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A strip club in Philly rehired an ex-con as a dancer -- who then shanked a customer for refusing a lap dance ... so claims the guy who's now suing the joint.

Errick Epperson filed suit against Atlantis Gentlemen's Club, where he says one of their strippers broke a glass and stabbed him IN THE NECK this summer after he rejected her offer for a private dance.

Errick claims the dancer, Iraida Rivera, drunkenly solicited him and got super pissed, plunging a broken glass into his body. Errick says he had to have emergency surgery and will suffer the rest of his days on Earth.

He also claims, before the stabbing, Rivera was fired for bad behavior but rehired ... so the club knew she was bad news.

Now, Errick's looking for damages to make things right ... well north of $50k.

We reached out to Atlantis for comment ... so far, no word back.

That ass kicking at the hands of Mickey Gall won't save CM Punk from the Green Power Ranger ... 'cause Jason David Frank says he's still itching to put his superpowered boot across Punk's face.

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Check out all of our star-studded previews in the gallery and use the blue links to download and print out an easy-to-use PDF template to slice up a jaw-dropping jack-o-lantern!

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Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson is being sued by one of his line cooks who says he was routinely docked for a lunch break, even though he never had time to take one.

Keith Grant says he dished up comfort food at the "Chopped" judge's popular Harlem restaurants, Red Rooster and Streetbird, in 2015 -- and frequently put in overtime, but was never paid for it.

Additionally, he says the restaurant took 30 minutes off his timecard for his lunch break, whether he actually took one or not. Keith is bringing a class action lawsuit because he says several other workers experienced the same issues, but fear they'll be fired if they say a peep.

Amanda Seyfried looks doggone adorable while strolling the streets with her canine ... walk through these pup pics and see if you can find the differences between these two almost identical images.

6:20 PM PT -- Billy's lawyer Marshall Grossman tells TMZ the report that Billy settled for $10 million is "utterly false," adding a $10 mil figure has never even been discussed.

Billy Bush and NBC are days away from sealing a deal ... but it's not done yet, and it could still go south.

We're told some deal points have been agreed upon, but reports that Billy will walk away with $10 mil are inaccurate ... it's less.

That said, there are still unresolved issues that could torpedo the settlement negotiations, but the likelihood is both sides will work it out ... very possibly this weekend.

Donald Trump took aim at Hillary Clinton Friday ... from behind.

He took a body shot at Clinton ... saying the view he had during Sunday's debate left him cold.

Trump also took a shot at the woman he allegedly sexually assaulted on an airplane in 1979 ... saying she wasn't worthy of his attention.

Trump claims in the vid ... all of the recent accusations are just part of a "sickness" in our country trying to thwart the great movement of his supporters -- but he knows how to stop it.

A brutal confrontation at Miranda Kerr's Malibu home Friday morning has left 2 people hospitalized ... 1 with multiple gunshot wounds and 1 with a stab wound to the eye.

We're told a security guard at the house confronted an intruder who had just hopped the fence. The intruder stabbed the guard in the eye, and the guard responded by shooting the intruder multiple times. We know 1 shot struck the intruder's head.

The intruder and the security guard were airlifted to the hospital and both are expected to survive.

Miranda was not home at the time.

Billy Bush showed up to a law office Friday morning ... to hash out a settlement with the NBC execs who want to give him the ax ... TMZ has learned.

Our sources say an NBC lawyer and a senior executive from NBC News "with full negotiating authority" were across the table from Bush and his attorney, Marshall Grossman.

Grossman tells TMZ the AM negotiations were "positive," adding, "I anticipate a favorable resolution in the near future."

Millions of dollars are on the table ... Billy was just months into a 3-year contract with "Today" and our NBC sources say he was pulling in $3.5 million a year.

We're told NBC made a decision Thursday to sit down at the table because Billy's people made it clear they would sue if the network tried firing him for a cause.

As we've previously reported, Billy was talking openly about the "Access Hollywood" tape in early August and NBC honchos knew what he had said, but had no problem with the tape until it was leaked.

