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Cat owners have more than J.D. Vance to worry about now -- a deadly strain of avian bird flu is spreading to house cats, according to researchers.

The bird flu, which scientists call H5N1, had been ravaging American farm animals for the last 2.5 years -- killing 100 million birds and impacting nearly 200 dairy farm herds -- but now it's jumped to indoor cats.

Researchers say the numbers aren't huge yet, a New York Times report says at least 21 kitties have caught it, but the concern is how they're getting it. One of the cases was a cat that lived on a dairy farm ... so, that one makes sense.

Kamala Harris is fully embracing the "Brat" tag Gen Z supporters, and Charli XCX, have put on her -- but Bill Maher just doesn't see it, and says the singer's actually describing Donald Trump to a T.

Bill dug into the Brat phenomenon on Friday's episode of 'Real Time' with his guest CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins -- fully unpacking the label for any boomers or Gen Xers who still don't get it. He read out Charli's definition ... “Just that girl who is a little messy and likes to party and maybe says some dumb things sometimes."

Maher argued all of that sounds way more like Trump, and, more to the point, he added ... "I don't want my president to be this!"

Eminem is bringing his daughter to tears with a couple of very personal songs he just dropped, and Hailie Jade Scott says the music videos are too much to watch -- but also very eye-opening about her childhood.

Hailie opened up about the tracks -- "Somebody Save Me" and "Temporary" -- on her podcast, "Just a Little Shady" ... saying she watched the 'Save Me' music vid once, but that'll be the last time.

She says, "I definitely cry every time I hear it at all. Between that and ‘Temporary’ … I audibly sobbed I think for both songs but especially ‘Temporary.’”

Donald Trump's habit of using famous artists' music at his rallies is about to backfire on him -- that's what the Foo Fighters are saying after he cranked one of their biggest hits ... without permission.

Trump brought out Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- who ended his campaign and endorsed Trump -- Friday evening in Glendale, AZ while blaring FF's 1997 hit "My Hero," and while the pyrotechnics and music fired up the crowd ... it simply pissed off Dave Grohl and company.

Once the Foo caught wind of the wild scene in AZ, the band sent Trump a clear message: Don't do that!

Bob Dylan fans searching for the ultimate memorabilia just might find the answer blowing in the wind ... or on a collector's site that's hawking some of his handwritten lyrics.

BD scribbled out the words to his iconic 1962 tune, "Blowin' in the Wind" -- previously ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the greatest songs of all time -- in a hotel room back in 2011 for a collector. He even signed the paper for authentication purposes.

Now, the lyrics penned by the man himself are selling for $85,000 on the collector's site, Momentsintime.com.

Kamala Harris had her big moment at the DNC, along with some other familiar faces ... plus Jennifer Lopez turns the page from Ben Affleck, and Chappell Roan's already fed up with fame. So, we gotta ask ...

Could Jennifer Lopez bounce from Batman to Superman?? That's what the oddsmakers are thinking ... 'cause Eminem is the betting favorite to be J Lo's next man after her divorce from Ben Affleck.

Fresh off the bombshell breakup news, the peeps at BetOnline wasted no time coming up with a batch of A-listers Ben and Jen could date next ... and in all honesty, some aren't all that farfetched.

Starting with J. Lo, Slim Shady has the best odds at +800 ... with fellow musician, The Weeknd, right behind him at +1000.

Mr. Big Daddy himself, Adam Sandler, is here to make you chuckle and stump you with some switch-ups ... Do you think you've got the skills to track 'em down and pull the rabbit out of the hat?

Earlier this week, Adam made the press rounds in New York City for his Netflix comedy special, "Adam Sandler: Love You" and was serving up two clothing staples from the menu: bball shorts and of course a putt-putt golf tee!

Before "Happy Gilmore 2" comes out, can you swing the changes into the hole?

Kanye West and Bianca Censori are overseas, Lily Allen is returning a dog and Simone Biles is celebrating her Olympics success with a new car ... all this on today's TMZ TV Hot Takes.

