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Beyoncé stands alone on the Diamond & Platinum throne in the music industry ... the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced Tuesday she has the most certified titles for any female artist, EVER!!!

Credit Queen Bey's latest "Cowboy Carter" for helping push her over the edge with 103 total certifications ... the album is platinum, its lead single "Texas Hold 'Em" is double Platinum, and "16 Carriages" is also Gold.

Her 2008 "I Am Sasha Fierce," and smashes "Single Ladies" and "Halo" are a cut above Diamond with 11X apiece, on top of dozens of other certifications from all her solo albums ... including 2013's self-titled LP and "Lemonade," on top of new plaques from classic singles such as "Best Thing I Never Had," "Sorry" and "Run The World (Girls)."

3:27 PM PT -- Nima Momeni's attorney Bradford Cohen tells TMZ … Momeni will be appealing, and "We believe there is enough error during the trial to afford him a good chance at a retrial."

Cohen asserts the state's attorney had to "overcharge the defendant" due to rampant crime in San Francisco, saying ... "It's disappointing that after seeing a video in which it proved that the state's witness, Bo Mohazzabi, was a liar, and additionally showed what appears to be Bob Lee holding a knife and snorting a substance off of it, that they came back with 2nd-degree murder."

San Francisco jurors found the man accused of killing the founder of Cash App guilty of murder Tuesday ... following a 6-week trial featuring conflicting testimony about drugs and revenge.

Nima Momeni was found guilty of second-degree murder after the jury deliberated for 7 days. The jury reached the verdict Monday night, but it was not read in court until this morning.

The founder of Cash App, 43-year-old Bob Lee, was stabbed to death in April 2023 under the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. He was stabbed 3 times, including through his heart, with a paring knife ... and he managed to call 911 before he died later in a hospital.

Terrified students at the Wisconsin school where 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow opened fire are now speaking out, recalling the fear they felt as the tragic event unfolded.

Check out the video -- one little boy bravely told CNN several people started crying during the chaos at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, WI, on Monday as they had to wait for the police to arrive ... before being escorted out of the school to the church.

Heartbreakingly, the boy added that he was super scared and just wanted to know why the shooter did what she did.

Kim Kardashian is earning props from New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy for her advocacy, which he says played a key role in his decision to release prisoner Dawn Jackson ... after she served 25 years for fatally stabbing a man she claimed was sexually abusing her.

Governor Murphy, who commuted Jackson’s 30-year sentence by 5 years, thanked Kim for bringing attention to the case ... explaining in an X post Monday that after reviewing the "unimaginable trauma and sexual abuse" Dawn faced, he felt her original sentence was way too harsh.

Murphy not only shared an article about Kim’s role in helping Dawn, he also highlighted that Dawn took responsibility for her actions and served her time without further incidents. He made it clear -- it was time for her to get the second chance she truly deserved.

Chris Zylka -- the actor/model who was engaged to Paris Hilton -- has turned himself in to cops in Ohio after allegedly fighting off officers last week who attempted to arrest him.

A clerk at the Warren Municipal Court in Ohio tells TMZ ... Zylka surrendered Monday, and was charged with 2 felonies -- assault for elbowing an officer, and attempting to commit an offense by trying to break into a vehicle -- plus 3 misdemeanors, including disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and aggravated menacing.

As we reported last week ... police responded to a report of a man dressed in pajama pants trying to get into a woman's car in a busy intersection in Warren, Ohio. Even though it was about 32 degrees outside, the suspect was not wearing shoes or a shirt.

Crumbs, the world's fattest cat, sadly passed away in October ... and now we're learning more details about how the furball died.

The orange tabby suffered from heart disease caused by his obesity -- an autopsy showed he had acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema. That's a life-threatening condition resulting from the build-up of fluid in the lungs due to increased heart pressure, according to multiple news outlets in Russia, where Crumbs lived.

At the time of his death, it was speculated he passed from some complication of excess weight, though tumors were also reportedly found on his spleen and other organs.

It is no secret Aaron Rodgers and his family aren't on good terms ... but now the Jets signal caller is delving deeper into some of those issues, saying the rift between his folks was so bad, he had to "re-parent" himself.

The 41-year-old 4x NFL MVP QB opened up on the subject in his new three-part Netflix docuseries "Aaron Rodgers: Enigma," one of the only times he's publicly addressed the topic.

“At times when you have some dysfunction or some separation in your family life, you have to kind of re-parent yourself and give yourself what you didn’t get or wanted to hear more of when you were a kid, and I think for me, I just wanted to hear, ‘I’m proud of you,’" Rodgers said during the second episode of the series.

