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Rod Stewart says he's sorry for mocking an ISIS beheading in the desert outside Abu Dhabi, but some outraged Brits think he should pay a higher price.

The video shows Rod, his wife, Penny, and friends climbing a sand dune. One of the friends gets on his knees in front of Rod ... who pretends to cut off the man's head.

Penny posted the video ... but deleted it a few hours later, after the immediate backlash started. 72-year-old Rod issued an apology, saying they were "larking about pre-show" and were "spontaneously playing out Game Of Thrones."

He added, "Understandably, this has been misinterpreted and I send my deepest apologies to those who have been offended.”

Angry British citizens have suggested online Stewart's Knighthood should be withdrawn.

Kim Kardashian has taken a bunch of baby steps to get back into the swing of things after her robbery, but Thursday night she took a giant leap.

Kim was at Craig's wearing a little something here and there. Interesting ... still very little jewelry.

Glad to have you back.

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Good news for Reggie Bush ... the NFL star's wife just revealed she's pregnant with their 3rd kid!

Lilit Bush broke the news on social media in a happy birthday post to Reggie ... complete with a bottle emoji to signify the bun in the oven.

Too Short is the suspect in a rape case ... TMZ has learned.

The alleged victim is a protegee of the rapper who has done videos and other projects with Short.

Law enforcement tells us, the woman claims on November 1 she was at an L.A. residence with the rapper when he allegedly sexually attacked her. She told cops she's a virgin and made a point of saying her provocative videos in no way should suggest she gave any form of consent.

The woman went to cops a month after the alleged incident.

Sources connected with the rapper tell us Short insists he never had sexual contact with the alleged victim. The sources say she was on his record label but he dropped her and that's when she concocted the allegation. The sources add she subsequently asked to get back on the label and Short views this as a form of extortion.

Short has not been in touch with cops.

Feminists like Emma Watson can wear anything they f***ing want, according to the queen of feminists ... Gloria Steinem.

We got Gloria at LAX Thursday and asked about her pal, Emma Watson, getting feminist shamed for showing too much boob for a Vanity Fair photo shoot.

Steinem was so amused by the criticism, she laughed heartily before annihilating Watson's haters.

Remy Ma dropped another savage diss track directed at Nicki Minaj ... and this time, Remy asks point-blank -- "Where the f*** is your song?"

Funk Flex debuted "Another One" Thursday night on Hot 97 in which Remy brutally calls out Nicki for keeping quiet ... 5 days after Remy savagely destroyed her with "ShETHER."

Remy -- who even name-drops the "Cash Me Ousside" girl -- refers to Nicki as Ronda Rousey with this line, "I beat you with punches in 48, you Ronda Rousey."

Meanwhile ... Nicki's shaking her ass and doesn't seemed worried.

But it's crystal clear -- Remy 2, Nicki 0.

Ronda Rousey chalked up a huge W on the set of "Blindspot" ... with the star of the show saying she crushed her guest role during filming this week and he's lobbying producers to BRING HER BACK!

Katherine Jackson's fate and fortune may lie in the hands of one of her grandsons ... TMZ has learned.

Trent Jackson, Michael's cousin, and his attorney Ron Rale want TJ Jackson, Michael's nephew, to sit down with Katherine alone and decide who's the victim and who's the villain in what has become a family war.

TMZ broke the story ... Katherine has filed a legal doc claiming Trent has committed elder abuse against her and fleeced her to boot. But, we've now learned Trent and his lawyer have a plan to put the dispute to bed and, at the same time, cast suspicion on the motive of other Jackson relatives.

Rale's proposing that TJ -- the one person whose family loyalty has never been challenged -- sit down with Katherine to discuss the situation at hand. If at the end of the sit-down TJ believes Trent has done harm to Michael's mom, he'll leave for good and if Katherine wants him to stay, he will.

Trent, we're told, believes TJ's one-on-one with Katherine will not only absolve him of any wrongdoing, in the process he will cast doubt on the motives of other family members ... family members he believes are trying to get him out of the way so they have a clear path to the matriarch's bank account.

Trent and Rale are suspicious of other family members ... especially after a 2012 incident in which Trent and Michael's kids reported Katherine missing, only to learn some of her kids had taken her to Arizona. They essentially called it a kidnapping, saying some family members were trying to brainwash her into challenging Michael's Estate in a money grab.

John Legend ain't buying what Jeff Sessions is selling, and says the Attorney General used the wrong "RE" word when he recused himself from investigating President Trump's campaign.

Legend was fired up in Bev Hills when we asked him about Sessions saying his meetings with Russia's ambassador were totally innocent. John insists the A.G. should have resigned, and not only because of Russia.

Something tells us Sen. Elizabeth Warren would give this John Legend performance a standing O.

NBA star Chandler Parsons has a big fan in Bella Thorne ... they're not only going to see movies together, they also shared a kiss in Mexico.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is looking to mend fences with the disgruntled driver he argued with about falling fares for luxury rides ... TMZ has learned.

A rep for Uber says Kalanick reached out to Fawzi Kamel this week to arrange a meeting with him about "anything and everything" he wants. The goal isn't necessarily to make immediate policy changes, but simply to clear the air face-to-face.

Fawzi -- a veteran Uber Black driver in San Francisco -- called out the CEO during a ride last month, ripping him for continually dropping fares. He recorded the feud and this week it went viral.

Would you recognize NFL superstar Adrian Peterson if he was walking down the street?

How about if you were a reporter interviewing him for a story about road rage?

That's the exact situation FOX 26's John Donnelly was in during a report from Houston ... and when he finally realized the giant, ripped dude answering his questions was THE Adrian Peterson, things get hilariously awkward.

Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox just joined a transgender teen's fight in the Supreme Court, which pits Caitlyn, a staunch Republican, against President Trump's agenda.

The case centers around Gavin Grimm -- a transgender HS student who sued the school board in Gloucester County, VA for the right to use the boys' bathroom. In a new legal brief filed with the High Court ... Laverne, Caitlyn and her "I Am Cait" co-stars, Jen Richards and Zackary Drucker ... all sign on in support.

The move comes on the heels of Trump's announcement he plans to lift federal protections on equal access to bathrooms for transgender students.

An ex-stripper from Atlanta's famous Cheetah gentlemen's club claims it's a center for organized crime where dancers are drugged so high-end patrons can rape them ... according to a lawsuit.

Alison Valente says she witnessed nonstop illegal activity at the strip joint starting in 2010. In docs, she says there's a secret "menu" for ordering illicit drugs and sex acts from the entertainers -- which includes something called the "Bill Cosby Special" ... where girls unwilling to perform sex acts are unknowingly given a date rape drug.

She says in docs, at least 7 women were sexually assaulted -- one by the club's owner and one by an assistant to a city official. Valente says she was drugged at least twice. She has little memory of what happened, but claims managers tried to convince her she willingly engaged in lewd acts.

Valente claims she was fired in 2015 after blowing the whistle on illegal activity -- including prostitution and drug trafficking. She doesn't just want money, she wants the club shut down.

Attorneys Steve Sadow and Kevin Ward for The Cheetah tell us ... Valente is a disgruntled, fired ex-stripper seeking personal revenge and financial gain, claiming she's privately demanded at least $5 million.