OAKLAND IN-N-OUT SHUTTING DOWN OVER RISING CRIME!!!

Oakland residents will soon have to travel a little further for their double-double and animal-style fries ... cause their local In-N-Out Burger is shutting its doors over increased crime.

Chief Operating Officer Denny Warnick says a surge in car break-ins, property damage, theft, and armed robberies are just a few of the reasons the fast food joint's closing its only Oakland location after nearly 2 decades in business.

He also says this wasn't an overnight decision ... they made persistent attempts to create safer conditions for employees and customers, but all came up short.

Basically, they couldn't keep encouraging their clientele to visit high-risk places.

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As for the staff at the burger joint, they'll be able to transfer to other branches or receive a severance package.

If you're in the Bay Area, there's still time to head down to the popular grub spot and bid it "bun voyage" ... the last day of operation is March 24.

Justin Timberlake Se sube al escenario de Memphis... Nueva mรบsica en camino

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Justin Timberlake se subiรณ al escenario en su ciudad natal de Memphis el viernes por la noche para mostrar su nueva canciรณn "Selfish", y la multitud se volviรณ loca cuando los videos del concierto aparecieron en las redes sociales.

El actor y mรบsico nacido en Tennessee actuรณ durante 90 minutos frente a mรกs de 1.800 fans en el Orpheum Theater, en una actuaciรณn que trae un anticipo de su prรณximo disco "Everything I Thought It Was", el sexto de su carrera.

Como informamos, Justin habรญa presentado los documentos para registrar el nombre del รกlbum, lo que indicaba que la mรบsica fresca estaba en el horizonte.

En cuanto a la actuaciรณn, echa un vistazo a las imรกgenes de Justin bailando sobre el escenario con la banda. Despuรฉs de beber un trago de su botella de agua, Justin empieza a bailar con el pรบblico, que lo graba con un mรณvil.

En un momento dado, Justin se dirige a un fan que parece tener problemas con el telรฉfono y lo ayuda a arreglarlo. En otro video, el artista aparece cantando la canciรณn que todo el mundo esperaba "Selfish" con la cara empapada en sudor.

Justin terminรณ el espectรกculo dando las gracias al pรบblico de Tennessee y despidiรฉndose con la mano antes de salir del escenario. Al final del concierto, el equipo de Justin publicรณ un trรกiler de su sexto รกlbum, que estรก narrado por el actor Benicio Del Toro.

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Solo algunos antecedentes, la especulaciรณn de que Justin estaba a punto de lanzar nuevas canciones se habรญa puesto en marcha desenfrenadamente el รบltimo tiempo, antes de que anunciara el concierto en Orpheum, que apodรณ "One Night Only".

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Justin Timberlake Hits The Stage In Memphis ... New Music On The Way

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Justin Timberlake hit the stage in his hometown of Memphis Friday night to showcase his new song "Selfish" -- and the packed crowd went wild as videos of the concert surfaced on social media.

The Tennessee-born actor/musician performed for 90 minutes in front of over 1,800 fans at the Orpheum Theater in great anticipation of the release of his upcoming sixth record called "Everything I Thought It Was."

As we reported, Justin filed docs to trademark the album name, signaling fresh music was on the horizon.

As for the performance ... check out the footage of Justin dancing out onstage to the band playing his music. After taking a swig from his water bottle, Justin starts grooving to the sounds with the audience members who are shooting cell phone videos of him.

At one point, Justin turns to a fan who appears to be having some phone trouble and helps him out with his glitch. In another clip, Justin sings the song everyone's been waiting for -- "Selfish" -- while his face is dripping with sweat.

Justin ended the show by thanking the Tennessee crowd and waving goodbye before walking offstage. At the end of the concert, Justin's camp posted a trailer for his sixth album, which was narrated by actor Benicio Del Toro.

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Just a little background ... speculation had run rampant recently that Justin was about to drop some fresh tuneage before he announced last week the Orpheum concert, which he dubbed, โ€œOne Night Only."

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The hard-to-come-by tickets were mostly given away lottery-style through Ticketmaster.

Bill Maher Battle for Soul of Country is Between Sane and Crazy!!!

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Bill Maher is back for a new season, and he came out swinging against both the left and right extremes, saying both sides are so crazy they meet the standard for involuntary commitment.

