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UPDATE: Responding to the arrest, a rep for Sen. John Kerry offered this statement:

"Alexandra Kerry was pulled over for an expired registration and was released after the results of a  breathalyzer test at the police station were under the legal limit. Senator Kerry supports his daughter and will have no further comment on a private matter."
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Alexandra Kerry doesn't have to worry about swift boats, just boozy rides.

The filmmaking eldest daughter of former presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry was busted early Thursday for driving under the influence, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department confirms to E! News.

Dad's not gonna be too happy about this.

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First The Bachelor breakup and now this...Shayne Lamas just can't seem to catch a break.  

E! News has learned exclusively that the 24-year-old Leave it to Lamas reality star was taken into custody on suspicion of DUI charges just after 1 a.m. Saturday in Venice, Calif. 

"Early Saturday morning, after consuming one drink, I willingly drove through a mandatory check point on my way home with complete confidence of passing," Lamas tells E! News. "However, the breathalyzer indicated that I was over the legal limit of blood alcohol content and was arrested onsite.

"I take full responsibility for my lack of judgment. I have always strived to be a role model for my friends, family and fans and have never nor will ever condone drinking and driving. I apologize for all those I have disappointed, including myself."

The reality star was released later that morning. She's due in court Dec. 9 for the misdemeanor charge.

(Originally published Nov. 14, 2009, at 9 p.m. PT)

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Stephanie Pratt might not be the brightest bulb, but she could be pulling out a novel defense in her drunken-driving case:

Don't blame the booze, blame the shoes.

With The Hills star MIA from court today, it was up to her lawyer to enter a not-guilty plea on her behalf to a misdemeanor DUI count stemming from her arrest last month.

Pratt, 23, faces up to six months in the clink and a maximum $1,000 fine if convicted. Attorney Jon Bryant Artz told the judge she is willing to serve a 30-day stint in live-in rehab, to avoid driving until she gets a valid license and to refrain from drinking to remain free on her own recognizance.

Outside court, Artz told E! News that Pratt was really pulled over for her tinted windows and, "There's no impaired driving or driving that indicates she was under the influence."

He also implied the reason Pratt may have biffed a field sobriety test was because she was having a hard time negotiating the course in her 4-inch-heeled boots.

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He'll be back, all right—for his trial.

E! News has learned that Thomas Dekker, the former star of Fox's Terminator spinoff, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, has pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor drunken-driving charges for plowing into a teenage biker back on Oct. 14. He remains free on $100,000 bail.

"He was charged with our standard DUI counts—driving under the influence and driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 or above," said Los Angeles city attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan.

Talk about your bad Judgment Day.

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We apologize for using the P-word, but Stephanie Pratt has something she'd like to say about that DUI business.

"I was pulled over 4 tinted windows 3 blocks from where i was sleeping and blew a .08...which was 2 drinks. i made the wrong choice to drive and i take full responsibility," the Hills hanger-on tweeted this afternoon, referring to her arrest last weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence following a party for her sister-in-law's 26th birthday at a Hollywood club.

"I would never put other peoples lives at risk and want to be very clear that i was not pulled over for unsafe driving," she continued. "2 drinks... call a taxi! pls learn from my mistake. love u alllll!"

Pratt also thanked her Twitter fam for their kind words and support.

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Lindsay Lohan has one more chance—and one more year—to get herself in order.

After being ominously summoned (and, in true Lindsay style, arriving more than an hour late after a night of clubbing) to her progress hearing this morning, the judge agreed to extend the star's probation by 12 months to allow her adequite adequate time to complete her court-ordered alcohol education program, one of the remaining outstanding holdouts from her 2007 DUI bust.

But not without first issuing a few scared-straight-style warnings.

While Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel said in court that she was "rooting" for Lohan to successfully complete her probation, she made clear that any future slip-ups would be tolerated.

"I'm going to know about it," said Revel, "because your whole life is followed."

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This is almost too easy for Howard.

Artie Lange, whose sobriety-challenged history has made for countless punchlines on The Howard Stern Show, presumably is getting a lift to the studio for the near future after copping to a DUI count in New Jersey.

The 41-year-old funnyman pleaded guilty to being under the influence of prescription sleeping pills when he crashed his car in the Toms River back on July 10.

The judge in turn revoked Lange's license for seven months, ordered him to attend DUI classes, fined him $600—and provided Stern enough fodder to make it through the rest of the week.

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He won't be walking the earth like Caine in Kung Fu anytime soon.

Roger Avary, the screenwriter who nabbed an Academy Award cowriting Pulp Fiction with Quentin Tarantino, has been sentenced to a year in jail stemming from a fatal 2008 drunken-driving accident that took the life of a friend.

Ventura County Superior Court Judge Edward Bordie also gave Avary five years' probation and ordered him to enroll in a DUI education program. Bordie justified the relatively light punishment by stating that the 44-year-old filmmaker had shown remorse and had no criminal background.

After initially pleading innocent last December, Avary changed his mind and pleaded guilty Aug. 18 to gross vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving.

According to police, he was driving over 100 mph when he lost control of his Mercedes and slammed into a telephone pole. The crash killed his passenger, Andreas Zini, a friend visiting from Italy. Avary's wife was ejected from the car and sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

Where was the Wolf when he needed him?

Avary also penned 2006's Silent Hill and 2007's Beowulf, and directed 1994's Killing Zoe.

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UPDATE: Petty's attorney, Blair Berk, tells E! News the Point Break star has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor DUI charge and will receive five years' informal probation.

In exchange for pleading no contest to a technical violation DUI with a blood-alcohol content of 0.08, prosecutors agreed to dismiss two misdemeanor counts of DUI with bodily injury. As part of the deal, the actress will receive outpatient treatment, attend AA classes and pay fines up to $1,500.

"It's basically a court probation which means you're pledged to stay out of trouble and it significantly increases the penalties should you get into trouble again while on probation," says Berk.

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Maybe George Michael learned his lesson after all?

After his car smashup and subsequent arrest on Friday, the former pop star is speaking out about any question of his sobriety during the accident, reports the BBC.

"Neither of us was charged because we were both stone cold sober," says Michael. "We both think the other is to blame so this is just an insurance fight."

Fresh off of a two-year driving ban that stemmed from operating a vehicle under a "cocktail of drugs," the newly relicensed singer is adamant about his sobriety this time around, stating, "I don't want my fans or my family worried by what they are reading all over again."

Michael was taken in for questioning in London early Friday morning after mangling his Range Rover into the back of a truck. The star was released without charge a few hours later.

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The Burn Notice guy just got burned.

Apparently, one shouldn't mix booze with Benadryl (who knew?!).

Thankfully, however, Jeffrey Donovan won't be wiped off the grid or anything drastic, but he may have a little future driving dramz.

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Sunday's MTV Movie Awards: Special Twilight Edition wasn't the only awards show happening over the weekend. Spike TV filmed their Guys Choice Awards Saturday night—and they managed to get Brad Pitt to show up (but no Angelina Jolie...).

The show, which will air June 21, opened with Mel Gibson riding a horse in a Viking helmet onstage (funny in a "you had to be there" way, maybe?), where he then announced Fight Club's induction into the prestigious Guy Hall of Fame.

Brad accepted the honor from his esteemed colleague by choosing his favorite line from Gibson's infamous 2006 DUI rant...

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