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Lee Reherman's friends and family will pay their respects to the actor in true "Hawk Style" -- as in NO stuffy suits, and lots of time in the sand and his favorite bar.

Sources close to Hawk tell us his celebration of life will start on the beach and make its way to Shellback Tavern in Manhattan Beach, CA.

We're told there's a strict dress code: No suits or dark clothes and outdoor beach clothing is a must. Or as the invitation puts it, "anything that you would wear to party with Lee at the beach!"

As we reported Reherman died mysteriously earlier this week. We're told an autopsy is scheduled for Friday.

The estate of legendary jazz and soul singer Nina Simone has no love for Zoe Saldana -- who's playing Nina in a biopic -- and sparked outrage over Zoe's skin color after the movie trailer debuted.

Nina's estate finally gave its two cents on Saldana getting the role, and it was not good. It's clear in the trailer that producers darkened Zoe's skin for the movie, "Nina" ... and that's pissing off fans, and clearly the estate too.

After Saldana simply tweeted a quote from Nina ... the estate fired back -- "please take Nina's name out of your mouth. For the rest of your life."

Simone fans have had equally harsh reactions to Saldana's casting. They're pissed about her prosthetic nose, and the darkened skin thing is really pissing people off because Nina stood for up for black empowerment and civil rights.

Critics think Viola Davis or Uzo Aduba would have been better picks. Saldana hasn't responded. The movie comes out next month.

Will Smith and Jerry Bruckheimer have agreed to make "Bad Boys 3" ... TMZ has learned.

Sources connected with both Bruckheimer and Smith tell TMZ, the 2 have talked for hours in the last 2 days -- 4 hours at dinner Tuesday night and a long lunch on Wednesday -- to hash out the terms of the contract. They also spent time working on the script.

We got Jerry coming out of the lunch, and he was vague about the project, but we know it's an unsigned done deal.

Zac Efron was hanging at a Florida pub Saturday night ... with a monkey-like creature on his arm.

Zac was shooting "Baywatch" in Boca Raton, hanging at an Irish pub for the night, when a random patron walked in with a Kinkajou. Zac took to the rainforest dweller -- called a "honey bear" in Central America -- and got handsy with it.

The Kinkajou has a propensity to drink people's drinks ... so you gotta see this one in action.

What's cooler than being an NBA star?

Being an NBA star who looks like a MOVIE STAR ... just ask OKC Thunder star Steven Adams ... who says his resemblance to Jason Momoa paid off HUGE recently.

Adams was out in L.A. when he told us about a recent trip out to Croatia ... where the locals mistook him for the 'Batman v Superman' star ... and it was awesome!

By the way, we also asked Adams if everything was cool with DeMarcus Cousins after a near fistfight on the court Monday night ... check out what he says.

Rob Gronkowski is a SINGLE MAN -- telling TMZ Sports his super hot date to the Oscars parties is just his friend ... meaning he's still free to bang whoever the hell he wants.

The woman who was on his arm Sunday night was Jordan Duffy -- a TV reporter/extremely hot lady.

But alas ... no relationship with Gronk, just friends. Sad.

Meanwhile, Gronk hit up a MOVIE PREMIERE Tuesday night -- rolling with his bros and his dad to the Westwood premiere of his brand new flick "You Can't Have It" ... in which Gronk cameos as a cop.

The whole Gronk squad was pumped for the movie -- with Rob joking about winning awards for the role ... and praising Joanna Krupa as a pretty awesome co-star.

Frank Stallone walked it back a mile Tuesday, when he explained his Twitter rant about brother Sly losing the Oscar was based on famiglia.

Frank was in Bev Hills when we asked about his tweets on the heels of Sly losing the Best Supporting Actor Oscar to Mark Rylance.

Come to think of it ... Frank does apologize, but just as quickly he throws shade at the Academy voters.

Jerry Maren -- the last surviving 'Wizard of Oz' munchkin -- is keeping his title ... because he's alive and well.

There were multiple reports Monday 96-year-old Maren passed away after a bout with pancreatic cancer. But TMZ spoke with Steve Cox -- one of Maren's close friends -- who said he spoke with Jerry yesterday after the death reports ... and verified his pal's doing just fine.

