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"The Endless Summer" boasts one of the most iconic movie posters in cinematic history, which is why producers are so pissed off at a lipstick company they say flagrantly ripped them off.

Producers are suing Lipstick Queen, claiming the company's "Endless Summer" lipstick line shamelessly copied off the colorful poster.

There are lots of gripes. Producers are indignant the gloss bares the name of the movie, but if that's not enough the individual lipstick names are like rubbing salt in the wound ... "Hang Ten," "Stoked" and "Perfect Wave." "In Search of The Perfect Wave" was a slogan for the '66 classic flick.

Producers want the judge to force Lipstick Queen to stop all sales STAT, destroy any remaining products. They also want all the profits.

Tipsy Elves, the comically ugly sweater company that made MILLIONS after scoring a "Shark Tank" deal 2 years ago, just cashed in again ... with Seth Rogen.

Tipsy Elves struck a deal with Seth Rogen and Sony Pictures to license and mass produce the yuletide gear Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anthony Mackie sport in "The Night Before."

A rep for TE tells us they're projecting sales of $2 million just from the movie exposure. They already hauled in $390k from the debut weekend! And if you're wondering ... Rogen's Hanukkah sweater is the top seller, so far.

Sorry, Black Santa.

Apparently, you don't gotta play a sport to rock a championship ring -- just ask Chris Brown ... who just dropped $100,000 to make his crew look like the '96 Bulls.

Brown hit up Elliott Eliantte of Eliantte and Co. in NYC and commissioned 15 rings for himself and his best friends ... a crew that calls themselves OHB (Original Hood Bosses).

Elliott tells TMZ Sports ... each ring is made with 50 to 60 grams of 14 karat gold ... and sports roughly 3 carats worth of diamonds.

But Brown put more ice on his ring -- the boss ring -- that one has between 10 and 12 carats worth of diamonds.

We're told Brown and the group are getting their rings today.

Merry Xmas.

Interesting celebrity foursome at the Knicks vs. 76ers game Wednesday night -- Chris Rock, Beastie Boys rapper Adam Horovitz, Ben Stiller and Jimmy Fallon.

Huge stars ... super successful ... and it got us thinking -- who's got the biggest bank account?

Chris Rock -- movies, syndicated TV show, stand-up ... dude's ballin'

Ad-Rock -- 33 huge years as hip-hop royalty

Ben Stiller -- movies, movies, movies, movies

Jimmy Fallon -- talk show money is no joke

Bottom line ... we don't really know who's got the most cash -- but if they combined forces, they could probably buy a team ... like the 76ers.

Lil Jon is refusing to cut checks to multiple home renovation companies for work done on his Georgia crib, and it's pissed them off so much ... now they want a piece of his property.

Lil Jon bought his 4 bedroom home in Alpharetta in 2005 for $1.2 million. Three companies say Jon hired them to do work on the place, which they did ... but he's now refusing to pay the $22k they're owed.

They've all filed liens against the producer/rapper's home ... so if he doesn't pay up the companies are assured to get their money out of his property value.

According to the docs, Lil Jon owes the bulk ... $15k to Lackey Drywall, and another $1,050 to KLS Plumbing, and $6,743.86 to Eastern Wallboard Supply.

Bobby Shmurda finally has a slight glimmer of hope -- his legal team has a plan to spring the rapper from jail as early as Thursday.

Sources close to the case tell TMZ ... Shmurda's family has stepped forward to offer up collateral for his $2 million bond. Most notably, Bobby's aunt has put several properties on the line to help set the rapper free. We're told the family has been working closely with NY bondsman Ira Judelson.

As for why Bobby's team feels this bail package will be approved? We're told they've put together a 200 page document that details the source of every single penny, and it's essentially "bulletproof." His camp is pushing to present its case to a judge ASAP.

You'll remember, Bobby was charged with conspiracy to commit murder and other weapon and drug charges late last year, and has been sitting in jail since then.

We reached out to Shmurda's attorney Alex Spiro about the arrangement, but he had no comment.

"Everybody Loves Raymond" star Madylin Sweeten claims she was the victim of a classic Hollywood bait and switch, and she's suing to get her money back.

According to a new lawsuit, Sweeten says Bryan James -- star and creator of an Internet soap called "Youthful Daze" -- approached her to appear in the new season, but also invest some cash into it as well.

Sweeten -- who played daughter Ally on 'Raymond' -- says she wasn't crazy about the money part of the deal, but eventually agreed to fork over $28,020 if James gave her a say in all show decisions.

She says he agreed, but simply blew her off ... making casting and filming decisions without her consent. Sweeten says James later admitted he never intended to hand her the reins. She's looking to get her investment back, plus damages.

We're looking for anyone who's seen "Youthful Daze." Anyone?

Most dads hand out cigars ... Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg celebrated the birth of his daughter Max on Tuesday by handing out a freakin' fortune to charity.

Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla, announced the birth on his FB page with a heartfelt letter to their newborn. In it, they say she gives hope for the future, a future they hope includes "advancing human potential and promoting equality."

To do his part, Mark and Priscilla pledged to give away 99% of their FB stock -- worth $45 billion right now -- over the course of their lives. He doesn't specify who will get the dough, but says it'll go to people who improve "this world for the next generation."

Marvin Gaye III's cut of that $7.4 million judgment from the "Blurred Lines" case might be a little light ... thanks to his baby mama.

According to court docs, Gaye III owes Deanna Holly $62,564.44 in back child support ... and L.A. county stepped in to file a lien against that "Blurred Lines" judgment. The move ensures that when Marvin's checks start coming in, he'll have to fork over the owed dough to Holly.

Back in March, a jury ruled the mega hit "Blurred Lines" infringed on the copyright of Marvin Gaye's classic "Got to Give It Up."

The $7.4 mil will be split among several Gaye kids and others, but now we know where some of Marvin's cash is going.

Future is being sued by a promoter who claims he lost more than $150k when the rapper pulled out of a concert, but sources close to Future claim he walked because the deal was shady.

In his lawsuit, Robert Caillier says he gave Future's camp a $15k advance to perform a Louisiana gig back in August 2014, but Future was a no-show ... causing Caillier to lose his anticipated $150k profit, plus the advance.

Sources close to Future say he did show up, and even performed one song, but was pulled offstage by his management after they realized Caillier didn't have the balance of his payday. The docs don't mention how much Future was owed, but as we reported ... he typically gets at least $150k for a show.

Caillier is suing for $150k and his deposit back.

The Game and Fetty Wap are related ... through their dogs.

Game just dropped $5k on a male American Bully puppy from Different Breed Kennels, the same Cali breeder where Fetty Wap picked up his little girl pooch, Trap Queen.

Owner Tyrone Carter says Game and Fetty Wap's dogs are from the same litter. He says he approached Game about the pooch when they met in an L.A. strip club.

We're told the name is Makaveli ... an homage to Tupac. Game hasn't picked up the 3-month-old pup yet -- he's still prepping his house. We're guessing that means hiding his Jordans.

Tyga's dropping all kinds of excuses for not closing the deal on a pricey Calabasas home close to Kylie Jenner, but there are some strong signs why the sale keeps stalling out.

Sources tell us Tyga's been in escrow 3 times on the $10 million, 8 bedroom pad located in the same neighborhood where Kris Jenner, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian live.

We're told each time it gets close to closing, Tyga's got excuses -- such as being on the road or not getting paid -- for coming up short on cash.

50 Cent owes Lastonia Leviston millions for releasing her sex tape, so it makes sense she's upset his bankruptcy lawyers are living in the lap of luxury, and racking up huge expenses in the process.

Leviston, who won a $7 million judgement from Fiddy, filed docs calling out the rapper's legal team for dropping $57,241.76 on hotels alone while working on his bankruptcy case. Their legal research tab comes to $14,800.66, and a court reporter ran 'em $26,890.

In the docs, Leviston calls these expenses unreasonable ... especially since 50 Cent filed for Chapter 11 in July. As part of his bankruptcy case, 50 has to regularly file his expenses with the court, and Leviston's not happy with the numbers.

She doesn't spell it out in her docs, but it seems Leviston's concerned 50 Cent won't have enough cash left to pay her if the lawyers are bleeding him dry.

Future's needs are VERY specific when he's on the road ... in fact -- he's so specific -- even his doughnuts need to look a certain way.

TMZ obtained Future's rider from a show back in December and it's pretty wild. For starters, the rapper makes $150k for a 45 minute show. However, show promoters better have 4 bottles of Ace of Spades, Ciroc and Moet, among other drinks on hand to keep him happy.

And get this -- when it comes to food -- Future's a poor man's Gordon Ramsay, demanding items like chicken fingers, cheddar popcorn and broccoli to keep him full. The best part, Future loves his doughnuts ... requesting "fresh white powdered" ones be at the ready, with plenty of junk food.

But the dude likes to relax too ... asking for scented candles in his dressing room. His scent of choice?Lemon grass.

"Fuller House" star Eva LaRue has divvied up a slew of assets with her ex, but perhaps most interesting of all -- they split their coin collection almost perfectly down the middle.

According to divorce docs, LaRue -- who plays Bob Saget's wife on the the new show -- and ex husband Joseph Cappuccio each walked away with 160 of the same coins ... except for the 16 French Angels gold coins she scored.

They did have a few other items ... Cappuccio got to keep 8 cars, 2 motorcycles and the gear for his seafood biz. At the end of the day, he had to pay LaRue $2.455 million to make it all even.

Dennis Rodman hired a company to retrieve a ton of his lost assets, but that company is now suing him for allegedly Worming out of paying up on a hefty tab.