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Isaac Newton was full of crap -- 2 Chainz made it thunderstorm last night on a bunch of strippers in Phoenix ... and the laws of physics DID NOT APPLY.

It all went down at Essex Gentlemen's Club -- 2 Chainz was hosting some after party -- and you have to see the video to believe it. At one point, a stripper twerks UPSIDE-DOWN on another stripper ... while the other stripper spins on the pole. It's some really groundbreaking stuff.

And if that wasn't awesome enough, one of the girls' names is Spyda.

Real talk last week after a Dru Hill show in DC -- the 90s R&B group said they're still kickin' for one reason and one reason only ... to put food on the table for their families.

The singers were sitting for an interview Wednesday with AOSTL media group reporter Donna Jones -- she tried to ask how the guys deal with the ups and downs of a music career ... and Sisqo tried to give a thoughtful response ... but his pal Nokio cut him off.

We won't ruin it ... but Nokio doesn't mince words.

The United States military is conducting a formal investigation into American soldiers burning the dead bodies of what appear to be Iraqi insurgents.

TMZ obtained 41 pictures that we're told were shot in Fallujah in 2004. Two pictures show a Marine appearing to pour gasoline or some other flammable on the remains of what officials believe are 2 insurgents. Two other photos show the bodies on fire. You then see charred remains.

Another photo shows a Marine crouched down next to a dead body and mugging for the camera.

Still another pic shows a Marine rifling through the pocket of the pants on a corpse.

We have not included all of the photos. Many are just too gruesome. There are well over a dozen bodies in the pics and some are covered with flies and one is being eaten by a dog.

We turned them all over to the Pentagon last week, and a Pentagon official tells us the pics have triggered a Marine Corps investigation.

We're told U.S. Central Command -- the organization in charge of military operations in the Middle East -- also reviewed the photos to determine if they had been previously brought to their attention and determined they had not.

Col. Steve Warren, Director of Press Operations for the Dept. of Defense, tells TMZ ... the pictures appear to show U.S. soldiers in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice ... which makes it a crime to mishandle remains.

There is no statute of limitations on the crime -- even if the soldiers are now private citizens ... they can still be prosecuted, which could land them behind bars.

Joan Rivers thinks everyone is way too uptight about hurling racial and other epithets ... so she hurled them against Italians, Blacks, Jews, Chinese, gays and don't forget the Irish.

And speaking of the Irish, Joan blanched at MSNBC's firing of Alec Baldwin for going on a homophobic tirade.

We got Joan outside of Canter's Deli in L.A. -- where lots of Jews hang out.

Elton John REAAALLLY hates the paparazzi ... A LOT ... which is why it's weird that he went to a Hollywood restaurant last night that's right in the thick of the pap zone.

The whole clip is pretty comical ... Elton arrives to Craig's -- famously patronized by big celebs on a nightly basis -- and immediately goes off on the waiting paps.

F-bomb here ... C-bomb there ... another F-bomb. He's really angry.

In fact, Elton was so passionate about his cussing ... that he tripped over his own feet and almost fell on his way in. It's kinda funny.

Eventually, Elton angrily galumphs inside the front door ... to meet up with more famous people (the Osbournes were there, along with Giants owner Steve Tisch).

FYI -- there are more than 9,000 full-service restaurants in the L.A. area -- and while the salmon is pretty good at Craig's, it's not the only game in town.

So, the question -- why not give your blood pressure a break and hit up another food joint next time?

Kanye West went nuclear again on the paparazzi -- but this time Kanye has good reason to be pissed.

Kanye was at his bachelor pad at 4 AM, when several photogs (not TMZ) approached him as he was getting in his car to leave .... and asked about his feud with Jimmy Kimmel.

It appears Kim is also there. Sources say he and Kim were on their way to the airport with the final stop -- Paris.

Take a look at the video. An infuriated Kanye lunges at the photog but it does not appear there is any physical contact.

It looks as if the photogs are very close to Kanye's driveway -- but the photo agency insists they did not trespass.