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A Florida couple was attacked by masked gunmen outside their home after winning a sizable casino jackpot ... and, their home security cam caught the whole scene on video.

Kim Chambliss and her BF Val Delacruz came back from a date night at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa, Florida ... when two men ran up to them, guns drawn and demanding money.

Check out the video ... Kim's shot in the calf but was able to slip inside the door, away from danger. Meanwhile, Val lays prone on the doorstep, nursing an injury to one of his legs while the first man comes up to him with a huge pistol in his hand.

Alyvia Alyn Lind is getting a pretty good cut of some streaming dough for an upcoming Netflix production ... she's set to earn more than $500,000 for the limited series.

The 17-year-old actress is starring in "Wayward" ... and her minor's contract shows just how handsomely she's being paid.

According to the contract, filed in court and obtained by TMZ, Alyvia is raking in $75,000 per episode for the inaugural season.

Blake Lively's got beef, Travis Kelce has a new 'do and Chris Jones is making a $1.5 million offer for a chicken wing convict ... all this on today's TMZ Hot Takes.

First up on "TMZ Live," Harvey and Charles explain why Blake felt uncomfortable around Justin Baldoni on the set of "It Ends With Us."

Simone Biles has a sassy clapback for all the people bashing her post-Olympics Parisian shopping spree ... clarifying she didn't spend her own dough on a pricey Hermès bag.

The gymnastics G.O.A.T. addressed her luxurious new handbag, usually worth tens of thousands of dollars, telling fans ... "My parents bought me my Hermès bag 🥰. Don’t be mad at me, be mad at your parents."

Simone says her parents, Ronald and Nellie, gave her the bag as a treat after all her Olympic glory -- and, TBH, she did just become the most-decorated American gymnast in Olympics history. Ya get why they'd give her a little VIP treatment.

A piece of horror movie history could be yours ... as the famed haunted house from "Poltergeist" has officially hit the market.

The home -- which served as the central location in the Steven Spielberg-scripted supernatural flick -- hasn't been listed for sale in more than 45 years ... but is now looking for new living owners.

The abode, located outside Los Angeles in Simi Valley, CA, boasts a 16,000-square-foot lot, with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, a large swimming pool and a jacuzzi.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez have enough money to buy anything they could ever want, but they still made a wish like every other tourist at Rome's famous fountain ... tossing their coins into the water and kissing.

One of the richest people in the world and his fiancée's latest summer vacation stop is at the Trevi Fountain, known for millions of well-wishes and even more Instagram selfies.

Check out the pics ... Jeff and Lauren are smooching on the water's edge, and she winds up and tosses a coin into the water.

Sami Sheen's debuting a new body part for her OnlyFans followers -- Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen's daughter went under the knife once again to improve, in her eyes, her face.

She made the big reveal of her brand new nose Tuesday on TikTok, explaining why she felt compelled to get a rhinoplasty almost 8 months after getting a boob job.

Per Sami, she's never been a fan of her beak and would Photoshop it in almost every pic ... as she felt it photographed "horribly."

Rachel Lindsay has some sage advice for the new "Bachelor" lead Grant Ellis -- while you're on the show looking for love ... look for a lawyer, too!

The former "Bachelorette" lead tells TMZ the most important thing Grant can do is protect himself if he proposes on the ABC show. RL speaks from experience ... as she's now knee-deep in a bitter divorce with Bryan Abasolo, who she met on the show back in 2017.

Rachel's romance with Bryan has spiraled into a courtroom nightmare after their 2019 wedding -- the chiropractor is now getting $13,000 a month in spousal support from her ... and he's pushing for even more cash!

Ellen DeGeneres is likely laughing all the way to the bank after unloading her sprawling California estate for a massive price tag.

According to property records ... obtained by the Wall Street Journal ... the TV personality and her wife, Portia de Rossi, have sold their 10-acre estate in Santa Barbara County for a whopping $96 million.

The couple scooped up the home for $70 million back in 2022, and have reportedly sold it to mining magnate Robert Friedland.

