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Kesha's singing for her supporters ... posting a new song to thank them for having her back during her legal war with Dr. Luke and Sony.

The song is pretty simple -- accompanied by just an acoustic guitar she sings, "Oh, I don't know what I would do without you ..."

Her attorney, Mark Geragos, posted the tune on Twitter.

Keshas' fans have protested outside court and Sony offices -- and of course Adele, Demi Lovato and Taylor Swift have very publicly shown support.

Louis Tomlinson and Briana Jungwirth have reached a shaky temporary settlement in their custody war ... avoiding a courtroom showdown by a matter of hours.

We've learned lawyers for the One Direction singer were going to court Friday morning armed with legal docs and their famous client, asking a judge to formally establish paternity on Louis' part and give him access to his 1-month-old son, Freddie.

TMZ broke the story ... Briana was not giving Louis access to their kid and the dispute was over money. We're told under the temporary settlement, he will have access to the child for several hours at a time during the week, but he will not have any overnight visits.

We're told until a short time ago, Louis was paying Briana's expenses but there was no set amount -- it varied from week to week. Things went south when they tried to establish a set monthly amount ... she wanted way more than he was willing to give.

Our sources say the 2 parents have agreed to a temporary custody arrangement while their lawyers hammer out something formal ... both with custody and child support.

Nobody calls popcorn "pop" ... is the basis of a lawsuit the Michael Jackson estate has filed against a website using MJ's name to hawk popcorn.

MJ's estate has set its sights on KingOfPop.com ... a website that popped up in 2012 after buying the domain name of a former Michael Jackson fan website.

The estate claims the site tried to defend its use of the popular MJ moniker by saying the word "pop" is a "nickname for popcorn products." The estate says that's BS because "pop" is only a nickname for soda ... in certain parts of the country.

Team MJ is suing to get the site shut down, plus damages. Shoulda gone for a couple tins of Chocolate Dreams Popcorn too. Yummm ...

NY Giants co-owner Steve Tisch says he fully supports Jason Pierre-Paul's lawsuit against Adam Schefter and ESPN ... saying the publication of JPP's medical record was a "total invasion of privacy."

JPP filed the lawsuit earlier this week -- claiming the ESPN reporter violated Florida law by sharing medical records detailing Jason's amputated finger to his 4 million Twitter followers without JPP's permission.

The family of the "COPS" cameraman who was killed on the job is suing the city of Omaha for wrongful death.

Bryce Dion was part of the crew trailing Omaha PD officers in August 2014 when they responded to an armed robbery in a Wendy's. Dion was killed by friendly fire ... an officer firing back at the suspect accidentally shot Dion.

Dave Domina, the attorney for Bryce's family, says ... "I don't think Bryce Dion signed up for the risk of being shot by a police officer."

In the suit, the family says police were negligent because they didn't give Bryce adequate training, supervision or protection.

Three Omaha officers involved in the shooting have already been cleared of criminal wrongdoing.

Louis Tomlinson has lawyered up to wage a custody war, because he says his baby mama is not letting him see their kid ... TMZ has learned.

Sources connected with Louis tell TMZ, the One Direction singer claims Briana Jungwirth has gotten greedy and wants money ... and lots of it. He claims she's using their 1-month-old son, Freddie Reign, to leverage a bigger payday.

It's a surprising turn ... Louis got Briana a 3 bedroom home in Calabasas and he's renting a $21 million home in L.A. to be close to Freddie.

Louis has not gotten a DNA test but says there's no doubt he's the dad ... they dated exclusively during the period in which she got pregnant.

We're told Louis is gunning for an order forcing Briana to give him some custodial rights, including significant access to his son.

Travis Barker is attacking his ex, Shanna Moakler ... accusing her of neglecting their kids, misusing their child support money, and exposing them to drugs and weapons.

