taylor Swift just made some real magic offstage -- swinging by a children’s hospital in Florida to surprise fans and totally make their day.

A few clips are making the rounds showing Taylor all smiles in a cute dress, lighting up Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital on Friday -- hugging staff, chatting with patients, and sending the vibes sky-high.

Taylor was a total ray of sunshine -- taking her time, making the rounds, smiling ear to ear, and snapping pics with patients who clearly needed the boost.

Kevin O’Leary's weighing in on the Trump vs. Elon feud -- and he’s not holding back. Mr. Wonderful’s dropping truth bombs, no filter, no fluff.

TMZ caught Kevin mid-shade -- literally -- tossing on his sunglasses before diving into the Trump vs. Elon tiff -- explaining how the richest man on Earth and the most powerful one need to kiss, make up, and get over it ... 'cause like it or not, America needs 'em both.

Kevin dubs Elon the king of A.I., robotics, and all things space -- exactly the kind of genius Trump needs if he wants to keep the U.S. ahead of China. So this whole feud? Childish.

That's it for Bachelor Nation's Grant Ellis and Juliana Pasquarosa. The seemingly fairy tale couple has called it quits -- making their breakup official with respective social media posts.

They each shared heartfelt messages of their own confirming their split with the same overarching sentiments -- while they appreciated their time together ... they just weren't the best match.

On Grant's part, he said ... "We both gave this our best and poured a lot of love into each other, but after a lot of deep conversations, we've come to the understanding that we're simply not the right fit long term."

We hit you hard this morning with Amelia Gray Hamlin's hot shots, but she just shared the BTS shenanigans that went down during her 24th birthday celebration, and this model with the rockin' bod is "livin' the dream life" ... her words, not ours!

Aside from parading her runway bod all over the Cayman Islands, Amelia captioned her Instagram post, "Burfdayyyyy!!!!!🎀🪄💕🩷🤭 more lifeeeeee!!!! I love my life so much it hurts! Crying at how lucky I am… can’t believe this is my life. I love you I love you I love you universe !!!!!!! 💕💕💞🎀🩷🪄🪄🪄 living my dream life !!! Wouldn’t exchange it for the world !!!! 😚🥲🪄🪄💞🩷."

Diddy's ex-assistant says his boss was like a hungry bear during the "freak-offs" ... 'cause he says he needed to have a special snack at the ready meant to increase libido -- a whole lot of honey.

Jonathan Perez -- Diddy's assistant from December 2021 until he was arrested in September 2024 -- took the stand Friday and described setting up rooms for what he and Diddy's staff called "king nights" ... another term for the infamous freak-offs.

Perez says the point of setting up the rooms was to make sure Diddy had whatever he needed for 12 to 24 hours without having to bother anyone ... this included gathering food, liquor, music, red lights, condoms and lubricant.

10:33 AM PT -- Utah County Sheriff's Office tells TMZ ... Deputies responded Friday to the Sundance Resort after receiving a report of a female who needed some help. They discovered she made "concerning comments to a family member" and she doubled down on them to officers. As a result, she was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.

This was not a domestic violence or abuse call.

Any illusion about Scott Wolf’s amicable divorce news just came crashing down -- his wife appears to have been arrested ... and some of it was caught on IG Live.

Looks like Kelley Wolf accidentally left her livestream active Friday, and while the chaos kept the camera lens obscured, you can hear her reluctantly being detained -- while she drops some explosive, yet unconfirmed, allegations that Scott "abused" her.

She gives no details about the nature of the alleged abuse.

Justin Bieber’s done it before -- and he's doing it again ... but this time, he took his time to break it down to the paparazzi that he wants to be left the heck alone.

Check out this clip of Justin outside Malibu's Soho House on Thursday -- he went off on the paps, telling them he was at his wits' end, and declared he's not afraid to set boundaries, especially now that he's a dad.

Justin was one step ahead ... telling the paps he knew they’d twist the footage to make it look like he was the bad guy when, in reality, they were just trying to incite him into overreacting.

Jared Kushner touched down in NYC ready to party with wife Ivanka -- and it wasn’t for any low-key get-together ... it was for a blowout birthday bash for his brother Joshua.

Check out the pics -- Jared and Ivanka were all smiles, hand-in-hand as they rolled into the iconic Katz’s Deli Thursday night, ready to ring in Joshua’s 40th with a bang (and a brisket).

Birthday boy Joshua was all smiles too -- arm in arm with his supermodel wife Karlie Kloss, who threw the pastrami party.

It was a scene straight out of the 2010 Oscar-winning documentary film "The Cove" ... an ocean of blood washed up on the shores of the Faroe Islands in Denmark -- and the morbid vision was from the slaughter of dolphins.

The gruesome photos of the sea turned metallic red were snapped Friday in a cove after hunters carried out their annual summer Viking tradition of massacring the porpoises.

In fact, the grindadrap, or "grind" as it's sometimes called, has been around for a thousand years ... and it calls for Faroe hunters to surround the dolphins in their fishing boats to draw them in to the shallow waters.

Loren Ruch, head of content for HGTV and cohost of "HGTV House Party," died Thursday at Mount Sinai in NYC ... and his family is clarifying exactly what happened to the beloved media personality.

Dolly Norris, Loren’s mother, tells TMZ … the HGTV fixture was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia about a year ago, and treatment for the cancer left him with a weakened immune system. He was hospitalized a few months back for a bowel blockage -- and he then caught pneumonia, which ultimately was his cause of death. Dolly tells us he was cancer-free.

Loren's passing is even more devastating for the family, as just a few weeks ago he seemed to be on the road to recovery … but, Dolly says, he took a turn for the worse and his health declined quickly -- including a lung collapsing.