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While the New York Yankees got ready to play the Orioles -- injured superstar Alex Rodriguez engaged in his version of spring training today ... lounging poolside with gf Torrie Wilson.

A-Rod's recuperating from major hip surgery, but the 37-year-old is keeping busy -- y'know ... checking Facebook, soaking up the sun and enjoying the sight of Torrie's rock hard bikini bod in Miami ...

Ke$ha arrived to "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in Hollywood on Thursday and went almost completely unnoticed ... because she looked frickin' amazing.

Rockin' her best Shakira drag, the reupholstered 26-year-old alleged singer defied all odds by standing upright and showing off her newly fumigated blonde weave, purified skin and gorgeous toned legs last night.

As if making all those ridiculous "High School Musical" movies weren't grueling enough, Zac Efron's latest film role is turning out to be a major pain in the ... wrist.

The 25-year-old hunk was spotted with a heavily bandaged right hand on Thursday after falling and hurting his wrist on the L.A. set of his new flick "Townies."

Even with the injury, Zac appears to be lookin' fine ... as always.

Just like a batch of gorgeous Jiffy Pop popcorn, mom-to-be Halle Berry's baby bump is blowin' up.

While barely showing any overt signs during the last few weeks, the beautiful three-plus months preggers 46-year-old heated up the premiere of her latest bomb, "The Call", in Rio on Thursday ... and showed off her suddenly huge Halle belly.

Lindsay Lohan is going on her yearly pilgrimage to a place where drugs and alcohol are as plentiful as Botox in Bev Hills ... but she SWEARS she'll stay clean.

Lindsay is telling friends ... she doesn't care about all the snipers who are scoffing at the recidivist rehabber -- she says she's not living her life for other people.

LiLo insists she's going for the music and wants to have some fun -- just like last year (above) -- before checking into the rehab facility for a 90-day stay.

Lindsay is also insisting she doesn't have a problem with drugs or alcohol ... leading lots of us to wonder how on earth rehab is going to work. In fact, Michael Lohan told us Thursday on TMZ Live ... he expects his daughter will fail.

With all that "Les Miserables" garbage thankfully behind him, Hugh Jackman got back to doing what he does best ... working on his ridiculously buff bod at a NYC gym yesterday.

The diesel 44-year-old even stopped to strike a Wolverine pose in between sets of pumping iron.

Though it may not have been brass knuckles, 2 Chainz was once again caught wearing a deadly fashion accessory ... socks with sandals.

While leaving a NYC hotel on Wednesday, the 35-year-old "I'm Different" rapper -- real name Tauheed Epps -- kept it old school by rockin' geriatric grand daddy foot gear in public.

Rihanna has once again taken back Chris Brown ... at least for now ... 'cause the two were rollin' around L.A. together in the same expensive car yesterday.

As we previously reported, the two have been breaking up and getting back together more often than Van Halen ... but yesterday, it seems they were "back on" for the day.

In fact, Rihanna even tweeted a pic of the twosome together looking as coupley as ever.

Think they'll make it through the week?

Drake started the blowout NYC nightclub brawl last summer with Chris Brown ... by sending Brown a handwritten note that read "I'm f***ing the love of your life" -- this according to Chris Brown's bodyguard.

According to the lawsuit, obtained by the NY Daily News, Patrick Strickland -- whose head was badly bloodied during the flying bottle attacks -- is suing Drake and W.i.P. nightclub, where the brawl took place last June.

Strickland says Drake's note -- a clear reference to Rihanna -- started a verbal altercation, which then led to the all-out melee in which several people were badly injured ... including Strickland and several other clubgoers.

According to Strickland, the club is also responsible for over-serving Dreezy -- and seating him way too close to Chris ... in light of their public beef over RiRi.

Lindsay Lohan mixed vodka with rehab -- with a splash of tears -- on David Letterman's show last night.

The most famous defendant since O.J. Simpson says she's taking her impending rehab seriously ... but then -- on camera -- she reached for a coffee cup filled with a mysterious liquid.

Best mug shot ever!

By the way, Linds kept the party going after Letterman -- she hit up 1 Oak Nightclub, and was seen leaving early this morning.

Bogus sex tape peddler Farrah Abraham just can't hide it anymore ... her breasts that is.

Abraham went frolicking on an L.A. beach earlier today in a barely-there bikini, where she celebrated the imminent release of her totally-staged "sex tape" with porn star James Deen.

TMZ broke the story ... Deen blew the lid off Farrah's sex tape plot yesterday ... telling us he was approached by a porn company to stage the sex tape over the weekend ... and that Farrah was behind the whole thing.

And we're not complaining ... at all.

Katherine Heigl took time out from making horrible romantic comedies and showed off two gorgeous reasons why she should still be cast in more films.

The 34-year-old former television actress poured herself into a golden yellow bikini top to tan her blockbuster lady curves in Cabo on Monday.

As long as it doesn't mean any sequels to "27 Dresses," "The Ugly Truth," "Killers," "Life As We Know It," "New Year's Eve," or "One for the Money," we'd all love to see more of Kat.

Rockin' a 1993 "Melrose Place" choker and a pair of tattered jean shorts, sometime actress Mischa Barton went for a leisurely stroll in Los Angeles on Monday.

It's been ten years since "The O.C." premiered and the fresh-faced 27-year-old "A Resurrection" star has proven her career still has legs.

Contrary to popular belief, Marissa Cooper is alive and well.

It's finally clear why Lindsay Lohan blew off her deposition in L.A. yesterday ... she REALLY wanted sushi.

Lohan was spotted in New York last night ... walking into Lure Fishbar on Mercer Street ... famous for its fresh, raw fish selection.

We broke the story ... hours before her fish dinner, LiLo no-showed for the scheduled depo on the other side of the country ... in a lawsuit filed by a paparazzo who claims Lindsay's assistant hit him with her car and put him in the hospital.

Lindsay's attorney had told the pap's lawyers that she couldn't get in touch with Lohan -- but it's probably because she wasn't looking in the right fish joint.

HOORAY! Ashley Greene's life hasn't completely fallen apart after her apartment was incinerated.

The actress was spotted eating lunch in West Hollywood Monday ... not far from where her condo went up in flames last month ... and she didn't look like a complete emotional wreck.

The swatting epidemic continues ... this time, the victim is Russell Brand, TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell us ... cops raced to Brand's L.A. home after receiving a call from someone reporting two men with guns approaching the home.

We're told the caller told police one of the men was black, one white -- and they were each sporting body armor.

When cops arrived to the scene, no one was there -- Russell had left the home 30 minutes prior to the call.

After a thorough inspection of the property, cops eventually determined the whole thing was a prank -- another "swatting" incident ... just like Bieber, Ashton Kutcher, Diddy, the Kardashians, etc.