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Muhammad Ali's football star grandson says a call from his sports idol helped raise his spirits in the wake of his grandfather's death ... and that idol is Marshawn Lynch.

Biaggio Ali Walsh joined the guys on the "TMZ Sports" TV show (airs Monday on FS1) -- and opened up about his relationship with Beast Mode and why it's meant so much to him.

"After the passing, he texted me and was like, 'How are you holding up?' ... and I really appreciated that. Especially him being one of my biggest idols. I look up to that guy."

FYI, Biaggio is one of the top high school running backs in the county and recently announced he'll attend Cal after his senior season.

Faith Evans resorted to half-baked "gangsta-movie" quotes to explain why she bailed on a concert to instead play the Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour ... so says a promoter who's asked a judge to block her from performing in Atlanta.

Promoter Jeremy Hill filed docs hoping a judge puts the kibosh on Faith's plans to perform with Bad Boy Sept. 8 in Atlanta. Jeremy already sued Faith for backing out of his Sept. 10 concert at Wolf Creek Amphitheater.

As for why Faith bailed ... Hill says Faith used a "gangsta-movie" quote to explain -- "It's not personal, it's only business."

Not sure how that's gangsta ... Hill says Live Nation forced Faith to cancel the Sept. 10 concert to receive a purported $800k for performing with the Bad Boy tour. Hill goes on to say Faith's agent texted him, "I can't give up 25 dates for 1. I tried to work it out, she was going to do both shows but it's impossible."

Justin Timberlake was part of a diabolical plot by the father of a bride to create a wedding for the books.

The scene is upstate New Hampshire. Chelsey Gaudet and Ryan Parks were just starting a pre-wedding photo session when Chelsey's dad happened to spot one of the most famous people in all of entertainment ... JT.

Justin grants dad his big wish and mugs with the bride and groom.

TMZ has learned there's a stalemate in the legal war between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp ... and it all has to do with a joint statement about what happened -- or didn't happen -- on May 21.

Sources connected with Amber tell TMZ, the sticking point is that Amber wants a joint statement in which Johnny admits he committed domestic violence. Our Amber sources say Johnny's people came back loud and clear -- he will NEVER sign a document in which he admits to domestic violence because he never committed it.

We've been reporting Amber demanded a phenomenal amount of money for their 15-month marriage ... the parties have settled on around $8 million, including lawyers' fees, but she wanted a lot more. Mind you -- all she'd be entitled to is half the earnings that were left after taxes and living expenses, and we're told they spent a lot of money together.

And we've learned Amber has hired a new lawyer to helm her case -- famed attorney Pierce O'Donnell, who recently repped Shelly Sterling in the Donald Sterling saga.

LeAnn Rimes set us straight -- the gays get down with boobies too!

We caught up with the country star Monday at LAX where our photog lightly grilled her about the low cut top she wore a couple weeks back for her performance at a gay nightclub in London.

She makes a point -- boys will be boys.

Johnny Depp accidentally cut off his fingertip in a fit of rage ... then dipped the stump in dark blue paint and wrote on the wall in paint and blood the name "Billy Bob" -- the actor with whom Johnny accused Amber Heard of cheating -- this according to Amber and her people.

TMZ has obtained this gruesome photo of Johnny's butchered finger -- WARNING ... EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT. It's an exhibit in her domestic violence case against Johnny.

We're told the incident went down in March of last year, just a month after Amber and Johnny married. They were in a villa in Australia when a fierce argument erupted.

According to Amber's version of events Johnny, who was drunk and high on ecstasy, smashed several bottles and windows and also slammed a plastic phone against the wall unit. She claims a piece of one of the items cut off a portion of the middle finger on his right hand.

Amber's version goes on ... she's a painter and had dark blue paint in the room. She claims Johnny dipped what remained of his forefinger in the paint and then used the gnarly digit to write various words on a mirror, including "Billy Bob" and "Easy Amber."

Amber had done a movie with Billy Bob Thornton and she claims Johnny accused the 2 of sleeping together -- something she strongly denied, adding he accused her of infidelity with other men as well.

Amber's people say Johnny didn't get medical help for nearly 24 hours, so doctors could not reattach the fingertip ... they used a flap from his hand to sew on a new tip.

Wendell Pierce could barely speak he was so heartsick over losing his home in the Baton Rouge torrent.

We got the actor at LAX Monday where he told us his home was one of thousands that were completely destroyed last week. Wendell's childhood home was also destroyed in Hurricane Katrina.

Kylie Jenner rang in her 19th birthday in Turks & Caicos with her squad in a $35 million, 6 acre estate.

Kylie's rental was ridiculous ... 3 oceanside villas that could accommodate 54 guests.

2 of the 3 homes had 8 bedrooms and 8.5 baths, while the third was a bit of a downgrade with a mere 7 bedrooms and 7.5 baths.

Other perks ... a personal chef and butler, tennis court, 1,000 square foot gym, waterfall, Turkish steam room, sauna, massage room, fire pit, and kite surfing and snorkeling equipment -- all hooked up by Airbnb.

Forever 21 is getting serious heat for an offensive hoax: swastika ring merchandise.

The clothing company was put on blast by a customer who posted a photo of two swastika rings inside one of its stores.

A Forever 21 exec tells us the rings are NOT Forever 21 products ... period.

Kendall Jenner had a big scare Sunday night, when she was greeted as she returned to her new Hollywood Hills home by an alleged stalker.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ, Kendall drove up to the house and saw a guy in her driveway by the gate. As she drove through, the guy followed her.

Kendall freaked out and called 911 ... she stayed in her car until cops roared up the hill.

The man was arrested for stalking. We're also told there was a warrant out for his arrest.

Kendall bought the house 2 months ago. It's located above the Sunset Strip, in an area that's had its share of problems.

Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna squabble, scream and yell at each other, and that's the core of their upcoming reality show.

Production sources tell us fight topics range from Rob's diet to social media and lots in between, including money and fame.

Very little is not filmed ... we're told cameras are rolling for up to 13 hours a day, 5 days a week.

The tension has become increasingly exacerbated by Chyna's pregnancy.

We're told producers are chuckling at stories that Rob is now running hot and cold on doing a reality show. We're also told it's just caused more conflict between the 2, and the result is really good TV.

Shemar Moore didn't mention Thomas Gibson by name, but he's almost certainly taking glee in his former co-star getting the ax ... saying it's all about karma.

Shemar and Gibson had beef during their stints on "Criminal Minds" ... loud arguments on set to the point Gibson's ex-manager had to talk Gibson out of physically going after Moore.

TMZ broke the story, Gibson kicked a writer in the shins during an argument on set. He was first suspended and then fired by CBS and ABC.

Moore deleted the video after posting it, but we all know how that works.

The Game went raw over the weekend.

The rapper dropped a new track, "Sauce," Saturday on SoundCloud and straight up raps he banged 3 Kardashians.

Game doesn't say which ... but we're guessing the 3 oldest.

How cool is this ... Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky recreating that famous 2006 autograph photo -- IN REVERSE!

Charlotte McKinney swaps beaches like she swaps boyfriends.

This time Santa Monica beachgoers got an eyeful.

The Carl's Jr. model used to be a Malibu regular, but that was when she was dating Stephen Dorff, who has a beach house there.

Justin Bieber can't keep his hands to himself -- 17-year-old Sofia Richie and the Biebs apparently go hand in hand.

The Biebs and Sofia hit up a shopping mall over the weekend in Tokyo.