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Simone Biles hitting the pause button on the Olympics and coming back when she was good and ready is getting nothing but praise from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez … who says it sets a new standard for professional athletes. AOC broke down what…

Simone Biles made history yet again Tuesday — shaking off a week full of issues to win the bronze medal in her return to the Tokyo Olympics … and she was PUMPED about it afterward. Biles — who came back to compete in the balance beam finals…

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez popped into a jewelry store during their romantic European getaway — trying on some serious pieces — but there’s no ring in play, yet. The shopping trip went down last week at Faraone Mennella jewelry store in…

Dog the Bounty Hunter is getting dogged over a lawsuit he lost back in the day, and the financial cloud hanging over his head has traveled from Mexico to California … and now to Hawaii. Here’s the deal … we’re told Dog was arrested in Mexico in…

A dog sitter screwed up in a big way … the dog she was caring for was killed, and the owners are crushed and don’t believe the woman’s story on what really happened. Ashley Dingess and Nick Roa shared a Chihuahua/Yorkie mix named Gizmo … they…

The Black teen who was mounted by a white cop in Texas has evacuated her home — along with the rest of her family — following death threats over the viral video. 18-year-old Nekia Trigg is the woman in the troubling video, and her mother,…

Khabib Nurmagomedov is retired FOR REAL … so says the UFC superstar himself, who tells TMZ Sports there’s absolutely no plans of a comeback in the works. The 32-year-old laid down his gloves after beating Justin Gaethje in 2020 … but given that…

Before this soccer sweetie was making audiences laugh with her kooky characters, she was just another kickin’ cute kid scoring major goals in Springfield, Illinois. This athletic star is best known for her hilarious sketch comedy on one of the…

Matt Damon says he didn’t need to retire the homophobic f-word after all … because he says he never used it in the first place. The actor just tried to dig out from under an interview, where he was quoted as saying he only recently stopped using…