Rebecca Winters
When normally natty JAMES BROWN was booked on a domestic-violence charge last week looking more grunge than soul, he became the latest in a motley crew of celebrity culprits:
With his struck-by-lightning hair, glazed eyes and garish Hawaiian shirt, NICK NOLTE, nabbed for a DUI offense, set the standard by which all future mug shots shall be measured.
Caught driving while intoxicated last fall in Nashville, Tenn., WYNONNA JUDD managed a smooth mane and Mona Lisa smile. But now we know how her makeup artist sees her.
His actual crimes outrank those of our other offenders, but SADDAM HUSSEIN looks somehow more kempt–especially since he, unlike them, really was pulled from a hole in the ground.
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