W/C November 21, 2005

Busta Rhymes is almost as well-known for his long dreadlocks as he is for his animated stage performances, but the rapper has decided to change his look and has cut off his hair. Rhymes told MTV.com, "I started growing these s**ts in December '89. I was 17. I signed my deal and said I ain't combing my hair no more. I don't have to." The rapper is now sporting a dark low-crop Caesar haircut. Fans can catch the new look in his new video, "Touch It," in the coming weeks.

DMX was sent to a jail in New York without bail after arriving over three hours late to a court hearing.

Missy Elliott is currently riding high with her new album The Cookbook, featuring the smash singles "Lose Control" with Ciara and Fat Man Scoop and the ballad, "Teary Eyed." Now the singer, rapper, and producer says she's planning a film autobiography that will reveal little-known aspects of her early life and career.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he will meet with lawyers for convicted murderer Stanley "Tookie" Williams on December 8th to consider his plea for clemency. Los Angeles County prosecutors and others involved in the case will also take part in the private hearing, to take place at Schwarzenegger's Sacramento office. A number of celebrities and Death Row opponents, including Snoop Dogg, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Bianca Jagger, have signed a petition requesting clemency for Williams, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection on December 13th.

Mike Jones has inked a deal with Reebok for his own shoe.

50 CENT is planning to release his own new line in condoms and sex toys. 50 who already has a clothing line and a range of energy drinks, is planning to branch out into the lucrative sex market - even creating a vibrator that looks just like him. 50 tells America's GQ magazine, "I need to make a 50 Cent condom, and a motorized version of me. "A motorized version of me will definitely have to be waterproof, so you could utilize it in the tub.

Jodie Foster refuses to employ nannies to look after her children, because she wants them to enjoy a normal upbringing. Foster, 43, prefers to sacrifice a host of movie role offers so she can be a complete mum to Charles, seven, and Kit, four - because she hates the idea of "inviting strangers into my house" to care for them.

Ricky Martin loves to film himself having sex but he's always careful to erase the footage before he falls asleep. The singer admits he enjoys videotaping his 'sexploits' and watching them with his partner. The clean-cut 33-year-old also admits to being a fan of urinating on his partner. He explains, "I love giving the golden shower. I've done it before in the shower. It's, like, so sexy, you know, the temperature of your body and the shower water is very different."

Tom Cruise has been named the tackiest star of the year in a US newspaper poll. The movie hunk's famous couch-jumping declarations of love on Oprah and his public "rants" against psychiatry and postpartum drugs have been blamed for his dishonorable position at the top of the Los Angeles Daily News list, which is voted for by readers. Cruise beat Paris Hilton and Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston to the top spot.

Kanye West will be bestowed with the Artist Achievement Award at the 2005 Billboard.

Heidi Klum is at the center of a new lawsuit filed by a man claiming he created the supermodel's Project Runway reality show. Writer Joel Lamontagne claims he wrote a script for a reality show, called America’s Fashion Designer Search, and registered it with the Writer's Guild of America in 2003. In legal papers, obtained by entertainment news website TMZ.com, Lemontagne also names Elizabeth Hurley, who will host the British version of the hit US cable show. Project Runway pits budding fashion designers against each other. The show debuted last year (04).

Paul Wall has given up the single life at 24 because he's sick of dating groupies. The Texas-based rap star and teeth jeweler refuses to disclose the details of his low-key nuptials, but his decision to get married was a coming-of-age moment. Wall tells MTV News, "The groupies, they been around since I was 16, that's when we started off doing the independent thing. "I've grown up now, I'm a man, so it's time for me to make man decisions in my life, so that's what I'm doing, and just jumping over that broomstick and tying the knot was one of 'em.

DJ Green Lantern is joining Russell Simmons’ Music Group. Green will help court and shape new talent at the label after leaving Shady Records. DJ Whoo Kid will replace Green at Shady.