2011 Kennedy Center Honors

The 2011 Kennedy Center Honors took place this past weekend. The Honorees for 2011 are: Broadway actress Barbara Cook, singer and songwriter Neil Diamond, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, jazz musician Sonny Rollins and actress Meryl Streep. CBS will broadcast the program on Dec. 27th, 9:00-11:00 PM ET/PT.



US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive in the East Room of the White House to attend a reception for Kennedy Center Honorees in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2011.
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The First Lady is wearing Vera Wang.

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Media Alert-2010 Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors will be televised tonight at 9pm EST on CBS.


WASHINGTON, D.C. - DECEMBER 04: The 2010 Kennedy Center honorees pose for their formal class photo following the formal Artist's Dinner at the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 4, 2010. Top row, from left to right: Merle Haggard, Bill T. Jones, and Sir Paul McCartney. Bottom row, from left to right: Jerry Herman and Oprah Winfrey.
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive at a reception for the recipients of the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors arrive in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010.
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The 2009 Kennedy Center Honors

Another one of my goosebumps moments - the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors.


U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive for the national anthem for the Kennedy Center Honorees at the Kennedy Center in Washington, December 6, 2009.
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President Obama Celebrates Kennedy Center Honorees from White House on Vimeo.

Kennedy Center Honorees (L-R) Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, Robert DeNiro and Bruce Springsteen laugh at a joke by Brooks as they are introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama at a reception at the White House in Washington December 6, 2009. ----------REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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