Actress Ashley Judd narrowly avoided death after her luxury bus was destroyed by a fire, while she was shooting a movie scene on Monday. The Hollywood beauty spent hours in the vehicle resting, eating and rehearsing lines for independent movie Come Early Morning. But fortunately, she had left the bus to film a scene when it burst into flames, after a crew member left an unattended candle in the vehicle. Nobody was hurt, but damage to the bus – which was parked outside Los Angeles’ Hollywood Country Club – came to a staggering $500,000.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ? Actress Joey Lauren Adams is having a yard sale.

Adams has finished filming her directorial debut, “Come Early Morning” starring Ashley Judd, and began selling pieces of the movie’s set on Saturday in a North Little Rock hotel parking lot.

Film producers say the sale will let locals own a piece of movie history.

Mitchell Patterson, who was in charge of purchasing items for the set, said most came from second-hand stores and flea markets and a few were bought at Target.

Most of the items ? couches, coffee tables and cooking utensils ? are priced at 10 percent of the original cost for quick sale.

“We’d have to store it,” Patterson said. “So we’re selling it for real cheap.”

Shooting began in April on the independent release film by Adams, an Arkansas native who has appeared in films including “Chasing Amy” and “Big Daddy.”

“Come Early Morning” is about a small town woman who has never committed to a serious relationship. It is set to debut in January at the Sundance Film Festival.

Jason Lee’s My Name is Earl looks to be the funniest new comedy of the season (in a dead heat with Everybody Hates Chris on UPN, which also drove the crowds wild). Lee plays Earl, a petty crook who wins the lottery, and he describes his show as “a little bit of a Raising Arizona vibe and a little bit of King of the Hill.” Whereas I describe the show as a little bit of dead sexiness.

Actress Shannen Doherty’s plans to return to TV in the upcoming sitcom Love, Inc have been dashed, after bosses dropped her as the star. The former Charmed star had signed up to play a dating consultant who was unlucky in love in the show, which is set to debut on TV network UPN in the autumn. UPN spokesman Paul Hewitt says, “Shannen is a terrific actress, but we’re going in a different creative direction with the show.”