The
White House was full of celebrities yesterday when President Barack
Obama played host to this year’s five Kennedy Center honorees. Among the
entertainers spotted attending the East Room reception were John
Lithgow, Robert De Niro, Andre Previn, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski,
Matthew Broderick, Sara Jessica Parker, Smokey Robinson, Stanley Tucci,
Christine Baranski, Michelle Lee, Itzhak Perlman and Florence Henderson.
The Kennedy family was represented by Vicki Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith
and Caroline Kennedy. Obama called this year’s honorees –
singer-actress Barbara Cook, singer Neil Diamond, cellist Yo Yo Ma, jazz
saxophonist Sonny Rollins and actress Meryl Streep – “five giants from
the world of the arts” being honored for “a lifetime of greatness.” He
joked Ma is at the White House so often, “We need to give him a room.”
CBS will broadcast the show on December 27th.
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