Tattle: With booze, Shia LaBeouf's image transforming
SHIA LABEOUF needs to keep reminding himself his life isn't a "Transformers" movie. In real life the car doesn't drive itself, Shia. When you're behind the wheel, you're responsible.
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HIA LABEOUF
needs to keep reminding himself his life isn't a "Transformers" movie.
In real life the car doesn't drive itself, Shia. When you're behind the wheel, you're responsible.
Raising the ante from his drunken early-morning confrontation at a Walgreen's last year, Shia was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving early yesterday after an overnight wreck in which he injured his hand and knee, authorities said.
Forgetting Tattle's rule that nothing good happens on the street after two in the morning, the "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" star was trying to make a left turn at a West Hollywood intersection around 3 a.m. (in front of the "L.A. Ink" tattoo parlor High Voltage) when his pickup collided with another vehicle, rolling the truck over, L.A. County Sheriff's Sgt. Scott Wolf said.
"It was immediately apparent to officers responding on the scene that LaBeouf was intoxicated and he was subsequently placed under arrest," Wolf said.
Wolf said that Shia, 22, was booked then released for misdemeanor DUI. He was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and was being treated for injuries to his left hand and a knee, as well as a minor head injury, Wolf said.
A woman passenger in Shia's truck and the driver of the other vehicle were not seriously injured. Wolf did not know the identities of the woman or the other driver.
But if it turns out to have been Megan Fox in Shia's truck, and there were no giant robots chasing them, Shia better watch his back around any guy who reads Maxim.
The cause of the crash remained under investigation, Wolf said. Two attorneys listed for LaBeouf did not immediately return calls from the Associated Press yesterday; neither did two publicists for the actor.
A wise move.
Britney ends custody battle
While Britney Spears' personal soap opera may run 40 years like "One Life to Live," the Britney/Kevin Federline child-custody soap opera seems to be drawing to a close.
The couple finalized their child-custody settlement at the end of last week, including a $5,000-per-month increase in child support for K-Fed.
The agreement ends a months-long saga between Spears and Federline over custody issues, attorneys' fees and the singer's public meltdown earlier this year. It may not, however, be the final word.
When 2-year-old Sean Preston and 1-year-old Jayden James grow up, the arrangements may change. More likely, the boys will run away from home to join the French Foreign Legion.
"Everyone has a right to change it at some point," Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan said.
For now, Britney's payments to Kevin will increase from $15,000 to $20,000 per month, retroactive to July 15. Spears will also pay Federline's attorneys, Kaplan and James Simon, a single payment of $250,000.
(How, we wonder, is a guy with two children supposed to live on $20,000 a month?)
Britney, in return, will get more time with her boys, including additional overnight visits.
Tattbits
* Jessica Lange's home in Stillwater, Minn., can be yours for just under $2 million.
Lange and her longtime partner, actor-playwright Sam Shepard, lived and raised their three children in the house for nine years. They no longer live there and tried unsuccessfully to sell it in 2004.
It's a 4BR Victorian built in 1892 with a new in-ground pool, a guest house and a view of the St. Croix River valley.
As for Stillwater, Lange told the New York Daily News that it went from a little town with lots of characters to a "yuppified" place with too many gift shops and condominiums.
Yeah, and that's why you're asking $2 million. Little towns with lots of characters don't have $2 million homes.
* Think Keira Knightley is going to have her cleavage enhanced for the sake of a publicity poster?
Flat chance.
Britain's Daily Mail reports that Keira has refused to allow any touching up of her top half in photos for her upcoming movie "The Duchess."
Studio heads reportedly wanted to enlarge Knightley's bosom in the pics, but Keira put her oh-so-dainty foot down.
"She has insisted that her figure stay in its natural state," an insider said. "She is proud of her body and doesn't want it altered."
Those monitoring Keira's bust size might recall that in 2004 her breasts were pumped up in publicity stills for "King Arthur."
Was she also given a muscled calf in the poster for "Bend it like Beckham"? *
Daily News wire services contributed to this report.
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