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Actor Judge Reinhold has pleaded no contest to a disorderly-conduct charge that landed him in the Dallas County, Texas, jail for about 10 hours two weeks before Christmas. The star of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Ruthless People and the Beverly Hills Cop franchise was charged with a Class C misdemeanor after an altercation with Transportation Safety Administration and Dallas police officers on Dec. 8. Reinhold, 59, blamed his hostile response, when a screener asked to pat him down, on an allergic reaction he was having to medication he was taking for a respiratory infection. The altercation ended with him being taken into custody. Rather than go to court, where at most he would have faced a $500 fine if found guilty, Reinhold took deferred adjudication Tuesday. If he stays out of trouble in Dallas for the next 90 days, the charge will be dismissed. That shouldn’t be a problem: The actor and his family live in New Mexico most of the year, although he does have a house in Little Rock. On Wednesday morning, through his Dallas attorney Steve Stodghill, the actor perhaps best known as detective William “Billy” Rosewood issued yet another apology for the incident. “I am sorry for being such a dumb*** with the TSA,” he said, “and continue to respect and support the work of the Dallas Police Department.”
Deshauna Barber, who is representing the United States in the Miss Universe pageant said Wednesday that she did not vote for Donald Trump but she hopes the president-elect can unify Americans at a “nerve-wracking” point in U.S. history. Barber, a 27-year-old Army officer from the District of Columbia, expressed confidence that America can hurdle its political difficulties after “one of the most controversial elections I’ve ever seen in my life.” Barber is among 86 candidates vying for the Miss Universe crown on Jan. 30 in Manila, where journalists asked her about Trump’s victory and inauguration. “Although everyone may not agree, including myself, with the election, I still support the commander in chief, and I plan to until the end of his reign in office,” Barber said. “I just hope that we’re able to give him a chance.” “It’s quite nerve-wracking because it’s just kind of the unknown at this point,” she said. “But I have a lot of faith in the United States of America, and I truly believe that our country is going to jump these hurdles and that we’re gonna be better.” Barber, whose parents also served in the Army, is the first soldier named Miss USA. She’s a logistics commander who hasn’t yet been deployed in a combat zone and said she hoped to be eventually deployed because “that is what comes with the job.” If she becomes Miss Universe, Barber said, she’ll work to raise awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder among service members returning from war.