American Pie star Chris Klein has been formally charged with two misdemeanors stemming from his recent arrest for drink driving. The actor’s car was pulled over by police in Los Angeles on 16 June and he was taken into custody after he was found to be almost three times over the legal limit.

He was released on $25,000 bail and subsequently checked himself into rehab at the Cirque Lodge in Utah to seek treatment for alcohol addiction. The DUI arrest was his second in five years; he was previously busted on a similar charge in 2005.

On Monday, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office announced he had been charged with driving under the influence with a prior conviction and driving with a .08 blood alcohol level or higher.

If he is found guilty, Klein will have to serve a mandatory minimum of four days in a county jail, but he could be sentenced to up to a year behind bars. He is due to be arraigned on 9 July, according to.

Former Melrose Place star Amy Locane has been charged with killing a woman after allegedly crashing her car under the influence of alcohol.

The actress, who starred opposite Johnny Depp in Cry-Baby, was driving her Chevy Tahoe in Montgomery, New Jersey on Sunday night when she reportedly struck another vehicle, which was turning into a driveway.

Helene Seeman, a passenger in the front seat of the other car, was pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver, Fred Seeman, was airlifted to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. He has been listed as in critical condition.

Locane, who suffered minor cuts to her right foot, has allegedly admitted drinking several glasses of wine before taking the wheel of her car, reports The Star-Ledger newspaper.

The actress was charged with second-degree vehicular homicide and third-degree assault by auto on Monday. Bail has been set at $50,000.

If convicted, she faces up to 10 years in a state prison.

Throw the book at this drunk slut!

Motley Crue singer Vince Neil, who last week had declared his sobriety, was arrested on drunken driving charges after getting pulled over by police in his Lamborghini near the Las Vegas Strip.

The 49-year-old rocker was taken into custody about 11:15 p.m. Sunday when he was stopped in the black sports car after leaving the Las Vegas Hilton hotel, Officer Bill Cassell said. Neil was released Monday after posting $2,000 bail.

Attorney David Chesnoff called it “premature” Monday to respond to the charge until he and attorney Richard Schonfeld collect information about the arrest.

Cassell, a Las Vegas police spokesman, said details of Neil’s arrest would not be publicly released, and a police report would not be made available during the investigation.

Neil is the front man for a four-member heavy metal band known for its bad behavior, hard partying, famous girlfriends and hits like “Girls, Girls, Girls,” and “Dr. Feelgood.” He said last week that he was sober and that there are “other things in life than just drugs and alcohol.”

Neil and his fourth wife, Lia, live in Las Vegas, where Neil owns tattoo shops, a bar called Feelgoods Rock Bar and Grill, and the Vince Neil Tres Rios Cantina at the Las Vegas Hilton.

He recently released a solo album, “Tattoos and Tequila,” covering 1970s rock songs and a rendition of Elvis Presley’s “Viva Las Vegas.”

In an interview last week with The Associated Press about a tell-all book due out in September, Neil said he hadn’t used drugs in 20 years and had stopped abusing alcohol.

“There’s just a point in your life where you kind of stop, that’s what happened with me,”

Neil had said.

“There’s other things in life than just drugs and alcohol.”

Neil said he admired the sobriety of top performers today.

“Those are the guys that are doing it right,” he said. “It’s the ones that self-destruct with the drugs and alcohol that have gone by the wayside many years ago.”

Cassell said police also were looking into a report of an incident involving Neil, a female fan and a broken camera in front of the Las Vegas Hilton hotel.

The arrest was not Neil’s first drunken driving case. In 1984, he crashed a sports car head-on into another car in Redondo Beach, Calif., killing his passenger, Nicholas Dingley, a 24-year-old drummer with the group Hanoi Rocks.

Neil, then 25, wasn’t injured. He later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and drunken driving, served 20 days in jail, and agreed to pay $2.5 million in restitution to victims.

Neil also has had misdemeanor battery charges dismissed at least twice in California and Nevada after performing community service. One stemmed from an accusation that he roughed up a prostitute in 2003 at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch brothel in northern Nevada.

Neil is due Sept. 27 in Las Vegas Justice Court.

Gotta love it. Dude already kills someone drunk driving and continues to do it. One time might be a mistake or accident but someone like this should get Life In Prison!

