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Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater are getting in the holiday spirit ... shopping for the perfect tree to decorate and surround with presents.

The "Wicked" stars, who are also dating, were on the hunt for a Christmas tree over the weekend in New York City ... stopping the search to take a photo with actress Ally Bouska.

The tree excursion comes amid a super successful run for Ariana and Ethan's musical ... the flick is now the highest-grossing movie based on a musical of all time ... raking in $263.1 million and counting.

Planned Parenthood is jumping on the "Wicked" hype train ... using the popular musical as a way to break the ice about sexually transmitted infections.

Ya gotta see the latest social media post from Planned Parenthood ... a play on the "Wicked" musical poster posing this all-important question ... "Is your discharge green?"

The nonprofit, which provides sexual healthcare across the country, gets even naughtier in the caption, writing ... "If you're experiencing wicked sexual and reproductive health care concerns, Planned Parenthood health centers are holding space to help — even if your p***y's green."

Serena Williams is adamantly denying she's making major changes to her appearance after a recent video of the retired tennis superstar went viral ... saying speculation she lightened her skin is BS!

"And no, for you haters out there, I do not bleach my skin," Serena said on Instagram Live while going through her makeup routine on Monday.

The clapback comes after numerous social media accounts focused on how Williams looked when she shared footage from her daughter's school play, with some commenting on the shade of her skin.

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are looking like real fashion killers over in England ... turning heads at the London Fashion Awards.

The "Love On The Brain" singer and the "Fashion Killa" rapper are at Monday's event across the pond, looking absolutely spectacular ... with RiRi commanding all the attention with her furry blue outfit.

Rihanna and A$AP are at Royal Albert Hall to accept his cultural innovator award ... and reports from the UK say the couple showed up fashionably late.

The father of retired Dallas Cowboys star Leighton Vander Esch was arrested in Idaho over the weekend on several charges -- including felony attempted strangulation.

The Idaho County Sheriff's Office says it received a call regarding a domestic battery outside the city of Riggins around 12:16 AM on Dec. 1.

After cops arrived at the scene, 61-year-old Darwin Vander Esch was arrested for felony attempted strangulation and cited for misdemeanor domestic battery and misdemeanor intentional destruction of a telecommunication device.

My Chemical Romance is saying goodbye to Bob Bryar, the band's former drummer who was found dead in his home last week.

The group just broke their silence on Bob's shocking death, posting a tribute on social media, saying ... "It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to Bob Bryar, our former bandmate and an important part of the history of My Chemical Romance."

The band adds ... "We send our deepest condolences to his friends and family at this time. May he rest in peace."

LL Cool J isn't waiting until he passes to smell the roses -- he's ordered himself a bouquet of Hip Hop flowers and the little card reads, "HE'S THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!!"

That was the DEFinitive statement when LL recently sat with Apple Music's "Le Code" podcast where he put his legacy in stone ... "I’m going to say this humbly, but I really mean this ... I think one day people are going to wake up and realize that LL Cool J is the most important rapper that ever existed. I truly believe one day people are going to say that."

He colorfully continued to make his case using an array of bejeweled metaphors, but LL spit his brightest gems reminding fans of the game-changers he contributed to Hip Hop culture.

Harvey Weinstein is back at Bellevue Hospital in New York City after getting some alarming results from a recent blood test ... TMZ has learned.

Weinstein's attorney, Imran H. Ansari, tells TMZ ... the blood test, taken at Rikers Island, was related to Weinstein's leukemia diagnosis, and while the results are concerning, his condition is treatable.

It's the latest health issue for Weinstein -- his attorney says he's "been suffering from a lack of adequate medical care and enduring deplorable and inhumane conditions on Rikers Island."

Kristin Chenoweth may have nailed Glinda on Broadway, but she was all about a wicked smooth transition while passing the baton to Ariana Grande on the set of the "Wicked" movie.

The stage star shared some behind-the-scenes magic on X, posting pics of her and Ariana rocking matching custom pink Glinda jackets while filming ... explaining she had surprised her with the outfits as a "little physical memento of our 'passing of the wand.'"

In true Glinda form, Kristin said she was all about leading Ariana down the yellow brick road -- or any road, really -- and couldn't be prouder of her!

