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The iconic Dublin band received the honour in a ceremony with George Clooney and Gladys Knight last night

Amy Grant, George Clooney, Gladys Knight, U2 and Tania León attended a dinner at the U.S. State Department and a gala tribute event. The 45th annual Kennedy Center Honors airs on CBS later this month.

Paul Pelosi joins wife Nancy in box seat to view annual televised ceremony

Comedian Jon Stewart became the 23rd recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on Sunday, with tributes from late night television hosts Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel plus music from singer Bruce Springsteen. Stewart, who captured the American zeitgeist while zinging politicians and the…

A host of celebrities and comedy royalty will gather Sunday night at the Kennedy Center as comedian, talk show host and political influencer Jon Stewart receives the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in humor

Louisville composer Derek Douglas Carter debuts ‘Breonna’s Lullaby’ at the Kennedy Center

At the start of 2020, the National Symphony Orchestra was planning its first international tour with conductor Gianandrea Noseda, and an epic Beethoven cycle to mark the 250th anniversary of the legendary composer's birth. Instead, the coronavirus pandemic forced the ensemble out of the Kennedy Center in the US capital…

Named after essayist and novelist Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who is better known by his pen name Mark Twain, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor was first given in 1998. And this year, the 23rd Mark Twain Prize for American Humor will be awarded to comedian Jon Stewart on April…