Emmy-winning comic actor Don Knotts dies at 81 (Reuters)

February 25, 2006

File photo of actor Don Knotts taken at the first annual TV Land Awards in Hollywood March 2, 2003. Knotts, who won five Emmys for portraying the bungling deputy Barney Fife on 'The Andy Griffith Show,' has died, media reports said on Saturday. He was 81. Knotts' bug-eyed, high-strung character helped make 'Andy Griffith,' a sitcom about a folksy sheriff in small-town America, one of the most popular U.S. television shows of the 1960s. REUTERS/Fred ProuserReuters - Don Knotts, who won five Emmys for portraying the bungling deputy Barney Fife on the hit television program "The Andy Griffith Show," has died at age 81, a spokesman said on Saturday.


Don Knotts, TV's Barney Fife, Dies at 81 (AP)

February 25, 2006

Actor Don Knotts is seen in this Sept. 5, 1979 file photo.  Knotts, the skinny, lovable nerd who kept generations of television audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on 'The Andy Griffith Show,' died Friday night, Feb. 24, 2006 of pulmonary and respiratory complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills. He was 81. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Don Knotts, who kept generations of TV audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on "The Andy Griffith Show" and would-be swinger landlord Ralph Furley on "Three's Company," has died. He was 81.


Anna Nicole Smith's Legal War Continues (AP)

February 25, 2006

E. Pierce Marshall, son of the late J. Howard Marshall II, waits with his wife, Elaine, for the start of a trial involving Anna Nicole Smith Monday, in this Oct. 2, 2000 file photo in Houston. The fight over the fortune of oil entrepreneur J. Howard Marshall II between the one-time Playboy Playmate of the Year Anna Nicole Smith and Marshall's youngest son, 67-year-old E. Pierce Marshall, goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006. (AP Photo/Steve Ueckert, Pool)AP - It's been a long and colorful journey for a girl from a small Texas town.


Anna Nicole Smith's Legal War Continues (AP)

February 25, 2006

AP - It's been a long and colorful journey for a girl from a small Texas town.

West, Keys, Carey Lead 'Image' Nominees (AP)

February 25, 2006

AP - Mariah Carey was poised to keep her comeback going Saturday as a leading contender for the 37th Annual NAACP Image Awards, including best song and album.

Winter Olympics Tough Sledding for NBC (AP)

February 25, 2006

United States Chad Hedrick waves after winning the silver medal in the Winter Olympics men's 10,000 meter speedskating competition in Turin, Italy, Friday, Feb. 24, 2006.  (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)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. So "The Flying Tomato" decided to test the power of a gold medal by trolling for a date with skater Sasha Cohen.


Cleaned-up rap song about pimp among Oscar nominees (Reuters)

February 25, 2006

Reuters - In a departure from past Oscar shows featuring syrupy Disney tunes and soundtrack ballads, this year's telecast will give audiences country music, alternative rock and a super-sanitized version of a racy rap song.

Highs and Lows From NBC's Olympic Coverage (AP)

February 25, 2006

Chad Hedrick of the United States celebrates his silver medal win during the flower ceremony in the men's 10,000 meter speedskating at Oval Lingotto during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Friday, Feb. 24, 2006. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - The sight of Shani Davis cheering on teammate Chad Hedrick toward a silver medal in the men's 10,000 meter speedskating competition was a highlight of NBC's Olympic coverage last night. Can we all move on now?


TV's "Huge Night" of Splats (E! Online)

February 25, 2006

Sasha Cohen went splat. Ruth Marie Milliman went gone. Jerry Rice 
 went disco. Bobby Bennett went the way of all Judd Harrises. Put these 
 special moments all together, and what do you have?E! Online - Sasha Cohen went splat. Ruth Marie Milliman went gone. Jerry Rice went disco. Bobby Bennett went the way of all Judd Harrises. Put these special moments all together, and what do you have?


"Idol" wins Thursday against stiff competition (Reuters)

February 25, 2006

Reuters - Even Fox's "American Idol" was bloodied a bit by the reality TV shootout on Thursday in the 8 p.m. hour.