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@kencen

6 years

We hope you kept the tissues close— @adamlambert 's gorgeous take on @Cher 's "Believe" is coming for your tear ducts. 😢🎶 #KCHonors

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How did @HamiltonMusical 's @Phillipasoo , @ReneeGoldsberry , and @JasCephasJones feel reuniting for that knockout #KCHonors performance? We caught up with them backstage to find out!

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The official 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors class photo is here! 📸 Taken at the Medallion Ceremony in the State Department, the ribbons symbolize a spectrum of many skills within the arts spanning genres. 📸: Mary Kouw / CBS #KennedyCenterHonors

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. @Cher : "You told me you were going to Los Angeles!" @cyndilauper : "I lied." Iconic. #KCHonors

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The Schuyler Sisters reunited at last! Watch @ReneeGoldsberry , @JasCephasJones , @Phillipasoo , and @LacketyLac 's full #KCHonors performance honoring @HamiltonMusical Dec. 26 at 8 p.m. on @CBSTweet and @CBSAllAccess :

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2 years

Please join us in congratulating your 45th class of Kennedy Center Honorees. 🤩🌈✨ Tune in Dec. 28 at 8 p.m. EST as a star-studded #KCHonors lineup pays tribute to @U2 , @AmyGrant , @MsGladysKnight , #GeorgeClooney , and #TaniaLe ón on @CBS and @ParamountPlus . 📸 Gail Schulman

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@kencen

7 years

A Statement from Chairman David M. Rubenstein & President Deborah F. Rutter Regarding the 2017 Kennedy Center Honors

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@kencen

3 years

"She's bawdy, brave, and utterly brilliant. She is @BetteMidler . My absolute bloody hero and, in my opinion, the greatest performer who ever lived."— @Adele 🌈 #KCHonors

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@kencen

6 years

"One last time." A show-stopping @HamiltonMusical performance from @ChrisIsSingin , @Lin_Manuel , @LacketyLac , and NEWorks' Voices of America Youth Choir! #KCHonors

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@kencen

6 years

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2018 Kennedy Center Honorees! Tune in Dec. 26 at 8 p.m. ET as we celebrate these incredible luminaries during the #KCHonors broadcast on CBS: 📸 John Paul Filo for @CBSTweet

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6 years

We think the @HamiltonMusical cabinet approves. 😉 #KCHonors

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@kencen

7 years

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2017 Kennedy Center Honorees: . 📸 John Filo/CBS #KCHonors @CarmenDances @llcoolj @TheNormanLear @LionelRichie @GloriaEstefan

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1 year

“This is what I want in heaven… words to become notes and conversations to be symphonies.” We join in mourning the passing of legendary singer and 2005 #KCHonors recipient @tinaturner .

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1 year

"I’m humbled to be included in this incredible list of artists honored by the Kennedy Center. To now be recognized amongst so many multi-hyphenates feels unbelievable." — @iamqueenlatifah , rapper, singer, actress Meet all your 46th Honorees at #KCHonors

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1 year

“I’m exceptionally happy to be honored by the Kennedy Center. It’s very exciting to be recognized for my contributions to the music industry for the past 60 years.” — @DionneWarwick , singer Meet all your 46th Honorees at #KCHonors

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@kencen

5 years

Breaking news: #DaveChappelle is the next recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor! Thanks to our presenting sponsor, @CapitalOne , for bringing laughter to the community & helping us celebrate the unparalleled career of a comedy legend. #TwainPrize

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@kencen

6 years

Happening now: @CyndiLauper turns up the heat with an electrifying #KCHonors performance of @Cher 's "If I Could Turn Back Time."

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7 months

"I want to acknowledge the person who should also be standing here with me is Robin Williams... @BillyCrystal , you are my family, my big brother, & you have no idea what an honor it is to see you get your due. You're a national treasure. Congratulations" –Whoopi Goldberg #KCHonors

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1 year

“This is a wonderful honor! When I think back over 50 years to our beginnings in Redcliffe, Queensland, I could never have expected this to happen in my life. — @GibbBarry , singer-songwriter & member of the @BeeGees Meet all your 46th Honorees at #KCHonors

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2 years

Only at #KCHonors ... 🌈✨ Tonight at an intimate State Department dinner, our Honorees gathered with dear friends, colleagues, and fans to receive their medallions. Stay tuned for more glimpses from this iconic part of the #KennedyCenterHonors tradition. 📸 Tracey Salazar

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@kencen

6 years

Remembering the Queen of Soul. The Kennedy Center pays tribute to a consummate artist and our dear friend, #ArethaFranklin .

