Drunken star sent to prison for six months

BEIJING - Gao Xiaosong, the famous musician and movie director, was sent to prison for six months and fined 4,000 yuan ($615) on Tuesday for drunken driving and causing a four-car accident that injured three people.

"I am not making any point of defending myself," he said. "All I have is regret."

Gao admitted at Dongcheng District People's Court that he drank alcohol with two groups of friends before he got behind the wheel - sharing a bottle of white wine with one group and a bottle of whiskey with the other.