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Some of Hollywood's biggest stars are descending on Nashville for this year's Country Music Awards ... and they're dressed to the nines on their way into the big event.

Kacey Musgraves, Shaboozey, Miranda Lambert and Luke Bryan are among the country music stars showing off their fashionable looks Wednesday night at Bridgestone Arena ... and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes are in the house too ... looking like a super cute couple.

Lizzo has emerged as the lucky buyer of Jeremy Renner's $12.4M Los Angeles mansion, TMZ has learned.

Sources with direct knowledge spilled the beans to TMZ, revealing Lizzo scooped up the 6-bedroom, 9-bathroom house at the end of last month -- and it’s the perfect pad for her, especially 'cause the place comes with a recording studio.

It was reported Renner had sold the house -- but the buyer's identity remained a mystery. The mansion was originally listed for $13 million in August ... but Renner still walked away with a nice profit, having bought it in 2012 for $4 million and sinking another $5.5 million into renovations.

The Coachella lineup is officially here ... and perhaps no one is more excited than Serena Williams, who can't wait to make her way to the desert to watch her favorite band headlining the whole thing!!

The music festival dropped its 2025 flyer on Tuesday ... and as TMZ first reported, Lady Gaga, Post Malone, Travis Scott and Green Day got the biggest slots.

The Billie Joe Armstrong-led group just so happened to have a diehard fan in the 23-time Grand Slam winner ... who rushed to social media to let her fans know there's no way in hell she's missing them hit the 'Chella stage for the first time in their existence.

TMZ Hip Hop broke the story earlier today that Travis Scott is co-headlining Coachella next year and La Flame is confirming he's coming to the desert with a VENGEANCE ... he's gonna OWN the show!!!

Coachella also rolled out its full lineup today and just like we told you, Travis is shutting down the Saturday nights with a special performance -- which he says will be a completely new chapter.

He's also putting his competition on notice ... Coachella is still several months away but he says it doesn't matter because whatever he's doing has never been done before. 🫨

Travis Scott's finally playing the gig that's been 5 years in the making -- he's secured a special guest spot at Coachella 2025 ... TMZ Hip Hop has learned.

Sources with direct knowledge of the festival's next lineup tell us Travis will hit the stage Saturday night for what will mark his first time back at Coachella since 2017 -- not that he and the concert organizers haven't tried several times to get him back there since then.

Trav was originally supposed to be a headliner in 2020, but the COVID pandemic shut that down. Then, the make-good was scheduled to happen in 2022 -- but the Astroworld tragedy happened in Houston in late 2021, so he was taken off the lineup.

Billy Ray Cyrus is defending Beyoncé over her lack of CMA Awards nominations ... he says she's so accomplished she doesn't need their validation anyway.

Billy Ray says he's surprised Beyoncé got completely overlooked by the Country Music Association judges, saying her "Cowboy Carter" country album was "brilliant" and her "Texas Hold 'Em" single "ruled."

Beyoncé's first country album is getting some love from the Grammys -- she's got 11 Grammy nominations -- and with all the success she's had over the years, Billy Ray says she doesn't need a trophy from the CMAs, or their permission or approval to feel good about her work.

French Montana's paying tribute to all the immigrant moms in America who sacrifice for their children ... telling his story in his new documentary -- but, he's really shining a light on his own mom and her struggle.

The rapper stopped by "TMZ Live" Wednesday to discuss his documentary "The French Montana Story: For Khadija" -- released on Paramount+ yesterday -- and, he says it really focuses on immigrants coming to the U.S.A. to forge better lives for themselves.

Montana says he came to this country from Morocco at 13 years old with his mom, dad and siblings. The family overstayed their visas ... and, after his dad started several failed small business, the family was in deep trouble.

Zach Bryan has some folks thinking his onstage outburst while singing about "exes" was a direct shot at Brianna "Chickenfry" LaPaglia ... but it's been part of his act since long before their nasty split.

The country star -- who has been at the center of a contentious breakup with the Barstool Sports personality -- hit the road for the next leg of his "Quittin' Time" tour, making his first stop since August in Edmonton, Canada over the weekend.

All eyes were on Zach during the show, as the crooner has been noticeably tight-lipped amid Brianna's many claims of abuse and infidelity in the weeks following their breakup.

Tyga let the big kid out for a night to celebrate his 35th birthday with a star-studded adventure at an amusement park ... and TMZ Hip Hop has scenes from the festivities!!!

T-Raww rented out Six Flags Magic Mountain in SoCal on Tuesday night, and he was all smiles linking with his crew, and later hit a few thrill rides for himself.

The superstar rapper later met up with birthday guests at the carnival games ... YG and his 4Hunnid crew, his day one Alexander "AE" Edwards and Bobbi Althoff all kicked it with the other partygoers.

Harry Styles and members of One Direction arrived at a London-area church on Wednesday to say their goodbyes to Liam Payne ... just over a month after the singer's death.

The private service is taking place at St. Mary's Church in Amersham -- not far from Wolverhampton, the city near Birmingham where he was born.

Liam's coffin arrived in a horse-drawn carriage carrying floral tributes spelling out "Daddy" and "Son." Another floral display showed a bowling ball crashing through pins ... reportedly a nod to the star's love of the game.

Miley Cyrus is speaking out in defense of fellow pop star Chappell Roan ... who has faced an immense amount of backlash since skyrocketing to fame this year.

The former Disney Channel star addressed Chappell's bumpy road to stardom in a new cover story for Harper's Bazaar ... where she urged her fans to treat the newcomer with kindness, noting it's "really hard coming into this business."

As Miley put it ... she wished "people would not give [Chappell] a hard time," since being a celeb in the social media age is particularly tough.

50 Cent won't have to pack up his G-Unit studios from Shreveport after all -- the Louisiana Senate voted to keep the state's alluring film tax credit -- albeit, trimming the fat by several million!!!

Things were looking bleak last week when the state House of Representatives eliminated the $150 million incentive for the 2025 fiscal year ... but Variety reports the state Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee agreed to secure the state's film jobs with a newly approved budget of $125 million.

50 admitted the abrupt announcements had him a little restless, but he promised to rev the studio back up with renewed energy.

Damon Dash says he's happy to be finished with the long-running Roc-A-Fella lawsuit ... now that New York state has bought his shares of Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records at an auction this week!!!

The former power music mogul laid out his side of the story in a lengthy blog on his YouTube channel ... he owed NY a whopping $8.7 million in back taxes but now, the Empire State is paid in full!!!

According to Dame, no one barely showed up to court except Jay's lawyers, reps for New York State, and the group who originally sued him ... making an easy decision for everyone.

Diddy's lawyers are calling BS on federal prosecutors who have claimed they did not seize the mogul's trial strategy materials during a recent raid of his jail cell.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Diddy's lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, says prison officials took photos of 19 pages of material from Diddy's cell -- which he says included 11 pages of trial strategy notes and correspondence with his lawyers.

The feds claimed Monday in legal docs they saw a manila folder labeled "legal" and did not even open it. They acknowledged taking photos of Diddy's notebook which they say they handed over to a "filter team" to check whether any of the material was privileged. Now Diddy's lawyers are calling shenanigans.