• Beauty and the beast: For the second time Foxy Brown has been busted in a beauty shop—this time she raised hell when the store owner kicked her out while she was trying to glue in her "hair" in the shop bathroom.
• Reservations: Under pressure from the Native American community and cultural watchdog groups, The University of Illinois has decided to drop its mascot "Chief Illiniwek," a fixture in U of I athletics for more than 80 racist years.
• Lost losing ratings game: The once-popular ABC hour-long series and winner of the 2005 Emmy for Best Drama is so far lackluster. Wednesday's episode drew the series's lowest ratings ever: 12.8 million viewers.
• Limp Shady?: In a radio interview on WKQI-FM in Detroit, Kim Mathers sounded off on her two-time ex-husband Marshall Mathers, aka Eminem, calling him unfaithful, uncaring, and a bad lay. "I vomit in my mouth whenever I'm around him," says Mathers.
Photo: Splash News & Picture Agency