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Harvey Levin is counting his lucky stars on Friday -- the TMZ boss came face-to-face with former UFC champion Henry Cejudo ... and somehow talked his way out of getting put in a headlock.

Hear that?? The newsroom just let out a collective sigh.

The playful interaction went down in the middle of the "TMZ Live" stream just minutes ago ... when Harvey got a text from a former staffer warning him that Triple C was around and looking to put an MMA move on him.

President Trump just confirmed he really did break up a fight involving Kobe Bryant back in the day ... telling Jake Paul it probably wasn't a smart thing to do -- but it worked out in the end.

POTUS sat down with El Gallo for just under half an hour while they were in Kentucky for a rally this week ... and they talked about a number of topics like the war in Iran, the 2024 assassination attempt, Jake's boxing success and even his possible political career.

At one point, Jake asked Trump if he had ever been in a fight himself ... which led to the longtime rumor that he had a role in a scrap involving the late NBA legend in 1998.

Laken Snelling's Snapchat could hold the key to prosecutors securing a conviction in their manslaughter case against her.

Local news station WKYT-TV obtained Snelling's full case file ... and, in it, cops asked a judge to sign off on a warrant for the former University of Kentucky cheerleader's Snapchat account.

When explaining why, cops cited the Snapchat group message the roommates used to communicate ... in which one of the roommates asked about a sound they heard at 4 AM on August 27, 2025 -- and another confirmed they heard it too.

Laken later responded in the chat -- just before 9 AM -- that she passed out and fell, causing the noise. After leaving the house, her roommates told cops they went to her room and found a deceased baby in a bag in the closet.

'Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' star Demi Engemann has no regrets after suddenly dropping out of filming Season 4 ... telling us she's unfazed by costar and former bestie Jessi Draper's judgmental comments.

We caught up with Demi and her fine fella Brett in New York, where she made it clear she’s totally at peace with her choice to step back from the cameras ... saying she feels good about where things landed and did what was best for her mental health.

Catch the clip ... Demi also addressed comments from fellow cast member Jessi -- who’s been critical of her abrupt exit -- but Demi tells us she’s not concerned about the judgment at all, and revealed she's taken a step back from the "MomTok" group.

A public relations team working for Rebel Wilson allegedly plotted to take down a Hollywood producer by accusing her of sex trafficking ... and they might've been caught on audio doing it.

A new recording allegedly captures Jed Wallace, the head of a crisis public relations firm, telling publicist Melissa Nathan to claim Amanda Ghost -- a co-producer on Wilson's film "The Deb" -- worked as a "madame," procuring young girls for sex with rich men.

Take a listen for yourself ... Wallace suggests exposing Ghost as the "new Heidi Fleiss" ... who, of course, infamously ran a Hollywood prostitution ring in the early '90s.

A prison guard working the night Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide has been called to testify before the Congressional House Oversight Committee.

The committee sent Tova Noel -- the guard who was fired from the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City after Epstein was found dead in his cell -- a letter requesting her to testify on March 26 at 10 AM ET.

The House Oversight Committee has members who believe Noel has "information that will assist in its investigation" into Epstein's shocking death.

Awkward moment for Keke Palmer at SXSW ... she was doing a panel for her new movie when a man in the crowd approached the stage and asked her to marry him ... and it's all on video.

TMZ obtained footage of the super awkward proposal ... the guy is sitting in the front row and then he walks to the edge of the stage, drops to one knee and proposes.

Keke looks shocked and stunned ... ditto for the rest of her "I Love Boosters" costars who were also on stage ... including Demi Moore, Naomi Ackie and Eiza Gonzalez.

The actress plays it cool and calmly tells the man she can't marry him ... because she doesn't know him. Overall, Keke's pretty nice about denying him.

Scary scene inside the wrestling ring Thursday night in Kentucky ... when a referee suffered a medical emergency after taking a brutal hit during the match, which his girlfriend says resulted in a brain injury.

It all went down during a "four corners of chaos" match, when wrestler Brendan Balling made his way up to the top rope, ready to hit opp Tony Evans with a move. Evans, however, grabbed the ref and pushed him into Balling's path instead, sending him crashing to the mat.

The ref -- identified as Dallas Edwards -- hit his head hard. Balling checked on him, but instead of the match stopping, the guys continued. Edwards remained down, and at one point, started convulsing, in a super scary scene.

Swing and a miss for Blake Lively ... she tried to get legal sanctions against one of Justin Baldoni's lawyers ... but a judge wasn't buying it.

Here's the deal ... Blake's legal team filed a motion back in August, complaining to a judge about what Bryan Freedman was saying about her in the media. She asked the judge to sanction Freedman.

Well, on Friday, the judge denied Blake's motion ... according to new legal docs obtained by TMZ.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is daring Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, to show his face ... accusing him of hiding amid claims he's been disfigured, instead of speaking publicly.

Hegseth ripped into Khamenei after the 56-year-old’s first message since taking power aired on Iranian state TV ... a written statement calling for unity that was read aloud by a presenter.

In a Friday briefing, the Pentagon chief questioned why Khamenei didn’t appear on camera himself ... suggesting he’s scared, injured, or on the run after the recent strikes that killed his father.

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Serena Williams is proudly declaring she is "perfectly" herself ... and is celebrating the self-love by posting new Instagram photos in a swimsuit, flexing her toned body!

The tennis legend shared several pics with her 18+ million followers on Friday -- rocking an olive green one-piece bathing suit outside in the sun.

She was all smiles as she modeled for the camera ... writing in the caption, "I am not perfect….but I’m perfectly me."

"Take out time today to celebrate being perfectly you! 💋"

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Former Miss California Carrie Prejean Boller is going scorched earth on President Donald Trump after getting booted from a White House religious post ... saying the "witch hunt" against her tramples the very free speech he once defended on her behalf.

The ex-beauty queen was fired from the Justice Department’s Religious Liberty Commission after clashing with Jewish witnesses during a hearing on rising antisemitism after the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas.

Victoria Gotti says she would rather forgo a kidney transplant from her son and let her disease take over her body than watch her oldest child heal from the procedure in prison.

TMZ spoke with Victoria on Thursday, and she tells us her rationale is rooted in what happened to her infamous dad, New York mobster John Gotti, when he went to federal prison.

Victoria says her father -- the former head of the Gambino crime family, who was convicted of racketeering and murder at his federal trial in 1992 -- died of throat cancer behind bars in 2002 at the age of 61.

She says she saw how her dad was treated with his health issues in prison, and she doesn't want that for her son, Carmine.

The Academy Awards are still a few days away, but the festivities are already in full swing ... with some of Hollywood's biggest stars getting together for an intimate dinner Thursday.

W Magazine and Dior put on the event at Mr. Chow -- a high-end restaurant in Beverly Hills -- and the celebs showed up in full force.

Check it out ... Kendall Jenner, Hailey Bieber, Teyana Taylor, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Nick Jonas, Jon Hamm, Emma Watson and many more stars were spotted chatting, posing -- and even singing inside the event.