HE'LL FIND THE REAL GROPERS: Arnold Schwarzenegger hiring a private investigator to look into allegations that he groped women, but may not share the results with California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who has called for an independent probe.
RELEASED: Ricky "Slick Rick" Walters released from a Florida jail Friday, 17 months after immigration officials moved to deport the British-born rapper.
CAUGHT ON TAPE: A lawyer for Rick Solomon, Paris Hilton's ex and steamy sex tape partner, says his client is "bewildered" by the tape's reported release, and had nothing to do with it, according to Celebrity Justice. Solomon also denied taking advantage of the heiress.
WANTED: Arrest warrants being issued for Eminem's ex-wife, Kimberly Mathers, after she failed to show up for two separate court hearings on drug charges.
EM ADD: Eminem was granted full temporary custody on Friday of his seven-year-old daughter, Hailie Jade, his attorney told E! Online. The attorney refused to speculate if the custody decision was based on Kimberly Mathers' disappearance.
BELATED WEDDING GIFT? Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas winning just $24,000 in their court battle against Hello! magazine for publishing unauthorized photographs of their wedding--they had hoped for $800,000. The tab has been ordered to pay rival OK!, which had an exclusive, over $1 million in damages.
FIGHTING BACK: Jay-Z being forced to move up the release date of his final solo release, The Black Album, to November 14 from November 28 because of Internet piracy and bootlegging. The completed album has already been found online.
JAY-Z ADD: Three contractors suing Jay-Z's 40/40 club for stiffing them on a combined $46,000, report the Smoking Gun Website. Two of the companies have complained of bounced checks.
MOMMIE DEAREST: Distributors of Die Mommie Die! no longer needing to credit playwright Charles Casillo. On Friday, a federal judge dissolved a temporary restraining order issued by another judge last week ruling that the similarities to Casillo's book One Night Stand in a Lonely Hotel were negligible.
EURO POP: Justin Timberlake sweeping the MTV Europe Awards on Thursday night, winning Best Male, Best Pop Act and Best Album for Justified. Christina Aguilera won Best Female while Beyoncé won Best Song for "Crazy in Love."
SHE SAID, HE SAID: Rosie O'Donnell testifying that publishers Gruner + Jahr knew she was gay and quitting her TV show before giving her creative control of her now defunct magazine. G+J CEO Daniel Brewster denying the claim. O'Donnell is expected to continue testifying today in the breach of contract court battle.
CRITIC BASHING: Two scholars who criticized Mel Gibson's film on the crucifixion of Jesus Christ told the Associated Press on Thursday they have received hate mail in response to their comments.
BETTER WATCH OUT: Paris Hilton's powerful family threatening to "vigorously prosecute" anyone who tries to distribute the homemade porn flick starring their daughter and Shannen Doherty's estranged husband, Rick Solomon.
HILTON ADD: Meanwhile, the New York Post suggesting Hilton was nearly unconscious when the controversial tape was shot, which could create legal problems for Solomon.
ACROSS THE POND: The European Film Academy announcing its nominees for the European Film Awards 2003 on December 6 in Berlin. Among the top movie contenders: Dirty Pretty Things, Dogville and Swimming Pool.
WHOA: The Matrix Revolutions grossing an estimated $43 million worldwide Wednesday following its unprecedented simultaneous global release. The film unspooled on 18,000 screens in 107 territories.
HOLDING OUT: One-third of Academy members have yet to return their screener agreement, reports Variety. Some members are allegedly offended at the ironclad document, which asks them to guarantee the whereabouts of the screeners at all times.
BUH-BYE: Survivor's newly merged Balboa tribe evicting Andrew Savage, the Chicago-based attorney.
CASE CLOSED: ABC pulling L.A. Dragnet from its schedule effective immediately, the show was in its sophmore season.
C'MON GET HAPPY: VH1 planning to produce a remake of The Partridge Family, reports the Hollywood Reporter. Project will split into a reality series chronicling casting and a scripted half-hour pilot featuring the winners.
CBS TARGETS TEENS: CBS inking a comedy pilot deal with 16-year-old Hilary Duff for the 2004-05 season, according to the Hollywood Reporter. A domestic comedy, akin to Family Ties, is expected.
TRACY TAKES TUESDAY: Saturday Night Live alum Tracy Morgan's The Tracy Morgan Show debuting Tuesday, December 2 on NBC; the show will take the slot currently held by Good Morning Miami, which will move to Thursday to fill the gap left by canceled Coupling.
DEFINITIVE DENIAL: A U.S. appeals court Thursday blocking the release of The Definitive Elvis, a 16-hour documentary about Elvis Presley. The court upheld a decision that the film made improper use of copyrighted materials.
RIGHTEOUSLY REMEMBERED: Bobby Hatfield, one-half of soul duo the Righteous Brothers, was found dead in his Michigan hotel room Wednesday night, 30 minutes before a scheduled concert appearance. Officials planned to perform an autopsy to determine the cause of death; Hatfield was 63.
BAD COP: A Los Angeles police officer was fired after he used department resources to access confidential records on celebrities such as Halle Berry, Jennifer Aniston and Dylan McDermott. The officer claimed the research was part of a project to foil stalkers; the LAPD said no such project ever existed.
REMEMBERED: Mary Keach, mother of actors Stacy Keach and James Keach died Wednesday of cardiac arrest. She was 89.