The 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors events were held over the weekend in Washington D.C. This year’s honorees included country legend Merle Haggard; composer Jerry Herman; dancer, choreographer and director Bill T. Jones; rock legend Paul McCartney; and media mogul Oprah Winfrey.
Some photos are from the official dinner held at the United States Department of State, while other were at the Kennedy Center Hall of States which featured appearances from President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Check out our full photo gallery of the festivities.
The gala will be broadcast on CBS on Tues., December 28 at 9:00 ET/PT.
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- Hillary Rodham Clinton
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- Gayle King w/ her daughter & son
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- Forest & Keisha Whitaker
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- Oprah Winfrey & Stedman Graham arrive to the formal artist's dinner
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- Sidney Portier and his wife, Joanna
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- Denyce Graves and Dr. Robert Montgomery
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- Laurence Fishburne and his wife, Gina Torres
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- Diana Ross and son Evan Ross
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- Jennifer Hudson
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- Gwen Stefani and the group "No Doubt"
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- Oprah Winfrey and Paul McCartney listen to U.S. President Barack Obama
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- Oprah & Stedman at the Kennedy Center Honors taping
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- Chris Rock and Malaak Rock pose for photos
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- Diana Ross and Evan Ross at taping
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- Gayle King at the taping
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- Elaine Win and actor Tyrese Gibson
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- Holly Robinson-Peete
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- Frances Gladney and Smokey Robinso
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- U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama pose with the honorees
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- President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama
Mannnnnn….every time I see this man and his wife, I stick my chest out. Proud of my president.
Oprah jus looks like money.
And Jennifer….babygirl …..PLEASE don’t lose any more weight. She looks good tho. But it’s starting to look a little unhealthy…or maybe it’s jus this pic. IDK.
But everyone, with the exception of kid rock, looks nice.
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How can you stick your chest out to be proud of anything when you’re a sodomite? Give me a break. Furthermore this dude Obama is a pawn of the elite and has continued the wartime agenda started under the so-called Bush regime. In fact, it has escalated. He is Bill Clinton with a tan.
@ Judah, “this dude Obama is a pawn of the elite and has continued the wartime agenda started under the so-called Bush regime. In fact, it has escalated.” I agree with you 100% here. Obama is certainly not an anti-establishment, anti-coporate, anti-prison industrialist complex, wealth redistributionist, critical race theorist President that many (fantastically) thought he would be. I never had these illusions for his presidency- he is the PRESIDENT of UNITED STATES after all.
Given this, why are you so heterosexist and homophobic? Where does this come from?
I don’t know what it means to be “heterosexist” or “homophobic”. Those are think-tank buzzwords concocted to be used on those that do not follow the rest of the sheep as they are guided to the cliff to jump off of. I think you just made up the “heterosexist” one right now lol…Man and woman were put on the earth for procreation with each other. If you know history, you understand that in the last days of the Roman Empire, it fell because of massive moral degradation (such as the exaltation of h*mosexuality) and also it’s armies being spread too thin fighting too many battles concurrently. America is modern day Rome. While the U.S. dollar means nothing and 400,000 people per month are losing their jobs, the “politicians” distract idiots like yourself with “g@y marriage” banter on their “news” outlets.
Get em Judah!
@Jaduh you know little about me but what i present on a blog. I usually think your comments are intelligent, and although i don’t agree with everything you post, i respect that you have enough information to support your beliefs….
But let me get this right, if someone does take it up the butt, they shouldn’t be proud of anything?? I got it.
@Judah, first of all, I am far from an idiotic. I know many people on CL, laughingly, fawn over your conspiratorial,apocalyptic, fundamentalist brand of Christian (what a combination) rhetoric, but I am unmoved. Around my neck of the woods, you are known as a pseudo-intellecutal and/or a dilettante.
Now, “heterosexism” and “homophobia” are not simply “think-tank buzzwords,” they are conditions. They describe ways of operating in the world. I did not “make up” the concept of heterosexism, the concept was theorized years ago. Remember, practice always comes before theory. The behavior has been there for years, somebody simply called it out. If you disagree with these assessments, fine. Just like racists, many believe they “don’t have a racist bone in their bodies.”
Finally, it is quite presumptuous of you to think that just because I find most of your rhetoric surrounding same-sex desire as being grounded in heterosexist and homophobic premises that I would AUTOMATICALLY support gay marriage. In fact, I do not support gay marriage but for VERY different reasons than you. I could not have that particular conversation with you because we fundamentally come from very different locations. Given this point, this speaks to the unfortunate truth that people like you will continue to perpetuate the violence of hierarchizing people, which ultimately prevents any real discourse from taking place.
Gay and lesbian people are going to hell, “Man and woman were put on the earth for procreation with each other,” “the Roman Empire, it fell because of massive moral degradation (such as the exaltation of h*mosexuality),” etc…
How Fred Phelps of you…
Everyone looks nice!
