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Turners have 3rd child

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Country singer Josh Turner and his wife are the parents of their third child, another boy.

According to a news release Friday from his record label, Crawford Marion was born Monday night, joining brothers Hampton, now 4, and Colby, 17 months. Crawford Marion weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces.

Turner’s hits include “Why Don’t We Just Dance.”

Late-night foes Fallon, Ferguson swap gifts

NEW YORK

Late-night rivals Jimmy Fallon and Craig Ferguson are filled with the Christmas spirit. They even sent each other gifts.

At the end of the monologue on NBC’s “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” the New York-based host showed viewers a photo of the present he had sent to Ferguson — a “beautiful, top-notch Christmas sweater” (in Fallon’s words) accented with both his face and Ferguson’s against a Christmas ornament.

“He’s over at CBS in LA, and I know how cold it gets at night there,” Fallon explained.

What had Ferguson given in return? Under his desk, Fallon found a large gift box containing two kittens named Regis and Kelly.

At almost the same moment on CBS’ “Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” its host was eagerly unwrapping the box that contained the sweater from Fallon.

“Oh, I know you’re like, ‘Craig, you’re crazy; he’s your direct competitor; you can’t say how great Jimmy is,’” cracked Ferguson, “but everybody knows it: Jimmy is awesome. ... Everybody knows Jimmy Fallon is the best knitter in show business.”

In the past, they engaged in a food fight with spaghetti and waved at each other with giant novelty Mickey Mouse hands.

Brooks has sing-along at benefit concert

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

It was as if Garth Brooks had never been away.

A multigenerational crowd sang along with country music’s biggest star as he kicked off the first of nine sold-out flood- relief benefit concerts Thursday night in Nashville, Tenn.

Brooks hadn’t played an arena show in Music City since 1998, but fans didn’t miss a beat as Brooks played hit after hit for the crowd.

Proceeds from the concert are being donated to the Community Relief Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

Associated Press