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@kencen

7 years

#MayThe4thBeWithYou , Kennedy Center Honors edition. 📸 @JanelleMonae by Scott Suchman. #StarWarsDay #KCHonors

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1 year

“I started performing when I was five years old, making my parents and family laugh. Those laughs have carried me my entire life and career." — @BillyCrystal , actor & comedian Meet all your 46th Honorees at #KCHonors

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@kencen

7 months

🎶 "For nobody else gave me a thrill / With all your faults, I love you still / It had to be you / Wonderful you / It had to be you!" 🎶 Cheers to the king of comedy, actor, 46th #KCHonors recipient, and our friend @BillyCrystal ! 🥂 #KennedyCenterHonors

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6 years

"It was amazing. Everybody stood up—that's what art can do, it can make everybody stand up."—2018 #KCHonors recipient @Cher

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@kencen

2 years

Here's an iconic #KCHonors surprise from #CyndiLauper —"Turn Back Time" in honor of #Cher . 😍⏳🎶 We're sharing some of your favorite clips through the years before our 45th celebration Dec. 28 at 8 p.m. EST on @CBS . 🌈 WATCH ▶

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7 months

Another round of applause for the Queen of Hip Hop and 46th #KCHonors recipient @IAMQUEENLATIFAH ! 👏 🎶 #KennedyCenterHonors

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7 months

Wow...just wow! 😱 Cynthia Erivo's #KCHonors performance of "Alfie" in tribute to @dionnewarwick has left us star-struck! 🤩 A standing ovation all around! 👏 #KennedyCenterHonors

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@kencen

7 years

Tonight we celebrate artistic excellence. The 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors starts NOW on @CBS ! #KCHonors 📸 John Filo/CBS

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@kencen

2 years

The day Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, a 7-year-old #GeorgeClooney walked up to his father with a bag full of his toy guns. He no longer wanted them. His father ripped up the speech he'd been preparing—what could be more eloquent? #KCHonors #KennedyCenterHonors

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6 months

"People are always saying that Chita’s the last of a certain kind of performer. But they’re wrong. I don’t remember there being any performers like her.” –John Kander We join in mourning the passing of the vivacious Broadway icon, Chita Rivera, who graced us with her artistry.

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6 years

Now, @AdamLambert & @CyndiLauper unite to play us out with—what else?—"I Got You Babe!" 💕 #KCHonors

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@kencen

6 years

Us too, @Cher . 😭 #KCHonors Bravo, @adamlambert !

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@kencen

3 years

"The trans community and our humanity has to be acknowledged and has to be protected." #TransDayOfVisibility Join artist/director @YashaLelonek for an #ArtsAcrossAmerica discussion centering trans liberation—streaming at 6 p.m. this Saturday, April 3. ⤵️

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@kencen

6 years

Thanks for tuning into tonight's #KCHonors broadcast! What was your favorite moment? 📸 John Paul Filo for @CBS

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@kencen

6 years

(Sidebar part 2: find someone who loves you as much as @LacketyLac loves what he does.) 😍 #KCHonors

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@kencen

6 years

Also spotted: @Lin_Manuel 's PURE JOY. 😍 #KCHonors

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@kencen

1 year

Announcing your 46th Kennedy Center Honorees! 🤩🌈👏 @BillyCrystal @ReneeFleming @GibbBarry @iamqueenlatifah @dionnewarwick Celebrate these incredible artists this December with a #KCHonors broadcast on @CBS ➡️ #KennedyCenterHonors

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@kencen

3 years

Together at last... your Kennedy Center Honorees! 🤩🌈💕 Watch Dec. 22 at 9/8c on @CBS & @paramountplus as we celebrate the 44th #KCHonors class: #JustinoD íaz, #BerryGordy , #LorneMichaels , @BetteMidler , and @jonimitchell . 📸 Scott Suchman/CBS #KennedyCenterHonors

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3 years

It's #KCHonors night! 🤩🌈💕 Tune in TONIGHT at 8 p.m. EST on @CBS & @paramountplus as we celebrate the 43rd #KCHonors class: @msdebbieallen , @joancbaez , #DickVanDyke ( @iammrvandy ), @garthbrooks , and #Midori . 📸 Michele Crowe/CBS #KennedyCenterHonors

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@kencen

5 years

#KCHonors sneak peek: Let the @jonasbrothers take you to a "Boogie Wonderland" in honor of @EarthWindFire ! Tune in Sunday night at 8/7c on @CBS & streaming with a free trial of @CBSAllAccess for this year's full Honors celebration ➡

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@kencen

6 years

"Look around, look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now!" Please welcome Broadway's Schuyler sisters @Phillipasoo , @ReneeGoldsberry , and @JasCephasJones to the #KCHonors stage!

