To watch the news these days, you would think that DUI’s among celebrities was in vogue. Don’t get me wrong, as long as there have been celebrities in society, there have been brushes with the law and/or drunk driving; it’s just that in today’s YouTube world of instant information, its getting harder and harder to keep these types of indiscretions from becoming headline news.

In fact so en vogue is this latest rash of DUI’s, that one could easily compile a list of recent transgressors almost exclusively out of Hollywood A-listers, leaving lesser known celebrities to find more exotic ways of getting their names into the tabloid. Here then is a list of some of the better known celebrities with DUI convictions over the past two years.

Mel Gibson: 
Known as much for his ability to party as for his magnificent movies, Mel Gibson has more than one DUI to his credit, his latest arrest coming in late July of 2006, when he was stopped for speeding and found to have an open container in his vehicle. To compound the problem, Gibson made anti-Semitic remarks during his arrest, an added flair that provided the press with more than run of the mill fodder, and which left the Aussie star serving three years probation. An admitted abuser of alcohol who at times suffers from bouts of depression, Gibson’s brilliance may always be tempered with the occasional brush with the law.

Lindsey Lohan: 
Lindsay Lohan, Hollywood’s reining bad girl, attempted to correct a sliding career this year by posing nude in a magazine. It is the kind of flawed thinking often gets this ultimate party girl in trouble. Of late, this former Disney actress could pass as the proverbial poster girl for DUI’s, having the unique distinction of being busted twice for DUI within a two month period, picking up the charges in May and July of 2007. Compounding the problem, Lohan was also found possessing cocaine during each incident. Perhaps recent stays in rehab will help change the current course of this perennial bad girl.

Paris Hilton: 
A Hollywood A-lister with dubious merit, Hilton was arrested in 2006 for driving under the influence. She followed up that performance by adding charges of reckless driving, and driving with a suspended license latter on. The compilation of charges landed Hilton in jail, though she never came close to serving even half of her sentence, as the L.A. County Sheriff reassigned the Hilton to home confinement. Still, to be fair, Paris Hilton’s booking photograph is among the better ones; a dubious honor for a dubious celebrity.

Nicole Richie: 
Not to be outdone by her partner in crime (Paris Hilton), Nicole Richie’s own DUI, ended with the star of “The Simple Life,” serving 82 minutes of a 4 day jail term in 2007. This was not Nicole’s sole brush with the law, as she had previously been charged with possession of heroine and driving with a suspended license. For what it’s worth, Richie’s booking photo was also not up to the standard set by the dubious Miss Hilton.

Bill Murray: 
Bill Murray is a celebrity that made his mark on this list in his own unique fashion; the man who entertained us with his wonderful impromptu antics in Stripes, Candy Shack and Ghostbusters, is also the man who received a DUI for driving a golf cart through the streets of Stockholm Sweden. It was a story that the Hollywood funnyman later recounted in an interview on “Late Night with David Letterman,” much to the amusement of his fans.

Kiefer Sutherland: 
Add Kiefer Sutherland’s name to the growing list of celebrities with DUI conviction who have done some jail time over the last two years. Sutherland’s second DUI in three years landed the star of 24 in jail for a whopping 48 days in late 2007. Along with the time he served, Kiefer had to pay a $25,000 fine. If nothing else, Sutherland’s bad boy image is still in tact.