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Brazil has no shortage of great asses, but they do crown their best ... and 2016 has its winner.

Meet Erika Canela ... all of Erika Canela. The 20-year-old model took 1st place last month at Miss Bumbum -- a Brazilian pageant where more than 17 million people vote. She's also the first black woman to win in its 6 year run.

Sorry Little Monsters, Lady Gaga and ex-fiance Taylor Kinney are not back together -- despite a pic of him with her mom -- the exes are just doing the conscious uncoupling thing.

Gaga and Kinney called it quits in July after 5 years together, so fans freaked when he showed up on Gaga's Instagram this week. Sources tell us they still have a great relationship and talk from time to time.

Kinney happened to be in NYC and found out Gaga's Born This Way Foundation was doing the Shared Kindness event at 30 Rock. Gaga's in Europe but her mom, Cynthia, helps run the foundation and Taylor offered to help her out.

Gaga was moved enough to post the pic of them at the fundraiser.

Derick Ion Almena's Oakland art commune had a ton of problems before the tragic fire ... including brawls and death threats, according to docs -- hardly the rosy picture Almena's tried to paint.

In docs, obtained by TMZ, 2 men tried to get restraining orders against Almena in 2015. They accused him of ordering commune staffers to beat the crap out of them for allegedly trashing the place after a gig there. They say Almena was pissed because his son found a condom in the building.

Right after the alleged run-in the men gave a blow-by-blow on camera. The video was submitted in the case.

A couple weeks later, Derick was busted for having a stolen Airstream trailer on the Oakland property. He was arrested for felony possession of stolen property and pled no contest in January 2016. As we reported ... he's currently on probation for about 2 more years.

Derick tried to get a restraining order against a 55-year-old woman in February 2015 ... claiming she threatened to have her sons come over and "blow my f****** head off." According to docs, the woman was living at the commune without paying rent. Almena accused her of squatting, stealing his property and threatening his entire family.

All the restraining orders were denied when the parties failed to show up in court.

Almena told Matt Lauer the space was his dream home, which hosted up-and-coming artists. He obviously left out a ton of other details.

Shannen Doherty's husband isn't ready to let her biz managers off the hook for her breast cancer diagnosis -- he's filed his own lawsuit, on the heels of Shannen settling hers.

Kurt Iswarienko says the managing team destroyed his sex life with Shannen. In his suit, he echoes what Shannen said in hers -- that Tanner Mainstain Glynn & Johnson let her health insurance policy lapse, and therefore delayed her diagnosis.

In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Kurt also claims the firm mismanaged his funds, and got him mixed up in bad loans over the years that ruined his credit.

The cop who cited a "Django Unchained" actress for having sex in public has been called out for leaking audio of the incident, and it's gonna cost him some dough.

The L.A. Ethics Commission ruled Tuesday former LAPD Sergeant Jim Parker broke city rules by releasing the audio to TMZ following the 2014 incident with Daniele Watts, who Parker busted for having sex with her BF in their car in broad daylight.

The Commission said Parker was sharing confidential info related to the case when he released it, so he'll now have to pay a $500 fine ... instead of the max $10,000 he was facing.

You'll recall ... when Parker and his partner responded to the scene, Watts played the race card big time. She later apologized to the officers, and pled no contest to the charges.

Justin Bieber 2.0 is coming in the form of David and Victoria Beckham's 11 year-old son, Cruz ... who's just signed on the dotted line with Biebs' manager, Scooter Braun ... TMZ has learned.

Cruz already seemed like a natural when his pop shared a vid of him covering Biebs' "Home to Mama." Guessing this kinda thing happens when both your parents are super talented.

The uncanny thing is how much Cruz's career already resembles JB's. When Justin got his start he was singing cover songs, and Cruz already has a duet with Cody Simpson under his belt. A Bieber duet can't be far off.

Braun's a family pal and we're told the Beckhams trust him. Translation: They know Scooter won't throw Cruz to the music business wolves.

Prince's estate just filed new docs in its lawsuit against Jay Z and it exposes something very few people get to see -- Jay Z the mogul, pitching his company in a big-time business deal.

The estate is suing Jay Z's Roc Nation for streaming a ton of Prince's music on Tidal after his death in April. The new docs include a PowerPoint presentation that flaunts the Roc Nation empire's assets -- including music, sports, movies, concerts and more. It's actually incredibly impressive.

