Pothead Princess’ speaks: Kayla Mendoza apologizes for fatal wreck that killed 2 best friends; 'I wish there was something I could say to make up for what happened'

Kayla Mendoza, 21, tweeted '2 drunk 2 care' hours before killing two friends in a drunken wreck in November. In an upcoming interview, she expressed remorse for the fatal crash and said the tweet was directed at her boyfriend.

INSIDE EDITIONKayla Mendoza, who referred to herself as a 'Pothead Princess' on Twitter, spoke to Inside Edition about the Nov. 17 crash that killed two best friends in Florida.

The "Pothead Princess" who tweeted "2 drunk 2 care" before killing two best friends in a wrong-way car crash on a Florida highway is speaking out, saying she's sorry for the devastation she's wrought and doesn't remember anything from the fatal wreck.

"I wish there was something I could say to make up for what happened," Kayla Mendoza told Inside Edition in an interview airing Wednesday night.

"But no matter how many 'sorrys,' apologies, tears I cry — no matter how much I hate myself for what happened, nothing I say will change anything," she said.

The Broward-Palm Beach New Times published excerpts from Mendoza's emotional sit-down.

TWITTERMendoza, of Hallandale Beach, admitted to tweeting ‘2 drunk 2 care’ hours before the crash that killed Kaitlyn Nicole Ferrante and Marisa Caran Catronio, both 21.

Earlier this month, the 21-year-old was hit with a rack of charges, including DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide, for killing Kaitlyn Ferrante and Marisa Catronio, both 21, in a head-on crash on the Sawgrass Expressway on Nov. 17.

Mendoza, who was 20 at the time, had been boozing with co-workers from her T-Mobile sales job and had a blood-alcohol level of 0.15 when she plowed her Hyundai Sonata into Ferrante's Toyota Camry.

The wreck left Mendoza confined to a wheelchair and unable to walk.

FACEBOOKFerrante and Catronio's car was hit head-on by Mendoza's Hyundai Sonata.    

In the aftermath of the tragedy, it was revealed she sent a tweet that said "2 drunk 2 care" hours before the crash.

It was just one of scores of tweets Mendoza allegedly sent boasting about her "Pothead Princess" lifestyle.

In the days leading up to wreck, she bragged about her car "permanently" smelling of weed and claimed she was unable to sleep without smoking a "bedtime blunt."

CBS MIAMIMendoza said she didn't remember how she ended up going the wrong way on the Sawgrass Expressway.

In the interview, Mendoza addressed the notorious tweet, saying it was directed at her boyfriend, with whom she'd been fighting.

"It did not mean, 'I'm too drunk to care, I'm going to get in my car now and wherever the hell I end up, that's it,' No." she told the show, according to the New Times.

"It was directed to my boyfriend. That's the only person that it was for."

SUN SENTINELMendoza, above, is wheeled into a Broward County, Fla., jail on April 7. The crash left her unable to walk.

She also said her manager at the T-Mobile store knew she was underage when he brought her out drinking with co-workers at a Mexican restaurant in Coral Springs.

He also was the one who dropped her off at her car back at the store after the crew had finished boozing.

After that, things went black, she said.

"How I ended up on the Sawgrass Expressway, I wish I knew," she said.

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Bob Hoskins, known for 'Roger Rabbit,' dies at 71

2006: Bob Hoskins on his career

(CNN) -- Bob Hoskins, the pugnacious British actor known for playing gangsters, tough guys and working-class gentlemen in such films as "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," "The Long Good Friday" and "Mermaids," has died, his publicist Clair Dobbs said Wednesday.

He was 71.

His passing comes nearly two years after he retired from acting following a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.

Hoskins was perhaps best known for 1988's live-action and animation hybrid "Who Framed Roger Rabbit." In the comedy, he played detective Eddie Valiant, who hates "toons" -- cartoon figures who live in a separate showbiz world bordering Valiant's 1940s Los Angeles -- and takes up the task of proving the innocence of the cartoon title character, accused of murder. The film was the second-highest grossing movie of 1988, after "Rain Man."

He followed the turn with performances in a variety of films, including 1991's "Hook" in which he played Smee, the pirate assistant of Captain Hook; 1995's "Nixon" as FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover; and 2001's "Last Orders" as the gambler friend of protagonist Michael Caine, whose pals gather to spread his ashes after his death.

