4. HUGH GRANT'S DIVINE DRIVE-BY
Usually an actor's publicity tour for a new movie involves a round of talk-show appearances and magazine interviews. But just two weeks before the release of his 1995 comedy Nine Months, Hugh Grant put a new spin on PR when he was arrested in L.A. after police discovered him engaging in ''lewd conduct'' with prostitute Divine Brown. He was fined $1,180 and placed on two years of probation.
CAREER IMPACT: POSITIVE Thanks in part to his perfect apology on The Tonight Show (''I did a bad thing''), Nine Months ended up outgrossing his breakout hit Four Weddings and a Funeral with $69.7 million. The debacle actually seemed to enhance his charmingly rakish persona, which he put to good use later in Bridget Jones's Diary and About a Boy.