Everyone except Kid Rock lol.
Why is Jennifer so rarely photographed out with her fiance, praytell?
Privacy.
When they got together so many were against it bc he ia a harvard educated lawyer on a reality show kissing new york. Then he decided to be a wrestler in florida. WHAT ABOUT HIS LAW DEGREE?
If she takes a pic with him their body language will be over analised. Jen garner does this too, she doesnt take pics with ben affleck.
great event! Everyone looks nice.
Gayle King & her children must be spoiled by Oprah damn! I mean your mom’s best friend is a billionaire! LOL Everyone looks nice! I see Diana can actually go out to party!
ROSS IS BOSS
Yessssssssss Oprah and Bill T. Jones! If you haven’t already, take a peek at Bill T. Jones’ interview with Bill Moyers on Bill Moyer’s Journal as they discuss Jones’ masterpiece “Fondly Do We Hope…Fervently Do We Pray.” Brilliant interview.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers...nal/12252009/profile.html
I see Chris Rock brought his note pad so that he can write down jokes he can tell on his next stand up! LOL
Oh I feel so sorry for Ike Turner, I mean Laurence Fishbourne every time I see him!
What the hell is Kid Rock wearing!
Wow I haven’t seen Stedman in a while, homeboy knows how to keep a low profile!
Baby Boy looks happy to be there!
Diana and Son looks nice!
Everyone looked great, including Oprah’s girls! Diana looks great in all-black and Denyce Graves looks AMAZING.
Wow, I’ve always thought Steadman’s last name was “Steadman”. Who knew? Forest Whitaker’s wife is gorgeous and so is Barack Obama’s. Although Barack is thoroughly disappointing me so far I’ll still stick by him because he is America’s leader.
Jennifer Hudson is losing too much weight! I love her body that she had in the Weight Watchers ad that she was singing in. Now she’s too thin. Holly Robinson-Peete will be beautiful when she’s 90. She can still start in the 21 Jump Street remake called 22 Sitdown Avenue lol.
When I saw this the first thing that came to mind is Oprah Boobies
OMG so did I lol. But really How can you miss them!!!
They are nice though for being 50+. Stedman is one lucky dude
BRAVO to OPRAH…well deserved it’s about time she’s honored !!!!!
All of those “honorees” are top witches and warlocks. They are being honored for a lifetimes’ worth of service casting spells on the uninitiated. That is the point of that garb around their necks. It is to show that they are “illuminated”. They have crossed the rainbow bridge over into the spirit world and have become “gods”….
@ Judah tell em brother!!! Preach it LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It look like a Masonic ceremony and they have number 33rd annual
@Judah: “this dude Obama is a pawn of the elite and has continued the wartime agenda started under the so-called Bush regime. In fact, it has escalated. He is Bill Clinton with a tan.”
Teach!!!!!!!!!!!
denyce graves is on her second white husband. damn! lol
And Robert DeNiro is on his 2nd black wife. Does it matter?
Cant a black women get her love on the way she needs it just like a black man these days. Do you Denise! Haters dont have to be married to him and haters did not ask for your opinion when they married who they married, so do you.
YESSSSSS!!! Bill T. Jones….Dance until death!!! I love him. I love it!!! yes.. lol
What’s going on with Laurence Fishburne’s daughter…..?
Chris’ wife looks great
Everybody wlse looking good
Jeniffer hunny gain back about 5 pounds plz u looking kinda too skinny
in response to your aggreeance with judah, you believe in witches and warlocks?
Everyone looks great!! I love it…however, why does J.Hud always go to events by herself, why doesn’t she bring her fiance’ with her? hmm….
y is everybody kissin judah ass, like he is god or something
It cracks me up that the BLACKEST men in H’Wood have/had the whitest wives and/or girlfriends:
A few: Sidney, Ving, Jamie, Eddie, Mekhi, Wesley, Blair, Quincy, 50 (has boned all of ‘em – Lindsay, Jessica, etc.; kinda glad he’s working his way through and leaving ‘em used)
Not saying it’s not true love, but these brothers I believe stuck with their OWN just not to hear it from the sistahs. A few:
Denzel, Laurence, Don, Courtney, Boris
IMO
that sounds sooooo racist. ‘stuck with their OWN’???
TOO BAD JLO COULDN’T GET HER WHITE BOY NOW SHE STUCK WITH HER OWN WHICH IS SOMETHING SHE NEVER WANTED TO DO.
Love to see Mr President and the First Lady. Just by looking at Obama, can tell he is still in love and in lust for his wife. He seems very proud of her and enduring. You can just look at a man and see his contentment. They are definitely a hot, inspiring couple, wonder are they done having kids. Women are still having kids well into their mid to late 40′s these days.
Chris Rock and his wife looks like they are at a old school high school prom. So glad Oprah came with Stedman and Gayle with her kids.