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Being incarcerated may be a pretty good excuse, but Simon & Schuster apparently doesn't care what led to Lil Kim and Foxy Brown's writers block.

The New York-based publisher sued the rappers Thursday, intending to get its money back after paying out generous advances for books that the ladies never completed.

According to the dual lawsuits filed in New York State Supreme Court, Simon & Schuster gave Kim, whose real name is Kimberly Jones, $40,000 in 2003 for a novel that was supposed to be finished the following year. Brown was then paid $75,000 in 2005 to pen her autobiography, which was tentatively titled Broken Silence.

"Both accepted the money, and both books never were delivered," S&S spokesman Adam Rothberg told Bloomberg.com.

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Dustin Diamond, the geek (below right) who loved playing Screech so much he went around for seconds and then made a sex tape (not really related, but had to be said), will be dictating a Saved by the Bell tell-all to a ghostwriter.

Does that make you so excited? If not, this juicy tidbit ought to:

According to New York Magazine, Behind the Bell (cute title, no?) will feature "sexual escapades among castmembers, drug use and hardcore partying.”

Why, those are three of our favorite things! This the best news we've heard since Beverly Hills 90210 was making a comeback.

Virgin

A couple of former Pumpkins are ripe for courting.

James Iha and D'Arcy Wretzky-Brown, original strummers for alt-rock hitmakers the Smashing Pumpkins, have sued Virgin Records America, claiming the band's former longtime label screwed them out of royalties for ringtones, file downloads and other "electronic transmissions."

According to the lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Virgin inked an exclusive deal with frontman Billy Corgan in 2005 to license their tunes without Iha's and D'arcy's OKs.

"Such unauthorized commercial exploitation by Virgin constitutes a material breach under a recording agreement" the plaintiffs and Corgan entered into with the label in 1998, which included clauses covering distribution channels and "technology...hereafter developed," the suit states.

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In the first twist of this year's San Diego Comic-Con, an unscheduled Hugh Jackman bonded with fans and showcased footage from next summer's prequel, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

"Without you guys, I wouldn't have a career," Jackman told an energized crowd, who had gathered to see Keanu Reeves promote The Day the Earth Stood Still and Mark Wahlberg talk about Max Payne.

The party-crashing Jackman, muttonchops-free and just off a plane from Australia, offered a shout-out to Wolverine creator Len Wein and waded into the audience to shake hands with the comics vet.

Sneak-peek footage from the flick, due May 2009, had a few surprises as well:

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If you thought Marissa Jaret Winokur was bubbly and cheerful before...

The Tony Award-winning actress and her sitcom-writer hubby, Judah Miller, welcomed a son Tuesday, their first child together, People reports.

Zev Isaac Miller, who was carried by a surrogate mother, weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces and measured 21 inches long.

"He is so perfect. My little miracle baby is here, and I can't believe it," said Winokur, 35, a cervical cancer survivor who was diagnosed in 2000 when she was rehearsing for her breakthrough role as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray.

She and Hill, who found out last week that he had been nominated for his first Emmy for his work on King of the Hill (which is up for Best Animated Series), swapped vows in October 2006. Winokur announced that they were expecting in March, while she was working her way into fourth place on Dancing With the Stars.