Cameron Diaz always paces herself when partying with Aussies after one heavy night out left her with alcohol poisoning.

The actress has always boasted a great tolerance for booze but she learned Americans should never try to keep up with their cousins from Down Under.

She says,

“I was 19 and in Australia for the first time doing a commercial. I didn’t know that Australians are actually superhuman and don’t have livers.

“I was out one harmless, wonderfully fun day with a group of hospitable Australians who were showing me Sydney. I was keeping up with them drinking, and they got pretty s**t-faced, but I got alcohol poisoning.

“I survived, but it was as bad as alcohol poisoning gets. I thought I was dying.”

American Pie star Chris Klein has checked himself in a rehabilitation facility in Utah to deal with alcohol addiction following his arrest for driving under the influence (DUI) last week (ends18Jun10).

The actor’s car was pulled over by police in Los Angeles on 16 June and he was taken into custody after failing a sobriety test.

He was released from jail hours later on $25,000 bail and now Klein is seeking professional help at the Cirque Lodge to battle his drinking problem.

His representative, Jaime Primak, says,

“After recent events, Chris was forced to take a clear look at a problem he has been trying to deal with himself for years. He understands now that he cannot beat this disease alone.

“He thanks everyone for their support as he takes all the necessary steps to deal with his addiction and asks for privacy while doing so.”

The 31-year-old star has enrolled in a 30-day program and Primak reveals the actor is committed to staying longer if necessary.

Klein was previously arrested in February, 2005 on a similar charge. He pleaded guilty to DUI on that occasion and was ordered to complete 150 hours of community service with the Red Cross, in addition to paying a $1,800 fine.

The tragic son of famed anchorman Ted Koppel died from a lethal dose of alcohol, illegal and prescription drugs, according to a newly released report from the New York City medical examiner.

Andrew Koppel, son of the former Nightline host, passed away in the early hours of 31 May following reports of an all-day drinking binge.

Paramedics were called to an apartment in Manhattan and pronounced the 40-year-old lawyer dead at the scene.

The medical report stated Koppel’s cause of death as acute intoxication, due to the combined effects of alcohol, heroin, cocaine and the painkiller Valium.

The death has been ruled an accident.

Actor Joseph Gannascoli, who appeared in the TV series “The Sopranos,” has been arrested on a drunken driving charge in Tampa.

According to jail records, Tampa police arrested 51-year-old Gannascoli early Friday morning. He has posted $500 bond and was expected to be released from Hillsborough County jail later Friday. It is unclear if he already has an attorney, the St. Petersburg Times reported.

Gannascoli, of East Rockaway, New York, played the character Vito Spatafore on the HBO drama “The Sopranos.” In the series, Gannascoli’s character was a mobster who was killed because he was gay.

Actor Chris Klein has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of drunken driving.

The California Highway Patrol says in a news release that the 31-year-old “American Pie” and “Election” star was pulled over early Wednesday in the San Fernando Valley after being spotted weaving across lanes on the westbound Hollywood Freeway.

CHP Officer Patrick Kimball says Klein was booked and released on his own recognizance.

Klein’s publicist Jillian Fowkes did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Andy Dick’s antics are hitting headlines once again – the funnyman was reportedly ejected from a Los Angeles playhouse after storming into the venue in a drunken stupor earlier this month.

According to reports, the troubled comedian walked into a performance of Yellow at the Coast Playhouse on June 2, insisting he didn’t need a ticket as he attempted to find a seat.

The former NewsRadio star was reportedly kicked out by the play’s director, Del Shores.

Shores later posted a rant on social networking website Facebook.com, raging he “kicked (Andy’s) drunk a** out”.

The reported incident is the latest in a string of troubles for Dick – in April, he was picked up by cops after allegedly wandering into a house in Los Angeles in the middle of the night, prompting the frightened family to call police.

Within days of that incident, he was ejected from a California winery when security staff suspected him of being intoxicated.

Dick is also currently facing charges of felony first degree sexual assault for allegedly grabbing a security guard’s crotch and kissing a male guest at a bar in Huntington, West Virginia without invitation in January.

That case will go to court later this month June.

What a fucking menace this guy has become not to mention an embarrassment.