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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie spoil their kids ... in much the same way lots of other parents might.

The couple celebrated Knox's 8th birthday Tuesday morning at The Griddle Cafe in West Hollywood. The kid's got a major sweet tooth -- we're told he filled up on Oreo-filled pancakes topped with whipped cream and powdered sugar.

While Knox's mom and dad can afford private jets and French castles, they're actually known for being very down to earth parents.

There's an incredible program in L.A. that's made a huge difference in the lives of scores of African American kids, courtesy of cops ... and it's all flown under the radar.

It's called Operation Progress, where LAPD cops donate their time, go into Watts and mentor kids throughout their education. The cops do it all on their own time, without pay.

The program has been largely funded by Rick Caruso -- owner of The Grove in L.A. and former L.A. Police Commissioner -- and his wife Tina. They've poured millions of dollars of their own money into the program since it launched 3 years ago.

Rick appeared on "TMZ Live" Tuesday to talk about the incredible success of the program ... and how the kids have thrived with the help of the cops in difficult surroundings.

Biggie's ex wife, Faith Evans, is defending Rich Homie Quan after what some are calling a career-murdering flub during the VH1 "Hip Hop Honors," but she also says he needs to bone up on hip-hop history.

RHQ hopped onstage for Lil Kim's Junior M.A.F.I.A. classic, "Get Money" ... but forgot most of the Biggie lyrics he was supposed to spit. It started when RHQ rapped "Play Nintendo with Cease and Alamo" ... instead of "with Cease and Nino" -- and it all went downhill from there.

Faith says if RHQ had a clue about Junior M.A.F.I.A. members Lil' Cease and Nino Brown ... he wouldn't have screwed up that lyric.

Still, Biggie's ex-wife thinks people should let Quan off the hook because everyone makes mistakes.

Hip-hop fans, especially in NYC, haven't been that forgiving, but hey ... it wasn't "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Super Bowl.

Lamar Odom was taken off a Delta flight Monday night after getting wasted in the airport lounge and vomiting on the plane ... TMZ has learned.

Lamar went to the Delta lounge at LAX before boarding a red-eye for NYC, and according to eyewitnesses was pounding down beers and whisky. By the time he got on the flight, we're told he was wasted.

Two passengers in first class tell TMZ, Lamar went to 4B and sat down, but as the plane was about to pull back he bolted for the front, threw up in the galley and then walked in the bathroom and with the door open threw up again. When he came out of the bathroom, we're told he had vomit on his clothes.

The passengers tell us the flight attendants "gently" escorted Lamar off the plane, and a cleaning crew came on board to deal with the mess. The flight attendants put Lamar's carry-on belongings in a plastic bag and removed them from the plane.

Ten minutes later, Lamar suddenly reappeared and walked down the aisle -- with vomit still on his sweatpants -- and took his seat again. Minutes later, we're told Lamar got up and went back to the bathroom, using the heads of people in their seats to steady his balance.

Now we know what it takes for Tyga to ignore Kylie ... Pokemon Go fever.

The rapper got caught up in the mobile app game that's taken the world by storm ... snatching digital creatures while in line Tuesday morning at the Budapest airport.

Hey ... at least Tyga used the buddy system.

Gigi Hadid played the name game with the Adidas jacket she wore to an NYC photoshoot.

Ariel Winter blasted an L.A. body shop for taking months to repair her wrecked G-Wagon, but the shop's claiming she's just being a snotty celeb.

Ariel posted a scathing review of Paulee's Body Shop on her Instagram Monday ... warning her 2 million followers never to do business with them because the service is "incredibly rude [and] slow" and says the people are "unprofessional [and] intolerable." She says it took 4 months to fix her car. Ariel says if she could, she would give them a minus 10 rating.

Eric, the manager at Paulee's, begs to differ, telling us the car was only there for 2 months, and it needed $75k in repairs because it's a limited edition Benz and parts were hard to come by.

Eric says he still has the car because Ariel hasn't paid. It looks like he wants more than the $75k ... Eric wants Ariel to take down her rant against the shop.

Patrick Schwarzenegger's model GF, Abby Champion, was a slam dunk, at least according to him.

We got Miley's ex saying goodbye to Abby outside the Montage hotel in Bev Hills Monday and asked how he was able to score a supermodel. His answer is clear and cocky.

Looks like Patrick's got his dad's confidence.

Matthew Morrison's refusing to pay his acting coach $182k ... claiming in a new lawsuit he never struck a ludicrous deal with the guy.

The former "Glee" star denies ever verbally agreeing to pay Peter Mattaliano 2.5% of his acting salary from any TV or movie roles. Matthew says Peter is demanding "this outrageous figure based upon a purported oral agreement" in May 2011.

Matthew denies ever agreeing to that deal, and says he actually did pay Peter generously in excess of what acting coaches are normally paid ... although he doesn't say a specific amount.

Lionel Messi's reaction to tax fraud conviction and prison sentence? Who cares, I'M ON A BOAT WITH MY SMOKING HOT CHICK!!!

Robbie Lawler says his next opponent, Tyron Woodley, can worry about getting into hair and makeup -- but he's more focused on beating his ass in the Octagon.

Kanye West and Desiigner love them some Kanye West and Desiigner ... as proven by a video of the two going OFF while playing their own music.

In a series of videos shot in The Hamptons Monday night, you can see 'Ye and his protege dancing and lip-syncing to a few of "The Life of Pablo" singles. Per usual -- Desiigner was hyped up -- even in front of a small crowd.

Move over, Chris Soules ... there's a new bachelor in town. The good news ... he's not after your girl.

We've learned the Logo network is shooting a gay 'bachelor' show, and the prize is Robert Sepulveda Jr. He's an interior designer with Puerto Rican roots who now lives in ATL. In case you didn't notice, Robbie's in good shape.

Our production sources say 13 male contestants have been cast and the show is filming at an L.A. mansion.

The show is called "Finding Prince Charming" and it's hosted by Lance Bass.

There might be a rub. We're told the show is not a spinoff of "The Bachelor," and it's unclear whether producers of the OG show might have a problem with the knockoff.

The first black woman to be crowned Miss Alabama feels no remorse for the families of the 5 Dallas cops who were assassinated ... and she thinks their killer is a "martyr."

Kalyn Chapman James, Miss Alabama from 1993, posted a rambling and tearful video in which she's clearly torn about Micah X. Johnson. She repeatedly says she does NOT condone violence, but also says "something has to be done" about the deaths of black men at the hands of police officers.

In full tears, she claims she's not the only one who feels this way.

Queen Latifah says you can't measure racial progress by looking at how many African Americans are on the Forbes 100 list ... it's all about getting passed over while hailing a cab.

The Queen spoke at the VH1 "Hip Hop Honors" and made it clear ... racism is flourishing in America, and it goes way beyond police brutality.