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@kencen

8 years

. @BetsyWolfe & @DarrenCriss take the stage w/ @NSOtweets tonight & tomorrow! Join us >>

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6 years

#KCHonors squad goals. 📸 Yassine El Mansouri

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3 years

Announcing your 44th Kennedy Center Honorees! 🌈 ⭐ Justino Díaz ⭐ ⭐ Berry Gordy ⭐ ⭐ Lorne Michaels ⭐ ⭐ @BetteMidler ⭐ ⭐ @JoniMitchell ⭐ Meet these artists & stay tuned for their #KCHonors celebration this December on @CBS & @paramountplus ▶

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@kencen

4 years

Announcing Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems! ( @The_Pigeon ) ✏📚 Join our Education Artist-in-Residence at Home as Mo invites YOU into his studio every weekday at 1 p.m. to draw, doodle and explore new ways of writing—starting today! Learn more ⤵

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@kencen

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"I am deeply honored & thrilled to have been chosen to receive one of this year's #KennedyCenterHonors . I have long been an admirer of the awards...there is no higher level of esteem..." – @TheBonnieRaitt Meet the 47th Honorees ➡️

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@kencen

3 years

. @kellyclarkson offers a deeply personal #KCHonors performance of "The Dance," @garthbrooks 's moving musical portrait of love and loss. 💔🎶

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@kencen

1 year

“This world’s waited long enough” for this glimpse of @StephanieJBlock 's Norma. 🤯🎶 Only a few chances remain to see this breathtaking performance in our #BroadwayCenterStage production of #SunsetBoulevard , now thru Feb. 8 only! Tickets at 🔗

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@kencen

7 years

“The inner city is a maelstrom. I liken it to a bunch of little creatures caught in this whirlpool... every now and then you’ll have someone make it out. You’re looking at what every young black man the inner city could be if they were given the opportunity.”— @llcoolj #KCHonors

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6 years

It's #KCHonors night! Are you tuning in? At 8 p.m. ET on @CBS and @CBSAllAccess , join us as we celebrate @Wayne_Shorter , @Cher , @Reba , and @PhilipGlass alongside a special honor for groundbreaking work for @HamiltonMusical and its co-creators:

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@kencen

7 months

"Without my brothers, I wouldn't be standing here. We were a family of music and a family of love. So, I salute Morris. I salute Robin. And I salute Andy." A heartfelt tribute from @GibbBarry upon receiving his 46th #KCHonors medallion.

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6 years

From 2018 #KCHonors recipient @LacketyLac of @HamiltonMusical : “Our hearts are so full, and we’re so appreciative. Yes, it’s the four of us standing here, but this piece is bigger than the four of us.” (1/4)

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@kencen

3 years

Watch #KristenWiig & #KateMcKinnon celebrate the iconic characters of #SaturdayNightLive . 😂 TONIGHT, Dec. 22 at 9/8c, these two join an all-star #KCHonors cast to pay tribute to #LorneMichaels —tune in on @CBS & @paramountplus ! 🌈

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@kencen

6 years

They have transformed America’s cultural landscape. Your 2018 Kennedy Center Honorees are @Cher , @PhilipGlass , @Reba , and @Wayne_Shorter , with a special Honors distinction for @HamiltonMusical and its co-creators. Meet this year’s #KCHonors class ➡️

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@kencen

7 years

"Thank you for giving me 20 years of your ears." The pleasure's all ours, @Nas . 🙌 #NasPBS #KenCenHipHop

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3 years

. @DarrenCriss brings a dreamy new take on the classic "I Dreamed a Dream." ✨ #KennedyCenterAt50 fun fact: Les Miserables had its United States debut at the Kennedy Center!