The Blink 182 drummer filed docs demanding some changes STAT to his child custody arrangement with Moakler for several reasons including his concerns that she has drugs and guns in the house with them. He's not more specific about that allegation in the docs.

Barker also says he found out their son, 12-year-old Landon, was "roaming around" Calabasas earlier this month and hanging with a 15-year-old girl ... without Shanna's knowledge. In the docs, he also says she's sending Landon and their daughter Alabama to school without lunches.

Parenting issues aside ... Travis also has money concerns. He's paying $18k per month in child support, but wants that number slashed -- as low as $2,900 per month -- because he thinks Shanna's spending a lot of the dough on herself. He's also playing the poverty card ... rock star poverty, anyway.

Travis says he was hauling in more than $2 mil annually when they reached their current deal, but says he earned less than $600k in 2015. He's far from broke though ... admitting he has nearly $37 million in assets.

A source close to Shanna tells us she's devastated by Travis' filing, and if he really cared about the kids he wouldn't try to financially destroy their mother.

The investigation into Johnny Manziel's alleged assault of his girlfriend Colleen Crowley is being kicked to a grand jury ... which will decide whether or not to bring charges against the QB.

The Dallas Police Dept. has announced ... "The investigation of the domestic violence assault involving Jonathan Manziel, which occurred on January 30, 2016, has been completed."

"Today, a Class A misdemeanor Assault/Domestic Violence case has been referred to the Dallas County District Attorney’s office for presentation to the grand jury."

"The Dallas Police Department will not release any details of the investigation while it is pending grand jury presentation."

As we previously reported, Crowley told police Manziel hit her several times in the head during an argument which began at a Dallas hotel ... rupturing her eardrum in the process.

Manziel has previously denied the allegations -- telling TMZ Sports, "It didn't happen."

Investigators have said they have reviewed health records and surveillance footage from the hotel -- though they have not said what was on the video.

Bill Cosby just pressed pause on his defamation lawsuit against Beverly Johnson ... but is not letting her off the hook ... TMZ has learned.

Cosby's lawyers are asking a judge to dismiss his defamation case against the supermodel ... in which he claims she went on a smear campaign to make herself relevant again.

Cosby's lawyer tells us his client can't have multiple focuses going at the same time ... he needs to devote full attention to his pending criminal case.

The lawyer adds this case will be refiled once the criminal case runs its course, before the statute of limitations runs out.

O.J. Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden has a warning for FX viewers ... it's absurd to think a bunch of white writers and producers can authentically play the race card.

We got Darden Thursday in L.A. and he made it clear he has little interest in ever watching 'The People v. O.J. Simpson.' He says producers never consulted him.

The 59-year-old attorney is clear as can be ... race played a big part in the trial, but there's no way non-black writers and producers could accurately portray what really went down.

BET Networks tarnished the image of an incarcerated husband beater and the former inmate is now gearing up to sue the network.

Sara Stokes claims a production company approached her while she sat in the Saint Clair County Jail in Michigan and convinced her she could re-write her narrative by appearing on a new reality show produced by Queen Latifah, "From the Bottom Up."

Stokes says, all the promises of showing her in a positive light never materialized. In fact, she says she was trashed on the show, which referred to her as a "man beater."

Stokes' legal team plans to sue BET for damaging Sara's image for its own commercial gain.

Mayweather-Pacquiao would never have happened if a Hollywood waiter didn't get involved ... so claims the waiter who's suing to get a chunk of the financial windfall from the fight of the century.

Gabriel Salvador says he was a waiter at West Hollywood hot spot Craig's when regular customer and CBS honcho Les Moonves came in for a meal. Salvador, an avid boxing fan, says he told Moonves he could set up a meeting with Manny Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach -- which, he thought, would be the first domino in making the fight happen.

According to docs obtained by TMZ Sports ... Salvador eventually got all 3 men together at Scarpetta in Bev Hills in May 2014. For setting up the sit down, Salvador says he told all parties he wanted a "customary finder's fee" of 2% of gross proceeds earned by Pacquiao, Roach and CBS/Showtime from the fight.