Hoskins was nominated for an Oscar for 1986's "Mona Lisa" as a cabdriver who establishes a relationship with a high-priced call girl. Caine was also in the film. Hoskins won both a BAFTA and Golden Globe for his performance.

Robert Hoskins was born on October 26, 1942, in Bury St. Edmunds, England, the only child of a bookkeeper and a cook. He dropped out of school at 15 and took jobs as a truck driver and window cleaner, among others, before falling into acting by accident: A friend was auditioning for a part and Hoskins, who was waiting nearby, was asked to try out. A natural, he got the role.

"I fit into this business like a sore foot into a soft shoe," he told the UK paper The Telegraph in 2009.

In Britain, he gained fame for his performance as a Depression-era song-plugger in Dennis Potter's miniseries "Pennies From Heaven," later turned into a 1980 movie starring Steve Martin. Though he had a handful of recognizable roles in films after "Pennies" -- including 1980's "The Long Good Friday," 1982's "Pink Floyd the Wall" and 1984's "Brazil" (in which he played a gleefully malevolent repairman), it wasn't until "Roger Rabbit" that he broke through to mainstream American audiences.

That film drove him a bit nuts, he told The Telegraph.

"I think I went a bit mad while working on that. Lost my mind. The voice of the rabbit was there just behind the camera all the time," he recalled. "The trouble was, I had learnt how to hallucinate. My daughter had an invisible friend called Jeffrey and I played with her and this invisible friend until one day I actually saw the friend."

It was his daughter, however, who set him straight.

"My daughter, when I came back from filming in San Francisco, she said 'Dad, slow down, slow down. You're going barmy, mate.' And I was."

Always a steady and straightforward worker -- no "Method acting" for Hoskins -- he appeared in at least one production every year from 1972 until his retirement in 2012.

"There's two things I love about this business. One's acting and the other one's getting paid for it," he told the UK paper The Guardian in 2007. "The rest of it is a mystery to me."

In one of his last roles, he played the elf Muir in 2012's "Snow White and the Huntsman." In the 2011 TV miniseries and Peter Pan prequel "Neverland," he played Smee -- a character he had portrayed in "Hook."

But true to his working-class roots -- The Telegraph described his natural voice as "cockney as jellied eels" -- he hated to put on airs.

"I met a little old fella in Regent's Park when I was walking a character around. He said, 'You are who you are, ain't you?' and I said, 'Yeah, I am who I am.' And he said, 'That's good. I grow roses,' " Hoskins recalled. "And we sat talking about roses all afternoon. It was wonderful."

Hoskins is survived by his wife, Linda Banwell, and four children.

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U.S Good Samaritan stabbed to death protecting young mother, toddler from armed mugger

FACEBOOK  Troy Cansler, 47, was fatally stabbed Sunday night after he chased down a knife-wielding mugger in the parking lot of a grocery store in Yucaipa, Calif.

A community in Southern California is in mourning after a selfless young father was stabbed to death trying to protect a woman and her toddler from a mugger.

Troy Cansler, 47, was fatally stabbed in the parking lot of a grocery store in Yucaipa on Sunday night after he rushed to help 26-year-old mom Krystina Hanrahan, the Press-Enterprise reported.

Hanrahan had just finished shopping at a Stater Bros. on Yucaipa Blvd. with her 2-year-old daughter and was walking to her car when a mugger ambushed her from behind and tried to snatch her purse, authorities said.

The young mom struggled with her attacker and was stabbed five times, twice in the arm and three times in the chest, authorities said.

KTLAKrystina Hanrahan, 26, was walking to her car outside this Stater Bros. when she was attacked and stabbed five times.

Cansler witnessed the attack and chased after the thug, authorities said.

The brave ironworker caught up to the thief in the parking lot of a nearby Jack in the Box restaurant.

The two struggled and Cansler was stabbed in the neck.

KTLAHanrahan, left, with Cansler's daughter, Jordyn, at a vigil on Tuesday.

He died later at a local hospital.

The alleged mugger, Vincent DeLeon, 26, was arrested a short time later.

He pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder charges on Tuesday.

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Jack Ramsay, father and friend

frontrow.espn.go.comChris Ramsay, left, working alongside his father, Dr. Jack Ramsay, at the 2011 NBA Finals in Dallas.

