Bette Midler, Berry Gordy among new Kennedy Center honorees The Kennedy Center Honors will return in December with a class that includes Motown Records creator Berry Gordy, "Saturday Night Live ...

She helped keep the Kennedy Center Honors, the popular annual telecast recognizing distinguished American artists, robust during Mr. Trump’s first term, when he broke with precedent and declined ...

Donald Trump declined to attend the Kennedy Center Honors during his first term, while his administration proposed a massive scale back of federal arts funding. But the board of the Kennedy Center ...

President Donald Trump notably broke tradition from previous presidents by not attending the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony throughout his first term in office. “This is not related to the ...

Trump famously broke with tradition and didn’t attend the annual Kennedy Center Honors throughout his presidency amid protests from some of the high-profile performers being recognized at the gala.

By Paul Grein Deborah F. Rutter, who has served as president of the Kennedy Center since 2014, has announced her decision to step down at the end of this year. The Center’s board of trustees has ...

If you're familiar with late-night talk shows or TV in general, you'll undoubtedly have heard of Johnny Carson. A former WWII Navy veteran, Carson was the host of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring ...

Johnny Carson had no idea. When the late host of “The Tonight Show” first dubbed Bob Uecker — who died Thursday at the age of 90 — “Mr. Baseball,” Carson did not know whether Uecker ...

Johnny Carson and his wife Jody Wolcott pose with their three sons, Chris, Rick and Cory at their home in Encino, California.

With over 2,000 diverse performances each year — and two major televised awards shows, Kennedy Center Honors and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor — the Center attracts 1.5 million ticketholders ...

Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter speaks to members of the press and guests during a preview of the REACH, an expansion project, at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on May 29 ...