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Colin Kaepernick says he's disappointed in Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's criticism of his national anthem protest ... saying it's just another example of a white person dodging the "real issue."

As we previously reported, RBG said Kaep's protest was "dumb and disrespectful" and she takes issue with his point of view.

But in a locker room interview with reporters on Tuesday, Kaepernick responded -- "It is disappointing to hear a Supreme Court Justice call a protest against injustices and oppression ‘stupid, dumb’ in reference to players doing that."

"I was reading an article and it refers to white critique of black protests and how they try to delegitimize it by calling it ‘idiotic, dumb, stupid,’ things of that nature, so they can sidestep the real issue."

"As I was reading that I saw more and more truth how this has been approached by people in power and white people in power in particular."

Kaepernick also said people are "getting too caught up in the flag" ... adding, "At the end of the day the flag is just a piece of cloth and I am not going to value a piece of cloth over people’s lives."

James Charles made history by becoming the first male face of CoverGirl ... and now he gets to glam it up with Katy Perry for the next year as a fellow brand ambassador.

The 17-year-old makeup artist told us at LAX ... it's an honor for him to not only be CG's first CoverBoy, but to get to work alongside Katy, who is obviously one of his faves. Like, ever.

Check out the vid ... James had a borderline freak-out just trying to describe their first meeting.

Rappin' 4-Tay -- best known for his '94 hit "Playaz Club" -- was arrested for first degree residential burglary ... TMZ has learned.

Sources close to the case tell us the rapper is sitting in a San Francisco jail, with his bail set at $112,000. Here's the thing -- his arrest went down Sept. 24th. He's been rotting behind bars since then. Details on the alleged burglary are still unclear, but we're told it's just the latest incident in a string of legal trouble.

He also allegedly took stuff out of a commercial building recently ... and we're told cops discovered 2 outstanding warrants when 4-Tay was taken into custody.

Story developing ...

Ashley Graham's still a year away from the big 3-0, so for this birthday she's just hanging out ... A LOT down in Mexico.

The model's celebrating her 29th in Cancun ... sporting un pequeño bikini on the beach and by the pool.

SHE'S BACK!!!

Ronda Rousey will finally make her return to the Octagon in December -- when she fights Amanda Nunes for the womens bantamweight title at UFC 207 in Las Vegas.

Dana White just made the announcement on "The Herd" on FS1 -- and says she's good to go on Dec. 30th.

Ronda hasn't fought since losing to Holly Holm at UFC 193 in Nov. 2015.

Dana said Ronda had a "bad loss and lost her title but she's still Ronda Rousey at the end of the day."

Dana says Ronda's in a good place psychologically.

By the way, Nunes called out Rousey back in July -- saying she can't wait to beat Ronda's ass so she can prove to everyone she DESERVES to be the champ.

White says Ronda also wants to fight Cris "Cyborg" at some point down the line -- as he previously told TMZ Sports. But first, she wants to win her title back.

Ciara's $15 million lawsuit against Future is going to be more of an uphill battle for her ... after the judge just ruled the rapper's angry tweets alone aren't enough to prove Ciara's been damaged.

The exes are locked in a nasty suit -- with Ciara claiming Future ruined her image as a mother and a singer. However, a judge ruled Wednesday the tweets ... including gems like, "this bitch got control problems" ... aren't libelous on their face.

It means, Ciara will have to offer up more evidence as to how her career has been damaged since Future's Twitter rant.

The issue still for Future, there's still a count of libel and distortion left in the case ... which could hang him out to dry.

Tommy Ford -- who famously played Tommy on the '90s sitcom "Martin" -- is on life support at an Atlanta hospital after an aneurysm ruptured in his abdomen ... his wife tells TMZ.

Ford has been hospitalized since Sunday and his health has declined ever since.

He is currently on life support and is not expected to make it through the day. Ford's wife, Gina, says the family is still praying for him.

Earlier, Ford's pal, Anthony Anderson, tweeted Ford had died -- but at the time, he was still alive. We're told Anthony had received inaccurate information, and merely tweeted in support of his friend. He's since deleted the tweet.

Tommy starred in all 5 seasons of "Martin" as Martin Lawrence's level-headed best friend, who often played straight man to Martin's crazy antics.

He also appeared on "New York Undercover," "The Jamie Foxx Show" and "The Parkers."

Ford also wrote children's books that promoted drug-free and violence-free lifestyles.

