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Michael Phelps just announced his wife, Nicole, is pregnant with baby #2 -- a little over a year after she gave birth to their first kid.

"Number 2 on the way," the Olympic legend said ... "So excited! Wonder if it's a boy or a girl."

Michael and Nicole got married in a secret ceremony back in June, right after their 1st son Boomer was born.

Now, they're adding to their brood ... and once again, doing it faster than Ryan Lochte.

Congrats!

Justin Bieber went to the ER back in May fearing a soccer injury had caused one of his testicles to twist, and that triggered a nasty legal claim between the hospital and a fired employee.

Justin made an emergency run to Northwell Health in Long Island New York, and a staffer named Kelly Lombardo found out about it. The hospital claims Lombardo illegally accessed Justin's medical file in one of the computers ... this after hearing rumors Justin had been admitted for an STD.

According to the lawsuit, the hospital fired Lombardo for being "an immoral employee" who violated Bieber's privacy rights.

Lombardo has just filed a wrongful termination lawsuit, claiming she never accessed Justin's file and simply heard from others he was there for treatment of an STD.

Sources connected to Justin tell TMZ, he did NOT go to the hospital for an STD. They say he had been playing soccer and suffered a painful injury. Justin "WebMD'd himself" into a tizzy and believed he had testicular torsion, a serious condition caused when a spermatic cord becomes twisted cutting off the flow of blood to the attached testicle. It almost always requires surgery.

We're told the doctor examined Justin and quickly realized all that was wrong was a swollen testicle. A relieved Justin then left the ER and went about his life.

As for Lombardo, she's filed a claim with the New York Division of Human Rights, claiming she was singled out and fired because she's a woman.

New York employment attorney David H. Rosenberg tells TMZ that "my client never accessed Mr. Bieber's medical file and yet she was fired for doing so."

For Justin there's a happy ending.

Cardi B would make a helluva hookup artist ... just ask our photog!!!

We got the rapper leaving Ace of Diamonds Monday night and our guy was minding his own business (not really) when, out of nowhere, Cardi dished some priceless advice about how to get laid on Rodeo Drive. Best of all, her plan is totally affordable ... and she offers a 100% money back guarantee!

Check it out ... Cardi's also got a strong take on celibacy before marriage. Hint: she ain't buying the cow without tasting the milk.

7:50 AM PT -- Pastor Osteen's church is now open for evacuees, and he says flooding inside the church is the reason for the delay.

A Lakewood Church rep tells us, "Lakewood’s doors are open now to anyone needing shelter. We are also coordinating with the city as a collection site for distributing supplies to area shelters. We are collecting diapers, baby formula, baby food and other supplies. Please bring these items to Lakewood Church, Circle Drive off Timmons St."

The rep also sent us photos of "initial flooding" within the church, and says this is "why we couldn't open initially."

Pastor Joel Osteen is taking serious heat for not turning his Houston megachurch into a shelter for thousands of displaced residents who have no place to go.

The Houston Lakewood Church has a capacity of almost 17,000 but it has not been open to evacuees since the storm hit.

Osteen posted a statement Monday night, saying, "We have never closed our doors ... We will continue to be a distribution center to those in need. We are prepared to house people once shelters reach capacity."

It seems, however, that shelters have more than reached capacity. The American Red Cross turned the Convention Center into an evacuee center and there are 8,800 people there, despite the fact capacity is set at 5,000.

Osteen's church appears to be in good shape and able to serve as a center.

The force is strong ... in John Boyega's shorts judging from all the bumping and grinding he did at London's massive Notting Hill Carnival.

Boyega hit up the annual street carnival, along with some 2 million other people, and rode a carnival dancer - or two - like a 'Star Wars' landspeeder ... or Dewback ... or Luggabeast. 'Star Wars' fans get the picture. Actually, everybody understands.

Katy Perry is in a toe jam, after a woman claims she lost one of hers while working on the singer's tour.

Christina Fish claims in a lawsuit she was hired as a stagehand for Katy's Prismatic World Tour in 2014.

On the night of Katy's Raleigh, NC concert she was asked to help move a wall ... when it got stuck and then rolled across her foot. She says she felt her shoe fill with blood.

She says she was offered ice but no one called for an ambulance, so she had to call a friend to pick her up and take her to the ER.

Christina says her right toe became gangrenous, and eventually needed to be amputated. She says she wasn't able to use her foot for months.

She also says she suffered great emotional distress, because orthopedic doctors instructed her to keep her "dead toe" on as long as possible before the eventual amputation.

Christina says she had a passion for yoga and that's now a distant memory without a toe.

Neil deGrasse Tyson is walking back his confusing comments about Hurricane Harvey that infuriated meteorologists and climate scientists.

We got America's most famous astrophysicist Monday night in NYC and we asked him about last week's tweet as Houston braced for Hurricane Harvey's catastrophic storm and flooding.

