'KENNEDY CENTER HONORS' Star power should add up to another winner for CBS

The celebration of career achievement in the arts airs at 9 p.m. Tuesday.
KNIGHT RIDDER TRIBUNE
Oprah Winfrey salutes Tina Turner. Quincy Jones and K.D. lang honor Tony Bennett. Paul Newman, Willie Nelson and Glenn Close pay tribute to Robert Redford.
There's no lack of star power in the 28th edition of "The Kennedy Center Honors," television's classiest awards show. CBS presents the program, which was taped Dec. 4, at 9 p.m. Tuesday. A network release explaining the event suggests CBS has another winner.
For the third year in a row, Caroline Kennedy hosts this celebration of career achievement in the arts. Lavish retrospectives unfold in this order for the five honorees: actor-director Redford, singer Bennett, actress Julie Harris, dancer Suzanne Farrell and rock superstar Turner.
The crowd shots are always a bonus. The Washington audience includes President Bush and first lady Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. Ted Kennedy.
Brokaw's comments
Former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw begins the tribute to Redford and notes that some of the actor's roles were a stretch. "Does anyone believe it would take a million dollars for Demi Moore to run off with Robert Redford?" Brokaw asks.
Newman, Redford's co-star from "The Sting," jokes about the tricks the two men have played on each other. Actress Close recounts her first meeting with Redford before filming "The Natural." Country superstar Nelson sings "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys."
Quincy Jones says that Bennett has "always had this beautiful, sweet light and sound glowing over him." Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis plays Bennett's signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco."
Then four singers honor Bennett: Vanessa Williams on "The Best Is Yet to Come," Diana Krall on "Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)," Grammy nominee John Legend on "For Once in My Life" and lang on "What a Wonderful World."