Hosting this end-of-the-year crowning entertainment event, as she has done for several years, is a little old New York gal who's very much on the New York State radar these days: Caroline Kennedy.Ĭenter chair Stephen Schwarzman said, 'With their extraordinary genius and tenacity, the 2008 honorees have redefined the way we see, hear and feel the performing arts. Oscar/Grammy-winning director, actress, singer, writer, composer and producer Barbra Streisand is one of the six honorees saluted 'for the gifts they have shared with us.'Īlso onhand are Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman two-time Grammy-winning country legend George Jones acclaimed Tony and DD-winning choreographer Twyla Tharp and, though I love 'em, you'll have to admit a strange, interesting, brave choice: Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame musicians Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Kennedy Center Honors are telecast as a two-hour special at 9 P.M. You can be an eyewitness to this historic event tonight on CBS when the 31th Annual John F.

You have to wonder who swallowed the hardest. Strange things have been known to happen in D.C., but this may be one of the strangest and might end up being listed in sci-fi annals. Cheney!!!, in the same auditorium smiling and polite. Here's a scenario you never expected to see: Babs and W not only together but smooching at the White House and together again later, almost side by side and alongside Vice President and Mrs.

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