No matter what we say about Jack Ramsay today, it will seem inadequate. It won't be enough.

He led such a great life. He did so many great things. He was a great man, a giver.

In his public life, he was famous, a Hall of Famer, a world champion. He had colorful friends named Cotton and Hubie and Halberstam and Talese. He traveled the world teaching, coaching and broadcasting. He brought Wilt Chamberlain home for dinner.

He was a basketball genius, a true innovator. He taught a team game. A pure form of basketball. Sharing and giving. With the right personnel, it was unbeatable. He pushed the very best to be even better: Billy Cunningham, Bob McAdoo, Bill Walton and Reggie Miller all learned from him how to elevate their games. Later, you'd see him talking with Tim Duncan, Kobe, KG and D-Wade. He was telling them how to be better players and teammates. They all listened, and they all got better.

My dad had drive, incredible determination and discipline. He was raised by his mom and three older sisters. He turned himself into a local basketball star and earned a scholarship to St. Joe's.

He entered the Navy as soon as he was old enough and became a frogman during World War II. He trained for the invasion of Japan, but the war ended before he would see any action. When he was 21, the Navy had made him captain of a supply ship that patrolled the Pacific Ocean around the Marshall Islands. Twenty-one and a captain in the U.S. Navy.

He wrote a thesis to earn his Ph.D. and coached a team in the Final Four with five kids under the age of 12 in the house.

He rode his bike halfway across America in a week. He taught himself how to surf and became pretty good at it. He was a world-class triathlete at age 70. One summer he worked on his golf game, then went out and won the men's championship at the club.

His private life was normal and not normal. He did things a dad and husband would do. He played ball with us in the driveway. He cut the grass. He took us all out for ice cream on summer nights. He and my mom would play cards with the neighbors. He took us to church on Sundays.

He and I grew very close. After college, I followed him to Portland and Indiana. We spent a lot of time together at the Jersey Shore and in Florida. He was the best friend. We worked together for ESPN at the All-Star Game and every Father's Day at the NBA Finals. He used to say I was his boss, but in truth, I was learning from him. Learning how to be a man in this world. Learning everything.

As he got older, the not-normal stuff began to happen. He started to get sick. Brain tumors, lung tumors, marrow syndrome, skin cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, heart ailments, partial blindness, thrombosis, near-deadly spider bites, gout and shingles. He had hernia surgery. He had cysts removed from his eyelids. He had the bottom of his foot cut off, his lymph nodes stripped out. You probably didn't know about those battles. He fought them in private.

He fought his personal health battles all while taking care of my mom. For 10 years, he cared for her as she got lost in the Alzheimer's maze. He was really sweet with her. She didn't know who he was most of the time, but he held her hand when she was scared and fed her and tried to ease her through the confusion for days and months and years. It was hard, but he did it. And he did it for a long, long time. That, too, is what he did in private.

Last summer when my dad was already very sick, a FedEx box arrived at his home with a DVD inside. On the video were dozens of kids doing basketball drills. Many of them were barefoot. The court was broken clay. The baskets were rusty and falling down. But these kids were working very hard, doing drills and more drills for 20 minutes. Kids and coaches working and sweating in the sun on a hot, hot day in Zimbabwe.

The camera panned away from the action to a sign on a fence that said, "The Jack Ramsay Grassroots Basketball Development Clinic." As his life was ending, a hopeful project with his name on it was just beginning. Part of his legacy is there, on a basketball court in a clearing on the other side of the world.

He did a lot of great things. Some were broadcast into millions of homes. Some no one knew about. He had integrity and ambition and a big imagination. His imagination might have been his greatest gift. It allowed him to envision the great life he led and to create the world in which he lived ... in which we lived.

If he were here today, he would say, "Use your imagination. Imagine the life you want to live, and live it."

Chris Ramsay is Jack Ramsay's son and an ESPN.com senior director.

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Photos: Amy Purdy of Las Vegas hospitalized on ‘DWTS’; talks boyfriend troubles

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Derek Hough and Amy Purdy of Las Vegas compete on Season 18 of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” on Monday, April 28, 2014.

