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Paging Dr. Drew. Somebody's been dancing with Mr. Brownstone again.

Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler was arrested early this morning at a home in Hollywood on suspicion of drug possession, E! News has learned.

According to LAPD spokeswoman April Harding, police received a call at approximately 4 a.m. about a man creating a disturbance. Upon arrival, officers determined the 43-year-old musician was to blame and took him into custody.

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Andy Dick has once again found himself on the wrong side of the law.

The arrest-prone actor was busted in Murietta, Calif., early this morning on felony charges of sexual battery, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and public intoxication after allegedly groping and exposing a 17-year-old restaurant patron.

The arresting officer, Lt. Dennis Vrooman, told E! News he picked up the actor at 1:13 a.m. today outside the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant and bar after receiving a complaint about a man urinating outside and generally causing a disturbance.

"He was extremely intoxicated," Vrooman said.

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It's a Barenaked shame.

Barenaked Ladies' singer and guitarist Steven Page was arrested Friday in upstate New York and charged with possession of cocaine, a police spokesman confirmed.

According to the Manlius Police Department, the 38-year-old musician and two women were holed up in an apartment in Fayetteville, just outside of Syracuse, at approximately 2 a.m. Friday, when a patrol unit arrived on scene to inspect a nearby car with its driver's side door left open.

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Lindsay Lohan is right on track. (To where, we're not exactly sure yet, but at least she's moving along in a straight line.)

A Los Angeles judge agreed with the 22-year-old starlet's attorney today when he determined that Lohan had "proper attendance" and "no missed dates" regarding the various obligations she has been required to attend as part of her probation from 2007's twin-DUI debacle.

At a status hearing Tuesday, legal eagle Blair Berk told L.A. Superior Court Judge H. Chester Horn Jr. that her client was "completely on track with everything" concerning her plea deal last year on five misdemeanor counts.

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Heidi Fleiss has been given the ol' one-two.

The Hollywood madam turned laundromat owner is facing two felony drug charges stemming from her arrest earlier this year outside a Pahrump, Nev., hardware store.

The Nye County District Attorney charged her Thursday with unlawful use of methamphetamine and possession of the painkiller hydrocodone without a prescription

"And that's all that's in there? That's a good day," Fleiss joked to the Las Vegas Review-Journal when called for comment. On a more serious note, she also said that she's planning to enter rehab for the third time as early as next week.

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Taking a break from his "looney bin," Steve-O turned up at Los Angeles Superior Court today for a judge-ordered checkup.

The Jackass daredevil, otherwise known as Stephen Glover, proudly announced he has been sober now for 120 days and got a thumbs-up from the judge.

As for his blog post yesterday about checking into a looney bin?

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DMX is making a point of getting to know the bars everywhere he goes.

The beleaguered rapper was arrested for the third time in two weeks Wednesday when he landed in Phoenix and deplaned right into the cold embrace of an outstanding warrant issued when he, among other things, missed a court hearing.

DMX was flying in from Florida, where he was busted twice last week—on June 23 for driving with an invalid license and then four days later for allegedly trying to purchase marijuana and cocaine from an undercover cop.

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Crime may not pay, but for Tatum O'Neal, it doesn't exactly cost all that much, either.

The former wild child actress has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct stemming from her June crack bust. Prosecutors in turn dropped more serious charges, including drug possession.

To atone for her misdoing, Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Elisa Koenderman sentenced the youngest ever Oscar winner to spend two half-day sessions in a drug-treatment program and pay a $95 fee.

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DMX can run, but he can't hide from trouble. Especially if he walks right up to it and demands it kick his butt.

The rapper, who's currently facing animal-cruelty charges in Arizona, was arrested Friday afternoon in Miami after he allegedly tried to buy drugs from an undercover cop.

According to the police report obtained by the Miami Herald, DMX approached the officer and asked for ''30 powder and 15 weed," aka $30 worth of cocaine and $15 of marijuana.

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Another grim day in the O'Neal household.

Just weeks after half-sister Tatum was busted for attempting to buy crack in New York, Redmond O'Neal has copped to possessing heroin and methamphetamine in Malibu.

The younger O'Neal, the 23-year-old son of Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett, pleaded guilty yesterday to two felony counts of possession and one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence, according to Jane Robison of the Los Angeles
County District Attorney's Office. Per the plea deal with prosecutors, a second DUI charge was tossed.

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Jamie Lee Curtis is trying to do for overcoming drug addiction what she did for aging gracefully—namely, take away its shame.

The 49-year-old actress has spoken out for the first time about her addiction to painkillers, taking her struggle to More nearly 10 years after conquering her battle with the prescription bottle.

Curtis told the magazine she became dependent on painkillers when she was 35 years old, after being prescribed a dose after undergoing some minor cosmetic surgery. She soon supplemented the pills with booze.

"No one knew," she said, including her comedy legend hubby Christopher Guest. "Chris didn't have a clue."

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Amy Winehouse's beloved Blake may be getting some incarcerated company.

A couple suspected of acting as Winehouse's drug dealers have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to supply cocaine and a form of Ecstasy by London police.

The arrest came about in the wake of an investigation into the infamous home footage of Winehouse, taken last January, in which she searches for her cat, brags about having taken a Valium and smokes an unknown substance from a pipe, among other unflattering behaviors.

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