A piece of Kobe Bryant's legacy is no longer on the market ... the warm-up jacket he wore before his last-ever NBA game has just sold at auction -- and it netted the seller a small fortune!

TMZ Sports has learned ... the threads the Black Mamba donned just prior to dropping 60 points on the Utah Jazz back in April 2016 at the Staples Center racked up 35 bids -- and officially sold for $336,000.

The jacket -- which was photo-matched for authenticity -- had been up on the SCP Auctions block since mid-July.

The family of late singer Isaac Hayes is threatening to sue Donald Trump's presidential campaign ... claiming the former prez has been using one of his famous songs without permission at campaign rallies.

Lawyers for Isaac Hayes Enterprises fired off a legal warning shot, sending Trump and his campaign a notice of copyright infringement over the use of Hayes' song "Hold On, I'm Comin'" at Trump rallies.

The singer's family says the anthem has been used at least 134 times at different political events between 2022 to 2024 without permission. Trump notably played the song in Harrisburg, PA back in July ... where he used the track to close out his rally.

Luke Bryan's selling his Florida beachfront home ... and someone finally pulled together the kinda scratch he was looking for -- 8 figures worth -- to part ways with the property.

TMZ has learned the country singer has a pending sale for his five-bedroom, five-bathroom home on the Sunshine State's panhandle. Luke was asking $12.95 million -- an astronomical price -- but one buyer clearly thinks it's worth it.

The 4,645-square-foot house sits on over an acre of land in Santa Rosa Beach complete with a Gulf adjacent pool -- for days when walking those 100 or so extra steps just doesn't seem worth it -- heart pine floors, elevated ceilings and a modern kitchen full of the newest appliances.

The fan who caught Shohei Ohtani's historic 176th home run is about to be a whole lot richer ... TMZ Sports has learned the man's putting the ball up for auction -- and it's expected to net him a small fortune!!

The guys over at Heritage Auctions tell us ... Jason Patino -- who snagged the record-setting baseball after Ohtani blasted it toward him in an April 21 victory over the Mets -- is selling the memento on their block, and they're figuring it'll eventually go for around $200,000.

The ball, of course, holds a ton of value ... as it marked the official breaking of Hideki Matsui's MLB record for dingers by a Japanese-born slugger.

Jeff Bezos didn't get to be one of the richest people in the world by squandering money ... so thought an Italian dude who offered the billionaire a deal he couldn't refuse.

Jeff and fiancée Lauren Sanchez were tooling along a beach in Sardinia when they came upon a guy selling sun dresses on the sand. It's a thing ... merchants pitching their wares on the beach, thinking beachgoers would find it irresistible to upgrade their fits.

J&L gave him a smile, but passed on the schmatta.

They had ventured off their super yacht to lunch with Leo DiCaprio, his GF Vittoria Ceretti, Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry, all of whom are guests on Bezo's big boat.

Jay-Z is staking legal claim to the master recordings of his iconic debut album ... and it's a "buyer beware" notice, of sorts, to anyone getting ready to drop more than $1 million to buy Damon Dash's share of Roc-A-Fella Records.

TMZ Hip Hop has learned Jay's attorneys just made a legal filing that might normally fly under the radar, but here's why it's suddenly very relevant. As we first reported, Dame's third of Roc-A-Fella is going up for auction later this month, and the label's only real asset is Jay-Z's 1996 album, "Reasonable Doubt."

While Roc-A-Fella currently holds the copyright on the record and all its tracks ... Jay's attorneys have now filed notice that those rights will revert to one Shawn Carter/"Jay-Z" in 2031.

Christina Ricci's walking away from her home sale with exactly what she wanted ... taking millions with her to a new pad, as she got every dollar of her original listing price.

Our real estate sources say Christina sold her home in the L.A. suburb of Woodland Hills for $2.249 million, the exact price she asked when she put it on the market back in June.

Ricci's house was only on the market for 50 days -- not every celeb is that lucky -- before someone snatched up the 4-bedroom, 4-bathroom home in the popular neighborhood.