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Bruno Mars has been threatened by an agitated group of girls, who claim he STOLE "Uptown Funk."

The Sequence, one of the first female rap groups, claims Bruno used their 1979 hit, "Funk You Up" as the inspiration for his massive hit with Mark Ronson.

The group's rep, Kali Bowyer, claims the hook to both songs are the same, and there are other similarities as well. Check out the 2 songs ... you be the judge.

The timing may be more than coincidental ... Mars and Ronson just won the Grammy for Record of the Year.

The Sequence -- Angie Stone, Cheryl the Pearl and Blondy -- haven't filed a lawsuit yet, but there are now rumblings.

The Game says the Australian Dept. of Immigration and Boarder Protection sugar coated the reason he was denied entry into the country ... Game says it was because of his criminal past.

Game was leaving Mastro's in Bev Hills Monday night when he was super candid, saying he blames no one but himself. He was set to do 4 shows in Oz this week but the shows had to be cancelled.

Game has been charged with several crimes, and pled no contest to felony weapons charges a few years back.

Brian McKnight could lose his home all because Uncle Sam says he failed to pay his tax bill.

The IRS has filed docs to extract $340k out of the value of McKnight's Southern California home in order to satisfy an unpaid tax bill ... after several attempts to pay it off didn't work.

According to the docs, McKnight and the IRS setup an installment plan in Feb 2010, but that went south when McKnight stopped paying a year later.

The IRS claims it warned Brian his home could be on the line if the debt wasn't settled, and now the taxman is making good on the threat. We've reached out to his reps, but no word back yet.

Celine Dion will return to her Vegas stage Tuesday for the first time since her husband Rene Angelil died, and she plans to continue paying respect to him.

We're told Celine's completely changing her show at Caesars Colosseum -- it now begins with a 10 minute long tribute to Rene.

Celine has 12 shows before going on hiatus in mid-March, so the tribute will be part of the act at least through then.

As her manager, Rene played a huge role in catapulting Celine to stardom. She's already had an emotional send-off for him at Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica and a Vegas ceremony to honor him. Tomorrow night's opener should be another tearjerker.

Dr. Luke is blasting Kesha, her lawyer and maybe even Taylor Swift ... unleashing for the first time about Kesha's rape allegations.

Luke says, "I didn't rape Kesha and I have never had sex with her. Kesha and I were friends for many years and she was like my little sister." He also seems to be addressing celebs like Taylor publicly coming to Kesha's defense -- "I understand why people without all the information are speaking out. I can appreciate their compassion."

In a Twitter rant that went on for more than 30 minutes ... Luke also got personal with Kesha's attorney, saying ... "Mark Geragos represented Scott Peterson and Chris Brown. How can he pretend he cares about women's rights?"

Luke is reposting several web articles about the case ... including a TMZ post regarding Kesha's testimony in which she said Luke never drugged her and they never had an "intimate relationship."

"Teen Mom 2" star Jenelle Evans is desperate to find out why she keeps landing in the hospital ... and she's flown cross-country to figure out what's wrong with her.

We got Jenelle right after she arrived at LAX. She told us she's meeting with specialists to figure out why she's having joint pains and severe hot flashes at just 24 years old.

We asked if she'd been stressed while shooting a new season of 'Teen Mom' and Jenelle's response is interesting. At this point, there's no guarantee she'll stay on the show.

Steve Aoki's signature cake-in-the-face toss just got him sued by a Las Vegas clubgoer, who didn't get nailed by a cake ... but says it still took him out.

Raymond Collins says Aoki's flying pastry during a March set at Hakkasan made him bite it so hard he sustained a serious head injury. In the suit, he says he literally did a slip and fall on the cake after it landed on the ground.

Normally, it's an EDM badge of honor to get nailed by Steve, but Collins says the cake turned into a disaster for him. He claims he's lost income, and wants damages for mental suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, and more.

We've reached out to Steve's reps for his side of things.

So much for just desserts.

Warning ... if you put hands on Trina, she's gonna strike back -- that's her explanation for the fight that went down early Monday morning in Miami.

