Odds & Ends: Billy Corgan, Justin Timberlake, Aimee Mann & Ted Leo

For readers who don’t live in the Chicago area, Walter E. Smithe is a furniture retailer that’s known for witty and memorable television commercials” (as well as “well-made, stylish and functional furniture and home accents.”) The company just took its ads to a whole new level thanks to Billy Corgan and his Resistance Pro wresting company.

Check out the Smashing Pumpkins frontman playing musical chairs with the three Walter E. Smithe brothers, which leads to a full-on fight with a few Resistance Pro wrestlers. No Walter E. Smithe chairs were harmed in this ad.

In exchange for Corgan’s appearance in the ad, the Smithe brothers donated $50,000 to animal charity PAWS Chicago.

In an announcement proclaiming that “it’s like Christmas in March!!,” Justin Timberlake has revealed he’s scheduled a week of appearances on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” in addition to signing as the March 9 host and musical guest on “Saturday Night Live.”

Timberlake will perform each night on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” March 11-15 and chat it up with the host March 11 and March 15.

The TV gigs celebrate the release of the singer’s third studio album, The 20/20 Experience, due out March 19 on RCA.

Aimee Mann & Ted Leo have teamed up together for some new songs and shows, calling the collaboration #BOTH. An announcement on Mann’s website says they will play tunes they have written together as well as some of their own original material. So far, four gigs are booked.

Catch #BOTH at Los Angeles’ Largo March 8-9 and San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill March 26-27. Tickets for Los Angeles are on sale now. Tickets for San Francisco go on sale Feb. 22.