The "Real Time" host bore down on both extremes Friday night, proclaiming 2024 as the year of sanity. He says enough of the extremes getting all the attention. And then, he gave them some attention, but clearly not the kind they want.

Bill went in hard on the right, noting the leading Republican candidate is kind of dictator. On the left, he noted 3 university presidents could not bring themselves to squarely condemn calls for the genocide of Jews. As BM says, "Can't anyone say f**k no?!?"

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He scoffs at folks who are supporting Hamas, especially those Hamas would kill because of their views, race, sexual orientation, etc. Bill says people who are supporting causes that would ultimately kill them meet the standard for involuntary commitment ... i.e. a danger to themselves.

And speaking of extremes ... a Lululemon employee was fired for getting a shoplifter arrested, and Trump wants to shoot shoplifters. As Bill says, why can't we just find a middle ground?

As he warns, the battle for the soul of this country is not between the left and right ... it's between sane and crazy.

'KING OF KONG' STAR BILLY MITCHELL RELIEVED GAMING RECORDS REINSTATED ... 'Don't Rewrite History!!'

'King of Kong' star Billy Mitchell is keeping score after Twin Galaxies reinstated his historical records ... after a multi-year dispute over cheating allegations.

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Billy tells TMZ ... he's satisfied and relieved with the recent resolution in his defamation case against the video game database ... nearly 6 years after they suggested he fabricated his Donkey Kong record through an emulation software, banned him, and wiped his scores from their site.

He tells us when the investigation and claims began in 2018, his first order of business was going back to the arcade and beating all the scores, which he did.

For some people this wasn't good enough, so now that his name is cleared, he is going to get back to what he enjoys doing, which is playing games, breaking records, attending events, and being an ambassador for competitive gaming.

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Billy's happy his history has finally been restored -- but doesn't get why people were trying to rewrite it in the first place ... especially 'cause Twin Galaxies ain't as relevant as it used to be, according to him.

"The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters" was a 2007 documentary about competitive arcade gaming that followed Steve Wiebe attempting to take down Billy's high score record in Donkey Kong. Following the success of the documentary, he was told there was talk of a feature film with Tom Cruise and Jim Carrey being eyed as the lead.

As for now, Billy's taking the onslaught of movie offers his way seriously ... after putting them on the back burner while his defamation case raged on.

Billy's lead counsel, Anthony Ellrod tells TMZ... โ€œThis was an extremely hard fought case, and I am happy that the parties were ultimately able to resolve it. Cases like this where an individualโ€™s credibility and veracity are at stake are very difficult to resolve short of trial. I credit the hard work of all parties and counsel in reaching a settlement.โ€

Billy's leveling up for the future now ... basically, he's saying, don't hate the player, hate the game!!

ALLEGED GILGO BEACH SERIAL KILLER Lawyer Defends His Sick Search History ... Porn, Torture, Rape

Suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann allegedly has a twisted internet search history ... but his lawyer says everyone Googles weird crap, and it doesn't make him a murderer.

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Heuermann -- the alleged Gilgo Beach killer -- had his alleged internet search history revealed in new court documents, with prosecutors saying he was looking up autopsy photos, violent hardcore porn and deviant sex acts.

But his lawyer, Michael Brown, is pushing back ... telling reporters this week, "Searching the internet, ask yourselves what you search on your computers and your phones."

Brown brushed it off this way ... "One thing leads to another -- you see a show about something, you start searching, and they talk about how somebody got killed. You start searching, and then they talk about another way, and you start searching."

Prosecutors claim Heuermann's Google searches included ... "tied up fat girl porn," "medieval torture of women," "skinny black girl slave porn," "autopsy photos of female," "wooden pony porn," "skinny white teen crying porn" and "how I was raped audio" ... just to name a few.

What's more, Heuermann allegedly had over 200 searches about the Gilgo Beach murder case and other known serial killers.

But his lawyer says ... "Think about if they looked at your own personal search history, how all of a sudden you're guilty because of your search history?โ€

As we reported ... earlier this week Heuermann was hit with a fourth murder charge.

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All four women worked as escorts near his home on Long Island ... and his internet history allegedly includes searches for all kinds of escorts -- running the gamut of identities ... racial, sexual and otherwise.

Heuermann's defense lawyers are also casting doubt on the DNA testing used in the case against him ... arguing the tech is faulty and that it doesn't provide a smoking gun, but simply eliminates other possibilities.

