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NAMES & FACES

Below, Goopy Robin Williams, left, and Jack Black slime the young crowd at the Kids' Choice Awards.
Below, Goopy Robin Williams, left, and Jack Black slime the young crowd at the Kids' Choice Awards. (By Mario Anzuoni -- Reuters)
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"Are you ready to have your mind blown apart by the most awesome show in the universe? . . . Tonight is your night to rage against the machine," Black told the appreciative crowd.

Winners included Green Day , which took home two orange blimp trophies for favorite music group and favorite song ("Wake Me Up When September Ends").

Drake Bell won the award for favorite TV actor and shared a second blimp for his role in "Drake & Josh," which won for favorite TV show. The winner for favorite TV actress was Jamie Lynn Spears , star of "Zoey 101" and younger sister of Britney Spears .

Chris Rock claimed the dubiously titled "Wannabe Award" -- meaning the celebrity kids most want to be like. Past winners have included Will Smith and Queen Latifah .

End Notes

· A single by Gnarls Barkley , "Crazy," made U.K. pop chart history yesterday when it became the first song to reach No. 1 based solely on sales of computer downloads, the Official UK Charts Co. reported. The song by Barkley, a fictional character (in reality a collaboration between U.S. hip-hop producer Brian Burton and singer Thomas Calloway ), entered the charts at the top spot even though it wasn't released on CD until today, according to Reuters.

· Actor Edward Norton ("25th Hour," "Fight Club") will speak at the Dirksen Senate Office Building today at noon, part of a briefing sponsored by the American Public Health Association to kick off National Public Health Week.

-- Compiled by Michael Cotterman from staff and wire reports


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