ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION’S PRESS.

MOVIES

Stoll’s Oscar Was Bought by Kevin Spacey

The mystery man who paid more than $150,000 for an Academy Award this week was Oscar winner Kevin Spacey, who plans to keep the two he won and return the one he bought.

The gold statuette, presented to composer George Stoll for his score to the 1945 film “Anchors Aweigh,” was purchased by Spacey on Monday at an estate sale at Butterfields auction house in Beverly Hills. He said Wednesday he would return it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

“I strongly feel that Academy Awards should belong to those who have earned them--not those who simply have the financial means to acquire them,” said Spacey, who won a best actor Oscar for “American Beauty” and a best supporting actor award for “The Usual Suspects.”

Bidding anonymously by phone, he paid $156,875 for Stoll’s Oscar, which was offered as part of the family’s estate. Earlier this year, director Steven Spielberg bought Bette Davis’ 1934 Oscar for “Jezebel” at auction and returned it to the academy, as he had done five years earlier with the Oscar that Clark Gable won for “It Happened One Night.”

POP/ROCK

Timbaland to Include Aaliyah Song on Album

An unreleased song from the late R&B; singer Aaliyah will appear on “Indecent Proposal,” a new album from celebrated producer Timbaland and his music partner, Magoo.

Timbaland told MTV this week that the song, “I’m Music,” a duet between Aaliyah and eclectic-minded rock singer Beck, will “shock the world” when it’s released as a single from his upcoming album, due in stores Nov. 20.

Aaliyah, 22, was killed Aug. 25 in a plane crash in the Bahamas, where she had been filming a music video. “I’m going to put it out as a tribute song,” said Timbaland, one of the most sought-after studio wizards on today’s music scene. “It’s a beautiful song.”

After Further Review, ‘Toxicity’ Is No. 1

System of a Down’s new “Toxicity” album tops the national pop sales chart after all.

SoundScan reported Thursday on its Web site that “difficulty in researching unidentified data” provided by some reporting scores caused it Wednesday to declare that “Toxicity” had entered the charts at No. 2, behind Alicia Key’s “Songs in A Minor.” In fact, “Toxicity” sold 222,000 last week, versus 192,000 for “Songs.”

THE ARTS

Two Americans Win Praemium Imperiales

American playwright Arthur Miller and saxophonist-composer Ornette Coleman join Korean painter Lee Ufan, French sculptor Marta Pan and French architect Jean Nouvel as this year’s recipients of the Praemium Imperiale Awards for outstanding achievement in the arts.

The awards, to be presented Oct. 25 in Tokyo by the Japan Art Assn., include cash prizes of about $125,000 each.

Bingham Paintings Go to St. Louis Museum

Bank of America has donated to the St. Louis Art Museum three important George Caleb Bingham paintings that have been on display there for the past three years.

The three oil paintings make up Bingham’s election series, and they are among his most famous works. Painted from 1852 to 1855, they are titled “Stump Speaking,” “The County Election” and “The Verdict of the People.” Their estimated worth: $45 million.

RADIO

‘Street Science’ to Host Open Broadcast Sunday

KKBT-FM (100.3) has decided to turn its Sunday talk show “Street Science” into an open event this week at which people “can deal with their grief and anger and at which they can draw strength from one another,” general manager Nancy Leichter said Thursday.

The public is invited to join in the live broadcast at Westfield Shopping Town Fox Hills from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday. It will be hosted by Dominique DiPrima.

QUICK TAKES

Whitney Houston’s personal publicist said Thursday the rumor that the singer had died of a drug overdose is false. The statement from Los Angeles-based Nancy Seltzer & Associates, which began receiving calls asking about Houston early Thursday, read: “Whitney Houston is fine. This is a rumor and it’s not true. She thanks everyone for their concern. She is fine and at home with her family.” ... In the wake of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington Tuesday, CBS has canceled a Tuesday screening of its new spy series “The Agency,” which was to have taken place at CIA headquarters in Virgina .... The release of the Warner Bros. action thriller “Training Day,” starring Denzel Washington, has been moved from Sept. 21 to Oct. 5. Earlier this week the studio moved its film “Collateral Damage” out of the Oct. 5 spot because it deals with terrorism .... Producer and talent manager Bernie Brillstein will be given a career achievement award by the Casting Society of America at its annual Artios Award ceremony Oct. 4 in Century City .... Angie Dickinson will be honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce at its annual Women of Distinction awards luncheon, to be held Oct. 17 in Universal City .... Tickets go on sale at noon today at the Knitting Factory Hollywood box office for a show on Thursday by PJ Harvey.