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Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has resurfaced — so it appears — after being MIA for weeks. Peng was front and center at a Beijing tennis tournament Sunday … an event sponsored by the China Open. The 35-year-old former doubles champ is wearing a dark blue blazer as she poses with guests at the Fila

Kid Rock feels like PC culture is going too far — so much so, in fact, that he wanted to put it into a song … complete with a visual element that’s getting some attention. The rapper just dropped his latest track, ‘Don’t Tell Me How to Live,’ along with a music video … which

Colin Kaepernick says the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict shows the criminal justice system is broken … calling the 18-year-old who fatally shot two people a “white supremacist” who benefited from an institution based on white supremacy. Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges in the Kenosha shooting case on Friday … a verdict that has

The Chinese Foreign Ministry continues to claim they have no idea what happened to tennis star Peng Shuai … who suddenly vanished over 2 weeks ago after accusing a powerful Chinese official of sexual assault. Zhao Lijian, ministry spokesperson, was asked about Shuai’s disappearance, telling media … the situation is “not a diplomatic question and

VP Kamala Harris is making history by getting a little taste of POTUS power, courtesy of President Joe Biden getting his colon checked out. Remember the date … Nov. 19, 2021 now marks the first time a woman had Presidential power in the United States. The Prez waved to reporters as he headed to Walter

11:14 AM PT — Kim just posted about Julius’ situation, thanking Gov. Stitts for his decision, she also revealed she spent a lot of yesterday on the phone with Jones, who she says refused anxiety medication offered to prisoners who are to be executed, saying, “… he said he has a clear conscience and that

Members of the Afghan women’s youth soccer team and their families reached safety in the UK on Thursday — and Kim Kardashian played a huge role in the efforts. TMZ Sports has confirmed — Kim and her SKIMS brand shelled out the money to charter a plane for 130 people from Pakistan to the Stansted

Play video content C-SPAN President Biden got behind the wheel of General Motors’ new all-electric Hummer, putting the pedal to the metal … and he says it’s even faster than his Corvette Stingray. POTUS hit up the automaker’s ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant Wednesday in Detroit, Michigan where GM’s new Hummer is being built, and

The so-called “QAnon Shaman” will be in prison for a while for his part in the Capitol riot from Jan. 6 — the guy just got sentenced, and he’s looking at a few years behind bars. Jacob Chansley was handed 41 months Wednesday during sentencing, which comes out to about 3 years and change. The

Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic — 2 of the greatest tennis players alive — are speaking out on the disappearance of tennis player Peng Shuai … who vanished after accusing a powerful Chinese politician of sexual assault. “Hey everyone, not sure if you’ve been following the news but I was recently informed of a fellow

Enes Kanter has a strong message for President Joe Biden — ahead of POTUS’ scheduled virtual summit with Chinese prez Xi Jinping — do what you promised and “Prioritize Human Rights”. Joe and Xi will take part in a 2-day online summit, starting today. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the leaders will discuss

Bernie Sanders reiterated his demand for the top 1% to pay more taxes — and Elon Musk slammed him … saying the Senator may as well be 6 feet under as far as he’s concerned. The saucy exchange went down between Saturday and Sunday — with Senator Sanders tweeting something he usually does … saying,

Mr. T seems to be going from the A-Team to the B-Team in this pandemic — and “B” is for booster shot … something the man says he’s now happily been injected with. The actor announced Saturday that he’d been inoculated anew with a new round of the vaccine — taking to Twitter to write

Queen Elizabeth continues to struggle with medical woes … this time it’s a sprained back that has sidelined her from a big event. The Queen was MIA from the Remembrance Sunday service … which honors Britain’s war dead. The Palace said it was “with great regret” the Queen couldn’t show for the service. It would

There’s nothing foul about President Biden using the word “negro” when referring to the old baseball league … at least according to the steward of the league, who’s defending and applauding him for saying the word. No doubt you’ve seen the clip of the Prez speaking on Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery and flubbing

