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Hutton: 'They all thought I was dead'

SAN FRANCISCO, California -- When Lauren Hutton crashed her motorcycle last October during a 100-mile ride with other celebrities and riders, she knew it was bad.

"My friends all thought I was going to die. They all thought I was dead. You can tell by people looking at you in a way that no one's ever looked at you. I knew it was bad," the actress-model tells the Associated Press.

Dennis Hopper and Jeremy Irons were among the friends tending to her after she suffered a shattered right leg and arm. The leg is now held together by titanium rods and screws. Her right arm is also held together by metal.

Hutton, 57, says she had a bad feeling before the ride began, but she ignored it.

"If I ride again, I will never ride again if I have a bad feeling," she said. "I felt bad about it from the beginning and I knew something was off and I just shouldn't have gone. I'll listen to my instincts a little more."

Bee Gees dusting themselves off

NEW YORK -- The Bee Gees are back, with an old sound.

On "This Is Where I Came In" -- their CD released in April -- the trio recalls their 1960s roots, paying tribute to idols including Noel Coward and the Beatles.

Barry Gibb tells People magazine's July 2 issue that what the group has learned from its up-and-down years is "that you've got to dust yourself off."

But he adds, "I don't take the show business part of my life seriously at all because I know what it does to people."

The Bee Gees enjoyed popular acclaim in the '60s and early 1970s before headlining the soundtrack to the John Travolta flick "Saturday Night Fever" (1977). Their songs helped define the disco era.

Jill Scott's ultimate ambition

NEW YORK -- Jill Scott says if she wasn't singing she'd be doing something else creative.

"If I wasn't writing I'd be acting. If I wasn't acting I'd be teaching -- then I'd have an ice cream parlor," Scott tells Entertainment Weekly.

She also defines herself as a "chef."

"I make food for myself, and hopefully the people who come to dine with me enjoy it as well."

But her ultimate ambition, she says, is to open a creative and performing arts school. But first, she's got that singing gig to keep her busy.

The 29-year-old says singing at this year's Grammy Awards with Moby and Blue Man Group was a career high. She's working on a follow-up to her debut album "Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1."

Scott is to kick off her summer tour in Chicago on July 17.

Tom Petty's bassist busted

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico -- Howie Epstein, bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and singer-songwriter Carlene Carter are waiting to hear whether they'll face possible prosecution after a brush with the law on Tuesday.

Carter was driving a sport-utility vehicle on Interstate 25 when they were pulled over by a state trooper Tuesday night for speeding, the Associated Press reports. A check of the vehicle's registration revealed it had been reported stolen in Santa Fe on March 15.

Even more -- police said 2.9 grams of heroin and drug paraphernalia were found inside the SUV. According to the criminal complaint, Carter claimed the paraphernalia and heroin were hers and strictly "for personal use."

Authorities say they're trying to determine whether there's sufficient evidence for a case.

Epstein and Carter, both 45, were released Wednesday morning after posting bond.