Neil said, "Don't see much denial of (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) climate scientists who have predicted Hurricane Harvey's devastating path into Texas." Problem is ... Neil in one tweet confused the job of a climate scientist. He explains how he got it wrong.

But in true Neil form, he takes shots at global warming deniers.

Lucky for Desiigner his first job is popping, but if that ever changes ... the guy showed off his other skill -- motivational speaking!

Desiigner put down the mic and picked up a megaphone to work the crowd Monday outside an Adidas pop-up store in NYC. Yeah, he did a little rapping, but then did his version of a fireside chat ... encouraging fans to keep smiling, and put their problems behind them.

The 20-year-old also made an announcement about his own education goal.

UFC star Derrick Lewis says he's exhausted and bit up after 2 straight days of rescuing flood victims in Houston ... telling TMZ Sports freezing water and swarms of ants are a huge problem.

We spoke with Lewis after footage surfaced showing "The Black Beast" carrying people who have been stranded due to the torrential rains from Hurricane Harvey.

"Basically, I'm just looking around and seeing anyone that need help."

Derrick says he put information on his Facebook page -- and if people reach out in need of assistance, he rolls out immediately ... "no matter where they at."

Lewis says he's seen people in bad shape -- and that's why he's motivated to keep helping.

"I believe about 30 minutes ago I just helped an elderly couple and he was covered in ants all over and he was just like trembling in his house."

"He didn't even worry about the ants that was all over him. He didn't even bother to knock them off. You could tell he was in shock ... the water is real cold right now."

Lewis says he's been bit up by the ants as well. Footage has surfaced showing ants swarming together to stay afloat in the waters. It's a serious problem for people.

Still, Lewis says he won't give up.

Paris Jackson did her dad proud at the VMAs, and she knows it.

We got MJ's daughter at LAX Monday and she's confident her dad would be smiling at her zero tolerance message about white supremacists.

Tuesday is a special day for Paris and her siblings ... it would have been MJ's 59th birthday. Paris telegraphed her feelings via Instagram, calling him the "love of my life, the one person who showed me what passion truly was, the one that gave me solid morals to live by and how to dream."

She went on ... "I will never feel love again the way I did with you."

Nipsey Hussle spent the night in jail simply because he left his ride in a disabled parking spot -- well, that and his outstanding warrants ... TMZ has learned.

LAPD busted the rapper around 9 PM Monday when officers spotted his car illegally parked -- Nipsey doesn't have a disabled placard -- and when they ran the plates, discovered he had warrants for previous traffic violations.

Nipsey clearly ain't sweating the arrest. He was back in the studio at 5 AM Tuesday after bailing out on "some bulls**t" ... as he put it.

Baby Bash and Paul Wall say Houston has fallen victim to chaos and destruction in the wake of Hurricane Harvey ... but they're leading by example on how folks can help.

We spoke with the Houston rap stars, and both of them describe what many people are already seeing in the news ... flooded streets, homes destroyed and displaced residents.

Baby Bash -- who's stuck in his own home -- tells us there's creative ways people can help from afar, even if you're short on dough. He also explains how anarchy has started to run amok in the city ... which includes a story about his dad, a truck and a CVS ATM.

As for Paul ... he's got some ideas of his own on how people can chip in -- which he's also promoting on his IG. Still, he can't help but acknowledge the power of cold, hard cash.

Milo Yiannopoulos says he's making good on his Berkeley appearance that was canceled a few months ago, and he has a message for the inevitable protesters: bring it on ... with one condition.

We ran into the ex-Breitbart staffer Monday at LAX and he addressed the recent violent protests on the campus ... but insisted it won't change his plans to speak there next month. He wouldn't confirm who's joining him, but there's buzz Ann Coulter and Steve Bannon could tag along.

That trio would surely attract plenty of opposition, and Milo welcomes it -- as long as there's no violence like we saw in Charlottesville.

Speaking of which, Milo gave us his 2 cents on the white supremacy movement, and made a comparison to Black Lives Matter that's sure to piss off a lot of people.

Ezekiel Elliott's date with the arbitrator is here -- the Dallas Cowboys running back is set to appear at NFL headquarters in NYC Tuesday to appeal his 6 game domestic violence suspension.

Frankie Delgado isn't quite the famous face he used to be, and cops had to step in when the former reality star tried to get through VIP at the Mayweather/McGregor fight.

The incident went down when the ex-'Hills' star tried breezing past security Saturday night outside the VIP entrance to T-Mobile Arena. Our law enforcement sources tell us Frankie tried to walk in without showing credentials, and ignored security's objections.

Witnesses tell us he never used the words, but his attitude reeked of "You know who I am."

A Las Vegas PD Sergeant stepped in to stop Frankie while security sorted out the matter. The tense moment was captured in this photo, and despite how it looks ... everything worked out for Frankie.

Someone eventually confirmed he was on the list, and he watched the fight from VIP.

Fun fact: Frankie's still A-list at huge events! We underestimated "The Hills."