Gawker: defamer, it's dui christmas!

We can all breathe a little bit easier now...

Seth — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:04:19 EST

We can all breathe a little bit easier now that we know that the "narcotic" found on Mischa Barton during her DUI arrest was, in fact, marijuana. (To be honest, we thought California classifies that stuff as a "holistic food additive.") We also now have access to heartbreaking images of a babushka-wrapped Barton—accidentally, we're sure, evoking Benazir Bhutto—being led away from the the jail where she spent the night to her parents' waiting car. A sobering event for all involved, to be sure. [Page Six]

Celebrity DUI Christmas continues—sort...

Seth — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:51:12 EST

Celebrity DUI Christmas continues—sort of. Early Tom Cruise screen love interest Rebecca De Mornay, whom we mistakenly thought couldn't so much as get arrested in this town, was charged today for being picked up by police October 30, after the hand that rocked her steering wheel led them to suspect she might be driving under the influence. (She was: She blew a .09.) Her court date is December 31st, "but she does not have to appear." [TMZ]

Welcome To The DUI, Mischa Barton

Seth — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:06:29 EST

We knew the end of the year would net a far bigger DUI fish than Boy Meets World's Topanga, and Swervy Claus has come through once again, crashing his sleigh into the side of Defamer HQ-2 with a newly booked Mischa Barton to put under our twinkling Christmas stump. True to their names, the girls at Hollyscoop were first on the scene:

Sources tell Hollyscoop EXCLUSIVELY that actress Mischa Barton was arrested in the wee hours this morning! She was handcuffed and arrested at 2:46AM last night and booked at 3:10AM.

Mischa was arrested on the corner of La Cienega and Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles late last night in her white Range Rover for Driving Under the Influence and driving without a license.
Her bail amount is set at $10,000.

TMZ also reports that the thespian who so vividly brought Marissa Cooper's every pool-furniture-thrashing to life on The O.C. is still in custody, that the Sheriff's Department's "Inmate Information Center" mistakenly input her name as "Mischa Burton," and that she was charged with possession of narcotics—ominous italics ours. (A white Christmas?) We promise to update you with a mugshot just as soon as one is made available, and that shouldn't be long, but may we suggest using the few minutes until then for a booking-shot guessing game? Half-smile? One eye closed? Nolte hair? Place your bets.

Mischa Barton Arrested! [Hollyscoop]