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Denzel Washington is the 2002 Honoree: The American Cinematheque Award is presented annually to an extraordinary artist currently making a significant contribution to the art of the Moving Picture. Award Presentation: Tom Hanks Host: Jamie Foxx Show Participants: Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Barry Bonds, Cedric “The Entertainer,” Robert Downey, Jr., …

This is the 25th anniversay of the Kennedy Center Honors. Five performers were honored, including James Earl Jones: James Earl Jones possesses one of the most instantly recognizable voices in entertainment history: a commanding basso profundo with a built-in echo chamber that is the very sound of authority. Jones’ great …

Interesting analysis of the music-swapping phenomenon in USA Today: it’s notable for subtle things it does and does not say. The writer, Jefferson Graham, takes a middle line between advocacy and condemnation of swapping: unlike most mainstream press stories heretofore, never using the industry appellation “pirate” to describe swappers, but …

Like the “Kim: Rot in Pieces” tattoo, the murderous lyrics, she having someone else’s baby, but love conquers all according to Eminem’s grandmother: Betty Kresin told The Post from her home in Missouri that Kim has moved back into the controversial singer’s mansion in suburban Detroit. “They’re back together,” Kresin …

The online journal of the North Pole: for cyber-kids and true believers. The most immediate concern is a crisis concerning Santa having some spacecraft issues: On Thanksgiving, Santa Claus and Waldo Elf were blasted into orbit aboard The Santa Shuttle, an unfinished spaceship. Although Santa and Waldo are safe, they …

They’re doing it again: Defying conventional wisdom and their own apprehensions, the Seattle rockers released a live double album for each of the 72 shows on its 2000-01 world tour — a staggering 144 discs. And the band is ramping up for a second avalanche pegged to its 2003 tour. …

Guns N’ Roses didn’t bother to show up Friday night for their scheduled Philadelphia concert. 14,000 fans got pissed: Furious fans at a sold-out rock show went into a bottle-throwing frenzy when Guns N’ Roses failed to appear, and police were called to the concert arena. Witnesses at the First …

Richard Clarke, the federal homeland security cyber-poobah says wireless networks are vulnerable: Wi-Fi manufacturers, as well as home and office users, face a clear choice, they said: Secure yourselves or be regulated. “Homeland Security is putting people in place who will be in a position to say, ‘If you’re going …

I ws just telling someone that Soundscan largely solved the significant problem of falsified sales figures for chart position, and then this turns up: Independent music retailers are fabricating numbers reported to Nielsen Soundscan, inflating the number of albums sold by music labels such as white-hot Island Def Jam, The …

Gateway getting cozy with digital music services: Computer maker Gateway on Friday announced a deal with online music provider Pressplay to load its PCs with 2,000 songs from music stars such as Eminem, Bruce Springsteen, the Dixie Chicks and Frank Sinatra. The deal with Pressplay, a joint venture between Vivendi …