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It won’t be the same without James Iha! It would have been so amazing to have Billy, Jimmy, and James take the stage together and reconnect the dueling guitars of 90s era Pumpkins. Not going to happen!

He recently told Rolling Stone: “I’m not part of the current Smashing Pumpkins album or tour. I haven’t spoken to Billy in years. I’m writing for a solo record, which I’m going to record this year, and working on my indie label Scratchie Records.” Hmm… sounds like a press release.

Might have something to do with this little tidbit written in Billy Corgan’s blog a few years ago:

• “The truth of the matter is that guitarist James Iha broke up the Smashing Pumpkins. Not me, not drummer Jimmy Chamberlin, but James. Did it help that bassist D’arcy Wretzky was fired for being a mean-spirited drug addict, who refused to get help? No, that didn’t help keep the band together, not at all.”

Kirsten’s up to her usual spaced-out antics, telling a British paper she’s a pothead:

• “I drink moderately, I’ve tried drugs. I do like weed. I have a different outlook on marijuana than America does. I’ve never been a major smoker, but I think America’s view on weed is ridiculous. I mean, are you kidding me? If everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place.”

Meanwhile, Johnny Borrell, the latest guy she’s been slobbering all over, got sober one day and dumped her.

A source told the News of the World: “Johnny and Kirsten spent all their time together. Kirsten even made herself at home in Johnny’s London pad. But now Johnny has realized she’s not the one for him. He dumped her at the weekend and has gone back to his old girlfriend.” The pot must have worn off!

Alanis Morissette is transporting the whiny melancholy of her ’90s and squeezing that into today’s ho anthems. How does she do it? Check out her version of Fergie’s “My Humps” while you lovingly stroke your ’90s flannel shirt and sip your Zima…

She may have diamonds the size of gumballs but Jennifer Lopez can sit in a cold cramped room doing nothing just like anyone else if the government requires it. As long as it’s in Beverly Hills!

Jennifer did jury duty Monday, arriving at the Beverly Hills Courthouse at 8:30 AM with an assistant and spending most of her time in the jury room text messaging friends. She still asked for special treatment, of course. At one point the prospective jurors were ushered into a hallway, while she stayed inside the court room with a personally assigned deputy.

Her case was dropped that day, freeing J-Lo from listening to the old lady next to her singing Diddy songs and quoting Affleck movies just to antagonize her!

Carmen Electra is at it again, showing everyone her favorite view. Does she do her taxes in lingerie too? She was in Palm Springs over the weekend, performing with a roaming band of strippers called The Bombshell Babes at a lesbian barbeque event named after Dinah Shore. Is she trying to rival the Pussycat Dolls? You gotta love Carmen’s can-do sluttiness!

Dunst is fitting right in to the laid-back scene in London, where she’s shacking up with her current rocker boy. Croissant, cigarette and coffee — Kirsten’s three C’s!

Carmen Electra is at it again, showing everyone her favorite view. Does she do her taxes in lingerie too? She was in Palm Springs over the weekend, performing with a roaming band of strippers called The Bombshell Babes at a lesbian barbeque event named after Dinah Shore. Is she trying to rival the Pussycat Dolls? You gotta love Carmen’s can-do sluttiness!

The “Sons of Hollywood” star made a splash in Malibu, where he ditched his dad’s spandex and went all natural!

Word got to her through her publicist that her beach body’s being featured in blogs, so girlfriend is making sure to flaunt it at every opportunity! She’s a walking advertisement for Tara Reid’s lumpy liposuction plastic surgeon!