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A 13-year-old basketball player viciously stomped on his opponent's head in the middle of a game over the weekend ... and now, the whole incident is under police investigation.

It all went down during a matchup between Payton's Place and Tumakbo United organizations at the College of Alameda in California on Sunday ... when the players were battling for possession of the ball.

During the action, a 13-year-old athlete for Tumakbo United fell to the ground as he tried to maintain control over a defender ... when out of nowhere, another Payton's Place player got involved and forcefully used his foot to put the kid's head to the hardwood.

Prince Harry is refusing to back down in his war against the British press ... and, now he's even citing it as a key reason he and Meghan Markle are estranged from Prince William and King Charles.

The Duke of Sussex addressed his complicated relationship with the UK's tabloids in a new ITV1 documentary, "Tabloids on Trial."

As Harry put it, anything he says about his father and the rest of the royal fam will likely be turned into a "torrent of abuse" from the British media ... which he feels has been a "central piece" in the ongoing feud with his kin.

Timothée Chalamet is channeling his inner Bob Dylan in the biopic "A Complete Unknown" -- and yes, that's actually him singing in the first teaser trailer!

It's TC like you’ve never seen him before -- guitar in hand, belting out the icon's 1963 folk hit “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall" ... while playing young Bob as he rises to stardom in 1960s NYC.

While BD will always be the OG, Timothée definitely gives it his best shot -- after all, he was all in for this rockstar gig ... even taking special guitar and vocal lessons to nail that unique Dylan sound.

Kamala Harris' run for president has people thinking of another former VP ... a fictional one that is -- 'cause her career path's feeling eerily similar to the show "Veep."

Entertainment data company Luminate reports viewership for the hit HBO show exploded ... jumping from 486k minutes watched on Sunday to 2.2 million minutes on Monday -- an increase of 350%.

If you haven't seen the show ... Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays Vice President Selina Meyer, a politician whose unsuccessful presidential run ends with her in the #2 job -- just like Harris' own failed 2020 campaign.

Sofia Vergara is living her best life -- dropping a pic of her new boyfriend, Justin Saliman, while they soak up the Italian sun ... this on the heels of her ex-hubby torching her.

The Colombian actress posted a photo dump Tuesday, which features her surgeon boo -- whom she's been dating for a minute -- making a cameo as he chills on a sunbed outdoors ... clearly operating on some good vibes as he flashed a smile for the camera.

Sofia also threw in a shot of herself radiating in a bright yellow dress ... with the caption "❤️." The message is clear ... she's in a new relationship and happier than ever.

Kamala Harris held her first official campaign event as she dives into the presidential race -- and the momentum behind her is already swelling with excitement ... just watch this video.

President Biden's VP -- who's now the frontrunner for Dems after Joe dropped out -- hit the ground running Tuesday at a stop in Milwaukee ... where she eventually stepped up to the podium to deliver a rousing speech to a massive crowd.

As you can see ... KH was sharp, precise and focused in her remarks -- a stark contrast to some of Joe's public outings lately, and a good reminder of why JB bowed out of the race.

Team USA's starting Olympics flag bearer lineup is set ... two days after the Americans picked LeBron James to be the male one -- they announced Coco Gauff will be the female one.

The two will hold the Stars and Stripes high and proud at the Games' opening ceremony festivities on Friday in France ... and when the tennis star learned of the honor on Wednesday, she was pumped.

After some initial shock, she told TODAY she had "no words, honestly."

Kroy Biermann is fuming, but this time it's not at Kim Zolciak -- he's pissed cops ticketed him over his dog escaping his yard, and new body cam footage shows him fighting tooth and nail to keep his cool.

TMZ obtained this video of Kroy's run-in with cops in late June outside the couple's Georgia home, where neighbors called authorities to report the Biermann's Cane Corso -- named Stone -- for getting out into the community and terrifying some folks on the streets.

As we first told you ... cops cited Troy for the dog getting loose, but now we're seeing exactly how he took the news when officers confronted him, and it's interesting.

