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Future exercised his court-certified parental rights by taking his baby boy to a very grownup steakhouse.

Baby Future got a taste of Mastro's Thursday in Bev Hills, after being guided inside by daddy. TMZ broke the story, Future scored a huge victory this week when a judge awarded him joint custody. Ciara was gunning for sole custody, claiming her baby daddy was unfit and a bad person.

Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs and the Bad Boy family are back with Mase, Busta Rhymes, 112 and new backup dancer ... Hoda Kotb! Yes, Hoda.

Puffy pumped up this summer's Bad Boy Reunion Tour on the 'Today' Show Friday morning ... and while the stage was packed with superstar singers and rappers -- Kathie Lee's partner in crime stole the show. Check out her super close, semi-grinding moves on P. Diddy.

The crew performed a bunch of hits, including a tribute to Notorious B.I.G. built around his "Mo Money Mo Problems" verse. It was a little awkward ... kinda like Hoda's impromptu audition.

Michelle Rodriguez did not mince words about the disparity between men and women when paycheck Friday comes along ... it's just a man's world.

Michelle was leaving LAX Thursday when our photog asked her about Seth Rogen's rant over the wage gap. Michelle was quick to say she gets paid way less than her male movie counterparts, and then equated being born a woman to being born a slave.

Fresh off his Mexican vacation, Louis Tomlinson got a fresh dose of reality when baby mama Briana Jungwirth handed over their 4-month-old son Freddie.

Looks like Louis is on daddy duty at least through the weekend ... the exchange with Briana went down Thursday afternoon outside a Starbucks in Thousand Oaks.

Louis' rented a home in nearby Calabasas for Briana and Freddie, so it's unclear why they'd make the exchange in a parking lot ... then again, when you're raising a little tyke, got to fit in those Starbucks runs somehow.

David Hasselhoff -- who made hundreds of millions of dollars from "Baywatch", "Knight Rider" and various other TV shows, movies and other entertainment ventures -- says he can't afford to support his ex-wife anymore because he's got less than $4k in cash to his name.

David and ex-wife Pamela Bach are locked in a spousal support war -- she's currently getting $252k a year, but he wants that amount significantly lowered, saying he's a shadow of his former financial self.

Hasselhoff says his European tour got cut short because of poor ticket sales, and he's not sure if his new reality show, "Hoff the Record," will make him flush again.

David says he's trying to stay "relevant," but it's hard. He admits to grossing $112k a month, but spends $66k. When you add what Pam gets plus taxes and living expenses, he says he saves next to nothing.

As for other assets, he states in court docs, obtained by TMZ, he has a total of $1.79 mil in real estate, retirement savings, cars, jewelry, art and other odds and ends, but cash is running perilously short.

Pamela has a wildly different story, claiming Hoff's worth more than $120 million and he continues to work. She says he has property all over the world.

Renowned political pundit Lil Scrappy is glued to all the election season coverage, and unlike most rappers ... he's proud to say he loves Donald Trump, up to a point.

We got Scrappy outside DS17 Lounge in Atlanta, and he tells us why he's on board with some of The Donald's more controversial comments, with one grande excepción!

Hillary Clinton's not out of the running though, and Scrap explains why he's more likely to roll with her come November -- IF he didn't have one little problem: a felony on his record for weed and gun possession.

We suggest he have a sit-down with fellow ATL rapper, T.I.

One thing Scrappy's fully stoked about is his engagement to Bambi Benson. Check out that rock!

Tommy Chong is joining Kim Kardashian, Blac Chyna and Amber Rose in the emoji game, but think less butts and boobs -- and more blunts and bongs ... duh!

Tommy's dropping marijuana-themed SMOKEmojis to corner the growing weed market. The images are a stoner-centric take on the standard emojis ... complete with bloodshot eyes, cannabis leaves, and plenty of 420 references.

There's even a hat tip to Donald Trump.

4:45 PM PT -- The duet isn't going to happen, after all. Sources connected to the deal tell us Whitney's estate decided to pull the plug once they saw the finished product 2 days ago.

We're told they weren't satisfied because the hologram simply "didn't look like Whitney." Producers and the estate reps all agreed Christina was flawless, but until technology can do the same for Whitney ... no deal.

It appears the Christina Aguilera-Whitney Houston duet rumors are true -- what looks very much like video of the performance just popped up on the Internet ... briefly.

It was supposed to be a surprise for Monday's season finale of the "The Voice" -- though there's been a ton of buzz about it, so the surprise was already kinda blown. It's unclear who got the footage or how it ended up on a Facebook page ... but it's already been taken down.

We've seen the whole thing, and we won't blow the whole secret ... but it appears Christina will sing a medley of Whitney's hits with the hologram.

'Voice' reps haven't gotten back to us yet about whether the footage is legit.

Joan Rivers' lavish lifestyle -- or the symbols of it -- are about to be auctioned off, and while Joan was hysterical ... the going rate on her stuff is no joke.

Christie's in New York will put more than 200 items from Joan's Manhattan penthouse on the auction block. Everything from art, furniture, jewelry, and costumes will go to the highest bidder -- and a portion of the proceeds will go to 2 charities: God's Love We Deliver and Guide Dogs for the Blind.

A few of the notable items include an Edouard Vuillard painting -- expected to fetch $180,000 ... and an 18k gold and diamond watch for $10,000.

80 of the items will be sold online from June 16-23. The rest will go in a live auction on June 22nd.

Cheryl Tiegs has a strange way of defending her comments about plus size models, in general ... and Ashley Graham, specifically.

We got the OG supermodel Thursday at LAX, and she told us the media misinterpreted her words when she said this year's S.I. Swimsuit cover girl Ashley's look was ... not healthy in the long run.

So, check out the video -- Cheryl breaks down exactly what she really meant, and in the process says she prefers "the normal, fit athletic, Sports Illustrated girl."

There's more, including her true feelings about Ashley's beauty ... though we're not sure how Ashley will take this.

#Covergirlwars

Ray J did Naomi Judd dirty when he accused her of calling grits "slave food" while they were shooting their reality TV cooking competition -- because she NEVER used those words.

According to sources connected to "My Kitchen Rules" ... when the cast gathered Wednesday, producers played back the "grits" footage in question. We're told what really happened is Lance Bass and his mom served shrimp and grits -- as part of the show -- and during the meal Naomi said when she was growing up her mother wouldn't let her eat grits ... because it was poor people's food.

It's a huge distinction from what Ray J said in his video post -- that he'd seen Naomi refer to grits as "slave food." We're told Naomi was merely telling a story about something her mom had said.

Not to say the "poor people" comment is great, but it's a big difference from "slave food" -- plus, they were her mom's words, not Naomi's.

Still, we're told Ray J took the comment as low key racism, and he's unhappy about it.

Tyga clearly has a type ... his new chick is Kylie Jenner's scrumptious doppelgänger.

The rapper and his rebound, Demi Rose, posed and got cozy in Cannes. Check out the pics ... Tyga likes 'em young. Rose is a 21-year-old British lingerie model.

Speaking of rebounds ... Kylie's also back in the saddle with PartyNextDoor.

#GiddyUp

Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale put their differences aside in the name of basketball ... and co-parenting.

For the first time since their divorce, the exes were seen together Wednesday -- just feet apart -- at their son Kingston's hoops game. There were smiles, from Gavin at least, but they were hardly chummy. More like cordial.

Exes playing nice ... it's catching on.