'Bad News Bears' actress, 20, killed
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Actress Sammi Kane Kraft, who starred as a child in the 2005 remake of "The Bad News Bears," was killed in a Los Angeles car crash, police said. She was 20.
E! News said Kraft was a passenger in a speeding car that rear-ended a big truck early Tuesday on the westbound 10 Freeway, then was hit by another vehicle.
Molly Kate Adams, the 21-year-old driver of the car in which Kraft was riding, sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence, the report said.
Best known for playing baseball-loving tomboy Amanda Whurlitzer in "The Bad News Bears," starring Billy Bob Thornton, Kraft also started a folk-country-rock band called Scary Girls and frequently performed as a solo singer-guitarist at small venues, the Los Angeles Times said.
Nelly released after Texas drug bust
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Rapper Nelly has been released from police custody in Texas after someone in his entourage said heroin found on their tour bus belonged to him, TMZ said.
Seven people, including the hip-hop artist, were detained Wednesday by authorities after the bus they were riding in was stopped at a border patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca and a police canine detected the presence of drugs.
TMZ said police allegedly found on the bus 36 small baggies of heroin and more than 10 pounds of marijuana, as well as a loaded .45 caliber pistol.
Passenger Brian Keith Jones told police the drugs and the gun were his.
Jones was arrested, while Nelly and the other five passengers were released, TMZ said.
Michaels, Manigault heading back to 'Apprentice'
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Bret Michaels, La Toya Jackson, Omarosa Manigault and Gary Busey are to compete on "Celebrity Apprentice: All-Stars" in New York, NBC said.
The cast was revealed Friday on the "Today" show.
Other former competitors slated to return to "Celebrity Apprentice" are Lil' Jon, Lisa Rinna, Dennis Rodman, Claudia Jordan, Trace Adkins, Brande Roderick, Penn Jillette, Dee Snider, Marilu Henner, Stephen Baldwin and Gary Busey.
Michaels is the only cast member who has previously won the business-themed competition show, for which real-estate mogul Donald Trump serves as host, judge and executive producer.
"There's a different energy with this group. Everybody has been through it before so everyone knows what to expect," Henner said on "Today." "We know each other's strengths and weaknesses because we've seen the show. I think everyone is here to have a great time and to support their charities."
"If at first you don't' succeed, try, try again," Rinna said. "I don't really know what I'm capable of."
Busey joked that he decided to participate in the all-stars edition of the show "because I'm a champion."
'Munsters' remake pilot to air this month
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- NBC says it plans to air its pilot for "Mockingbird Lane," a new version of the classic American series "The Munsters," this month.
The show will debut Oct. 26 as part of a pre-Halloween Fright Night block of programming, which will also include a fresh episode of the gritty fairytale series "Grimm."
Based on executive producer Bryan Fuller's script and directed by executive producer Bryan Singer, "Mockingbird Lane" stars Jerry O'Connell, Portia de Rossi, Eddie Izzard, Mason Cook and Charity Wakefield.
"This exciting new take on a memorable series will definitely blow out conventional wisdom and create its own legacy," Jennifer Salke, president of NBC Entertainment, said in a statement Thursday. "Teaming this new show with a terrifying episode of 'Grimm' makes the perfect pre-Halloween fright-fest."
