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The 31st annual Kennedy Center Honors awards six performing arts icons
for their lifetime contributions to American culture. The 2008 Honorees--Academy
Award–winning actor Morgan Freeman; two-time Grammy-winning country
singer George Jones; Grammy- and Oscar-winning director, actress, singer,
writer, composer, and producer Barbra Streisand; Tony Award–winning
choreographer Twyla Tharp; and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musicians
Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who--are saluted by stars
from the world of the performing arts at an invitation-only gala performance.
The Honors Gala will be attended by President of the United States George W.
Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, and will be broadcast on CBS as a two-hour
prime-time special on December 30 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Laurie
I'm looking forward to this year's awards because I am an admirer of all, and a fan of most.