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Lou Diamond Phillips is remembering Malcolm-Jamal Warner as a dear friend ... telling us the late 'Cosby Show' star was a kind and sweet man.

We got Lou in New York City on Thursday and our photog asked him about Ozzy Osbourne's death ... and after praising the late Black Sabbath rocker for being on the cutting edge of media, he revealed his friendship with Malcolm-Jamal.

Lou says he and MJW used to hang out ... telling us the guy "just generated love" and characterizing his death as a big shock and a huge loss.

Travis Kelce is finally giving his six-million-plus Instagram followers a glimpse into his relationship with Taylor Swift ... sharing for the first time a bunch of sweet photos of him and his boo.

The Chiefs' tight end dropped a carousel on the social media app on Thursday afternoon ... and Taylor was prominent in almost all of the new snaps.

In one, the couple appeared on a boat. In another, they were at a fancy restaurant. Others showed them loved up in the snow and on an ice rink.

Get in loser, we're going to the gym! TMZ caught up with Daniel Franzese as he headed in for a workout this week -- and he filled us in on his glow up and how often he keeps up with Lindsay Lohan and rest of the "Mean Girls" cast!

Daniel -- who plays Damian in the iconic 2004 movie -- told TMZ he shed 120 pounds after he experienced a health scare this year ... adding he tried Ozempic but it wasn't the best fit for him.

Enough of his body transformation -- he sang Lindsay's praises as he spoke about how "incredible" she looks after seeing her on screen for "Freakier Friday" at its premiere in Los Angeles Tuesday evening.

Kristin Cabot has resigned from her head of HR position at Astronomer in the wake of the Coldplay cheating scandal, TMZ has learned.

A rep for Astronomer tells TMZ, "Kristin Cabot is no longer with Astronomer -- she’s resigned."

Kristin’s resignation comes right after her lover Andy Byron quit as Astronomer’s CEO on Saturday -- both dropping like flies after they were caught getting way too cozy at a Coldplay concert, sparking an internal investigation into workplace conduct.

If you've got a weak stomach, surfing star Billy Kemper's latest Instagram post ain't for you!

The WSL Big Wave World Champion just shared he recently suffered a gruesome injury to his leg ... and the video he threw up of the wound is tummy-turning.

Kemper said he sustained the ailment while he was surfing in Mexico, when the nose of his board impaled the back of his leg.

"Food Network" celebrity chef Anne Burrell took her own life ... TMZ has confirmed.

The NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner says the official manner of death was suicide and the cause of death was "acute intoxication due to the combined effects of diphenhydramine, ethanol, cetirizine, and amphetamine."

As we reported, Anne was found unresponsive in her Brooklyn home last month after EMS personnel got a call for a woman in need of assistance. Paramedics could not revive Burrell and she was declared dead.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner's life left a profound impact on those around him -- something "The Breakfast Club" can attest to ... the late 'Cosby Show' actor was their current studio's first guest!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with Charlamagne Tha God and Jess Hilarious in the wake of the sad aftermath ... MJW's body was returned to Los Angeles this week after he drowned while on a family vacation in Costa Rica.

Charlamagne and Jess agree "The Cosby Show" was an important part of African-Americans' upbringings ... but they echo the fact that "Theo Huxtable" was a fictional character and MJW had real-life messages about his actual family, brotherhood and positivity.

Celebs have been known to take a vacay or two in Greece ... and now it's Jayda Cheaves' time to shine! The social media influencer landed in Mykonos and did not hesitate to spend some time on and off the water, showin' off her beautiful bod!

When it's time for some fun in the sun, this boat babe knows how to take in all the sights!

All five players charged in the Hockey Canada sexual assault case have been acquitted after an Ontario judge determined the allegations made against them weren't credible enough.

Superior Court Justice Maria Carrocia ruled Thursday the prosecution failed to prove the allegations beyond a reasonable doubt ... clearing all five men -- including NHLers Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Dillon Dubé, Alex Formenton and Cal Foote -- of sexual assault charges related to a 2018 incident in a London, Ontario hotel room.

McLeod, who faced an additional count of being a party to sexual assault, was acquitted of that charge as well.

Brooke Hogan is telling people close to her she's grateful she had one final chance to tell father Hulk Hogan she loved him, even if they were estranged in his final years ... TMZ has learned.

