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Sometimes, you just need to lounge around and get some R&R ... but if you're gonna do it, you might as well look good doing it, like this star!

Music mega producer Irv Gotti -- who worked with big acts like DMX, Ja Rule and Ashanti -- is dead ... TMZ has confirmed ...

Candace Sublett and Marisela Aramino, members of the Tarrant County Democratic Party in Texas, are issuing a stern warning as President Donald Trump orders crackdowns on illegal immigration ... noting recent mass arrests could have a dire ripple ...

Khloé Kardashian is revealing her workout motivation ... and it's S-E-X ...

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett is ripping Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency ... she says he needs a lesson in how the federal government is supposed to run ...

Donald Trump just took a huge step toward barring biological men from competing in women's sports ... signing an executive order Wednesday that he said will end the era of watching "men beat and batter female athletes."

1:15 PM PT -- Chip Babcock, a partner in the Texas law firm Jackson Walker LLP that represents Jed Wallace, tells TMZ ... "Blake Lively made false statements to the press through a private administrative filing, claiming Mr. Wallace and Street ...

Joe Giudice isn't threatened by Teresa Giudice's new husband ... making it clear he's happy to see his ex-wife find her soulmate ...

Liam Payne's girlfriend is recalling the late One Direction member's final days ... and revealing why she left him behind in Argentina before his death ...

Ben Affleck is ready to bid his Brentwood mansion goodbye ... and move into a "super high-end" and "massively private" crib, TMZ has learned ...