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6/20/2011 4:45 PM PDT by TMZ Staff   R. Kelly 's ex-manager claims the singer refused to pay him more than $1 million in hard-earned commissions ... insisting Kelly instead used the money to pay off people who accused him of sexual misconduct.  The manager -- Jeff Kwatinetz -- filed a lawsuit against Kelly today in L.A. County Superior Court ... claiming he single-handedly resurrected R. Kelly's career back in 2008 ... when the singer was drowning in child pornography charges. Jeff claims he "guided Kelly through the recording of two new albums, substantial multi-million dollar tours ... a book deal, and a myriad of other appearances and events" -- and "Kelly reaped millions of dollars" while under his management. But according to Jeff, Kelly left him in the lurch -- and "has failed and refused to pay" the 15% commission rate they allegedly agreed on. According to the lawsuit, Kelly's business manager regularly told Jeff he couldn't be pa...

6/20/2011 2:30 PM PDT by TMZ Staff   Ed Helms ' face tattoo will remain permanent after all ... now that the studio behind " Hangover 2 " has struck a settlement with the artist who claims he owns the copyright to the famous design. Warner Bros. just announced it has "amicably resolved" its dispute with tattoo artist S. Victor Whitmill -- the guy who put the original face tat on Mike Tyson. Whitmill sued the studio back in April -- claiming WB never asked for permission before they slapped his work on Ed's face ... a gag that proved to be a HUGE plot point in the movie. The terms of the deal are confidential -- but due to the fact that WB was going to have to digitally alter the tat on Ed's face for the DVD version of the flick if the two sides couldn't reach an agreement, we're guessing Mr. Whitmill's design didn't come cheap. Tags: Mike Tyson, Movies, Celebrity Justice View the original article here

Bret lockett eventually get a face-to-face meeting with Kim kardashian he always wanted--but it seems that it is going to go down ... courtroom! Kim k near the sources tell TMZ ... her lawyers are preparing the defamation trial against Lockett and file it already on Monday morning. Kim has kept all along he never met Bret , despite its claims, the State-of-the-art-they had a "physical contact". Harvey significant Lockett TMZ Live last week, asking him when and where he met with Kim, but refused to say Lockett.  He insisted, however, he and Kim had this year, when he begins dating Kris Humphries video Jack. But Friday, until, eventually, the fessed Lockett "Showbiz Tonight" ... the admission, he never met Kim. You've been told off by lawyers, Kim starts Lockett letters in recent days, telling him to hang in the so-called "evidence" he has his "scandal", Kim--because he must produce before the Court. What a jerk. Tags: Bret Lockett, Kim Kar...