The video shows the rapper going off on a guy who just got kicked off her party bus outside Justin's Bar and Lounge ... where Trina was hosting. Some people thought she was attacking a fan, but we're told she was only defending a friend.

Trina's rep tells TMZ ... Trina and her entourage had just left the club, when 2 of her male friends started fighting. You can see security push one of them backward, and that's when Trina jumped into the mix.

We're told she was trying to tell that guy to cool off and go home instead of fighting, but as she was yelling at him ... he shoved her, and she wasn't having it.

Blac Chyna is warning Kylie Jenner to stay the hell off her corner -- there's only room for one celebrity chef in the family.

KJ dropped her debut episode of "Cooking with Kylie" Monday morning ... which probably sounds very familiar to her bro Rob Kardashian, since his gf's been doing the same damn thing!

BC's been doing "Cooking with Chyna" on social media for a few months. In fact, Rob was a fan of the page even before he hooked up with Chyna.

Kylie's new venture didn't go over well. Minutes after her 'Cooking' announcement, Chyna posted this not-so-cryptic message: "Bitch Bye Follow @cookingwithchyna #InfatuatedWitChy."

They've got 9 months to sort out who cooks Thanksgiving dinner.

The only thing bigger than Camille Cosby's coat was the giant grin on her face as she walked into her first deposition in one of her husband's legal battles.

Lawyers for 7 women who've filed a defamation suit against Bill Cosby grilled his wife on Monday in a Springfield, Mass. hotel.

Camille -- who's been married to Bill for 52 years -- tried to get out of the depo, and even filed an emergency motion late Saturday requesting it be delayed, but the judge said no dice.

Nonetheless, she put on a brave face for the occasion, and just as importantly ... smart, comfy footwear.

Drake had a concert over the weekend ... at a restaurant ... for a bunch of 12 year olds.

The rapper headlined Gigi Ashkenazy's Bat Mitzvah party at the famed Rainbow Room in NYC.

Gigi rocked out to "Hotline Bling" and "My Way," as Drake scored a huge payday.

Drake's going rate for private parties is $300k - $600k, and we're guessing based on the playlist his fee was at the high end.

As for who throws a lavish Bat Mitzvah like this ... it's Ben Ashkenazy, who owns a commercial real estate firm. His company's reported net worth is a cool $7 billion.

400 of their closest friends left green ... with envy.

Beyonce was the subject of a fiery sermon from Minister Louis Farrakhan, who is vowing to provide protection for her if police officers won't.

The Nation of Islam leader was preaching in Detroit on Sunday when he mocked critics of Beyonce's Super Bowl halftime show, saying ... "She started talking all that black stuff ... and white folks were like, 'We don't know how to deal with that.'"

Farrakhan also blasted former mayor Rudy Giuliani and added, "Look at how you treatin' Beyonce now. You gonna picket. You not gonna offer her police protection. But the FOI [Fruit of Islam] will."

As we've reported ... a Miami police organization has called for a boycott of Beyonce when she performs there.

Farrakhan also urged Kendrick Lamar and the whole hip-hop community to, "Say what you feel. Put it out there!"

Kesha has run out of money to fund what has become a very expensive legal battle ... and, no surprise, she's blaming her financial woes on Dr. Luke.

Sources connected with the singer tell us, aside from the fact that Kesha "has been on ice for 3 years," they say Dr. Luke has withheld royalties from her. As a result, she has virtually no income.

We're told Kesha did not solicit money, and Taylor Swift gave her the $250k on her own accord.

Our Kesha sources say so far, no other celebs have donated money.

Saint West just made his public debut in honor of his grandfather, Robert Kardashian's birthday ... but there's a whole lot of daddy Kanye West in his face.

Kim Kardashian just posted the first shot of the nearly 3-month-old tyke. Kim captioned the pic: "Today is my dad's birthday. I know there's nothing more in the world he would have wanted than to meet his grandchildren. So I wanted to share this pic of Saint with you all."

Speaking of dads ... Kanye's been sleeping on the job. Kim also posted a pic of 'Ye and North passed out in the middle of a shopping trip for baby stuff at Bel Bambini.

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