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Forget about checking for drugs, the real reason the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather ain't happening -- Mayweather's a "coward" ... at least according to Manny's trainer.This week in L.A., Freddie Roach slammed Floyd for "pulling ...

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LOS OSOS, Calif. - Gumby animator Art Clokey, whose bendable creation became a pop culture phenomenon through countless satires, toys and revivals, has died at age 89.

Caretaker Chrisanne Wollett Clokey says Clokey died Friday in Los Osos on California's Central Coast.

Clokey first molded Gumby for a surreal student project at the University of Southern California called "Gumbasia." That led to his making shorts for the "Howdy Doody Show" and several series through the years.

He said he based Gumby's swooping head on the hairdo of his father, who died when Clokey was nine.

Clokey also created the moralizing and often satirized claymation duo "Davey and Goliath."

Eddie Murphy brought a surge in Gumby's popularity in the 1980s with his send-up of the character on "Saturday Night Live" as a cigar-smoking primadonna.

Clokey first molded Gumby for a surreal student project at the University of Southern California called "Gumbasia." That led to his making shorts for the "Howdy Doody Show" and several series through the years.

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"For the Love of Ray J" star Monica Danger has lost custody of her newborn baby -- just weeks after she was placed on a psychiatric hold over an incident involving the child. A rep for Monica confirmed that L.A. Child Protective Services placed the ...

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Filed under: TMZ Sports, The Game, Exclusives

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AJ McLean had a crazy night in Vegas -- dude proposed to his girlfriend in the middle of a nightclub ... minutes after running into a jewelry store and buying the ring. It all went down inside the Hard Rock Hotel Friday night -- AJ and his then ...

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Filed under: Exclusives, Jersey Shore

Being a guidette is a full time job -- and for "Jersey Shore's" Snooki, it pays five figures.TMZ has learned the Princess of Poughkeepsie is getting paid $10,000 to show up tonight to Anna Nicole Smith's death site, the Seminole Hard Rock in Florida ...

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The mother of Suge Knight's four-and-a-half year-old child is gunning for cash -- but she won't be getting much, and Suge's paltry "presumed income" is to blame.According to papers filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Tammie Renell Hawkins is ...

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The smoochin' snapshots poured into the TMZ newsroom for our Tongue Wrasslin' Contest and now you can check em' all out in their sweet slobbery goodness!Be sure to check back on Monday to vote for which kissing picture should score the $250 prize and ...

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