W/C January 30, 2006

Multi-platinum rapper, singer, and producer Missy Elliott is writing music for the upcoming Disney/Touchstone film, Stick It. The Grammy-nominated Elliott has teamed with the Dust Brothers' Mike Simpson to score the film, which centers on the competitive world of gymnastics.

Jessica Alba is the perfect girlfriend, according to a new Internet poll. The Latino actress beat Sienna Miller and Angelina Jolie on the Askmen.com Best Girlfriend Material list. More than 2.5 million fans of the online magazine voted for their ideal partner. Brazilian model Ariana Lima, who was number one last year, Charlize Theron, Natalie Portman and Eva Longoria all made it into the top 10 on the new list.

Destiny ’s Child’s Michelle Williams will play an HIV-positive record exec on the UPN sitcom, “Half and Half” to air on February 13 th.

Kiefer Sutherland is keen to start filming a big screen version of his hit TV series 24, as soon as production on the show wraps up later this year. The show is currently filming its fifth season and producers are planning to shoot the movie while the show is on a break, according to moviehole.net. Sutherland won the Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series for his portrayal of Special Agent Jack Bauer.

Diddy was forced to re-shoot an ad for his new “Unforgivable” fragrance that featured him in bed with two women.

R&B star Ray J has his sights set on becoming the first ever musician to have a pair of Nike sports shoes named after him. Brandy’s younger brother has been a huge fan of the Nike brand since he got his first pair of the sports shoes aged six, and he's determined to create his own design. He says, "Jordan’s are my favorite all-time sneakers. Maybe this year we'll get the 'Ray J' sneaker."

Mystikal was denied parole on his current six-year sentence for forcing a woman to perform oral sex after he allegedly caught her writing $80,000 in bogus checks and was sentenced to an additional year for failing to report almost $2 million in earnings from 1998-1999.

Michael Jackson fans gathered in freezing temperatures outside music manager home after learning that the 47-year-old pop star was spending the weekend there. They were rewarded when the hitmaker waved to fans from a window. No details have been released about the purpose of Jackson's Hamburg visit.

Britney Spears has agreed to appear in an episode of Will and Grace. She will play a conservative Christian reports BBC online. She will appear as a talk show sidekick to Sean Hayes' character, Jack, in an episode to be shown in the US in April. Other stars who have appeared in Will and Grace include Cher, Jennifer Lopez and Michael Douglas.

Kanye West has inspired rockers U2 to experiment with new styles of music. Frontman Bono, who recently admitted to being a huge fan of the Jesus Walks hitmaker, insists the band's willingness to try new things is responsible for their continued success. He says, "I happen to be in really a truly great band, and experimentation has been the lifeblood of this band. "We, of course, will look and are looking across at hip-hop and see the amazing innovation in the studio."

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is in talks to reprise Clint Eastwood’s role in comedy Every Which Way But Loose. In the 1978 original, Eastwood played a fist-fighting drifter who befriends an orangutan he wins in a bet.