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"I think about the Tuskegee Airmen, those wonderful guys that raised me, who basically said to me 'failure is not an option,' and here I am tonight standing on their shoulders."—2017 Honoree @LionelRichie #KCHonors

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7 months

"Good evening everybody. My name is VanVan and we were here tonight to honor @IAMQUEENLATIFAH . Thank you for being an inspiration. We salute you!" –VanVan 🎤 🎶 #KCHonors #KennedyCenterHonors

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6 years

From 2018 #KCHonors recipient @ABlankenbuehler of @HamiltonMusical : “One of the first times that the four of us got together around a table when we started to make In the Heights, the conversation revolved around Fiddler on the Roof.” (1/6)

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@kencen

5 years

"Sing, sing a song. Sing out loud. Sing out strong!" 💖🎶 "Don't worry that it's not good enough for anyone else to hear." Join us in singing along to "Sing" in celebration of our @sesamestreet family! 😍 #KCHonors #Sesame50

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@kencen

6 years

“We feel like we're just the tip of the spear. Usually it's not about a kind of collaboration being celebrated—I don't think I've ever felt like that was lifted up in the way it was tonight.”— @HamiltonMusical director #TommyKail #KCHonors

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@kencen

5 years

We don't know much—but we know we love you, #LindaRonstadt . 💗😭 #KCHonors

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@kencen

3 years

"All those numbers reminded me of how much fun I had over the years." 🕺🎶 Hear what the Kennedy Center Honors meant to #DickVanDyke ( @iammrvandy ), and tune in for some incredible tributes to him this Sunday at 8/7c on @CBS ! 🌈✨

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@kencen

5 years

Today in our latest Digital Stage Original: @BradPaisley performs "American Flag on the Moon" at @NASAKennedy in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Watch the full performance: #Apollo50th @NASA

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6 years

"But perhaps @HamiltonMusical 's greatest impact is felt by hundreds of thousands of American students by way of #EduHam , an educational program in which students follow up classroom lessons by writing & performing their versions of history."— @ARamosofficial #KCHonors

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3 years

Do we think @garthbrooks liked that performance? 😂 Incredible work as always, @kellyclarkson ! 💖 #KCHonors

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@kencen

6 years

Heads up: a limited number of seats were just released for @LeaMichele & @DarrenCriss 's June 3 performance! Grab them before they're gone:

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2 years

Watch #Beyonc é's spellbinding tribute to #BarbraStreisand at the 2008 #KCHonors . 😍⏳ We're sharing some of your favorite clips through the years before our 45th celebration at 8 p.m. EST Dec. 28 on @CBS . 🌈 WATCH ▶

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8 years

There isn't a dry eye in the house. @tomhanks introduces the surviving members of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen. #TakingTheStage

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9 years

Just Announced! #Broadway powerhouses @DarrenCriss & @BetsyWolfe join @NSOtweets next month

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6 years

From 2018 #KCHonors recipient @Reba : “I’ve been here three times before tonight. Once for Dolly, once for Loretta [and] Carol Burnett, once for Lily. And I sat right over there and I thought, ‘Wow, how many people have been in this room?’” (1/9)

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6 years

From 2018 #KCHonors recipient @cher : “Art is the only thing that… it was just perfect…” (1/5)

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3 years

Get a glimpse of @DarrenCriss ’ dreamy rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” as part of our #KennedyCenterAt50 concert! ✨ Watch his full performance and many more on @PBS and the PBS video app this Friday, Oct. 1 at 9 p.m. EDT. 🤩📺

Exclusive! Watch Darren Criss Perform 'I Dreamed a Dream' from Les Misérables on The Kennedy Center...

"The Kennedy Center at 50" will premiere on PBS on October 1.

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5 years

Together at last—your 2019 Kennedy Center Honorees! 🌈 Tune in Dec. 15 at 8 p.m. ET as we celebrate these incredible luminaries during the #KCHonors broadcast on @CBS & streaming with a free trial of @CBSAllAccess . 📸 John Paul Filo for CBS

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6 years

Just announced: @ColleenB123 brings @MirandaSings to the Kennedy Center September 15! Tickets on sale to Members now:

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1 year

“Sunset Boulevard, headline boulevard! Getting here is only the beginning…” 🎶 Just a handful of chances remain to catch @DerekKlena ’s Joe in our #BroadwayCenterStage production of #SunsetBoulevard , now thru Feb. 8 only! Tickets at 🔗

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6 years

Hear the trio of @HamiltonMusical Broadway originators discuss the show's legacy backstage. #KCHonors

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8 years

Before they take the stage with @NSOtweets , watch @DarrenCriss & Pops Conductor Steven Reineke on #GoodDayDC !