There's also a letter from Roc Nation's CEO to Bremer Trust -- the estate's administrator -- trying to persuade them to let Jay's company manage Prince's enormous catalog. As the CEO put it ... "[Prince] confided in and entrusted Mr. Carter and Roc Nation with his most prized possession, his creative expression. They spoke not just as respected businessmen, but as artists aligned in mission."

Andy Cohen didn't hesitate when asked if he'd hook up with Justin Bieber -- it was a resounding yes -- but he's a lot less turned on by the thought of sleeping with Kim and Kanye.

Andy was on Matt Weiss and Theo Von's "Allegedly" podcast where the guys asked the "Watch What Happens Live" host a flurry of provocative questions. Andy was game ... and even brought the Biebs' penis into the convo.

The biggest surprise, though, is Andy balking at a Kimye threesome ... which he says would be a boner killer. Then he gave his F***, Marry, Kill breakdown for the 3 Kardashian sisters. Good stuff.

Ronald Gasser believes he's being held on a trumped-up charge -- the manslaughter of Joe McKnight -- and his attorney's demanding his release, ASAP.

Gasser's lawyer just filed a motion claiming there's no probable cause for his client's arrest. He's asking the court for the earliest available hearing ... so he can show a judge why Gasser should get out of jail.

Gasser was arrested Monday night and is being held on a $500,000 bond.

At the very least, his attorney's asking the bond be reduced.

If you thought Bella Hadid looked awesome at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, you're right -- but it gets even better without all the fancy lingerie.

Hadid is featured on the cover of PAPER Mag's Outspoken issue, and to say she looks comfortable flaunting just about everything would be an understatement.

Big mistake, The Weeknd. Huge.

Sheriff Newell Normand is firing back at the people who have criticized him for the way he's handling the Joe McKnight shooting investigation ... and just read OUT LOUD some of the hateful comments he and other leaders have received, including the n-word and the f-word.

Sheriff Normand says he and other leaders have received letters using various racial and homophobic slurs. He did not water down the language.

When asked why he decided to read the hateful language out loud, Normand says he wanted to show people how "crazy" things have gotten ... where people are getting harassed for doing their jobs.

The conversation turned racial and Normand says black people are more likely to be killed by black people in his community.

The rapper who helped people picture Tupac rollin' has died.

TMZ has learned Big Syke was found dead at his home in Hawthorne, CA late Monday night. Law enforcement sources tell us cops responded first to a call to the scene, and then the L.A. County Coroner arrived. No foul play is suspected.

Sources close to the situation tell us Syke -- real name Tyruss Himes -- is believed to have died from natural causes, although an autopsy has yet to be performed. We're told he had a history of heart issues and obesity.

Big Syke was a longtime friend of Tupac, and dropped verses on a bunch of his tracks, such as "All Eyez on Me," "Picture Me Rollin'" and "Check Out Time." He was also a member of Tupac's Thug Life group.

He was 48.

Gigi Hadid and a bunch of other best dressed celebs cleaned up real nice for an award/fashion show in London.

They were all out Monday night for The Fashion Awards (yeah, that's a thing) -- Lady Gaga, Karlie Kloss and Kate Moss were all done up ... along with Nicole Scherzinger, who showed up in the bare minimum.

Gigi gave a heartfelt acceptance speech after winning International Model of the Year ... and got the waterworks started in the middle of it.

Dave Chappelle is tuning up his stand-up act with some cool pop-up shows in small venues, and bringing out big name fans ... including Jonah Hill and Bradley Cooper.

We got all 3 guys leaving the Blind Barber in L.A. Monday night after Dave finished his set, and the "War Dogs" co-stars looked and sounded thrilled with what they'd just seen from the comedian.

Check out Jonah and Brad's exchange with Dave -- based on their reaction, Chappelle's upcoming Netflix specials are gonna KILL.

The man who shot and killed ex-NFL running back Joe McKnight in an apparent road rage incident has been arrested for manslaughter ... this according to police records.

Jennifer Aniston is either a returnaholic or her stylist committed a major faux pas sending the celeb to her NYC movie premiere with her jacket's retail tags waving ... "HELLO!"

We're banking on the latter, but either way ... looks like Jen was trying to shed the pricey cover up as she walked into the "Office Christmas Party" event Monday night. Her assistant better have a tight grip on it this morning though.