Driving drama: Where calamity goes, troubled damsel Heather Locklear follows. We've just heard that the Melrose Place actress was arrested on Saturday for hit-and run.
A report published by TMZ.com says Locklear crashed her black BMW into a no parking sign in the early hours of Saturday morning, and left the scene without reporting the incident.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ that at around 4am, a neighbour heard a collision near Locklear's Westlake Village, California home. But the curtain-twitcher couldn't be bothered to call it in right away, and waited until the evening before calling the cops.
Sheriff's deputies arrived on the scene later for a spot of sleuthing and deduced that a car had mounted a curb and knocked over a no parking sign.
They also examined debris left at the scene and traced it back to her car. And when they arrived at her home, they spotted corresponding damage on her BMW. Gotcha!
Locklear was then arrested for hit-and-run. The offence is a misdemeanour, so she was not taken into custody.
A sheriff's spokesman confirmed the report: "While Locklear was technically arrested, she was not handcuffed or taken to a station because it was just a misdemeanour charge.
"She was cooperative, but I can't give any information about any statements she made. She was cited and released. She signed a document stating she would make a court appearance."
Her lawyer has also issued a statement, saying: "Ms Locklear was cited with a misdemeanour traffic ticket as she is the registered owner of the vehicle.
"She was never taken into custody. The matter is still being looked into as it is not yet clear who was driving the vehicle."
Oh Locklear darling, this isn't your first driving-related legal run-in is it?
In 2008 she was arrested in Santa Barbara for allegedly driving under the influence of prescription medications - two months after she left an Arizona rehab facility.
She pleaded no contest to a misdemeanour charge of reckless driving, and was placed on an informal three-year probation.
Surely this latest incident (which mercifully didn't involve any injuries or knocking people down as if they're human skittles) will constitute a probation violation?
And what was she doing driving around at 4am? Questions, questions...
But there's no point asking her reps for some kind of illumination. They've kept their cake holes firmly shut.
But they'll have to fess up eventually. Locklear's court date is set for May 17.
So over it
Peter Andre may not be over his doomed marriage to Katie Price, but we certainly are. Enough already.
The Aussie singer said in a column he writes for a British magazine: "If you really loved them, you don't get over it just like that. These things take time."
"A survey revealed last week that it takes the average person at least 18 months to recover from a divorce. I would totally agree with this," he told New magazine.
Move on buddy. Your ex wifey has. She's got hitched to her cage-dwelling lapdog Alex Reid, and she's rumoured to be up the duff. Spell it out, it says O.V.E.R.
Rihanna's hospital dash
Tongues have been wagging that Umbrella singer Rihanna was carted off to a Swiss hospital over the weekend for an undisclosed illness.
MTV News UK reported that the Barbadian star "rushed to a hospital" on Monday night after performing at a sold-out concert in Zurich. This is indeed true.
A rep for the hospital said: "Rihanna arrived at the accident and emergency unit. We're not going to give any details."
Well we can. She had some gip with her rib.
"She had an injured rib and went to have it looked at to be sure it was nothing serious, and it wasn't," her rep tells Access Hollywood.
"All is OK and the tour is going great."
Panic over.
Courtney Love is dead
And that's straight from the horse's mouth. Courtney Love is no more.
Cool your jets, not literally obviously.
In an interview with NME (via BBC), the crazy chick says she's no longer using her stage name.
"We've all decided we don't like her any more," she said.
"We love her when she goes on stage, but I don't need her in the rest of my life.
She would now like to be called Courtney Michelle.
And still on the Love, sorry, Michelle train...
The Hole frontwoman says she's sick of talking about her late husband Kurt Cobain.
"I am not his spokesperson on Earth.
"I don't know what he'd be like now, he could be into society girls, he could be into fat girls, he could be homosexual," she told NME.
"We don't know, he died at 27."
Mad as a box of frogs.
Swedish hottie
Ah, the ubiquitous Alexander Skarsgård.
Feast your eyes on the True Blood star's latest photo spread for Vman magazine here.
Effortlessly cool.
Sneak peek
Speaking of ubiquitous...
He's the odd-coiffed boy of the moment...
Take a behind-the-scenes butchers at Justin Bieber's new music video, Eenie Meenie.
Behind the Scenes: Eenie Meenie (Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber) from Alfredo Flores on Vimeo.
What the...?
Boy George