Prosecutors are tagging alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann with another murder, saying his 7th victim is Valerie Mack.

Heuermann was arraigned Tuesday in the Suffolk County Courthouse in New York for the slaying of Mack, a former sex worker whose body was found in November 2000.

Prosecutors had named him a suspect in her death back in June ... based on evidence cops collected at Heuermann's Long Island home.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was rocking very merry festive vibes -- and sleighing it on the set of his new movie, "The Man with the Bag."

The movie legend was spotted in full holiday mode -- wearing a Christmas jumper, snow-white hair and beard, strolling to his NYC trailer like the jolly old St. Nick he’s playing in the movie.

Arnold was practically incognito ... he could’ve been any random guy strolling the streets of NYC. If not for the crew and cameras, you'd think he was just another holiday shopper on a casual walk!

Former Orlando Magic G League player Janis Timma -- who spent the majority of his pro basketball career overseas -- has died. He was only 32.

According to Russian media, Timma's body was found outside a residential building entrance on Monday ... and the initial cause of death is believed to be suicide.

Timma's passing came on his ex-wife Anna Sedokova's birthday ... and the Ukranian singer addressed the tragedy in an emotional social media post.

Terrifying moment for Kristin Cavallari -- she revealed she once caught an intruder inside her bedroom while she was sleeping alongside her young son Cam.

The reality star explained on her "Let's Be Honest" podcast ... saying the nightmare occurred during a 2020 family trip to the Bahamas, where they stayed for a month amid pandemic restrictions.

She said one night, they had to call some workers because the house's HVAC unit broke -- noting at the same time, she had her Uncommon James jewelry brand laid out in her closet.

Lil Wayne's ick over getting "snubbed" for Super Bowl 59 in his New Orleans hometown seems to have blown over ... Wayne is now cheering on Kendrick Lamar to have a helluva halftime show!!!

Skip Bayless made attempts to push Wayne over the edge on his show on Monday, claiming to be "baffled and angry" there wouldn't be Young Money emblems inside Caesars Superdome come February -- but Wayne said it's all g-double-o-d.

“I’ve spoken to him, and I wish him all the best and I told him he better kill it,” Wayne told Skip. "For whatever reason I believe it’s over my head. I don’t know why, period. Obviously, I believe that it’s perfect. I do not know why.”

Billie Eilish brought the house down on night two of her L.A. tour, reminding everyone why she’s still one of the reigning queens of the music scene!

The likes of Kourtney Kardashian, Gal Gadot, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Josh Brolin, and Tana Mongeau turned the Kia Forum into a celeb magnet Monday night ... as they were spotted strutting out of the singer's electrifying show.

Clearly celebs and fans alike couldn't get enough as Billie lit up the stage with her signature bangers, quirky vibes, and a fashion game only she can pull off!

Of all things, a phallic laser pointer is at the center of the Jamie Foxx birthday dinner dispute, and turns out his beef was with folks from the 'Jackass' franchise's production company ... TMZ has learned.

Multiple sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Jamie got upset during the night out at Mr. Chow's in Bev Hills when someone from a private party in the upstairs VIP area pointed a laser at his table, projecting the image of a penis.

We're told Jamie was particularly upset because his kids were at the table, and he felt the image was disturbing -- so, he walked upstairs to the VIP room and asked the folks up there to cut it out, making it clear he didn't find their joke funny.

Conor McGregor's return to the UFC Octagon has been put on the backburner ... as the combat sports legend says he's got some other business to handle first -- a boxing exhibition with Logan Paul.

Notorious dropped the bombshell news early Tuesday morning ... denying rumors he's slated to take on featherweight champion Ilia Topuria in Dana White's organization.

Instead, he says he's got his sights set on the WWE Superstar ... and it sounds like they're far along in negotiations, as McGregor claimed he's in "preliminary agreements" with the extremely wealthy Ambani family to take a boxing match with the Maverick in India.

The celebrities showed up in style at a Broadway comedy stage event in New York City Monday night ... and the fashion was at peak level at the Hudson Theatre.

Check out our gallery of stylish looks on the red carpet of the "All In: Comedy About Love By Simon Rich" show, a collection of short stories acted onstage on the subjects of dating, marriage and other romantic entanglements.

Jon Hamm and Steve Martin showed up in different shades of autumnal green suits, with Hamm wearing a tight scarf, accessorizing with an umbrella for extra style points. Hamm's fellow Midwesterner David Letterman showed up in a navy blazer and matching turtleneck -- and two pairs of eyeglasses, just in case.