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Amy Purdy on Dancing With the Stars

It was a dramatic and emotional moment for millions of TV viewers and a stunned studio audience Monday night on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” as Las Vegas amputee Amy Purdy was wheeled off to a hospital after the judges’ voting of her sexy rumba with Las Vegas pro-dancer champion Derek Hough.

The 34-year-old Paralympic snowboarder who lost her legs below her knees after her 19th birthday here due to bacterial meningitis was kept in a hospital overnight but this morning was busy vowing via Twitter, “If I have anything to do with it, I will be dancing next Monday.”

Amy had explained to new “DWTS” co-host Erin Andrews after her dance: “My shoulder’s been bothering me a little bit, and then right after judging, I turned my head, my back cracked, and it just seized up. It’s hard to breathe. Everything’s painful right now.”

Doctors on the set wouldn’t let her take part in the planned team dance, and Erin was left to tell shocked viewers that Amy was off to a hospital. Two hours later, Amy tweeted to concerned fans: “Waiting on official word, but the doctor thinks it’s muscular. I’m doing OK. Thanks for your support, everyone.”

On this week’s Latin-themed episode with Ricky Martin as guest judge — after his appearance here Saturday for the Keep Memory Alive Gala at MGM Grand Garden Arena — “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star NeNe Leakes wound up in last place with dance partner Tony Dovolani and was eliminated. Judge Len Goodman gave her a 7 as the lowest score of the night for solos. The other judges scored her an 8 for a total of 31 out of 40.

The judges wound up having to score Amy’s taped dress rehearsal footage because of the injury that prevented her from completing the second team dance. Her Team Loco scored 39 out of a possible 40. For the solo performance before the dash to the hospital, Amy and Derek scored 36 out of a possible 40.

In addition to Amy’s physical injuries, she also revealed in the videotaped rehearsal package that the rigors of the “DWTS” schedule had taken a toll on her relationship with her boyfriend of 18 months, and Derek had to create some comedy moments to solve her stress.

Next week, if doctors allow her to dance, Amy and Derek will face “Dance Moms” star Abby Lee Miller as the guest judge.

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43 MINUTES TO DIE: Oklahoma inmate dies of massive heart attack after botched lethal injection — convicted killer of 19-year-old said ‘something’s wrong’

Something’s wrong': Death row inmate dies of heart attack as Oklahoma officials botch execution

Clayton Lockett was writhing on the gurney and shaking uncontrollably after he received 20 minutes of the three-drug cocktail. He later died of a heart attack, officials said. A second planned execution was stayed.

APClayton Lockett was writhing in agony for more than 40 minutes after being given a lethal injection at Oklahoma prison.

An Oklahoma execution went horrifically wrong after officials say the inmate’s vein “blew,” ruining the drugs effectiveness and causing the man to die of a massive heart attack after 40 minutes of agony.

Clayton Lockett began to convulse and mumble before he sat up on the gurney and said “something’s wrong” about 15 minutes after the execution at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary began

An Associated Press reporter noted Lockett was “breathing heavily, writhing on the gurney, clenching his teeth and straining to lift his head off the pillow." Reports also indicate he uttered "oh, man."

Prison officials closed the blinds minutes later before announcing the doomed inmate died of a mssive heart attack at 7:06 p.m. — 43 minutes after the drugs first began to course through his system.

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Clayton Lockett died 40 minutes after the first execution drug took hold.

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Charles Warner's execution was postponed after the Lockett incident.

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"It was extremely difficult to watch," the man's attorney, David Autry, said afterward.

A second inmate, Charles Warner, was scheduled to die two hours later Tuesday night. His execution was ordered delayed 14 days, until May 13, after the mishap with Lockett’s death, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin wrote in a statement.

"I have asked the Department of Corrections to conduct a full review of Oklahoma's execution procedures to determine what happened and why during this evening's execution of Clayton Derrell Lockett," Fallin said.

Clayton Lockett dies after botched execution

A botched execution left an Oklahoma inmate writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney Tuesday, leading prison officials to halt the proceedings before the inmate's...

The two men had sued the state for not revealing details of the drugs used in the execution. The three-drug cocktail was being used for the first time in Oklahoma.

The state Supreme Court at first issued a stay of execution before dissolving the order and allowing the executions to go forward Tuesday evening.

Clayton Lockett was sentenced to death row for shooting Stephanie Neiman (pictured) and watching as his friends buried her alive.

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