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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors music’s most treasured acts, but this time it was the hall’s turn to be feted, as Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder

and more celebrated the hall’s 25th birthday with a concert that included all-star collaborations, spellbinding guitars, plenty of high notes— and even tears.

Thursday’s extravaganza in Madison Square Garden, the first of two concerts, ran more than five hours and was a reunion of past inductees: Among the performers were Simon & Garfunkel (1990), Crosby, Stills and Nash (1997), Jeff Beck (2009), James Taylor (2000), Bonnie Raitt (2000) and Sting (with the Police, 2003).

“It’s been incredible being in a room with musicians ... who put music in your head,” Springsteen said during his rollicking set, which ran nearly two hours.

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It’s another boy for ColinFarrell.

A spokeswoman for the 33-year-old actor said Friday that Farrell and actress Alicja Bachleda welcomed son Henry Tadeusz Farrell on Oct. 7. The couple met while filming “Ondine.”

Farrell has a 6-year-old son, James Padraig Farrell, with model Kim Bordenave. Farrell won a Golden Globe earlier this year for his role as a hit man in “In Bruges.”

EarlyThanksgiving...

Rachael Ray plans to serve an early Thanksgiving dinner to an Ohio community slammed by job losses.

The talk show host and cookbook author is offering people who live in Wilmington a free dinner Nov. 8 at the local convention center. The city in southwest Ohio has lost thousands of jobs due to the pullout of delivery company DHL Express.

A message to Wilmington on Ray’s Web site says her show can’t fix the economy but can do its part through Ray’s area of expertise, food.

Ray won’t be the first sympathetic celebrity to visit Wilmington. Jay Leno came to town in May to perform two free comedy shows.

Celebrity birthdays ...

Sunday: Barbara Bosson is 70. Larry Flynt is 67. Lyle Lovett is 52. Bo Bice is 34.

Monday: Stefanie Powers is 67. k. d. lang is 48. Lauren Velez is 45. David Schwimmer is 43.

Tuesday: John Barry is 76. Lulu is 61. Roseanne Barr is 57. Dennis Miller is 56.

Wednesday: Loretta Swit is 72. Jeff Probst is 48. Heather Tom is 34.

Thursday: Chris Robinson is 71. Elke Summer is 69. Art Garfunkel is

68. Sam Shepard is 66. Tatum O’Neal is 46.

Friday: Stonewall Jackson is 77. Sally Field is 63. Lori Singer is 52. Rebecca Romijn is 37.

NextSaturday: Joan Sutherland is 83. Joni Mitchell is 66. Christopher Knight is 52. Jeremy London is 37.