The negotiations are continuing Friday afternoon, and Billy and NBC could be parting company by day's end.

A woman who appeared on season 5 of "The Apprentice" is accusing Donald Trump of kissing her on the lips, grabbing her breasts and thrusting his genitals against her body.

Summer Zervos appeared at a news conference Friday with Gloria Allred ... claiming Trump first kissed her on the lips back in 2007 before a meeting at Trump Tower in NYC over the possibility of working for him.

Zervos said she was surprised but nevertheless agreed to another meeting a few days later at the Bev Hills hotel ... where she alleges Trump kissed her "open-mouthed," grabbed her breasts and asked her to lay in bed to watch TV.

And get this ... she says he pointed out someone had delivered a fruit basket, which she felt was a way of bragging that he was important.

Another woman made similar accusations Thursday during an appearance on CNN.

Jules Wainstein has a problem with her ex -- she claims he's not bucking up the support the court ordered him to pay her.

A source close to the situation tells TMZ, the 'Real Housewives of NY' star has filed docs calling out her estranged husband, Michael, for not ponying up the $10,000 per month he was ordered to start paying last month. We're also told he hasn't paid their children's tuition or sent a dime for utilities.

Now, Jules doesn't just want the money ... she's asking the judge to find Michael in contempt, which could lead to additional fines.

Jules and Michael have had a rocky few months, starting with an argument that led to a 911 call. Michael's lawyer has claimed he doesn't have the income to make the payments, so looks like this won't be settled easily.

Marlee Matlin is firing back at Donald Trump after seeing reports he allegedly referred to the deaf actress as "retarded" during her time on "Celebrity Apprentice."

Production staffers from the show claim Trump scribbled notes during board meetings, and according to The Daily Beast ... some included, "Marlee, is she retarded??" The report also said Trump would poke fun at Matlin's voice.

Matlin says, "The term is abhorrent and should never be used. The fact that we are talking about this during a very important moment in American history has upset me deeply."

Sources close to Marlee tell TMZ the actress was unaware of the allegation, but added ... Marlee never felt Trump was against her during her time on the show. She finished in 2nd place.

Eric Clapton made millions off his MTV "Unplugged" album, but gave credit -- and royalties -- for one of the songs to the wrong blues artist ... according to a new lawsuit.

The estate of Bo Carter -- a blues guy in the 1920s and '30s -- says Clapton incorrectly ID'd the song "Alberta" as a tune from Lead Belly. In the lawsuit, it says Clapton's performance is really a famous rendition of Carter's original song "Corrine, Corrina."

Carter's lawyers say Bo wrote and owns the copyright to "Corrine, Corrina" ... which over time, with many different people covering it ... became interchangeable with "Alberta."

Carter's camp points out Clapton's "Unplugged" went on to sell millions of copies, and all those royalties mistakenly paid to Lead Belly's estate should have gone to Bo's. The estate is now suing Clapton -- not to mention a slew of media and music publishing companies -- for every penny they made off the song.

We've reached out to Clapton for comment ... so far, no word back.

Donald Trump's turning to a higher power in the homestretch of the campaign.

The Republican presidential nominee was at St. Patrick's Cathedral Friday morning in NYC. Trump was flanked by Melania and his campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway.

He's denied all the recent allegations of sexual misconduct, and even promised to sue.

Presidential debate darling Ken Bone says comments he made about Trayvon Martin's death being "justified" were taken out of context and people are way too eager to make him look bad.

Bone was doing an "Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit Thursday under his alias, StanGibson18, when people traced it back to an earlier thread with the Trayvon comment.

Bone tells TMZ the June Reddit post regarding Trayvon was merely him recapping the Department of Justice's report on the case. "Legally justified" were the report's words ... not Ken's.

KB says his personal feeling is ... just because it was justified, doesn't mean it was right, and he absolutely believes Trayvon's death was a tragedy. As for why people made it seem otherwise? Ken says it's a case of people just trying to take him down, now that he's in the spotlight.