“Sinners” writer and director Ryan Coogler turned a night of celebration into heavy reflection … getting visibly choked up as he called attention to the killing of Renee Nicole Good on a Minneapolis street by an ICE agent last week.

During the National Board of Review Awards gala in NYC Tuesday night, Ryan — accepting his win for Best Original Screenplay — didn’t mince words. He explained he was distracted, as his heart wasn’t in New York at all … it was in Minnesota, where tensions have exploded since Renee was shot and killed last Wednesday.

The worker who yelled “pedophile protector” at President Donald Trump during his visit to a Ford plant in Michigan Tuesday has been suspended.

40-year-old TJ Sabula, a United Auto Workers Local 600 line worker at the factory, told The Washington Post he is the one who shouted at the prez … and says he has since been suspended from work as they investigate the incident.

Sabula told the outlet … “I don’t feel as though fate looks upon you often, and when it does, you better be ready to seize the opportunity. And today I think I did that.”

He feels no remorse about the scene he caused, telling WP … “As far as calling him out, definitely no regrets whatsoever.” However, he is concerned about his job and future employment, telling the Post he feels he was “targeted for political retribution” for “embarrassing Trump in front of his friends.”

He told the Washington Post he was yelling specifically about the Epstein Files.

We showed you the video — a man yelled out at Trump as he was walking through the factory … and it clearly got under his skin. In response, the 47th President of the United States mouthed “F*** you” to the man before flipping him off.

Just like Sabula has no regrets about the ideal, Trump didn’t either. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung justified his reaction, telling TMZ … “A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the President gave an appropriate and unambiguous response.”

Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval are turning over a new leaf, or so it seems … because it appears they reached a settlement in a legal beef over the house they shared before their epic split.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, the parties reached a conditional settlement of the lawsuit Ariana filed back in January 2024, when she was trying to force a sale of their shared home.

It’s unclear what the terms of the settlement are … the docs just say some unspecified terms must be satisfied under the settlement agreement before the case is officially dismissed.

We broke the story … Ariana sued Tom over the Los Angeles house they co-own. They lived there when they were a couple, but Ariana wanted to sell it and split the money in the wake of their breakup over his cheating scandal.

It’s been a little over 2 years since Ariana filed … they bought the place together back in 2019 for around $2 million … and a few weeks after Ariana took him to court, Tom claimed he’d made her a $3.1 million cash offer.

We reached out to reps for Ariana and Tom to get more details on the settlement … so far, no word back.