Play video content Axios Donald Trump seemingly defended the Capitol insurrectionists who were out to hang then Vice President Mike Pence, claiming they were understandably angry. Trump did an interview with ABC’s Jonathan Karl, who asked 45 whether he was worried for the Veep’s safety back on January 6th. Trump poo-pooed the notion Pence was

Play video content KISSmas Show with Gene Simmons/Talkshoplive Gene Simmons is going scorched earth on anyone who’s still not vaccinated against COVID-19, and says he’s sick of people using politics — on the left AND the right — as their rationale for remaining unvaccinated. The KISS icon went on Talkshoplive’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Channel Wednesday

Play video content TMZSports.com Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks are in the nation’s capital to visit with President Joe Biden at the White House on Monday … and naturally, the MVP’s got his championship ring with him!! The 2021 champs will become the first NBA team to visit 1600 Penn since Barack Obama hosted

Play video content TMZ.com Talib Kweli is going all Jack Nicholson on Kanye West … he says Yeezy doesn’t like him because Ye can’t handle the truth!!! The rapper and activist is firing back at Kanye after Ye ripped him a new one, telling TMZ … the beef is all over Talib’s disapproval of Ye’s

Play video content @loupastore27 / TikTok Welp, he was trying to do something nice … but former President Donald Trump knocked a kid upside the head with a baseball at the World Series, and the video is pretty funny. (The boy is okay!!) #45 was in the house at Truist Park in Atlanta for game

Colin Powell is getting a poignant sendoff at Washington’s National Cathedral … with former Presidents and other political power players coming through to pay their respects. So far we’ve seen President Biden and former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush at the memorial service … plus a pair of former Secretaries of State in

Play video content TMZ.com Meghan Markle should go by her U.S. family name the next time she decides to wade into U.S. politics by cold-calling members of Congress … so says U.S. Rep. Jason Smith. The Congressman from Missouri joined us on “TMZ Live” Thursday and we asked what he made of Meghan dialing up

Meghan Markle is lobbying hard for paid paternity leave — an issue that could be a deal-breaker in the impending infrastructure vote on Capitol Hill — and she’s been cold-calling U.S. Senators … but oddly, using her royal title. Apparently, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand gave Markle the cell phone numbers of 2 key Senators

Play video content TMZ.com Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thinks folks who oppose Critical Race Theory in schools are burying their heads in the sand when it comes to the country’s history … which ain’t always pretty. We got the U.S. Congresswoman from NY Wednesday on Capitol Hill, and asked for her thoughts on CRT — a

Play video content TMZ.com Kal Penn says his ol’ White House boss gave him props for announcing his engagement in a new book — but it sounds like Barack and Michelle Obama had the tea long before the rest of us. The actor and now-author shared some inside political baseball Tuesday on “TMZ Live,” telling

A POTUS, a golf superstar and a model walk into a party … That’s what went down Sunday night … ’cause former President Donald Trump schmoozed it up with golfer Dustin Johnson and Paulina Gretzky during a Halloween bash at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida. DJ, his fiancée and friends socialized with #45 during the

President Biden‘s press secretary, Jen Psaki, says she’s come down with COVID-19 … but is away from POTUS and has been for several days now. Psaki revealed Sunday that she’d tested positive for the virus — this after multiple days of testing negative upon learning people in her household had caught it. She was supposed

Kal Penn has come out of the closet in the most surprising of ways — announcing he’s gay in a new book of his, which reveals that he’s actually getting married as well. The actor shared the news through his forthcoming offering, “You Can’t Be Serious,” via excerpts that leaked over the weekend … and

A Southwest Airlines pilot allegedly parroted what has become a rallying cry on the far-right — an insult to President Biden that’s been coded as a cheer to somebody named Brandon. The incident reportedly happened Friday on a Southwest flight from Houston to Albuquerque, where AP journo Colleen Long claims that upon touch-down — the

1:55 PM PT — TMZ just obtained the complaint filed against Cuomo, which describes the alleged Dec. 2020 incident. According to the doc, it happened on the 2nd floor of the Governor’s executive mansion … and he allegedly forcibly placed his hand “under the blouse” of the victim and touched her left breast. New York’s