LeBron James is going hard after Donald Trump -- saying the GOP nominee is WAYYY OFF on "locker room talk" because "we don't disrespect women in no shape or fashion."

Kim Kardashian is continuing to keep a low profile since the Paris robbery because she was noticeably absent from the "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" season 12 wrap party.

Khloe, Kylie, Kourtney, and Kourt's ex, Scott Disick, were all snapped in the photo booth Tuesday night at Kris Jenner's home. Doesn't look like Kendall made it out either.

Filming for season 12 reportedly stopped following the jewelry heist.

Kim has said she's taking a month off and hasn't been posting on social media, but she has beefed up her security.

Tina Knowles is watching history repeat itself with her 2 daughters, who now share a place in the books with another pair of famous siblings ... the Jacksons.

We got Tina leaving The District by Hannah An in L.A. Tuesday and asked about Beyonce getting tossed into the Trump "locker room" convo ... Mom wasn't really feeling that.

What she is into though is Bey and Solange now having seats at the table with music sibling royalty by having both their albums reach No. 1 in the same year ... just like MJ and JJ did in 2001.

Check out the woman who birthed the hits ... or the hit makers, anyway.

Oh, and just for giggles -- here's the Bey-Trump comparison too.

NBC execs had a plan to time the release of the Donald Trump audio to have maximum impact on both the 2nd presidential debate and the general election ... sources connected with the network tell TMZ.

Multiple sources connected with NBC tell us ... top network execs knew about the video long before they publicly said they did, but wanted to hold it because it was too early in the election. The sources say many NBC execs have open disdain for Trump and their plan was to roll out the tape 48 hours before the debate so it would dominate the news cycle leading up to the face-off.

As we reported, Billy Bush was bragging about the tape -- in front of NBC execs at the Rio Olympics -- in early August. NBC says it's only known about the tape for a little more than a week.

We're told the plan was to edit the tape to keep the focus on Trump and not Billy. "Access Hollywood" we're told was not going to air the portion where Trump and Billy got off the bus and Billy goaded Trump and the soap star to hug. Our sources say the tape was going to be "sanitized" to protect Billy as much as possible.

Case in point ... after The Washington Post ran the story, 'Access' aired their footage and cut out the parts where Billy looked worse -- saying things like, "Jeez! Your girl's hot as s*** in the purple!"

We've told you the plan got derailed by Hurricane Matthew. Execs decided the wall-to-wall coverage of the storm would mess up the plan to dominate the news with the Trump tape, so they were going to hold it until Monday. It didn't sit well with some staffers who wanted it out pre-debate, so it was leaked to the Washington Post.

Iggy Azalea has moved into Kardashian country ... renting a new pad inside their gated community for around $15k a month.

We're told Iggy got the home 4 months ago in The Oaks -- where most of the Kardashians and Jenners live -- right after she broke off her engagement to Nick Young.

Sources close to Azalea tell us renting makes sense for her right now while she's looking to buy. Plus, she wanted to live near horse facilities because she's an avid equestrian.

The kid who played Juni in the "Spy Kids" movie franchise has been somewhat of a missing agent in Hollywood since the early 2000s ... until now.

Charlamagne Tha God's no chump on the radio, and if his direct questioning makes things awkward with a guest or leads to a death threat or 2 ... so be it.

We caught up with Charlamagne in NYC and asked him about tense confrontations ... like the one he just had with Beanie Sigel on "The Breakfast Club" where the rapper not only told him to stop running his mouth -- he issued a thinly veiled threat of real street violence.

Check out the vid ... Charlamagne tells us why he didn't flinch.

Compared to Beanie, Birdman's infamous words don't seem so threatening.

Lindsay Lohan is ready to make a comeback after a failed, and allegedly abusive, engagement ... according to her mom, Dina.

We got DiLo in NYC where she was out pitching TV shows. Unclear if any involve Lindsay since Dina's got 3 other kids, but Dina did reveal Lindsay's schedule is jam-packed with several other commitments. None of which involve TV or film at this point.

As for dating, Dina's got a plan for finding a new Mr. Right for Lindsay too.

"Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" star Karen King has allegedly ducked car payments and the repo man for so long she's now wanted by cops.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... King bought a Maserati in 2014, but it's approaching 5 months since she's made a payment on it. We're told the repo man's been after her and the whip for months, but couldn't track her down ... so heading to court was the last option.

The judge signed a warrant for Karen's arrest late last week, but she's still MIA.