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Harvey Weinstein just got another lifetime ban handed down to him — this time it’s the TV Academy who’s saying he’s persona non grata … for the rest of his days.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences held a hearing Monday and its governing board voted to expel Weinstein from the Academy for life. His former company, The Weinstein Co., has produced a number of TV shows over the years — most notably, perhaps, being “Project Runway.”

In a statement, the Academy says it supports those women speaking out against Weinstein. They go on to say they’re horrified by the widespread claims of sexual misconduct in the biz and are conducting a review of their membership codes of conduct.

The Academy finishes by saying … “We are determined to play a role in protecting all television professionals from predatory harassment, ensuring they are able to practice their craft in a safe environment.” 

Weinstein has already been banned from the Producers Guild of America, and is under investigation by a handful of law enforcement agencies. 

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“Sharknado” is big business and its producers aren’t about to let some theater company bite their style … so they’re suing to shut down a stage version before its first run swim.

The Asylum Co. just filed suit against Theatre Row Studios and several other people for allegedly attempting to put on a staged reading/rendition of the instant cult classic TV movie series. Asylum says the stage folks are promoting their version as “Shark-nado” … and planned to perform it in Southern Cali.

According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, Asylum says Theatre Row’s take is a straight ripoff which could hurt the real McCoy’s bottom line if the court doesn’t shut it down, stat.

The stage company isn’t promoting the play right now on its website, but Asylum says the damage has been done with previous ads … to the tune of $10 million.

We reached out to Theatre Row … so far, no word back. 

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Move over, Lonzo Ball — Nick Young’s not only down to star in his own reality show — he says he’s already gotten a bunch of offers to put the life of Swaggy P on TV!!

Swaggy dropped the news at Warriors practice today — looking happy as hell telling reporters about his future plans for Hollywood domination.

But there’s a catch — “I gotta get the best offers … gotta take my talents to the best place.”

His asking price — “Kardashian prices.”

Nick lives the life reality producers gush over — dates celebs (Iggy Azalea), has famous friends (Gilbert Arenas) and has all sorts of real life drama (D’Angelo Russell). 

Kinda doubt Swaggy’s worth $150 mil … but hey — shooters gonna shoot.

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Riff Raff is giving props to fellow H-Town MC Paul Wall for droppin’ bank on custom grillz for the Astros — but he’s got 1 minor issue with them …

THEY’RE TOO BALLER!!

Here’s the deal … Wall promised to make all the World Series champs personal mouth bling in 18-karat gold, which Riff says is dope (and expensive). 

But when it comes to grillz, RR told TMZ Sports he rocks with 14 karat ’cause 18s and 24s don’t hit the right shade of yellow.

The rapper’s more of a shark-teeth-and-diamonds kinda guy … as you can tell from the glow-in-the-dark joint he had on at In-N-Out.