Kathy Hilton caused a bit of a stir at a Los Angeles fashion show, bumping into a model as she walked the runway – and the embarrassing moment was caught on video.

The 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' star attended Monday's event to support fellow cast member Sutton Stracke. Other 'RHOBH' stars were also in the crowd, namely Kyle Richards, Dorit Kemsley, Bozoma Saint John, Erika Jayne and her mom, Renee Chahoy.

Watch ... Kathy was standing on the runway chatting with Renee when the statuesque model struts up behind her and places a gentle hand on her back to guide her out of the way.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is going to have to hold her horses on cutting all ties from estranged husband Ryan Anderson ... their divorce is not going to speed through the courts.

Ryan's attorney, Jeffrey Carrier, tells TMZ … when married couples without children divorce in Louisiana, they have to live apart for 6 months after divorce papers are served before they can even request a divorce hearing.

Gypsy and Ryan publicly split in March, but we're told he wasn't served until the middle of July ... which is when the 6-month clock starts. As a result, this divorce will bleed into next year.

Shocking new body cam footage shows Thomas Michael Crooks lying dead with a stream of blood leaking out of his head on the rooftop of the Pennsylvania building where he tried to assassinate Donald Trump.

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released the footage capturing Secret Service agents chatting with law enforcement officers in military gear as they stood on the roof around Crooks' corpse minutes after the 20-year-old was shot to death by a sniper.

As you know, Crooks fired shots at Trump with AR-15-style rifle while the Republican presidential nominee was giving a stump speech in Butler, PA. Trump was grazed in his right ear while 3 spectators were also shot -- one fatally.

Jordon Hudson spent a night away from Bill Belichick last week to let loose at a glitzy bash ... and not only did she get to party with an ex-Patriots cheerleader at the event, but she rubbed elbows with the Larry O'Brien Trophy too!

The 23-year-old -- who's been dating Belichick since 2022 -- left the legendary NFL coach at home, put on a gold-colored gown for a girls night out and cruised over to the Best of Boston Soiree in Massachusetts to have a good time.

Hudson, a former beauty pageant queen, spent a lot of the July 17 night with some of her friends from the pageant world -- including Miss Massachusetts USA 2024 Melissa Sapini -- but also former New England cheerleader, Zoe Bucuvalas.

Celine Dion is set to return to stage, George Clooney is getting behind Kamala Harris and Tiger Woods is showing off some gnarly scars ... all this on today's TMZ TV Hot Takes.

On "TMZ Live" Harvey and Charles have all the details on Celine's big return to music, now that she's set to perform at Friday's opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics.

American actress Zoe Kazan was in her mid-20s when she played Gabby Adler -- the middle Adler child, obsessed with texting and still struggling with her parents' divorce -- in the 2009 Rom-Com film "It's Complicated."

Zoe shared the big screen with Hollywood greats like Meryl Streep who played Gabby's divorced mother and exquisite baker, Jane, Alec Baldwin as Gabby's father and successful attorney who attempts to rekindle things with his ex-wife, Jake, and Steve Martin as the architect and Jane's love interest, Adam.

Other worthy cast mentions include John Krasinski and Lake Bell.

The "Green Dress Girl" from TikTok is looking past all the negative comments on her viral post ... 'cause she's looking forward in hopes of landing a gig with Beyoncé!!!

Rachel Parrish -- BKA her TikTok handle @raechristine___ -- recently went viral after her critique of club culture sparked a major online conversation ... and she joined us on "The TMZ Podcast" to tell us how her life's changed.

Despite being incessantly mocked for her club fit -- a green dress and some white heels -- Rachel says she's mostly ignored the haters and focused on the positives ... like being recognized in the airport.

Halle Berry is marking the 20th anniversary of her titular role in "Catwoman" ... by ditching her top and taking photos with a couple pussy cats.

HB just posted a series of pics, and she's topless and using two rescue kitties to cover up her exposed body ... particularly upstairs.

Halle's wearing nothing but some black panties and a black and silver cat eye mask ... which pairs nicely with the black and white felines in her photos.