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"&lt;img alt=\"1123_Drake-Bell_getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/11/23/1123-drake-bell-getty-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nickelodeon star &lt;strong&gt;Drake Bell&lt;/strong&gt; just took a beating in court -- because the actor/singer has been ordered to cough up $42,787 to &lt;strong&gt;Selena Gomez&lt;/strong&gt;' music producer ... for crappy songs Bell allegedly never paid for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ broke the story ... producer &lt;strong&gt;John Fields&lt;/strong&gt; -- who's produced songs for Selena, Jimmy Eat World, and the Jonas Brothers -- sued Bell for $36,000, claiming Bell commissioned 9 songs from Fields for his new album ... but only paid for 5.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fields claimed Bell agreed to pay $9,000 per song -- and since Bell failed to pay for 4 of them ... he sued for the outstanding balance of $36k.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, Fields is getting all that and more -- because a judge has issued a default judgment against Drake for failing to respond to the lawsuit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the court docs,&amp;#160;Drake's been ordered to pay the full amount plus interest and attorneys' fees -- totaling $42,787.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calls to Drake's reps were not returned."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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