First up on "TMZ Live," Charles and Babcock explain why Ye and his wife are with his kids over in South Korea.

Y'all ready to hop on the PJ and hit Summer's hottest spot with the stars?! With all the hype and hoopla surrounding Italy, you could pretty much hear a pin drop in Hollywood, so come join big celebs like Kylie Jenner and Latto livin' the high life: fleeing L.A. and Rome-ing around Italy!

It appears these famous peeps -- like Alix Earle who stunned a high wasted stripey suit in Sorento -- were all about shedding layers and enjoying the coastal towns and beautiful blue waters of the Mediterranean.

Alex Rodriguez threw a solid shredded shot up on the 'gram while yachting around in celebration of his 49th birthday, and Heather Graham followed (swim)suit -- sharing a red-hot bikini shot from Liguria along the Italian Riviera.

Hailey and Justin Bieber gotta be singing that song, because they're brand new parents -- she gave birth to their first child, and the kid's gonna have music on his mind!

The happy couple announced the arrival of their baby boy Friday evening ... showing off one of the little guy's feet. Justin's post simply said "WELCOME HOME."

Well, they also revealed his name ... Jack Blues Bieber. Sure, Justin's a pop singer, but maybe he's got different plans for his firstborn son.

It's unclear when exactly Jack was actually born ... for now, they're not saying -- but based on the post, it seems he's gone home with Mom and Dad.

Back in May, the A-list couple announced they were expecting their first child together with Hailey displaying a noticeable bump in footage from their vow renewal. The couple's rep later confirmed to TMZ ... HB was about 6 months along at the time.

Robert F. Kennedy's getting a feel for what life is like for another celeb who endorses Donald Trump ... because his first taste of a Trump rally has RFK looking like Hulk Hogan!!!

RFK Jr. just got called out to the stage at Trump's Friday rally in Glendale, Arizona ... and his entrance was straight out of the WWE playbook.

Trump bellowed Bobby's name, the crowd went nuts, the DJ cued up Foo Fighters' "My Hero" and out came RFK Jr. ... with a bunch of pyrotechnics lighting up the stage.

5:45 PM PT -- Kreshendo's singing a way different tune than Shaboozey when it comes to their deal, and it's now suing him ... accusing him of fraud.

In the docs, the record label admits it agreed to let the singer out of his deal in 2019 -- however, it says there were strings attached. Kreshendo claims his exit deal still allowed them to collect money on all his musical compositions, and they allege he knew damn well that was the arrangement.

They say Shaboozey is only acting like he didn't know, because "Bar Song" became such a massive hit, and he doesn't want to share the wealth with his old label. So, now Kreshendo is suing him for more than $2 million.

Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson got sent to the hospital after something blew up in his face ... and his face and arms are covered in what he says are serious burns.

Kelly Osbourne's man just shared some videos from his hospital trip, and he's literally being attended to by medical personnel as he whips out his phone and starts recording.

Sid says he was badly burned in an explosion ... and the blast singed his eyebrows, blistered his lips and burned the crap out of his arms and wrists.

A new TikTok trend could soon become someone's potential cash cow ... and in a very demure, very mindful way.

For anyone who has been on the internet recently, particularly TikTok, it's been nearly impossible not to be bombarded with "Very Demure, Very Mindful" trending posts ... and now someone is making a move to lock up the rights to the catchphrase.

According to new legal docs obtained by TMZ, someone named Jefferson Bates in Washington State filed docs to trademark "Very Demure .. Very Mindful .."

John Legend's tribute to Prince at the Democratic National Convention was good, but it pales in comparison to the song itself ... so says the late Purple Rain singer's ex-manager.

We spoke with L. Londell McMillan -- who previously worked as both manager and attorney to the ethereal star -- about JL's performance at the DNC this week ... a show which pissed a lot of people off.

ICYMI ... fans called out Legend, 'cause he sounds a lot like himself while singing, and not enough like Prince, while performing with longtime Prince collaborator Sheila E. -- and, many people felt he wasn't the right person to sing "Let's Go Crazy."