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8 years

Ok @DarrenCriss fans in less than 2 hours he'll be on #GoodDayDC ! No TV? Watch us #LIVE on

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2 years

"One love, one blood / One life, you got to do what you should" 🎶 @eddievedder brings us a soul-stirring take on one of @U2 's most iconic anthems. #KCHonors #KennedyCenterHonors

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2 years

#JonStewart 's "humor always carried with it the undercurrent of the deep respect and the love of country and the democratic values on which we stand. Jon, you're an American treasure."— @springsteen 😭 #BruceSpringsteen @JonStewart #TwainPrize #TwainPrizePBS

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3 years

"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we love you!" 🚗💕 @PTXofficial & @AaronTveit join forces for an a cappella tribute to #DickVanDyke and his fine four-fendered friend on the River Terrace. 🎶 @iammrvandy #KCHonors

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6 years

Get your tissues ready, @HamiltonMusical fans. Christopher Jackson ( @ChrisisSingin ) and @Lin_Manuel are about to teach us how to say goodbye. 😭 #KCHonors

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2 years

One of #GeorgeClooney 's now-famous pranks included stealing Bill Clinton's stationery and writing fake notes to actors saying how much the President loved their movies. 😬 #KCHonors #KennedyCenterHonors @POTUS @FLOTUS

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1 year

"I am thrilled to be returning to host the 46th annual Kennedy Center Honors! As a former Honoree myself, I am looking forward to welcoming this 46th class of exceptional artists!" — @GloriaEstefan 🎤🌟 Meet all your 46th Honorees at #KCHonors

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6 years

Please join us one more time in saluting your 2018 Kennedy Center Honorees! #KCHonors

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2 years

One more round of applause for iconic rock band @U2 , and tonight's soaring star-studded finale! 👏👏👏 #KennedyCenterHonors #KCHonors

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8 years

Alvin Ailey. "Wade in the Water." The power of "Revelations" is still felt today. #TakingTheStage

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6 years

Enjoy a few more moments from tonight's #KCHonors dinner.

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1 year

As we celebrate Turner’s life and legacy, look back on @Beyonce 's tribute to the icon in her unforgettable performance of “Proud Mary.”

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7 years

"As President Kennedy said... 'In serving his vision of the truth, the artist best serves his nation.' The artists we celebrate tonight embody that spirit."— @CarolineKennedy #KCHonors

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6 years

. @mrBobbyBones demonstrates the natural human response to seeing @Reba . 🤩 #KCHonors

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2 years

We're still amazed by #DaveGrohl and #NorahJones 's #KCHonors tribute to #PaulMcCartney . 😍 We're sharing some of your favorite #KennedyCenterHonors clips through the years before our 45th celebration at 8 p.m. EST Dec. 28 on @CBS . 🌈 WATCH ▶

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5 years

"She's my hero. She's the person who made me want to be a singer."— @Trishayearwood on #LindaRonstadt Trisha Yearwood brought the heat to "You're No Good," which Linda took to chart-topping heights in 1975. #KCHonors

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. @JoniMitchell inspires "not only my desire to write but also the kinds of things I want to write about. Her work, a piece of clean white linen lovingly woven through the generations of my family. Tying us closer together."— @danjlevy #KCHonors

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"Some people listen to music and some people make music, and then some people simply are music. He lives and breathes it. Dad, I can't tell you how incredible it feels to be here seeing you receive the #KCHonor . And I couldn't be more proud." – @StephenGibb to @GibbBarry

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7 months

"I kept hearing 'Ladies first' over & over again...She's saying this unapologetically, changing the narrative right there." – @MissyElliott Watch Missy Elliott & more celebrate the legacy of @IAMQUEENLATIFAH at the 46th #KCHonors , Dec. 27 at 8/7c on @CBStv and @ParamountPlus .

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@kencen

7 years

"Carmen, me... a black principal ballerina dancing at the Metropolitan Opera House... I stand on your shoulders."— @mistyonpointe #KCHonors

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@kencen

7 months

"We are celebrating 50 years of hip of hop. But wait, we are celebrating the Queen of Hip Hop, @IAMQUEENLATIFAH ...What she taught us is unity, to believe in yourself, and to love a Black woman from infinity to infinity." – @MissyElliott #KCHonors #KennedyCenterHonors

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@kencen

3 years

"Dance has always been my heartbeat. Dance has informed my ability as a director. But I think, maybe the greatest thing that I've done... I think it's the young people that I've touched, and given them a path to follow."— @msdebbieallen 🌈✨ #KCHonors

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