DMX was sentenced to six months in an Arizona jail on Tuesday for violating his probation by using drugs. The rapper (born Earl Simmons), who has been in jail since his arrest on March 9 for five counts of probation violation, admitted to a single violation for failing a court-mandated drug test last June and testing positive for cocaine, according to The Arizona Republic.

Though she could have sent him to prison for the infringement, Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioner Christine Mulleneaux reinstated X's probation over the objections of the prosecutor. In addition to ordering him to spend six months in jail, Mulleneaux said the troubled rapper must undergo a mental health evaluation to search for possible underlying psychological issues that might be driving his need to self-medicate. She said he could be released earlier if he is accepted into a court-approved drug rehabilitation program.

As a result, X seemed destined to be the next star to land on the VH1 reality show "Celebrity Rehab," as he's already been accepted by the Pasadena Recovery Center, which is the setting for the show hosted by addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky. But show staffer Will Smith told the paper that the "Party Up" rapper would not join the cast of "Rehab" because he is destined for a lockdown facility.

"He's looking at nine months to a year of treatment," Smith said. Where Simmons, 39, ends up depends on whether California allows him to serve out his intensive probation in the state, a sentence that will keep him under virtual house arrest until December. If not, X may have to undergo the Maricopa County Sheriff's substance-abuse treatment program at the jail where he is currently incarcerated.

An attorney for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick denied Wednesday that Kilpatrick ever took bribes or extorted cash from Karl Kado, a businessman who held lucrative contracts at the Cobo Center.

"There were never any cash payments," said Detroit attorney James C. Thomas. Kilpatrick "didn't receive any bribes from Kado; nor did he extort Kado."

The Detroit News reported Wednesday that Kado -- who is to be sentenced today for filing false income tax returns -- testified in an August deposition in a civil lawsuit that he made illegal cash payments to both Kilpatrick, who was then mayor, and his father, business consultant Bernard N. Kilpatrick.

Kado denied the payments were bribes, describing himself as a victim of extortion.

Kado gave no details about the alleged payments, but a person familiar with an ongoing criminal investigation told The News in February that Kado told investigators he paid Kwame Kilpatrick close to $100,000 and paid his father close to $300,000.

Two former Cobo directors who pleaded guilty to felony charges as part of a long-running FBI investigation of City Hall corruption, Lou Pavledes and Glenn Blanton, admitted in their plea agreements they received illegal payments from Kado.

Thomas said the allegations against the former mayor are false and said he does not know why Kado would make up the story.

Actor Gary Coleman pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminal mischief in conjunction with a domestic violence charge, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Gary Coleman arrested for outstanding warrant

The April 18 incident involved an escalating argument between Coleman and his wife, Shannon Price, defense attorney Randy Kester told The Associated Press. Coleman was arrested on Jan. 24 for failing to appear in court and was released the following day after posting $1,725 bail.

Coleman pleaded guilty on Monday to the lesser of the charges. "There was originally two charges: assault domestic violence and criminal mischief domestic violence.

A hearing to determine whether to modify a court order preventing Charlie Sheen and his wife, Brooke, from contacting each other was postponed until Friday because Brooke Sheen underwent surgery for an oral infection.

Brooke Sheen's attorney, Yale Galanter, asked the court to allow his client to participate in Wednesday's scheduled hearing by telephone, citing Tuesday's surgery. Pitkin County District Court Judge James Boyd denied the motion but did reschedule the hearing for 10 a.m. Friday.

Police in this ski resort town about 200 miles west of Denver arrested Charlie Sheen on Dec. 25 on suspicion of felony menacing, second-degree assault and criminal mischief.

Charlie Sheen's lawyers have asked a judge to ban TV cameras during the actor's court hearing over his bust-up with wife Brooke Mueller to avoid a "media frenzy."

The star was ordered not to contact Mueller after a domestic dispute in Aspen, Colo., on Christmas Day, which landed him in police custody.

The "Two and a Half Men" actor was charged with second-degree assault, menacing and criminal mischief, and is due in court later this month to ask officials to lift the protection order.

Now his legal team has filed a request at Pitkin County District Court asking that cameras are barred from the courtroom, in a bid to protect the couple's privacy and Sheen's right to a fair trial.

Sheen's attorney, Richie Cummins, writes in court papers, "As intensely personal as this process is, (Sheen) accepts that his status as a celebrity comes with a level of scrutiny in his personal life. (He) understands that there will be media coverage of this case, and he does not seek to eliminate it.

"He does, however, seek to minimize its impact, so as to protect his right to a fair trial and to preserve for the alleged victim a modicum of privacy during this intensely painful and difficult time.

Former Friends star Jennifer Aniston's activism has been the force behind a new state law in California that restricts the paparazzi.

Aniston's activism was instrumental in the success of Assembly Bill 524, which takes effect from Jan 1, according to Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, who revealed that the actress' horror stories prompted her to fast track the legislation, reports hollywood.com.

The new law allows for civil penalties against the paparazzi and media outlets that sell and buy unlawfully obtained photographs and video footage of celebrities and their families.

Bass said she wrote the bill after Aniston and a group of celebrities helped her to understand just how bad the Los Angeles paparazzi problem had become.

"There have to be some boundaries. When you have children in the car and the photographers are rushing you, it's just absolutely out of control. It's become a public safety issue. Somebody's going to die if we don't do something," said Aniston.

Arrest warrants have been issued for actor Randy Quaid and his wife after they failed to appear for a court hearing, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

The couple didn't show up in a Santa Barbara criminal court Tuesday on a felony charge that they defrauded an innkeeper. The no-show will cost the couple $40,000 in forfeited bail.

It was the most recent in a string of court absences that have resulted in arrest warrants and an aborted attempt to extradite the pair from Randy Quaid's home state of Texas.

Senior Deputy District Attorney Lee Carter said the couple are felony fugitives again and will have to post $40,000 if arrested.

The Quaids' attorney, Robert Sanger, declined comment on the case.

Randy and Evi Quaid were arrested on Sept. 24 in West Texas after being accused of using an invalid credit card to defraud the San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito of more than $10,000.

Sanger has said the couple paid the bill and had hoped to resolve the case.

Randy Quaid is best-known for supporting roles in films such "Independence Day" and "National Lampoon's Vacation." He is the older brother of actor Dennis Quaid.