Sources close to Brooke tell TMZ … she learned of her dad's death Thursday morning when her brother, Nick, texted her husband to share the news. We're told the father-daughter relationship had been fractured for some time -- the result of a culmination of issues over the years and how Hulk treated Brooke.

Our sources say the last time they spoke was two weeks before Hulk married Sky Daily in September 2023. During that final phone call, we're told Brooke expressed deep love and concern for her father, telling him she didn't think he should still be working so hard given his declining health.

1:22 PM PT  -- The Florida cops who arrested a Chuck E. Cheese mascot had a hilarious way of leading him out of the Charles Entertainment Cheese joint and over to their cop car ... telling him, "Chuck E, come with me Chuck E."

TMZ obtained the arrest report and the Tallahassee Police Department says the man in the Chuck E. Cheese costume also had a small amount of marijuana on him. Cops say they asked if he had a medical marijuana license and were told, "I was on the way to getting one."

Police also say he racked up $105.57 in fraudulent charges on a debit card a woman lost after attending her child's birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese.

A Chuck E. Cheese mascot had to cough up some serious dough to bail out of the pokey, after getting arrested at a Charles Entertainment Cheese joint in Florida.

When the costume head was removed by cops, the identity of the rodent was revealed ... Jermell J. Jones, who was arrested for theft of a credit card.

It's unclear ... but it appears Tallahassee cops knew the identity of the man inside the mouse and knew where he worked, because they promptly arrived on scene, and removed the faux mouse from the joint -- right in the middle of a children's birthday party in progress.

1:57 PM PT -- Little League just released a statement on the ruling, saying, in part, "While we understand and support the excitement and competition of our tournament, player safety and proper sportsmanship among all participants and fans must remain a focus. We respect the determination and judgement of the umpire who was present and are disappointed that a legal ruling contradicts the integrity of Little League International’s value and rules."

The Little Leaguer who was suspended for his bat-flip celebration just had his ban overturned.

TMZ Sports has confirmed Gloucester County Chancery Judge Robert Malestein ruled in the youth baseball player's favor on Thursday ... just two days after the boy's father, Joseph Rocco, sued Little League to get his son's punishment thrown out.

Malestein said part of the basis for his decision centered on official Little League accounts previously celebrating bat flips.

Saikat Chakrabarti is running to unseat Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco -- which may sound sacrilegious to Democrats -- but he says the old guard's time is up ... because Americans want drastic new ideas.

Saikat, a tech millionaire who was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's first chief of staff, joined us on "TMZ Live" Thursday and told us why he's challenging Pelosi for her seat in Congress.

The way Saikat sees it ... Nancy was the perfect politician for the days of old, when she gathered bipartisan support to pass legislation, but he says the landscape is drastically different and it's time to inject the Democratic Party with new ideas and new faces.

Paul Walter Hauser's roasting Donald Trump after his late-night TV nemesis Stephen Colbert’s show cancellation -- telling the Prez he should be getting his own affairs in order instead of picking catfights with talk show hosts.

We caught up with the actor at LAX earlier this week, and he didn’t hold back -- comparing Trump’s Colbert feud to a 5-year-old trying to attend college.

Paul also weighed in on the downside of Colbert’s cancellation, pointing out a lot of people will be out of work come May '26. But he hinted there are some silver linings too -- catch the full clip to hear what he spills.

Famed jazz musician Chuck Mangione is dead ... TMZ has confirmed.

The flugelhorn and trumpet player died this week at his home in Rochester, New York ... according to his manager. We're told Chuck died from natural causes.

Chuck won two Grammy Awards over his legendary career ... the first in 1977 for best instrumental composition and the second in 1979 for best pop instrumental performance.

FOX Nation is moving forward with streaming Hulk Hogan's wrestling series despite his sudden death ... TMZ has learned.

Sources familiar with the situation tell us Hogan's "Real American Freestyle" show on the FOX News streaming subscription service will move forward with its original plan to stream live ... despite the WWE icon's shocking death.

Before Hogan's passing, the streaming giant signed its second deal in the live sports space, entering the ring as the exclusive broadcast partner for "Real American Freestyle," a new pro wrestling league co-founded by Hogan and others.