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Don Knotts, TV's Barney Fife, Dies at 81
(AP)
 AP - Don Knotts, who won TV immortality and five Emmys for playing the bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show" with self-depreciating humor, was remembered by his friend and co-star as a comedic genius who wrote some of the show's best scene.
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Prolific Actor Darren McGavin Dies at 83
(AP)
 AP - Darren McGavin was painting a movie set in 1945 when he learned of an opening for a small role in the show, climbed off his ladder, and returned through Columbia's front gates to land the part.
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Image Awards Honor Jamie Foxx for Music
(AP)
 AP - Jamie Foxx's quest for musical stardom got a boost Saturday at the 37th Annual NAACP Image Awards, where the Oscar-winning actor was picked as best male musical artist.
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Jessica Simpson Breaks Bread With Governor
(AP)
 AP - Jessica Simpson took a break from filming her latest movie to dine with Gov. Bill Richardson, his wife and others at the governor's mansion.
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Anna Nicole Smith's Legal War Continues
(AP)
 AP - It's been a long and colorful journey for a girl from a small Texas town.
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Image Awards Honor Jamie Foxx for Music
(AP)
AP - Jamie Foxx's quest for musical stardom got a boost Saturday at the 37th Annual NAACP Image Awards, where the Oscar-winning actor was picked as best male musical artist.
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Image Awards Honor Jamie Foxx for Music
(AP)
AP - Jamie Foxx's quest for musical stardom got a boost Saturday at the 37th Annual NAACP Image Awards, where the Oscar-winning actor was picked as best male musical artist.
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Image Awards Honor Jamie Foxx for Music
(AP)
AP - Jamie Foxx's quest for musical stardom got a boost Saturday at the 37th Annual NAACP Image Awards, where the Oscar-winning actor was picked as best male musical artist.
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Winter Olympics Tough Sledding for NBC
(AP)
 AP - Halfpipe star Shaun White showed up for an interview with NBC's Bob Costas as an Olympic champion, the pressure lifted from his shoulders and clearly juiced by his new jewelry.
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Cavalli wraps up Milan shows with Venetian opulence
(Reuters)
 Reuters - You know you're at a Roberto Cavalli show
when half the guests air-kissing their way to the catwalk are
wearing animal prints and stiletto boots.
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Image Awards Honor Jamie Foxx for Music
(AP)
AP - Jamie Foxx's quest for musical stardom got a boost Saturday at the 37th Annual NAACP Image Awards, where the Oscar-winning actor was picked as best male musical artist.
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Prolific Actor Darren McGavin Dies at 83
(AP)
AP - Darren McGavin was painting a movie set in 1945 when he learned of an opening for a small role in the show, climbed off his ladder, and returned through Columbia's front gates to land the part.
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Don Knotts, TV's Barney Fife, Dies at 81
(AP)
AP - Don Knotts, who won TV immortality and five Emmys for playing the bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show" with self-depreciating humor, was remembered by his friend and co-star as a comedic genius who wrote some of the show's best scene.
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'Crash' wins best picture at NAACP's Image Awards
(Reuters)
Reuters - With only a week to go before the
Academy Awards, the Oscar-nominated film "Crash" was named best
picture by the NAACP at its 37th annual Image Awards on
Saturday.
Comencini's Oscar nom beats the gender odds
(Reuters)
Reuters - What is it with Italian
female directors and the Oscars? In 78 years, only three women
-- Italy's Lena Wertmuller ("Seven Beauties"), New Zealand's
Jane Campion ("The Piano"), and Hollywood's Sofia Coppola
("Lost in Translation") -- have been nominated for best
director.
Jessica Simpson Breaks Bread With Governor
(AP)
AP - Jessica Simpson took a break from filming her latest movie to dine with Gov. Bill Richardson, his wife and others at the governor's mansion.
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Thoughtful thriller dominates French film awards
(Reuters)
Reuters - Jacques Audiard's "De battre mon coeur
s'est arrete" (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) on Saturday
swept eight Cesars, France's top film awards, including best
film and best director.
Rob Reiner Takes Leave From Commission
(AP)
AP - Hollywood director Rob Reiner stepped down temporarily as chairman of a state early education commission amid scrutiny about the potential misuse of taxpayer funds for a June ballot initiative he is spearheading.
Leguizamo to Open Alaska 'Ice Age' Park
(AP)
 AP - John Leguizamo will arrive by dog sled at an ice-carving festival in Fairbanks to open a park with characters from the upcoming sequel to his film "Ice Age," officials said.
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"Tollbooth" never enters original territory
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hmmm, let's see, a Jewish
household peopled by exasperated, loving parents and three
daughters, coping with such issues as interfaith relationships
and familial breaking away. Sounds familiar, no? Like a fiddler
on the roof, only not.
Image Awards Honor Jamie Foxx for Music
(AP)
AP - Jamie Foxx's quest for musical stardom got a boost Saturday at the 37th Annual NAACP Image Awards, where the Oscar-winning actor was picked as best male musical artist.
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Prolific Actor Darren McGavin Dies at 83
(AP)
AP - Darren McGavin, the husky, tough-talking actor who starred in the TV series "Mike Hammer," played a grouchy dad in the holiday classic "A Christmas Story" and had other strong roles in such films as "The Man with the Golden Arm" and "The Natural," died Saturday. He was 83.
Sheryl Crow's Cancer Fight
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Sheryl Crow says she is heading toward a full recovery from breast
cancer surgery earlier this week.
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Bono Up for Nobel Again
(E! Online)
 E! Online - Two weeks ago Bono was winning trophies at the Grammy Awards.
Now he's up for perhaps the biggest prize of all, the Nobel variety.
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Jessica Simpson Breaks Bread With Governor
(AP)
AP - Jessica Simpson took a break from filming her latest movie to dine with Gov. Bill Richardson, his wife and others at the governor's mansion.
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Stretch of Bakersfield Road Honors Korn
(AP)
 AP - A small stretch of road near the city's Rabobank Arena was renamed to honor hometown Grammy-winning rock group, Korn.
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50 Cent Says He Sees Eminem As Role Model
(AP)
 AP - 50 Cent says he regards Eminem as a role model to help him deal with stardom. "I kind of look to Eminem to gauge how I should respond to success," the 29-year-old rapper said at a press conference Friday. He was in Taipei for a concert.
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Crow Recovering From Breast Cancer Surgery
(AP)
 AP - Sheryl Crow says she is recovering from breast cancer surgery and doctors have assured her she should make a full recovery.
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Groundbreaker Matisyahu is spirited and spiritual
(Reuters)
Reuters - Of all the artist-development
stories to emerge in 2005, Matisyahu's was perhaps the most
unique. Not only was his breakout album, "Live at Stubb's,"
hastily recorded for $8,000 at an Austin, Texas, club, but its
first single, "King Without a Crown," is a modern-rock smash --
a nearly unheard-of feat for a reggae track. And then there is
Matisyahu himself: a Hasidic Jew whose reggae- and rock-tinged
sound celebrates his faith.
Johnson surfs to digital album sales mark
(Reuters)
Reuters - When Jack Johnson reached the top of
the Billboard 200 last week, his path to No. 1 marked a first
for digital music sales.
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