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Jess Taras knows a thing or two about relaxation ... and she did just that in Playa Del Rey this week.

The bikini model and yoga instructor was spotted soaking up some rays and paying in the water.

Gwyneth Paltrow's beauty is full of "Glee."

Here’s a 20-year-old version of the fresh-faced actress posing for a "Cruel Doubt" promo picture back in 1992 (left) and 24 years later ... the award-winning actress -- who celebrated her 44th birthday earlier this week -- at a benefit in New York City last month (right).

Goop.

The question is ...

And the Academy Award goes to ... someone other than Clay Matthews.

But hey, at least when it comes to reenacting scenes from classic movies ... the Packers star gets an A for effort.

Paul Johansson's firing back at his baby mama after she got a temporary restraining order against him -- now claiming she gives their child sleeping pills.

The "One Tree Hill" star filed his response to Mercedes Connor's temporary restraining order ... where she claimed he flipped when their 5-year-old son had a food allergy scare. In his docs -- filed by attorney Gary Fishbein -- Johansson says she's the terrible parent because she gave the boy sleeping pills to knock him out at night.

He also told his side of the food allergy fight -- accusing her of being neglectful during the incident. He says Connor was engrossed with her phone while the child suffered, and she only stopped when he demanded she get some medication.

Kylie Jenner is becoming quite the real estate aficionado ... because she just threw down millions on yet ANOTHER new mansion.

The $12 million, 13k square foot house in Hidden Hills comes equipped with 8 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms and a gigantic pool and outdoor living space.

Kylie's been swooping up properties left and right in the last year ... the latest purchase is her fourth. Our sources say the 19-year-old -- yes, 19 -- has already moved in and plans on making this one her permanent residence.

You'll remember ... Kylie's starter home was a modest $2.7 mil crib when she bought when she was 17. Then she moved on to a $6 mil place near Kim and Kanye before plunking down $4.5 mil on a home used for guests and as a work space for her cosmetics line.

We reached out to Kylie's agent Tomer Fridman who wasn't available for comment.

DeSean Jackson plans to make a huge statement on the field on Sunday -- but not just with his play ... with his cleats.

Jackson commissioned artist Marcus Rivero -- a.k.a. SolesBySir -- to put a yellow caution tape design on his cleats to protest the deaths of African Americans at the hands of police officers.

We reached out to Jackson for a comment ... and were told "I've seen enough yellow caution tape and it's time for a stand and a change in our community and society."

"Senseless killings have been ongoing for awhile and police brutality in our black community ... and as a young black leader with a stage and platform I'm starting awareness to help prevent these killings, and hopefully get justice to these cops who have taken lives of innocent human beings."

Jackson says he doesn't just want justice, but also "a change with the decision making on these cop killings."

"I am also coming up with a master plan to start a movement" with the intention of making a real impact.

We're told Jackson plans to wear the cleats during pregame warmups tomorrow ... and possibly during the game.

Amber Rose's annual Slut Walk is underway ... and thousands of men and women are downtown in Los Angeles to share their message loud and proud.

Rose's event this year features stripper poles, a giant stage, celeb guests, a "wall of no shame", and plenty of skin. The costumes, or lack there of, are bold with one huge goal in mind ... to shine a light on rape culture.

We're still waiting on Amber to take the stage ... but if you remember last year, she got extremely emotional talking about her ex-bf Kanye West and baby daddy Wiz Khalifa.

Angelina Jolie will not cooperate with law enforcement if there's a move to file child abuse charges against Brad Pitt ... TMZ has learned.

Our Angelina sources say she's adamant ... Brad should not face criminal charges for getting physical with 15-year-old Maddox on their private jet. We're told she'll go "radio silent" if authorities make a move to build a case against her estranged husband.

We're told Angelina was forthright with the L.A. County Dept. of Children and Family Services, telling social workers Brad struck Maddox (in the face).

Other sources say Brad did not strike his son in the face, but instead lunged at him and Angelina got in the way, causing Brad to inadvertently make contact with the boy's shoulders.

Angelina, we're told, has a singular focus ... protecting her kids, not punishing Brad.

DCFS does have the authority to recommend custody restrictions to the dependency court, although it's looking more and more like it will not reach that stage. Furthermore, given there were no injuries to Maddox and conflicting accounts of what happened, prosecution is also unlikely.

The Backstreet Boys held an open audition for one lucky dude Friday night ... and he's got a ladies already trying to win his love.

Nick Viall, who is on the upcoming season of "The Bachelor" as the main prize, had a group date at the BSB show in L.A. ... and Nick and the girls got pulled up onstage. It's easy to tell, the whole thing was choreographed (literally) for the show ... but Nick ain't half bad.

The boy band picked one chick from the group to have a solo dance with Nick to their hit "I Want It That Way" after the group dance.

Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo's funeral ended just the way he would have liked ... with a pit stop at the local strip joint.

Friends and family remembered Lo Friday with a memorial service followed by a procession straight to The Blue Flame Lounge ... one of Shawty's favorite strip clubs.

The video is fantastic.  Lo's hearse pulls up to the club and a mourners/patrons observe a candle-lit moment of silence.

40-year-old Shawty was killed a few weeks back when his 2016 Audi hit a tree -- he was posting videos from The Blue Flame hours before his death.

Talk about a happy ending.

Hugh Hefner wants to make it clear ... the only thing in the can over at the bunny palace is film he whips out on movie night.

Hef posted this pic with wife Crystal Friday night, shooting down rumors like the cowboy on the screen.

TMZ broke the story ... law enforcement officials rushed to The Playboy Mansion Friday after rumors swirled that Hef kicked the bucket. We're told PBM staffers assured cops Hugh was fine, and Hef even gave them an A-Ok call.

Yee-haw.

Robin Williams widow describes in horrific detail the ravages of the disease that left the actor so distraught ... he committed suicide.

Susan Schneider Williams wrote an article for a medical journal called "Neurology" which she titled "The Terrorist Inside My Husband's Brain."

She says the brain disease -- Lewy Body Disease (LBD) -- manifested itself in terrible ways, urinary difficulty, insomnia, poor sense of smell, extreme stress, paranoia, delusions and memory loss.

She says during filming of "Night at the Museum 3" he suffered panic attacks and uncharacteristically forgot his lines.

Susan recalls a month before his death in 2014, Robin was diagnosed with Parkinson's. He would tell the doctors, "I just want to reboot my brain."

And, she says, during Robin's last night, things seemed better -- "like one long date." He said, "Goodnight my love" at the end of the evening ... the last thing he ever said to her.

Grumpy Cat was a thing 3 years ago, but most people thought by now the cat with "issues" was probably in the great litter box in the sky ... not so, she's on Broadway.

Grumpy was held front and center Friday night at the Neil Simon Theater during a performance of "Cats."

As shocking as G.C.'s status ... "Cats" is still on Broadway.

Ryan Dunn from "Jackass" is tweeting bizarre messages -- which is weird due to him being dead -- and his family's on a mission to stop the "disgusting" hackers, stat.

The tweets started posting a few days ago and were written as if it were Ryan from beyond the grave. One of them joked Ryan had met Harambe the gorilla in heaven -- and another references Tupac.

Ryan's mom, Linda, tells us the posts aren't coming from any friends or family ... and she has no idea how the account got hacked. They never took it down after his death.

You'll recall, Dunn died in a 2011 car crash -- he plowed his Porsche into woods at 130 MPH following a night of heavy drinking.

Linda's reached out to Twitter to have the hacked tweets removed, but so far she hasn't heard back.

Taylor and Calvin are friends again! And who really knows what's going on with Rob and Blac Chyna? So we gotta ask ...