The Village People are making a play for two of the biggest musical honors in the U.S. of A. — induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and a Kennedy Center Honor.

The V.P.’s Facebook page makes the case … “For those who doubt Village People brought influence on other artists, Rolling Stone’s song influenced by Village People. Clearly the group has had major influence on other artists, thus satisfying the prerequisite for inclusion [in the HOF].”

Fact is … the Village People have had a string of iconic hits, most notably “Y.M.C.A.,” which has had a resurgence courtesy of Prez Trump. But the list is long — “In the Navy,” “Macho Man,” “San Francisco,” “Go West” and “Can’t Stop the Music.”

As for influence on other musicians, Mick Jagger was so obsessed with “Y.M.C.A.,” it inspired him to do “Miss You,” one of the Stone’s biggest hits.

More than 800 fans have jumped on the group’s Facebook page to voice support for a Hall of Fame nod.

Here’s the deal … “Y.M.C.A.” is approaching half a billion streams on Spotify alone. When you add in Apple, the song’s closing in on a BILLION streams!

The song has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry … touting it as “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”

But wait … there’s more. Victor Willis and co. also are angling for a Kennedy Center Honor, and they may have an in. Trump has axed the Board of Directors and he’ll be the decision-maker on who gets the nod.

As we reported, Willis is threatening to sue comedian Jim Jeffries for claiming the song is code for sex. Willis says he fine if the gay community considers “Y.M.C.A.” a gay anthem, but calling it code for sex crosses the line. He’s demanding an apology.

OnlyFans model Sophie Rain and her band of fellow influencers had a close encounter with an alleged stalker at their South Florida mansion, and now the guy’s been arrested after a standoff with SWAT … TMZ has learned.

A source close to Sophie tells TMZ the suspect — whose name hasn’t been released yet — broke into their new Fort Lauderdale home, which she and her friends just started renting last week as a shoot location for content.

We’re told the crew returned Monday morning from the Super Bowl to find the home’s back window broken, the alarm going off … and a man inside!

We’re told the suspect tried convincing Sophie he was the new owner of the place, but the young women knew better, and immediately got the hell out of there and called the police.

SWAT and the Coast Guard — the house is on the water — arrived on the scene, and spent hours trying to talk the suspect out of the house before eventually going in with guns drawn to arrest him without further incident.

To make the situation even scarier … we’re told there was a similar situation last month when a random guy showed up at their old home, which was actually recorded by Sophie’s friend and fellow OnlyFans model, Toochi Kash.

We’re told the owners of that house called police, but the man had left by the time they arrived.

Chris Candy has a pretty good feeling about how his legendary dad, John Candy, would’ve reacted to his Dunkin’ Super Bowl ad cameo … and he clued TMZ in.

The late comedy star was also a die-hard football fan — even co-owning the Toronto Argonauts — so Chris tells TMZ his father would’ve been immensely proud and blown away by his part in the star-studded commercial during the big game.

Chris admits he had no idea he’d booked a Super Bowl commercial — only weeks later, after production kept getting delayed by wildfires, did he realize how huge it was when he finally showed up on set … and stars were all over the place, including Ben Affleck, who also directed the spot.

Still, Chris managed to snag a moment with Ben when the cameras weren’t rolling, and they had a nice little chat where CC was able to introduce himself … and thank Ben for such a huge opportunity.

As for his Hollywood roots, Chris says he kept quiet about being John’s son — until word got out on set, and suddenly peeps wanted to share how much they loved his dad, who sadly died of a heart attack in 1994.