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'The Simpsons' -- Accused of Mob Hit ... Yous Guys Stole My Identity

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1021-frank-sivero-wb-fox-01 "The Simpsons" pulled off a major heist when the mafioso character Louie rolled into Springfield -- and now a "Goodfellas" star wants a cut of the action.

Frank Sivero played Frankie Carbone in the classic 1990 film ... and says "The Simpsons" created a Carbone copy of that character when Louie first appeared in an episode entitled "Bart the Murderer" on Oct. 10, 1991.

Louie, who is Fat Tony's henchman on "The Simpsons" ... is hardly a regular. According to Sivero's lawsuit the character appeared in 15 more episodes between his debut and April 27, 2014.

In the suit, obtained by TMZ, Sivero says he lived in the same apartment complex as some of the 'Simpsons' writers back in '89 ... and they knew all about the character he "created and developed" for 'Goodfellas.'

To the naked eye ... Louie does look like a dead ringer for Frankie.

Sivero is suing FOX for $100 million ... or $6,250,000 per episode.

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Michael Sam -- Cut From Cowboys Practice Squad

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Michael Sam's dream of being the first openly gay player to start a regular season NFL game took a major hit today ... with the rookie DE being cut from the Dallas Cowboys practice squad.

Sam, who was signed to the Cowboys after failing to make the St. Louis Rams 53 man roster, was released earlier today after Dallas signed linebacker Troy Davis.

Moments ago, Sam spoke out about the move releasing a statement via his Twitter account.

"I want to think the Jones family and the entire Cowboys organization for their opportunity, as well as my friends, family, teammates, and fans for their support. While this is disappointing, I will take the lessons I learned here in Dallas and continue to fight for an opportunity to prove that I can play every Sunday."

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Teresa Giudice -- Prosecutors Say NO WAY You Louse ... To Half Way House

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Teresa Giudice wants to go only half way when it comes to serving her prison sentence ... but prosecutors are now saying over their dead bodies.

Giudice is asking the judge for mercy -- to allow her to serve most of her sentence in a half way house. But we just obtained a letter prosecutors sent to the judge ... vehemently objecting ... claiming the judge made it clear she needed prison punishment, and nothing less.

Teresa had sent a letter to the judge -- which we also obtained -- in which she seems to say she has a right under a law called The Second Chance Act to spend 12 out of the 15 months in the half way house.

But prosecutors say the law doesn't give convicts the right to have their punishment watered down, so all her bellyaching should be ignored.

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TMZ Live: Tori Spelling -- Quarantined in Hospital... Ebola Panic Begins!

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Michael Rapaport -- Squashes Beef with Spike Lee ... But Fires One Last Shot!

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The war may be over -- but NY Knicks superfan Michael Rapaport couldn't help but take one last shot at Spike Lee yesterday ... and it was pretty hilarious.

Lee and Rapaport had been feuding for months over how to fix the problems in New York City -- Rapaport called Lee a "s**t stain" and Lee said Michael was "stupid."

But Michael recently told the Huffington Post they spoke on the phone and squashed the beef for good.

In fact, when we saw Michael out in NYC yesterday -- he was PRAISING Spike as the biggest Knicks fan in the world ... even bigger than he is ... but dropped one last zinger at the famous director.

All in good fun though ... right?

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Oscar Pistorius -- Sentenced to Five Years for KIlling Girlfriend

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1020-oscar-pistorius-getty-01 Former Olympic hero Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison for killing his girlfriend on Valentine's Day 2013.

Under South African law, Pistorius will have to serve at least 10 months before he can ask for parole.

In addition, Pistorius was given a three-year sentence on a firearms charge (unrelated to Steenkamp), but it was suspended for five years on he's not found guilty of another crime where there's negligence involving a firearm during that period.

Pistorius had previously been found guilty of culpabale homicide in the death of Reeva Steenkamp. He maintained throughout the trial he thought she was an intruder.

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