Scoop for the Week of Feb. 25th

Backstreet Boys Bagged Do you hear it? That breaking sound? Teenage hearts around the globe are being broken. Two of the Backstreet Boys are engaged. Kevin Richardson and Brian Littrell have announced their engagements. No, not to each other. But the two cousins made their announcements separately on MTV. Kevin popped the question on Valentine's Day to his on-again, off-again girlfriend of seven years. As he said, "She knew me when I was a Ninja Turtle," referring to his days of working at Walt Disney World in Orlando.

Brian broke his news to MTV later in the day. His future wife is six years his senior. Brian's 24. Wedding dates have not been announced. But the bank-a-bility of Backstreet just might be in question. After all, how many teenage girls scream and chase after some married guys?

No Sisterly Love Jennifer Aniston pulled rank on guest-star Reese Witherspoon. Reese was scheduled to play Jen's sis for six-episodes on Friends. But after two episodes, Reese hit Splitsville. The first sign of trouble came when Jennifer refused to give Reese a "welcome" talk. Normally when a guest joins the show, all six Friends talk to the guest as a group. Then each one talks to the guest individually, giving them advice and encouragement. But when it came time for the group talk, Jen was nowhere to be found. And if Reese blew a line, Jen blew her cool. Set insiders say Reese's hot movie career, hubby Ryan Phillippe and their bouncy new baby may have been threatening to Jennifer. Leaving one to wonder if Jen will become Mrs. Brad Pitt.

Letterman Scores Were you one of the estimated 12 million people who watched David Letterman's return to the Late Show? The show scored its best ratings in six years and had nearly twice the ratings of its competitor (NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno). Monday night's audience was three times the size of Dave's average audience. He taped his comeback show just five weeks after undergoing emergency quintuple bypass surgery. But all jokes turned to serious thanks when he brought the entire hospital staff on the show including the doctors and nurses that saved his life. Dave is expected to return full-time to the Late Show Monday February 28.

Stuntman Killed UPN's reality based show I Dare You suffered a major setback when a stuntman was killed. Brady Michaels, 36, was preparing for a stunt involving a parachute-landing platform attached to the top of an immobilized train in Arizona. He was coming down the ladder attached to the train when he lost his footing and fell 15 feet. He hit his head on the rocks below and after spending several

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