Japan Robot Explorer Lands on Moon But Was it Successful???

Japan just became the latest country to set up camp on the moon -- although, how hard it actually touched down is still a little unclear.

Yes, it's a big deal ... Japan is now the fifth country to get some kind of spacecraft up on the big ball of cheese in the sky -- landing their "Moon Sniper" explorer Friday ... part of which they streamed live to document the momentous occasion.

The question at this point, however, is whether the explorer crashed onto the moon ... or if it successfully made contact. There are conflicting reports on what the actual case is.

We suppose we'll know soon enough -- but in any case, it's cool to see the human race continue to try and explore our moon. This mission is called SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) and this launch of Japan's robot went down way back in September.

The other countries that have been to the moon ... Russia, China, India and, of course, the US of A. We're the only ones to get humans up there ... no one's been back since.

Anyway, cool space news for sure ... and just one bigger step for mankind into the great beyond.

Japรณn Un robot explorador aterriza en la Luna ยกยฟPero tuvo รฉxito?!

Japรณn se acaba de convertir en el รบltimo paรญs en aterrizar en la Luna, aunque todavรญa no estรก muy claro hasta quรฉ punto ha llegado.

Es un gran acontecimiento... Japรณn ahora es el quinto paรญs en conseguir que una nave espacial llegue hasta el cuerpo celeste, con el aterrizaje de su "Moon Sniper" el viernes y parte del evento se transmitiรณ en vivo para documentar la ocasiรณn trascendental.

La cuestiรณn en este momento, sin embargo, es si el explorador se estrellรณ en la luna o si hizo contacto con รฉxito. Hay informes contradictorios sobre la realidad actual.

Suponemos que pronto lo sabremos, pero en cualquier caso, alucina ver que la raza humana sigue intentando explorar nuestra Luna. Esta misiรณn se llama SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) y el lanzamiento del robot japonรฉs tuvo lugar en septiembre.

Los otros paรญses que han estado en la luna antes son Rusia, China, India y, por supuesto, los Estados Unidos. Somos los รบnicos que hemos logrado llevar seres humanos hasta allรญ, nadie ha regresado desde entonces.

En cualquier caso, es una buena noticia espacial y un paso mรกs para la humanidad en el descubrimiento del mรกs allรก.

Fiery Miami Plane Video Airliner Goes Up In Flames ... Shocking Video Captures It

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A cargo jet went up in flames as it was flying over Miami Thursday night, creating a frightening and potentially deadly scenario that was all caught on video, but, thankfully, nobody was injured in the end.

The Atlas Air Boeing 747 plane took off from Miami International Airport for Puerto Rico at 10:32 PM โ€“ and just minutes into the flight one of the engines caught fire.

As the airliner was streaking through the sky, one woman on the ground turned on her phone camera and started recording the fireball.

Check it out ... Sparks shoot out from the rear of the jet as the woman expresses utter shock, "Oh my god. It's on fire. Oh my god."

She then calls over her mom, while stating, "Holy s**t. I hope they're ok."

After a few more seconds, the video cuts off as the plane appears to be on a downward trajectory.

A rep for Atlas Air told TMZ that while the plane experienced an engine malfunction, the crew followed all standard procedures and safely returned to Miami International Airport.

Atlas officials, along with the Federal Aviation Administration, are investigating the cause of the incident.

Aviรณn en Miami Se incendia... Impactante video lo captura

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Un aviรณn de carga se incendiรณ mientras volaba sobre Miami el jueves por la noche, creando un aterrador y potencialmente mortal escenario que fue grabado en video, pero, afortunadamente, nadie resultรณ herido al final.

El aviรณn Boeing 747 de Atlas Air despegรณ del aeropuerto internacional de Miami con destino a Puerto Rico a las 22.32 horas, y a los pocos minutos de vuelo uno de los motores se comenzรณ a incendiar.

Mientras el aviรณn surcaba el cielo, una mujer en tierra encendiรณ la cรกmara de su telรฉfono y empezรณ a grabar la bola de fuego.

Echa un vistazo ... Las chispas salen disparadas de la parte trasera del aviรณn mientras la mujer expresa su total conmociรณn: "Oh, Dios mรญo. Se estรก incendiando. Dios mรญo".

Luego llama a su madre, mientras dice: "Holly s**t. Espero que estรฉn bien".

Despuรฉs de unos segundos mรกs, el video se corta mientras el aviรณn parece estar en una trayectoria descendente.

