It's wonderful when close friends of celebs care enough to contact gossip columns and give them the lowdown on exactly what was on a troubled star's mind when said star happened to plonk their metaphorical expensive footwear into a metaphorical steaming pile of legal poo.

That's exactly what the Herald Sun's Confidential column is reporting, with Alex Dimitriades' chums spilling their guts about the reason behind the Underbelly actor's recent brush with the law. It was a broken heart, Your Honour/court of public opinion!

Friends of Alex Dimitriades have blamed lovesickness and the success of Underbelly for his drink-driving arrest, while his co-star has gotten a new gig.

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The Gods (ie: a magistrate) have passed judgement on Todd McKenney following the Dancing With The Stars judge's drink driving arrest last month, and have punished him thusly.

Dancing with the Stars judge Todd McKenney has lost his licence and been fined for drink driving in central Sydney. McKenney, 42, today pleaded guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court to one count of low range drink driving.

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Tut tut, Todd McKenney. The Dancing With The Stars judge and breakfast radio host was sprung by police driving under the influence on Friday night.

The 42-year-old's Friday night came to an abrupt end when he was pulled over for a random breath test - and allegedly blew over the legal limit. McKenney, who had been driving on Macquarie St in the city at 10.50pm was immediately arrested and then taken to Surry Hills police station for a further breath analysis.

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He was re-tested and then allegedly found with a 0.05 alcohol reading. McKenney was charged with low-range drink driving and given a court attendance notice.

Naughty. Naturally, Todd is feeling worse for wear (and it's not just the hangover).

"I am bitterly disappointed in myself this has happened," he said. "I can't believe this has happened."

We'll assume he's referring to the drinking and driving, not just getting caught by the fuzz.

18-year-old Barron Hilton has yet to really capture the world's imagination the way his older sisters Paris and Nicky have, his wealthy parents perhaps waiting until he turns 21 before gifting him with his very own orange-faced pet flack to encourage such profile-building. And while some suspected the Hilton family's dominant Shameless Famewhoring Gene may have skipped him entirely, the young heir may just have that Hilton magic after all, having been picked up this morning in Malibu for a DUI:

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Before Alec Baldwin's Mametian approach to child-rearing went public through a leaked voicemail left for his porcine, etiquette-challenged 11-year-old daughter, Tracy Morgan was the 30 Rock star garnering the most unwelcome headlines for the fledgling sitcom. A DUI arrest... Read More »

At approximately 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning, beloved screen icon and local nightlife stall fixture Lindsay Lohan once again found herself involved in a suspicious accident, having crashed her seemingly death proof convertible into a Sunset Blvd. sidewalk. Then, according to a 911 call from an eyewitness, she peeled away from the scene. After inspecting the tyres and grille for tell-tale hair, tooth, and camera fragments, police quickly ruled out vehicular paparazzicide, but a search of the car turned up a "'usable amount' of a drug tentatively identified as cocaine." The Georgia Rule star, who only recently endured a supererogatory stay at a local rehab facility, was then arrested at Century City Hospital (where she was being treated for minor injuries), for "investigation of misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs". Beleaguered flack Leslie Sloane Zelnik has yet to speak out on the matter, but is undoubtedly at this very moment holed up in an office, blinds drawn and surrounded by a foothill of crumpled paper as she attempts to compose the Statement of Her Career: a 44-word missive squarely placing the blame for her client's pre-21st-birthday rock-bottom moment on the media's nefarious shoulders.

• Cops: Drugs Found After Lohan Crash [AP]
• Lohan's Accident Aftermath [TMZ]

An update on the sad case of Lane Garrison, the Prison Break actor you likely hadn't heard of until the night he befriended a trio of teenagers and escorted them to a Beverly Hills High School party (just like your own high school parties but with less making out to Duran Duran, and more cocaine and age-inappropriate TV star cameos), resulting in an ill-fated Grey Goose run that killed one and seriously injured two others. Garrison pled guilty today at his arraignment at the Beverly Hills Courthouse:

Appearing before Beverly Hills Judge Elden Fox today, Garrison pleaded guilty to one felony count of driving under the influence causing injury to multiple victims, and one misdemeanor count of furnishing alcohol to a minor. He also admitted to causing great bodily injury and death and that he was driving with a blood alcohol level of more than .15 percent.

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