DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE Mischa Barton was arrested last night for DUI in L.A. Man, after the first season, The O.C. just totally sucked. [Hollyscoop]

Mischa Barton wasn't exactly sympathetic when she heard that The O.C. was going to be canceled. You'd think she might have shown some allegiance to the show that launched her career [Ed: If being the Keds poster-child really constitutes a "career"] but nope, Barton was pretty much just a straight-up bitch about it:

When asked if she was surprised that the show had been axed she told Fox News, "No. They killed me off."

When asked if she had been one of the main reasons that fans tuned into the show, she added, "That's what I think they discovered."

Yep, that's exactly the kind of 'tude you'd expect from a non-working actress doubling as a full-time sneaker-peddler.

With Micha Barton killed off so she can spend more time with hanger-on Cisco Adler and Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson not even dating in real life anymore, there's barely any reason to talk about The O.C. anymore. Thankfully, come February, we won't have to: Fox has canceled the show.

After four seasons of serial brooding and class warfare, it's time to say goodbye to the show that initially caught the attention of spoiled American teens. And poor American teens.

“This feels like the best time to bring the show to its close,” says Josh Schwartz, creator and executive producer of The O.C. “Thanks to the hard work of our cast, crew and writers, we have enjoyed our best season yet, and what better time to go out than creatively on top. It has been an amazing experience and a great run. For a certain audience, at a certain time, The O.C. has meant something. For that, we are grateful."

Truth be told, Josh Schwartz is right: It's been a banner year for Peter Gallagher's eyebrows, and there's only so much character development you can suss out from 'em.

• The cast of The O.C. falls into a pool? And it wasn’t for TV? And we missed it? It’s time like these we kind of wished we lived in Los Angeles. [Defamer]

• Ok, we guess New York can be pretty cool. Come on, it must be. Why else would cocktails cost 20 bucks a pop? [Village Voice]

• Oh, you can't afford 20 dollar triple berry awesomeness martinis? We hope you watched SNL this weekend. [Salon]

• Wait, wiretapping is illegal? How are we supposed to know this when it’s like our President’s favorite past time? [MSNBC]

• So, even though she dropped a teacup on her leg, she Lindsay Lohan can still walk. Thank god, 'cuz she looks freakin' fabulous. [People]

• Again, we're not making fun of dead people (we draw the line somewhere) but we feel it is our duty to pass along the news that our Reese Witherspoon will now be safe from one particular stalkarazzi. [AP News]

• Elton John is to marry his partner David Furnish on December 21, the first day same-sex unions become legal in England. Though he would like to keep the ceremony small, he wants everyone to know that he has spent the past nine months choosing the perfect glasses. He also turned down $11 million to broadcast the wedding because, you know, he's not a sell out. [Billboard & Pink News]

• Sure, Madonna is annoyingly everywhere you look in the magazines, on the radio and on television, not to mention providing a constant reminder of some way you are living your life wrong, but what she would really like to do is direct. [Newsday]

• Black Sabbath is finally being inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Here's to hoping that Ozzy is able to mumble his way though the acceptance speech with any sort of coherence. [MTV]

• Though we continue to be confused about the importance of having the number one Christmas single in the UK, NME has released its odds on who is going to take the prize. Never mind, Love Actually was amazing, we actually care, and are gunning for the winner of Simon Cowell's fake American Idol. [NME]

• Christmas shopping season is officially in session, and nothing would make a better stocking stuffer for either your dad or your tween cousin than Sandy Cohen's first album. [CNN]

Just when we thought the number of ridiculous FCC complaints couldn't grow any higher, we've got Nipplegate II to deal with. Sweet Mischa Barton – who'd rather you not talk about Brandon Davis, thank you very much – is at the center of a new squall since her nip popped out during last week's The O.C.

Producers and network censors didn't catch the slip and sent the broadcast to air, but as TVGasm will show you, there's reason for concern: actual areola. Not that the FCC won't be hitting the snooze button on this one.

Though really, is there anyone who hasn't seen Mischa's nibbles?

An 'O.C.' gaffe, quick as a flash [NYDN]
Broadcast Nudes [TVGasm]

You think we might've learned from Intern Molly's ASSSSCAT: Improv review that, well, perhaps her standards for primetime TV are too high. It was only a gut feeling, because we hadn't seen the Tina Fey debacle ourselves to gauge our hunch.

But then we sent her crusading to Orange County last night to catch up on Ryan, Marissa, Seth and Summer and all their rich teenage antics. Meanwhile, we decided to watch the season premiere of The O.C. ourselves, and we can now say this: Intern Molly's standards are actually quite low, and even Julie Cooper-Nichol can't surpass them.

Let's just suspend reality for a moment. Let's say that someone who gets shot in the chest is likely to go into a coma. Now lets say said person stays in the coma about two months, miraculously wakes up, and is completely fine. Sound improbable?

This is why last night's season premiere of The O.C. should win some sort of award for Fastest Tying Up of Manslaughter Plotline Ever.

The full review (with Jeri Ryan shoutout), after the jump.

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Taking its cues from the likes of, ahem, blogs, the New York Times launches into 1,400 words on how MTV is building its pseudo reality series Laguna Beach into its Osbournes-level replacement.

There's more than just Laguna Beach branded key chains, flip flops and notebooks at work here. There's the VIP DVD, which offers an exclusive scene from next week's show, plus lots of other marketing goodies.

It began a campaign that gave its audience the feeling they were already living in a "Laguna Beach" all-media universe. For those who did not catch the three-minute "Laguna Beach" commercial playing in 2,200 movie theaters across the country, there was a compilation CD. The "Laguna Beach: Complete First Season" DVD included bonus features that ranged from behind-the-scenes material (original casting tapes, deleted scenes) to old film that had been enterprisingly repackaged (a clip reel titled "Laguna Looks" featured show regulars in close-up as their trademark expressions - hound-dog lust, raised-brow surprise, squinty-eyed jealousy - register on their camera-ready faces).

How's The O.C. going to match it? They're exclusive Amazon.com fashion line is a start, but now that Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson's relationship is nearing maturity, we need a little on-set scandal please.

• Lindsay Lohan was once again spotted with Bruce Willis, giving more heat to the rumors that ex-wife Demi Moore isn't the only cradle robber.

• Lucyna Turyk-Wawrynowicz, the housekeeper of Robert De Niro's wife Grace Hightower, says she intentionally stole from those who were disrespectful, which is why she didn't lift anything from Isabella Rossellini.

• The Apprentice cruise has got former cast members of the reality show flummoxed by fans' obsessions with their lives. Us too, as they're 15 minutes ended at least 20 minutes ago.

• Kate Moss dropped $3 million on a new condo in L.A., rumored to be a way for her to ditch trouble-making boyfriend Pete Doherty.

• Speaking of ditching, Clay Aiken put his L.A. pad on the market as he returns home to North Carolina — where the closets are much darker.

• Robert Downey Jr. will be skipping this weekend's MTV VMA's to wed Susan Levin at Ron Perelman's estate in East Hampton.

• Kathy and Rick Hilton at Marquee in the wee hours of the night? Suddenly Butter seems hip again.

• Now you can wear The O.C., thanks to an exclusive deal with Amazon.com. So get to TJ with your tin of pills wearing a sequin tube top just like Marissa!