Un representante de Atlas Air dijo a TMZ que mientras el aviรณn experimentaba el mal funcionamiento del motor, la tripulaciรณn siguiรณ los procedimientos estรกndar y regresรณ con seguridad al Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami.

Los funcionarios de Atlas, junto con la Administraciรณn Federal de Aviaciรณn, estรกn investigando la causa del incidente.

Crisis fronteriza Perros abandonados por los migrantes... Reporteros y la Guardia Nacional los cuidan

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Hay una cosa muy extraรฑa sucediendo a lo largo de la frontera sur. Los migrantes que intentan entrar en Estados Unidos con sus perros se ven obligados a dejarlos atrรกs y eso estรก creando una crisis totalmente diferente.

El reportero de FNC Matt Finn estรก en el terreno de Eagle Pass, Texas, y se uniรณ a nosotros el jueves en "TMZ Live" para revelar lo que estรก viendo y cรณmo รฉl y otros equipos de televisiรณn se estรกn involucrando y haciรฉndose cargo de algunos perros ellos mismos.

Matt dice que toneladas de migrantes estรกn intentando cruzar la frontera con sus perros, solo para que les informen que no pueden llevar a los cachorros con ellos a los centros federales de procesamiento, lo que resulta en cientos de perros callejeros vagando por la frontera.

Estas circunstancias dejan a los perros con necesidad de comida, agua y refugio y Matt dice que las tropas de la Guardia Nacional estรกn cuidando de algunos de ellos. ร‰l y su productor han ayudado tambiรฉn.

Algunos perros tienen garrapatas, pulgas y gusanos y Matt nos dice que al menos un veterinario en la ciudad estรก cuidรกndolos pro bono.

Matt ha visto esta tragedia antes en otras รกreas de la frontera y ha conseguido realojar a un puรฑado de perros.

El hecho es que esto es solo una pequeรฑa parte del cuadro, y aunque algunos perros le hacen compaรฑรญa a las tropas de la Guardia Nacional mientras estรกn estacionadas en la frontera, hay muchos perros necesitados y mucho mรกs por hacer.

Border Crisis Dogs Abandoned By Migrants ... Reporters & National Guard Caring for Pups

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There's a crazy thing happening along the southern border -- migrants attempting to enter the United States with their dogs are forced to leave them behind, and it's creating a whole other crisis.

FNC reporter Matt Finn is on the ground in Eagle Pass, Texas and joined us Thursday on "TMZ Live" to reveal what he's seeing firsthand ... and how he and other TV crews are getting involved, and taking some of the dogs in themselves.

Matt says tons of migrants are trying to cross the border with their dogs, only to be told they can't bring the pups with them to federal processing centers ... resulting in strays roaming the border.

The circumstances leave dogs in need of food, water and shelter ... and Matt says troops with the National Guard are taking care of some of the doggos ... and he and his producer have helped out too.

Some dogs have ticks, fleas and worms ... and Matt tells us at least one vet in town is caring for them pro bono.

Matt's seen this tragedy play out before in other areas along the border ... getting a handful of dogs rehomed.

Fact is ... that's just a drop in the bucket, and while some dogs are keeping National Guard troops company while they're stationed at the border ... there's a lot of dogs in need, and a lot more to be done.

'The Daily Show' We've Got Big News Fans ... Ready to Announce Host???

"The Daily Show" has been in a state of flux since Trevor Noah stepped down more than a year ago ... but it sounds like the uncertainty might be comin' to an end.

On Thursday, a spokesperson for Comedy Central told TheWrap the network was getting ready to reveal the show's "next chapter" ... and then promptly left fans on the edge of their seats -- saying the announcement's coming NEXT week.

This comes on the heels of an Emmy win for 'TDS' ... taking home Outstanding Talk Series at the awards show on Monday -- though even during the win the show's unresolved host issue took center stage.

Roy Wood Jr., a longtime correspondent of the show, expressed his displeasure with recent choices ... mouthing "Please hire a host" multiple times while TN lifted the award in triumph -- pretty funny parallel when you see the clip.

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Noah left the show back in 2022 ... giving fans a tear-jerking goodbye when he signed off. A rotating panel of hosts has taken over in the weeks and months since -- and clearly, it's had its ups and downs.

Wood Jr. left the show back in Oct. after he was seemingly passed up for the full-time hosting gig ... no word on if he'd be open to a reunion with his former employer.

