ORDERED: A judge has ordered former "Witchblade" star Yancy Butler to enter a substance-abuse treatment program in Boca Raton, Fla., while she awaits her next court appearance in mid-December, notes the Palm Beach Post. Butler, 33, was arrested Saturday night in Delray Beach and charged with disorderly intoxication after being found wandering in and out of traffic and telling the police she was a recovering alcoholic, according to the police reports.
QUOTED: "There's an old Texas expression. If you don't have anything nice to say, go to London and say it in front of 2,000 people." -- Dixie Chicks frontwoman Natalie Maines, accepting her VH1 Big Quote of 2003 award for a controversial anti-George Bush comment made during a London tour appearance in March, according to Launch.com.
RULED: The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office has ruled that the death earlier this month of former child star Jonathan Brandis was a suicide, the Associated Press notes. The 27-year-old actor, who had starred in two seasons of Steven Spielberg's "SeaQuest DSV," had hanged himself, the coroner said. Brandis had a recurring role on "One Life to Live" when he was 6. He also had guest roles on "L.A. Law," "Murder, She Wrote" and "Who's the Boss?"
REUNITED: The heavy-metal heavyweights in Motley Crue are weighing a comeback tour, reports Billboard. The tour, slated for 2004, would be timed to coincide with the release of "The Dirt," a movie based on the band's autobiography, and would unite all the band's original members for the first time in four years. "I speak to Tommy, Mick and Vince quite often, but I know Vince has some resentments that need to be ironed out," noted bassist Nikki Sixx in a posting on the band's official Web site. "But if everybody wants to do a Crue tour, I'm there."
