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"&lt;strong&gt;Zooey Deschanel&lt;/strong&gt; is suing popular shoemaker Steve Madden for a whopping $2,000,000 -- claiming the company stiffed her completely over an endorsement deal she made with them in August 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"1217_zooey_deschanel_GETTY_EX\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/12/17/1217-zooey-deschanel-getty-ex-credit.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to a lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court, Deschanel and SM made the $2 million deal ... but Madden came back to Deschanel saying they couldn't get retailers to back the deal, so they re-negotiated for $1.5 mil. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zooey says she held up her end of the deal -- including turning down other deals -- but Madden never forked over the $1.5 mil.&amp;#160; Deschanel also claims SM promised her a percentage of the profits as well -- if sales reached a certain level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calls to Steve Madden were not returned&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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