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Play video content TMZ.com Leiomy Maldonado is very happy to see a trans woman rocking the house on “Jeopardy!” … saying the visibility it offers the community is priceless. We got the famous dancer/model Monday at LAX and asked about Amy Schneider‘s hot streak right now on the quiz show — she’s currently the third-winningest

Betty White was all smiles just days before she died, as seen in a newly revealed photo … one of the last ones to document her life, in fact. The late actress’ assistant took to Facebook Monday with a post in honor of what would’ve been Betty’s 100th birthday, and she threw up the pic

Jamie Lynn Spears took a hard pass on doing a nationwide tour to promote her new book … because she’s not in it for the money … so say sources connected to her. Our sources say Britney‘s little sis was approached about doing a book tour but she was adamant it wasn’t for her. It’s

Maya Angelou‘s son is applauding Whoopi Goldberg for fighting to get his famous mother on paper money … and he wants Ida B. Wells to get the next honor. Here’s the deal … the U.S. Mint is now circulating an Angelou quarter, but Whoopi used her “View” platform, pushing to honor Black women with paper

Bob Saget was a reservoir of goodwill, and it showed Friday at his funeral, where so many people wanted to attend that the cemetery staff had to bring out folding chairs to handle the overflow. As we reported, Bob’s funeral is being held at Mt. Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills. We were

Bob Saget will be laid to rest Friday … and his family and some of his closest friends will be on hand … TMZ has learned. The service and burial will be held at Mt. Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in L.A. We’re told it will be a small service, with only family and close friends.

Play video content TMZ.com It’s a damn shame “Black-ish” is ending, because it sounds like Michelle Obama could have a permanent role on the hit show … if you ask Marsai Martin, anyway. The 17-year-old actress/director/entrepreneur and, as it turns out, interior designer … was beaming about getting to work with the former First Lady

Betty White died from a stroke … a stroke she suffered nearly a week before she passed … TMZ has learned. Betty’s cause of death is listed as a cerebrovascular accident, according to her death certificate, which is a loss of blood flow to part of the brain, resulting in brain tissue damage. It’s interesting

Play video content ABC Jamie Lynn Spears says she has always loved her sister, Britney, and can’t understand how that relationship deteriorated. Britney’s younger sister appeared Wednesday on “Good Morning America” … hawking her book, “Things I Should Have Said,” about her family. Jamie Lynn said she’s happy the conservatorship ended, but bobbed and weaved

There’s a new tribute to Betty White in town, but this one isn’t just about honoring Betty … it’s about promoting the cause closest to her heart. Corie Mattie is responsible for the new mural that’s been installed on L.A.’s famed Melrose Ave. She says the piece took her roughly 15 hours to complete and

Los Angeles local Mary Page Keller was only 25 years old when she landed the starring role of the catering cutie Laura Kelly — who shares the show with her on-screen boyfriend and writer Ben Coleman — on the late ’80s TGIF television show “Duet.” MPK continued her role as Laura after “Duet” was spun

Play video content TMZ.com Jeremy Piven is having a hard time grasping the fact he’ll never see Bob Saget again … telling us he’d just reached out to his friend and former costar days before his sudden death. We got the ‘Entourage’ star leaving The Henry Monday in L.A., and asked how he will remember

BTK killer Dennis Rader might consider himself a good person deep down — but his appetite for grisly tales behind bars might suggest otherwise. The infamous murderer — who brutally took the lives of 10 people between ‘74 and ‘91 — dishes on his favorite reading materials in some of his handwritten letters … and

Bob Saget‘s family was desperately trying to get a hold of him, not knowing he’d died in his hotel room — and cops are now painting a more complete picture of what they found there. An Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy noted in his official report that Bob was discovered by a Ritz-Carlton Hotel security staffer

In a sad coincidence, many of the things being said about Bob Saget today are the same things he said about Betty White as he honored the late comedic actress … just days before he died in an Orlando hotel. Bob reflected on the decades he’d been connected to Betty — from the first time

5:03 PM PT — The Orange County Sheriff’s Office tells us, “We have no information on cause of death, and detectives have found no signs of foul play or drug use in this case.” They note, “the Medical Examiner’s Office will make the final call on the cause and manner of death.” Bob Saget has

BTK killer Dennis Rader has a take on himself … he’s both a monster and a good guy. Rader appears on a new, Dick Wolf documentary on A&E — “BTK: Confession of a Serial Killer” — in which he chats with a psychologist about his killing spree and the motivations behind it. The self-proclaimed BTK

Play video content TMZ.com Josh Altman says Betty White‘s home will never get the open house treatment — or at least it shouldn’t — if and when her family decides to put it up for sale. We got the ‘Million Dollar Listing’ star on Robertson Blvd. in Beverly Hills, and asked what a potential sale