Our patience is wearing thin Comedy Central ... who's it gonna be?!?

Man Ejected From RV Thought I Was Going To Die ... Wife Passed Out Driving

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Cordell Patrick, the man ejected from a moving RV, says he's lucky to be alive ... because he thought he was going to die on that busy Los Angeles area freeway.

Cordell joined us on "TMZ Live" Wednesday from his hospital bed ... and he told us how he ended up being thrown from his RV onto the freeway.

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It's pretty incredible ... Cordell says he was getting up to use the bathroom and took off his seatbelt in the 5-second window where his wife passed out behind the wheel and veered into the median.

Cordell says the impact sent him crashing through the driver-side window ... and his body flying over the median and landing on the other side of the freeway, inches away from the carpool lane.

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As he lay on the freeway with his mangled ankle, Cordell says he thought he was going to be run over by a car ... telling us it's a miracle he was able to make it out of harms way.

Cordell says he and his wife had just gotten back from a trip and were heading to their storage unit when she suddenly blacked out and crashed.

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She's getting medical attention too, and Cordell says they're still trying to figure out why she passed out.

Frankly, it's a miracle Cordell survived ... and he tells us why he's certain someone or something must have been watching over him.

Hombre expulsado en la autopista Pensรฉ que iba a morir... Su esposa se desmayรณ mientras conducรญa

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Cordell Patrick, el hombre que saliรณ expulsado de una caravana en movimiento, dice que tiene suerte de estar vivo porque pensรณ que iba a morir en la concurrida autopista de Los รngeles.

Cordell se uniรณ a nosotros en "TMZ Live" el miรฉrcoles desde su cama del hospital y nos dijo cรณmo terminรณ siendo arrojado desde su vehรญculo en la autopista.

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Es bastante increรญble. Cordell dice que se estaba levantando para ir al baรฑo y se quitรณ el cinturรณn de seguridad cuando su esposa se desmayรณ al volante y se desviรณ hacia un costado.

Cordell dice que el impacto lo llevรณ a estrellarse a travรฉs de la ventana del lado del conductor y su cuerpo saliรณ volando hacia un lado de la autopista, a pocos centรญmetros de distancia del carril de carro compartido.

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Mientras yacรญa en la autopista con su tobillo destrozado, Cordell dice que pensรณ que iba a ser atropellado. Nos dice que es un milagro que fuera capaz de salir del peligro.

Cordell dice que รฉl y su esposa acababan de regresar de un viaje y se dirigรญan a su unidad de almacenamiento cuando de repente se desmayรณ y se estrellรณ.

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Ella tambiรฉn estรก recibiendo atenciรณn mรฉdica y Cordell dice que todavรญa estรกn tratando de averiguar por quรฉ se desmayรณ.

Francamente, es un milagro que Cordell haya sobrevivido y nos dice por quรฉ estรก seguro de que alguien o algo debe haber estado velando por รฉl.

Whoopi Goldberg Fires Back at Nikki Haley Yes, the U.S. *Has* Been Racist!!!

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Nikki Haley said America has never been a racist country -- but Whoopi Goldberg would beg to differ ... and she's ready to list the ugly receipts that prove the exact opposite.

The talk show host tackled this topic on "The View" Wednesday -- this a day after the Republican presidential candidate went on FOX News to rebuke the notion that America is a racist nation ... but in the same breath, denied the U.S. has ever that problem.

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Of course, that's a ridiculous statement ... and just factually wrong. Not only did we have slaves in this country for a good long while -- but America was a segregated nation through much of the 20th century as well. Basic history ... but NH seems to be trying to blur it.

Welp, Whoopi wasn't having any of Haley's obfuscation ... and she unloaded on her in no uncertain terms in an impassioned speech as she was intro'ing this topic at the table.

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Check out what she has to say for yourself -- she says all the lynching of Black people over the years wasn't carried out by them ... but by racist Americans, and you can tell she's outraged by Haley's attempt to downplay this country's past.

The reason this latest slip-up from her stands out is the fact that just recently suggested the Civil War was not really about slavery -- something she tried to clarify after the fact ... but raised a lot of eyebrows when she said it.

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Things didn't get better when she further tried distancing herself from those remarks at a Republican town hall ... using the old "I have Black friends" line to defend herself.

Talk about stepping in it, huh?