Talent Confirmed To Participate in the Show
Angela Bassett (MALCOLM X)
Halle Berry
Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants)
Cedric "The Entertainer"
Robert Downey, Jr.
Jamie Foxx
Tom Hanks (PHILADELPHIA) Presenting Award to Mr. Washington
Steve Harvey (Performer in Spike Lee’s "The Original Kings of Comedy")
Ethan Hawke (TRAINING DAY)
Keanu Reeves (MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING)
Bruce Willis (THE SIEGE)
Attending:
Eric Benet
*Jeffrey Berg (ICM)
Peter Berg (author)
Todd Black (producer, ANTWONE FISHER)
*Richard Cook (President, Buena Vista Pictures)
Ice Cube
**Peter Dekom (American Cinematheque Co-Chairman)
Jonathan Demme (dir. PHILADELPHIA)
*Jonathan Dolgen, Event Co-Chair (Chairman, Paramount Pictures)
Daisey Fuentes
Jasmine Guy
Gregory Hoblit (dir. FALLEN)
*Alan Horn (President and CEO, Warner Brothers)
Norman Jewison (dir. THE HURRICANE)
Robert Johnson (Founder and CEO, Black Entertainment Television)
*Ed Limato (Vice Chairman, ICM – Denzel Washington’s Agent)
*Chris McGurk (Vice Chairman and COO, MGM)
**Mike Medavoy (American Cinematheque Co-Chairman – Phoenix Pictures)
*Ron Meyer (President and COO, Universal Studios)
Michael Nathanson (President and COO, MGM Pictures)
**Rick Nicita (Creative Artists Agency, Inc.)
**Henry Shields, Jr. (American Cinematheque President – Irell & Manella)
**Barbara Smith (American Cinematheque Director)
Wesley Snipes
Michael Ridley Thomas, Councilman
Robert Townsend
Nia Vardalos (MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING)
Alex Yemenidjian (Chairman and CEO, MGM)
