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FIRST LOOK: The News in Brief, February 26, 2006

GOODBYE, MR. FURLEY: Irrepressible comic actor Don Knotts, who played landlord Ralph Furley on Three?s Company and Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, died of lung cancer Friday night in Los Angeles. He was 81.

MOURNED: Hollywood vet Darren McGavin, best known as the grouchy dad in A Christmas Story and as the ghost-chasing star of Night Stalker, died Saturday of natural causes. He was 83.

RECOVERING: Sheryl Crow announcing Friday that her breast cancer surgery was successful and that she will begin radiation treatment. The Grammy winner has postponed her North American tour to focus on her recovery.

BARGAIN HUNTING: Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston slashing the asking price of their former Beverly Hills home from $28 million down to $25 million, per the Wall Street Journal.

BOX-OFFICE REUNION: Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion destroying rivals at the box office this weekend, grossing a better-than-expected $30.3 million in its debut. Meanwhile, Eight Below dropped to second place with $15.8 million, and The Pink Panther was third with $11.3 million.

GOOD FOR THEIR IMAGE: Mariah Carey's Emancipation of Mimi winning Best Album at Saturday?s 37th Annual NAACP Image Awards, while Crash took Best Film honors.

JESSICA GETS POLITICAL: Jessica Simpson taking a break from filming her upcoming movie Employee of the Month to dine with New Mexico's Governor Bill Richardson and his wife at the governor's mansion.

FIGHTING AIDS IN INDIA: Richard Gere traveling to Asia with President Bush this week to draw attention to the AIDS epidemic in India.

KORN ROWS: Korn honored by their hometown, Bakersfield, California, with the city naming a small stretch of road near the local arena "Korn Row."

DOGGING IT: John Leguizamo arriving by dog sled at an ice-carving festival in Fairbanks, Alaska, to open a park with characters from the upcoming sequel to his film Ice Age.

LATINA HOUSEWIVES: ABC planning to launch four local Latin American editions of Desperate Housewives that will air in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

DRIVING IMPAIRED: Tracy Morgan placed on three years' probation stemming from his December drunk driving arrest and ordered to attend alcohol awareness classes, the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office reported.

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