Article: Mug Shots of the Rich & Famous; Two New Books Catch Celebrities Red-Handed -- and Red-Faced

What's weirder, creepier, more delicious (choose one, or all) than a book devoted to celebrity mug shots?

Answer: two books devoted to celebrity mug shots.

By strange coincidence, St. Martin's Press is shipping 50,000 copies of a paperback called "Mug Shots: Celebrities Under Arrest," a trove of jailhouse photography, to bookstores nationwide -- just as Andrews and McMeel is shipping 75,000 copies of its paperback titled "Famous Mugs: Arresting Photos and Felonious Facts for Hundreds of Stars Behind Bars."

Both offer a heady combination of the expected (here's tough guy Mickey Rourke, busted for spousal abuse) and the surprising (that nice Tim Allen is a convicted coke dealer?). ...

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