It's the decision we all saw coming ... "Two and a Half Men" has been greenlit for a 10th season.

The show's current stars -- Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones --  are all getting raises, says The Hollywood Reporter ... with Kutcher's salary hitting between $700k to $725k per episode.

Despite Charlie Sheen's very public firing, the show still wrangles in 15 million viewers each week ... making it the No. 3 primetime comedy on TV.

Looks like when Sheen called the show a "steaming pile of s**t" ... he forgot that "s**t" makes a whole lotta money.

Wearing a black turtleneck, jeans and New Balance sneakers, Ashton Kutcher was spotted in full character as Steve Jobs as he made his way to the set of the late Apple CEO's biopic in L.A. on Friday.

The 34-year-old "Two and a Half Men" star plays the visionary businessman during his younger years in a movie tentatively titled "Jobs: Get Inspired."



While Kutcher definitely looks the part, it remains to be seen if he can nail the role of a complicated man -- part hippie, part driven businessman, part brilliant, and part crazy.

Ashton Kutcher's new commercial for Popchips has officially been PULLED amidst allegations of racism ... after the actor donned brownface makeup to play a goofy Bollywood producer.

The ad -- which debuted on the Popchips website -- featured Ashton playing a variety of characters in a spoof "dating" commercial ... including a biker, a hippie, and an Indian guy named Raj.

The ad pissed off a whole bunch of people -- including blogger Anil Dash ... who called the ad, "a hackneyed, unfunny advertisement featuring Kutcher in brownface talking about his romantic options, with the entire punchline being that he's doing it in a fake-Indian outfit and voice."

Dash explained on his blog, "I think the people behind this Popchips ad are not racist. I think they just made a racist ad."

In the wake of the backlash, Popchips took down the ad ... and Popchips CEO Keith Belling issued a statement saying, "We did not intend to offend anyone. I take full responsibility and apologize to anyone we offended."

Do "friends" take weekend trips to the beach ... go shopping for flowers ... and hit Starbucks together? 'Cause that's what Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis were up to this weekend.

The former "70s Show" costars were spotted in Carpinteria, CA together -- a small beach community near Santa Barbara.

The two were seen picking up coffee and later buying sunflowers ... out of a van.

Friends don't let friends rock red socks with shorts ... so, they gotta be dating ... right?

Ashton Kutcher is no Charlie Sheen ... and he never will be ... at least that's the message an L.A. TV network is trying to convey in a new marketing campaign.

KTLA in Los Angeles has plastered billboards all over town promoting the syndicated run of "Men." The billboards feature Charlie's face next to the words, "The Original" ... and if it seems like it's a shot at Kutcher ... that's because it is.

A mole at the station tells us ... the marketing people are playing off the premise that "Men" was simply better with Charlie. They believe fans miss him ... and will be more into the reruns because Charlie "was the show."

Can't argue with facts.

While her rep says they're just friends, Mila Kunis was spotted platonically hanging out with Ashton Kutcher in L.A. on Sunday.

The former "That '70s Show" stars were seen getting into Ashton's car following a fancy sushi dinner in Studio City ... with Mila attempting to shield her face from the cameras.

Sometimes really, really good pals just need some quality time alone together, ok!

Steve Wozniak is officially endorsing Ashton Kutcher to play Steve Jobs in an upcoming movie about the Apple co-founder ... telling TMZ, "I'm glad that he's onboard."

The flick -- which begins filming in May -- will reportedly chronicle Steve's journey from "wayward hippie to co-founder of Apple."

Now, Wozniak tells us, "The fear that many might have is that Ashton was selected because he's 'hot' right now. But I feel that his selection was done in the most professional manner. And I'm glad that he's onboard. I think he'll put a lot into it and that he cares about this particular subject."

Apple's employee #2 adds, "It's almost too bad that Steve Jobs is gone. His opinions and guidance, as to the story and film crew and cast would have been invaluable."

Check out Steve's entire statement after the jump ... 

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Ashton Kutcher is now the proud owner of the multi-million dollar awesome Hollywood Hills home that he has been renting, TMZ has learned, and based on the documents there is no doubt Ashton and Demi Moore are getting divorced.

We obtained a grant deed filed by the seller, recorded on March 23, which deeds the property to Christopher Ashton Kutcher. On the same day, Demi recorded a quitclaim deed, transferring any ownership she might have in the house as Ashton's wife back to her soon-to-be ex-hubby.

The quitclaim deed is significant, because it shows Ashton and Demi are trying to keep their financial affairs separate after their split. It's a clear sign divorce is imminent.

It's the same house Justin Bieber had scoped out when he was house hunting.

Justin Bieber has made an offer on a sprawling mansion in Calabasas, CA ... but we're told the 18-year-old is wheeling and dealing with the seller and unless the seller caves ... it may fall through.

We're told the estate is in a gated community, which is the attraction for Justin -- privacy.  The downside -- Justin just turned 18 and it's kinda weird for someone his age to live 22 miles from the Hollywood scene.

Our sources say the seller was asking for around 7+ million but Justin's offer was approximately $1.5 million under that price.

And he has by no means decided to buy the house at any price.  We're told on Sunday he looked at another house in the Hollywood Hills -- NOT the house Ashton Kutcher is renting.

Ashton Kutcher has not abandoned his surrogate family when his marriage to Demi Moore fell apart, because we got video of the actor front and center at a Rumer Willis concert in Hollywood -- and who knew she could sing?

Rumer performed at The Sayers Club last night, and she's pretty good. One of the songs she performed -- "High Low Middle" -- something that is probably a metaphor for her life in the last few months.

Although you don't see Ashton inside the club while Rumer is singing, we're told he was on his feet cheering her on. 

Justin Bieber is still on the hunt for an L.A. home, but he definitely has NOT put an offer on the $10+ million home Ashton Kutcher is currently renting.

Zillow.com and the Daily Mail are reporting Justin's buying the Ashton house (below). Not true. 

TMZ broke the story ... Justin was looking at the Ashton home as well as 2 homes in Calabasas -- a suburb of L.A. but he hasn't made an offer on anything yet.

In fact, Justin's people tell us the Ashton house isn't even the frontrunner. Justin has now looked at 3 homes in Calabasas and he's looked at 2 of them more than once, but he's still not prepared to make an offer on anything and is continuing to look.

Two other points ... We're told Ashton is saying he wants to buy the house he's currently renting.

As for Justin, he's going on tour soon, so unless he finds the house he really wants ... he may rent for a while. The rich have such problems ...

In case you missed it, Justin called in to TMZ Live last week -- explaining his 8-figure real estate search ... and why Ashton's place is high on his list.