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The Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes seemed to briefly forget they were playing a hockey game on Wednesday ... 'cause they were using their fists more than their sticks at the Lenovo Center!!

There were three fights in the third period of the contest ... with the final brawl in the trilogy -- which involved Washington center Connor McMichael and Carolina defenseman Jalen Chatfield -- taking the violence to another level.

It grew intense early as both players' helmets came off in the scrap – but Chatfield wasn't content with just throwing punches.

The brother of the 17-year-old high school athlete who was stabbed to death at a track meet on Wednesday said the tragic incident was all sparked by an argument over a seat.

Hunter Metcalf told WFAA his twin brother, Austin Metcalf, got into a tiff with Karmelo Anthony while out at the event in Texas ... because the Frisco Centennial High School 17-year-old was sitting underneath their Frisco Memorial High School tent.

"We asked him to move," Hunter said. "He started getting aggressive and talking reckless."

O.J. Simpson's getting a shout-out in the upcoming 'Naked Gun' film reboot ... but it's not exactly a ringing endorsement.

The trailer just dropped for "The Naked Gun" -- and after a jarring image of Liam Neeson showing off his strawberry underwear underneath a skirt and schoolgirl outfit, there's a joke about The Juice.

Check out the clip ... the movie's all about the next generation of Police Squad cops, and it seems they are all children of the OG 'Naked Gun' stars.

Charlotte Flair just publicly opened up on her divorce from Andrade for the first time ... and it's clear, the decision to split from her former lover tore her apart.

The WWE Superstar sat down with Sherri Shepherd to promote the upcoming WrestleMania 41 event on Friday's episode of "Sherri" ... and at one point in the conversation, she got emotional when asked how she handled her breakup with Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza while she was trying to return to the ring from a serious knee injury.

Flair told Shepherd simply, "I didn't," and began to break down in tears.

Michelle Williams and her director husband Thomas Kail are expanding their family ... welcoming their third child together.

The actress recently welcomed a baby via surrogate, and the child is about 6 weeks old now ... according to PEOPLE.

Michelle is now a mother of four ... her oldest is 18-year-old daughter Matilda, whose father is the late 'Dark Knight' star Heath Ledger.

Amid her busy schedule, Chloe Bailey's taking advantage of her downtime in between gigs -- recently fleeing to South Africa for a wild extravaganza!

The singer took to Instagram to share her travels with a captioned post, "sittin on top of the world 🌍 making sure i’m grounded in nature anytime i can find a moment in between filming… where i’m the happiest."

Views for days ... Chloe elevated the trip with a monochromatic 'fit and aerial views of South Africa and all its beauty!

Rubi Rose had the internet chirping in September when she claimed her relationship with Druski was a PR stunt ... but turns out she was the one spreading fake news!!!

Rubi was the latest guest on Adin Ross' stream, and during the segment to come clean about something, Rubi admitted her relationship with Druski had been legit ... until he pissed her off and she decided to lie about it.

Her apology wasn't anywhere near as loud as the fabrication ... Rubi went on social media to claim Druski had orchestrated the entire thing to boost his rep and later to brag about dumping him as dead weight.

Young Thug's freedom is gonna be short-lived if prosecutors get their way -- they want him locked up again for revealing a witness in a murder case on his social media.

Fulton County prosecutors filed a motion Wednesday asking the judge to revoke Thug's probation for putting law enforcement in danger by reposting a blogger's image of a police investigator who was testifying in a gang-related murder.

According to docs, the judge in that case ordered the media not to show the witness on TV, but the blogger defied that order ... posting a pic of the cop with the caption, "She doesn't want to be shown on screen? Well, here she is."

Hailey Okula -- a social media influencer better known as Nurse Hailey -- has died ... her husband revealed in a heartbreaking social media post this week.

Matt Okula -- Hailey's husband -- shared a video compilation of moments from throughout Hailey's life alongside a long caption explaining Hailey passed due to complications during childbirth.

According to Matt, Hailey suffered an amniotic embolism -- a medical complication during childbirth where the fluid surrounding the baby in the womb enters the carrier's bloodstream, causing damage to multiple organs.

Robert Irwin's getting almost as naked as the animals he hangs out with ... stripping to his "down undies" for an exclusive photo shoot with People.

The Australian conservationist left little to the imagination in a new ad for Bonds -- an Aussie underwear brand launching in the United States.

Robert's showing off his ripped abs and strong legs in the photos ... lying out on the grass and posing up against a fence in the photos.

A tiger mauled a circus performer in Egypt, nearly ripping off the man's arm ... and, it was all caught on shocking video.

The wild scene went down earlier this week in Tanta, a city about 60 miles north of Cairo ... when one of several tigers in a large enclosure clamped down on a performer's arm through the cage's metal bars.

There's a lot of screaming and scattering audience members as the tiger rips at this dude's limb ... and, while a number of circus staff run to the worker's aid, it does little to deter the massive cat.

Here's a test to see how much you really love 'Love & Hip Hop' ... can you guess the reality TV babe who posted up in these skivvies?!?

She's from Puerto Rico and she got into a bunch of legal trouble last year over her involvement in a big brawl ... oh, and she was an exotic dancer before taking her talents to "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta."

Still need some more hints?!? She was Stevie J's romantic partner on the show, and they had a messy breakup and shared a child together.

Rick Ross was legally called out last year for his Car & Bike Show not being wheelchair-accessible -- but he's promising this year's event will have a bunch of accommodations for the disabled community!!!

Attorneys for Darris Straughter -- a fan of Rick's -- are claiming a victory in court this week after Ross agreed to provide round-trip wheelchair-accessible shuttle service for the upcoming car show in Fayetteville, Georgia that will drop guests off at the event's designated handicap parking spots.

Straughter, who is disabled, sued the MMG rap star last August after claiming the wheelchair-accessible shuttle bus he had pre-arranged never showed up ... and the bike show refused to refund his ticket.

Brett Gardner's 14-year-old son, Miller, tragically died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Costa Rican officials confirmed the cause of death after they said toxicology results showed the teen had a carboxyhemoglobin saturation of 64 percent ... well above the 50 percent threshold that's considered lethal.

Costa Rica's director of the Judicial Investigation Agency, Randall Zúñiga, stated the young Gardner likely came into contact with the gas through a machine room that was situated next to where the Gardners were staying while on vacation.

Ayesha Howard is clapping back at all the "gold digger" chatter after having Anthony Edwards' baby ... passionately defending herself from all the "lies" being spewed.

Howard -- who also has a son with rapper Lil Baby -- took to Instagram to discuss how she's been portrayed online after giving birth to the Minnesota Timberwolves superstar's daughter, Aubri' Summer, last November.

There have been a ton of wild claims made surrounding the situation ... one being Edwards electing to pay $1,080,000 in child support upfront, which Howard recently denied.

Bianca Censori has split from Kanye West and Ye desperately wants her back, at least according to the rapper's new song.

In a new song titled, "BIANCA," Ye's lyrics make it appear his wife left him over his social media rants where he voiced his support for Nazis and Adolf Hitler.

On the track, Ye raps, “My baby she ran away / But first she tried to get me committed / Not going to the hospital ’cause I am not sick I just do not get it.”