<p> <a href="/topics//Reese_Witherspoon">Reese Witherspoon</a>, charged with disorderly conduct on Friday, did not appear Monday at the press junket for her new film "Mud," and canceled a scheduled appearance Tuesday "<a href="/topics//Late_Night_With_Jimmy_Fallon">Late Night With Jimmy Fallon</a>," The <a href="/topics//Hollywood_Reporter">Hollywood Reporter</a> said.</p> 
<p> Actor Adam Ferrara ("Nurse Jackie," "<a href="/topics//Rescue_Me">Rescue Me</a>") substituted for her in a revised lineup. The <a href="/topics//Washington_Post_Company">Washington Post</a> added that Witherspoon canceled a Monday interview with "<a href="/topics//Good_Morning_America">Good Morning America</a>" that had been scheduled to run Wednesday. Witherspoon has apologized for her behavior during the course of her husband's arrest on a DUI charge during a traffic stop in Atlanta.</p>

Reese Witherspoon, charged with disorderly conduct on Friday, did not appear Monday at the press junket for her new film "Mud," and canceled a scheduled appearance Tuesday "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," The Hollywood Reporter said. Actor Adam Ferrara ("Nurse Jackie," "Rescue Me") substituted for her in a revised lineup. The Washington Post added that Witherspoon canceled a Monday interview with "Good Morning America" that had been scheduled to run Wednesday. Witherspoon has apologized for her behavior during the course of her husband's arrest on a DUI charge during a traffic stop in Atlanta.

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