3:17 PM PT -- Eli Manning has entered the chat ... letting Tom Brady know he wasn't too impressed with his catch.

Speaking of catches ... TB12 clapped back with a zinger of his own -- referencing David Tyree's Super Bowl-saving helmet reception that helped the Giants beat Brady's Patriots back in 2008.

Ultimately, Brady's seven rings beats Manning's two ... but considering both of those came against the Pats, Eli's got the right to throw a friendly jab here and there.

Tom Brady's clearly thankful for retirement ... sharing his relief over not having to play in crappy Buffalo weather anymore -- all while sending out a friendly reminder he's hot A.F.

The G.O.A.T. shared some snaps from his post-Thanksgiving fishing and golf outings ... and judging by the visuals, he didn't overdo it on the turducken.

TB12 ditched his shirt for the boat trip ... and after snagging some queen snapper, he posed with one of his catches.

Kyrie Irving is being dragged to court by a health and wellness company that claims the NBA superstar stiffed it out of nearly $400,000.

The allegations are all spelled out in a new lawsuit, obtained by TMZ Sports, that was filed on Monday in New York.

The plaintiffs, Elite Mind Solutions, allege Irving hired them and their high-profile therapist, Natasha McCartney, in the spring of 2024 to work a family retreat the basketball player was putting on for friends and family from June 28 to July 2.

The White House is all decked out for Christmas, going all-in on the festive vibes to make sure President Joe Biden’s last holiday there is one to remember.

Feast your eyes on these pics from inside the White House -- 83 Christmas trees are scattered all over the place, with the star of the show being the towering Fraser fir tree in the Blue Room, all decked out and shipped in from North Carolina.

Three hundred volunteers spent the past week transforming the White House into a winter wonderland, decking out every nook and cranny with tinsel, ornaments, twinkling lights, and all the festive flair you could dream of!

Mark Geragos says he's confident he would have gotten Hunter Biden off scot-free in his tax evasion trial, but President Biden's son didn't want to put his family back in the spotlight ... so he entered a guilty plea.

Hunter's attorney joined us on "TMZ Live" Monday and we pressed him about his risky decision to have Hunter enter an "open plea" ... meaning there was no deal with prosecutors regarding sentencing.

Mark says he was going to win Hunter's case by flipping the government's argument in the Delaware gun trial on its head ... namely, that HB was so addled by drug use he could not have intentionally violated tax codes.

"Selling the OC" star Gio Helou and his wife Tiffany are sharing heartbreaking news ... revealing they’ve suffered a pregnancy loss.

Tiffany got candid in a heartfelt IG post Sunday, explaining how the joy of learning they were expecting baby no. 2 "quickly washed away in a wave of blood tests, ultrasounds and an ER visit, all confirming that it was an ectopic pregnancy that never had a chance of survival."

She shared how the loss hit hard during the season of giving thanks ... and she found herself crying to God, questioning why her "precious poppyseed-sized embryo" implanted in the wrong place and why she even got pregnant if it was going to end in devastation.

An ugly display of racism from one holiday travel to another ... that's what one father says he captured when a woman went off on him and his family on a United Airlines shuttle bus.

The video, recorded at LAX, is packed with vulgar, racially charged language -- an unidentified woman spewed the words at photographer Pervez Taufiq, calling him a "f**king tandoori ass" and ranting that Indian people are "f**king crazy."

Pervez shot the vid and says it all went down last week, when the woman asked to pass by him during a flight to Los Angeles as he was checking on his 11-year-old son, who was flying in business class thanks to an upgrade. The woman's shocking meltdown happened after they'd gotten off the plane, and boarded a shuttle bus.

Young Thug may have sprung out of jail, but one of his co-defendants is still having a rough time behind bars ... dodging sharp, pointy objects that want to take him out!!!

According to reports straight outta Fulton County, Georgia ... YSL rapper Yak Gotti, AKA Deamonte Kendrick, was involved in an altercation on the inside with another inmate on Sunday, resulting in him being stabbed!!!

"Kendrick received treatment for minor injuries from a sharp object at the Fulton County Jail," Fulton County Sheriff's Office Communications Director Natalie Ammons tells TMZ Hip Hop.