Names and faces

■ A newly unsealed federal court document accuses Antonella Barba, a former contestant on both American Idol and Fear Factor, of working as a courier for a drug ring who was trying to deliver nearly 2 pounds of fentanyl when she was arrested last year. The Virginian-Pilot reported that Barba, 32, was back in custody Monday after the return of a federal indictment charging her with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, heroin and fentanyl. Barba was originally arrested last October in Norfolk, Va. She was previously charged with shoplifting in New York and has a felony marijuana case pending in Kansas. Barba, of New Jersey, reached the top 16 on American Idol in 2007, the year Jordin Sparks won. Her public defender didn’t immediately respond to the newspaper’s request for comment.

■ It appears Michelle Obama received a reality check from her mom after her appearance Sunday at the Grammy awards. The former first lady took to Instagram Wednesday to share a text exchange with mom Marian Robinson. Obama had received a standing ovation opening the awards show with Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and Jada Pinkett Smith. Robinson wrote: “I guess you were a hit at the Grammys.” Her daughter asked mom if she had watched. Mom replied she saw it and then asked if her daughter had met “any of the real stars.” Mother and daughter then quibbled over whether Obama had told her she would be on. Obama ended the exchange by writing “And I AM A real star… by the way…” Her mother replied, “Yeah.”