Steve says Maren doesn't even have pancreatic cancer, and is well cared for by relatives in Southern California. He doesn't do appearances any more, but he's about as healthy as can be at 96.

Jerry is currently the last surviving actor still repping the Lollipop Guild.

One of the drug cartel bad dudes from "Sicario" was on the run from real life cops in L.A. before they chased him down and arrested him for DUI.

Law enforcement sources tell us cops spotted Bernardo Saracino -- drug lord Manuel Diaz in "Sicario" -- around 3:30 AM swerving on an L.A. freeway. Officers lit him up and the chase was on. We're told Saracino refused to pull over for about 8 minutes, leading LAPD cops on a chase that covered 3 freeways ... although never exceeding speed limits.

We're told Saracino -- who's also in Tina Fey's "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" -- eventually pulled over and surrendered peacefully. Officers booked him for misdemeanor DUI and evading police.

We reached out to Saracino's rep for comment ... so far, no word back.

Leo DiCaprio is the next best thing to a black person winning an Oscar ... according to his now fellow Oscar winner, Jamie Foxx.

Jamie was flying out of LAX when he gave Chris Rock props on hosting -- but more importantly ... he officially declared Best Actor winner Leonardo an "honorary" brother! What exactly makes him black? You've gotta see Jamie's explanation.

George Kennedy, star of "Cool Hand Luke" and the 'Naked Gun' movies, has died at the age of 91 ... TMZ has learned.

George's grandson Cory Schenkel says Kennedy died Sunday morning at 4:30 AM in Boise, ID. He says his grandfather had been in failing health ever since his wife Joan died a little over a year ago. George had been under hospice care for the past month.

Kennedy won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1968 for "Cool Hand Luke." He also starred in all 3 of the 'Naked Gun' flicks, "Airport 1975," "Earthquake" and many many more.

His last role was in "The Gambler" with Mark Wahlberg in 2014.

Miss Colombia has extended her 15 ... we've learned she's just signed a deal to become Vin Diesel's love interest in "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage."

Sources connected with the production tell us Ariadna Gutierrez will play Vin's love interest, and her part is not insignificant. She's in 6 scenes and has 3 pages of dialogue.

Our sources say Ariadna's off to the Dominican Republic Tuesday to begin shooting. It will be her first movie role.

Vin's snagged some other people who have recently grabbed headlines ... UFC superstar Conor McGregor will also appear in the flick.

Abe Vigoda's family is demanding an apology from the Oscars, saying leaving him out of the "In Memoriam" segment was a final injustice to his memory and career.

Carol Vigoda tells TMZ ... "Last night the Oscars dismayed many and cheated Abe Vigoda by not paying tribute to the immense professional energies and talents that he brought to the industry."

She added, "Let's not forget the personal and family sacrifices that were willing made to achieve that essential devotion. The Oscars fell short in many ways and as my father Abe Vigoda said the Oscars have earned, 'one demerit.'"

Carol's also not going to buy the excuse that Abe -- who starred in "The Godfather," "Look Who's Talking" and countless other films -- was omitted because he died too recently (Jan. 26, 2016) because David Bowie was included ... as was Alan Rickman.

Carol says there's a "hole in my heart that needs to be filled."

Leo DiCaprio is a seasoned actor, but he's a neophyte when it comes to Oscar etchings ... so he proved when he took his trophy upstairs to get it engraved.

You gotta watch the video -- there's wonderment in Leo's eyes as the woman burns his Best Actor title onto the prize.

Feels like an odd word to describe it, but this is kinda ... adorable.

Michael Rapaport perfectly captured what all of us were feeling when someone other than Sylvester Stallone won the Best Supporting Actor award Sunday night ... "WHAT THE F**K IS GOING ON?!"

You gotta watch the video ... Rapaport goes off when Stallone was upset by someone named Mark Rylance.

"YOU MOTHER F**KERS! WHO THE F**K IS THIS?!"

Hilarious.

By the way, Sly's friend Arnold Schwarzenegger also had a message for the actor -- but there's not as much yelling and cussing.

Chris Rock went all in on the #Oscarssowhite controversy during his Oscars monologue, but perhaps no one got it worse than Jada Pinkett Smith.

Rock was responding to Smith's video last month in which she stated she was boycotting this year's Oscars, but Rock was quick to point out ... she wasn't close to getting nominated anyway.

Damn.