In the suit, he says Moonves and Roach agreed to the terms and Roach even said, "You will never have to work another day as a waiter in your life."

Salvador admits he got a ticket to the fight, one night at a Vegas hotel and a $10,000 check to cover expenses.

After the fight, he says Moonves told him CBS didn't make any money on the fight, and he'd have to collect his fee from Pacquiao and Roach. But Salvador says Keith Davidson, an attorney for Manny and Freddie, tried to strong arm him into accepting $50,000 -- and if he didn't he would lose his job and never land any acting gigs.

Yes, like most waiters in this town ... he's also an aspiring actor.

Salvador, who's still waiting tables, is suing Manny, Freddie, Keith Davidson and CBS for his finder's fee ... which he estimates at $8.6 million.

Sources connected with CBS tell TMZ ... Salvador had nothing to do with setting up the fight and this is him trying to score a payday after the fact.

A$AP Rocky got jumped by a bunch of guys in a dispute over an elevator ride in New Zealand ... TMZ has learned.

According to sources way down under ... A$AP was at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland around 3 AM local time. He has a concert there Thursday night. We're told he was getting into an elevator with some girls, and 3 guys wanted to get in also -- but A$AP told 'em there was no room left, and then it was on.

We're told the guys jumped the rapper, punching him in the head and face ... while he tried to protect the girls.

Witnesses say the suspects knew who they were dealing with because they were yelling ... "F**k A$AP!" Hotel security eventually broke it up until cops arrived and nabbed one suspect -- a 35-year-old local who was booked for assault and resisting police.

It's unclear what, if any, injuries A$AP suffered ... but as of now he's still scheduled to perform.

Christian Slater destroyed his father's acting career by going public with allegations his dad is suffering from mental illness ... according to a new defamation lawsuit.

Thomas Knight Slater -- who's acted under the name Michael Hawkins -- says his son did an interview last year where he described his father as suffering from "manic-depressive schizophrenia."

Hawkins denies the comment and points out his son has no medical creds to make such a diagnosis.

In the suit -- filed Wednesday in L.A. and obtained by TMZ -- Hawkins says the article resulted in him being "blacklisted" in Hollywood. He says he was hoping to land more roles in the "autumn of his life," but that won't be possible after Christian's lies.

Hawkins had roles in soap operas like "Ryan's Hope" and "As the World Turns" in the '70s. He's also had small roles in some big movies -- 'Amityville Horror,' "Midnight Run" and "Mommie Dearest."

The man who's allegedly shown up multiple times at Mandy Moore's house will not dodge prosecution this time.

The L.A. City Attorney's office just filed three misdemeanor charges against Salahudin Moultaali -- stalking, violating a restraining order and trespassing. Mandy says he left several notes claiming to be God, Satan & the Devil and demanded to speak with her.

Moultaali was arrested for doing the same thing 3 times in less than 2 weeks.

If convicted, he faces up to 2.5 years behind bars. In addition to the charges, we're told Moultaali will be given a mental evaluation.

As TMZ reported ... the DA's office rejected Moultaali's case from his second arrest last Wednesday for "lack of evidence." He was back at Moore's pad on Friday.

Erin Andrews broke down in court when her father took the stand in the trial of the man who secretly recorded her nude in her hotel room.

Andrews is suing Michael David Barrett and Marriott hotels over the infamous videos he shot through a peep hole in an adjoining hotel room to Erin's. Her father, Steve Andrews, testified in a Nashville courtroom about how the recordings devastated his daughter.

He said, "She's afraid. She's afraid of crowds, afraid of people. She doesn't trust anymore."

He added that Erin puked just thinking about watching the videos. The FBI had asked her to view the clips to help agents find clues about who shot them.

Barrett got a 2 year prison sentence after pleading guilty to interstate stalking.