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Kim Zolciak is trying to stem the tide of outrage ... insisting she did not use a dog collar to shock her daughter.

Kim posted a video showing 14-year-old Ariana unbuckling the shock collar around the family dog's neck, and putting it around her own.

The collar emits shock waves when it's activated by a button, which hubby Kroy had in his hand. Kroy was pushing away and Ariana reacted, but Kim insists the collar was at such a low level it was merely a vibration and not a shock.

Mike Tyson and Will Smith were among the early arrivals for Muhammad Ali's memorial service -- and served as pallbearers as the procession through Louisville started.

The 19 mile journey through Ali's hometown began Friday morning after Tyson, Smith, Lennox Lewis and several of Ali's family members carried his coffin to the waiting hearse.

The procession will end up at Yum! Center arena where Bill Clinton will deliver the eulogy for Ali at the memorial service.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who called Ali his mentor, is also in Louisville.

The memorial service is scheduled to begin at 10 AM PT ... and TMZ will be live streaming.

Rihanna made a comment that was at the same time lighthearted and downright eerie, telling her bodyguard to cut a photog a break because "He's not beating me."

Rihanna was leaving her fav ... Giorgio Baldi restaurant in Santa Monica Thursday night when her bodyguard got a little overprotective.

President Obama reinforced his footing in entertainment with another performance -- this slow jammin' with Jimmy Fallon again.

Obama took a shot at Trump during the bit ... not his best.

Here's Harrison Ford at the AFI Life Achievement Awards Thursday night in Hollywood.

He was there to honor legendary composer John Williams, but clearly had someone else in mind too.

The Wookie-envy is real.

Mark Cuban has said he'd serve as vice president to either Trump or Hillary, but he now says Clinton really needs him.

We got Cuban in NYC Thursday and he said there have been some phone calls about his possible run, but he wasn't specific.

President Obama got in the way of potential true love when the people protecting him opened a can of whoop ass on an unsuspecting NYC bicyclist.

Daniel Provencio tells us he was hot to trot for a blind date -- pumping "Call Me Maybe" through his headphones -- when NYC cops tackled him for riding into a secured area just before the Prez breezed through.

Turns out Daniel was on his way to hook up with a guy he met on an online dating website the night before ... he wouldn't say which.

Daniel was coy about date specifics, but suffice to say the other guy lost interest because Daniel was hours late after being interrogated by authorities.

Daniel called the guy when he was released, but, as he puts it, "Manhattan men are huge on punctuality."

Disney's "Finding Dory" is causing a rift in the exotic fish community ... which believes the movie could bring a financial boom -- but also massacre the fish population.

We called a bunch of fish dealers who say they've stocked up on blue tangs -- Dory's species -- expecting a rush once the movie premieres. The same spike happened for clownfish after "Finding Nemo."

Tangs ain't cheap -- one goes for $40 to $60 ... So there's big money to be made.

But many experts told us they're worried tons of blue tangs will die when parents flock to buy the fragile fish for kids because tangs require a very specific, exotic tank setup. As one enthusiast put it ... fish novices "will kill these creatures."

One store owner sounded like he had PTSD from the 'Nemo' craze, and said he's stocking ZERO blue tangs ... just to avoid the "screaming kids."

Shop wisely.

This is NOT your grandfather's cane -- unless your grandfather is super pervy or Axl Rose.

Rose has been hobbling around England this week using a walking stick, but little did we know what's under his hand is the most badass, rock 'n' roll senior citizen accessory ever.

The stick's sterling silver handle features a naked couple doing, um ... what naked couples do.

Axl's slowly recovering from his broken foot, but once he's fully healed -- he's gotta keep this thing handy.

Limping's never been so pimpin'!

Jared Fogle's ass will remain locked up in prison for his full sentence ... now that his appeal to get it shortened was shot down.

Fogle had filed an appeal, claiming his 188 month sentence was too harsh because he says he didn't widely distribute child porn. Instead, he says he only showed one child porn video to one person he was dating ... while they were in a hotel room.

But the U.S. Court of Appeals didn't buy that argument, and said the single viewing warrants the punishment.

Additionally, Fogle claimed he was unfairly punished for his fantasies and thoughts ... as opposed to actual misdeeds. The judges disagreed again, and said the court got it right when they considered his "obsession with child pornography and having sex with minors."

See ya next decade, Fogle. But hopefully not.

Justin Bieber's street fight erupted over chicks and autographs ... at least according to a guy who's claiming he's the one who went toe-to-toe with Bieber.

Lamont Richmond, a 6'5" Cleveland local, is taking credit for taking down Justin -- and explaining his take of what led up to the brawl. Just like Bieber, Lamont looks no worse for wear in the video he posted.

Check out the clip ... he makes it sound like it all could've been settled if Justin signed something.

We can't confirm Lamont really is THE GUY ... but it would be odd to lie about fighting Justin. Hardly earns you a CSD (Certified Street Dude).

Hillary Clinton's not taking any s*** from Donald Trump ... at least not on Twitter.

The presumptive Democratic nominee clapped back hard at Trump after he took a swipe at her and President Obama. In the wake of the Prez officially endorsing Hillary ... the Donald tweeted and referred to her as "Crooked Hillary."

Hillary fired back 3 words -- "Delete your account." If SHE actually came up with that reply, we'd say ... mic drop.

The next 5 months will be entertaining.

'90s R&B trio Next sat down at a table and broke bread -- or rather pizza -- to celebrate their long-anticipated reunion, and then jumped on a stage to make it official!

We got Tweet, T-Low and R.L. on their way out of Pizzeria Mozza in L.A. ... their first get-together since R.L. was tossed from the group. They started talking again after they were approached for the TV docu-series "Unsung Revisited."

Of course, they're famous for their hit, "Too Close" ... and they explained why their closeness as a group started the beef, which seems to be completely squashed now.

Wednesday night they were onstage singing another hit, "Butta Love," at the 'Unsung' screening ... partially shirtless. Some things never change.

Floyd Mayweather LOVES the way Justin Bieber fought Wednesday night -- telling TMZ Sports, "He showed he ain't no bitch."

Bieber's been training with the boxing legend for years -- but Mayweather says the most impressive part of the fight video isn't JB's form ... "He showed he got heart."

Mayweather says he doesn't know why Bieber got into it in Cleveland last night -- but says the lesson is clear ... "Justin Bieber ain't no bitch."