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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is getting out in front of a story, Zac Efron is getting out of the hospital and Noah Lyles is getting a sweet title ... all this on today's TMZ TV Hot Takes.

First up on "TMZ Live," Harvey and Babcock react to RFK Jr. saying he once dumped a dead bear in Central Park and made it look like a cyclist killed the animal.

Before this cool kid -- sprawled out on the family room floor -- could even walk, he was already diggin' into his father's golf bag, laying out his clubs and growing up in San Diego, California before swingin' his club at 9 years old.

Today he plays on the PGA tour (which he won back in 2017,) and has been on his A-game and making big moves at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, but he's no stranger to the Olympic competition ...

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he grabbed the gold medal in the men's individual event.

Rihanna is not retiring from being an absolute beauty ... she's turning heads at a famous carnival in her homeland.

RiRi hit up the Crop Over Carnival in her native Barbados on Monday ... wearing a revealing ensemble complete with pink, orange and yellow-feathered wings.

Rihanna's showing off her boobs here too ... as you can see, the girls are busting out of her bedazzled gold outfit.

Legendary film director David Lynch says he's suffering from emphysema ... but that's not stopping him from continuing his passion for creating art.

Lynch – best known for his 1980s hit movies "The Elephant Man" and "Blue Velvet" – jumped on X and posted a message Monday, saying his emphysema -- a lung disease -- was caused by years of chain smoking despite putting down cigarettes for good two years ago.

Still, he says medical tests show he's in wonderful shape and that's why he refuses to retire from his acclaimed career.

2:26 PM PT -- David Allen tells TMZ his daughter Lily Grace passed away in her sleep unexpectedly.

The infant daughter of TikTok star David Allen has passed away ... the Internet personality confirmed in a new statement.

The social media sensation -- best known as "ToTouchAnEmu" online -- took to TikTok and Instagram Sunday and uploaded a heartbreaking update, in which he shared that his newborn daughter, Lily Grace, had died on July 27.

Another bad look for the former director of the Secret Service ... Kimberly Cheatle wanted to destroy the cocaine found last year at the White House ... after a partial DNA hit in a national database.

Cheatle reportedly asked the Secret Service Forensic Services Division and the Uniformed Division to destroy the evidence ... before finding out who the bag of drugs belonged to, but her request was rejected and it pissed her off -- according to RealClearPolitics.

Remember ... a member of the Secret Service's Uniformed Division found a bag of cocaine at the White House back in July 2023, while President Biden was at Camp David with his family.

Yvette Nicole Brown's all about ditching the hate in politics and is urging young people to hit the polls no matter who they’re backing ... even though she’s Team Kamala Harris herself.

The actress spoke to TMZ Monday, telling us she was speaking in a non-partisan way on behalf of the entertainment org The Creative Coalition about their virtual event "Your Voice, Your Vote" Tuesday ... aimed to encourage Gen-Z voters on how to vote, and nothing on who to place their one precious vote for.

Yvette said she’s just trying to encourage young people, especially first-time voters, to cast their votes for the kind of world they want to live in.

The Kansas City Chiefs are standing behind Harrison Butker in the short term and for years to come ... 'cause the two sides just agreed to a massive $25.6 million contract extension -- months after he came under fire for polarizing comments made during a commencement speech.

The former seventh-round pick negotiated the four-year contract himself ... making the 29-year-old the highest-paid kicker in the NFL. Butker is now tied to the organization through 2028 and will look to help the Chiefs in their quest for a Super Bowl three-peat.

The contract extension comes three months following his controversial grad speech at Benedictine College -- a Catholic school in Atchison, Kansas -- in which he shared his views on the LGBTQ community, abortion and women being homemakers

Donald Trump is as defiant as ever coming off his NABJ appearance ... 50 Cent's "Many Men" track is still his theme song, despite producer Darrell "Digga" Branch's objections.

Trump ramped up his presidential campaign Monday by hopping on Adin Ross' Kick stream to speak to first-time Gen Z voters.

The ex-prez casually walked out to a track from 50's "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'" album blaring through the room ... and he got a standing O.

Joshua Malina's love story with wife Melissa Merwin has come to an end ... as the mother of his children has filed for divorce, TMZ has learned.

In new court documents obtained by TMZ ... Melissa filed to end her nearly 28-year marriage to "The West Wing" star, who she married back in December 1996. The docs are from Melissa's side ... so, this is her perspective on the whole breakup.

In the docs, Melissa cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for her split from the actor ... though she did not list a date of separation.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is not on police radar in New York for dumping a dead bear in Central Park a decade ago ... TMZ has learned.

NYPD sources tell TMZ they aren't investigating the independent presidential candidate. We also checked with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and RFK Jr.'s in the clear there as well.

NYSDEC said they conducted a 2014 investigation into the Central Park bear cub's death, concluding the bear died from blunt-force trauma consistent with a high-speed collision. Due to a lack of evidence, they closed the probe later that year without issuing any citations.

Billy Ray Cyrus is closing the book on his marriage to Firerose ... because he finalized his divorce from his now-ex-wife ... and it didn't take long at all.

Billy Ray's divorce case just settled and is signed, sealed and delivered in the Tennessee court system ... lawyers from both sides confirmed to TMZ.

The terms of the divorce settlement, obtained by TMZ, call for Firerose to exit the marriage with $0 ... though Billy Ray is handing over his claims to credits and royalties for songs the former couple wrote and published together.

Serena Williams is putting a Paris hotel on blast ... calling out the establishment for denying her family access to a rooftop restaurant -- despite it being completely "empty."

The 42-year-old tennis legend went to X to publicly send a message to The Peninsula Hotel on Monday ... sharing her frustrations with how her visit went down.

"Yikes," Williams stated. "@peninsulaparis I’ve been denied access to rooftop to eat in a empty restaurant of nicer places but never with my kids. Always a first."

Cops in Nevada are investigating after a Black man shared a video where he claims a white man called him racial slurs and told him about a "hanging tree."

The viral footage picks up with the white man smiling and flipping off the Black man, who has since been identified as Rick Johnson. Johnson asks where the supposed "hanging tree" is and the white man fires back, "In your backyard."

The video was filmed Friday outside the Firehouse Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada during a classic-car show called "Hot August Nights" ... and Johnson says he was there registering people to vote.

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott appear eager to offload their Beverly Hills home ... as the former flames have slashed the listing price once again.

The ex-couple's first home together -- which they nabbed for a notable $13.4 million back in 2018 -- hit the market again back in February ... when they asked for $17,995,000. Mind you, this was significantly less than their first attempt at unloading the property ... as they previously listed the abode for $21.9 million back in 2022.

KJ and TS didn't get any takers back then ... and it seems that's the case today, as according to online records they are now asking for $15,995,000. If math's not your strong suit, this is a $2 million drop in price ... which likely speaks to the exes' urgency of wanting to ditch the mansion.

A cop in West Virginia allegedly threatened to shoot a woman during a traffic stop ... then he smashed her car window and body-slammed her to the ground ... and it's all on video.

The intense police interaction went down Thursday in Marion County, where Monongah Police Chief Nathan Lanham was captured on video threatening to kill a local woman named Beth Delloma.

In the footage, you see Lanham standing outside the woman's car, pulling on the door handle ... it appears the window is cracked as Lanham is heard shouting, "You roll up that window and I swear to God I'll f****** shoot you."