{"id":149924,"date":"2022-12-06T17:09:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kennedy-center-honors-2022-cheer-clooney-u2-amy-grant-gladys-knight\/"},"modified":"2022-12-06T17:09:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:09:22","slug":"kennedy-center-honors-2022-cheer-clooney-u2-amy-grant-gladys-knight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kennedy-center-honors-2022-cheer-clooney-u2-amy-grant-gladys-knight\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Center Honors 2022 cheer Clooney, U2, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Julia Roberts' George Clooney-inspired gown, 'Borat' returns and more from Kennedy Honors\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">WASHINGTON &#8211; For the tender-hearted Amy Grant, it was about the \u201cshared joy\u201d of the experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Gladys Knight beamed and said receiving a cultural honor from President Joe Biden resonated with her most deeply because, \u201cI feel like he&#8217;s my brother, I&#8217;ve been knowing him so long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">And George Clooney, arm tight around the waist of wife Amal, laughed when asked if being inducted at the Kennedy Center Honors made him reconsider a future in politics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cWe have a nice life,\u201d he said, an apparent \u2013 \u200b\u200band diplomatic \u2013 \u201cno.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The trio, along with the rock legends in U2 and Pulitzer Prize-winning classical composer\/conductor Tania Le\u00f3n, were feted Sunday night at the 45th Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, DC<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Biden, along with first lady Jill Biden, took their customary place in the presidential box inside the grand Kennedy Center Opera House, alongside Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff.  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi joined them with husband Paul, who wore a black hat and black glove on his left hand as he continues to recover from the October attack in their San Francisco home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The typically bipartisan guest list \u2013 including senators Mitt Romney, Mike Lee, Joe Manchin and Patrick Leahy as well as Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg \u2013 also encompassed a slew of entertainment luminaries enlisted to pay homage to the honorees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>From Sinatra to &#8216;Surrender&#8217;:<\/strong> The revelations in Bono&#8217;s memoir <\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:472px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/6ca3ac9d-c6aa-45da-9161-200b60e63fb1-The_45th_Kennedy_Center_Honorees_U2_-_Larry_Mullen_Jr_Adam_Clayton_The_Edge_Bono_-_George_Clooney_Tania_Leon_Amy_Grant_and_Gladys_Knight._Photo_-_Gail_Schulman-_CBS.jpg?ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/6ca3ac9d-c6aa-45da-9161-200b60e63fb1-The_45th_Kennedy_Center_Honorees_U2_-_Larry_Mullen_Jr_Adam_Clayton_The_Edge_Bono_-_George_Clooney_Tania_Leon_Amy_Grant_and_Gladys_Knight._Photo_-_Gail_Schulman-_CBS.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=944&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The 45th Kennedy Center Honors will air at 8 pm (EST\/PST) Dec.  28 on CBS and Paramount +.  Pictured: Honorees U2 members (Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, The Edge, and Bono), George Clooney, Tania Le\u00f3n, Amy Grant, and Gladys Knight.\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Garth Brooks, Sean Penn, Eddie Vedder, Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlile and Mickey Guyton headed the lineup of musical and spoken tributes, along with a couple of unconventional guests: Big Bird \u2013 who lumbered onstage to tweak Clooney \u2013 and Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen), whose goofy rendition of U2&#8217;s \u201cWith or Without You\u201d was prefaced with a rare political detour: \u201cKanye [West] tried to move to Kazakhstan [Borat\u2019s home country] and we said no.  He&#8217;s too antisemitic, even for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The three-hour-plus taping will be edited to air Dec.  28 on CBS (8 pm EST\/PST) and livestream on Paramount +.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Here are some key moments from the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>The 5 best songs from<\/strong> Fleetwood Mac&#8217;s Christine McVie<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img gnt_em_img__inset\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:450px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/adeb0559-a375-4e8c-a145-10fd9ba9df3b-AP_2022_Kennedy_Center_Honors_-_Arrivals_1.jpg?ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/adeb0559-a375-4e8c-a145-10fd9ba9df3b-AP_2022_Kennedy_Center_Honors_-_Arrivals_1.jpg?width=600&amp;height=900&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2022 Kennedy Center Honoree Gladys Knight arrives at the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec.  4, 2022, at The Kennedy Center in Washington.\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Gladys Knight<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Empress of Soul \u201cilluminates everything and everyone in her orbit,\u201d according to LL Cool J, who joyfully introduced the diverse spate of musicians to honor Knight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Brooks, cowboy hat firmly in place as he patted his chest, squeezed his eyes shut and dug out his falsetto, imbued \u201cMidnight Train to Georgia\u201d with his usual heartfelt energy before Guyton, resplendent in a gold gown, slayed Knight&#8217;s soaring psalm of resilience , \u201cBest Thing That Ever Happened To Me,\u201d her voice gliding up the scale at song&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ariana DeBose added a slinky touch and a little Broadway verve to \u201cI Heard It Through the Grapevine\u201d as she twirled around the stage with three current-day Pips.  But it was the arrival of Patti LaBelle that prompted a standing ovation before the R&#038;B dynamo said a word.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cYou&#8217;re my sister friend, my everything, for six decades,\u201d she said, tearing up as she addressed Knight.  The performance culminated \u2013 fittingly \u2013 with \u201cThat&#8217;s What Friends are For,\u201d with Brooks, Guyton and DeBose trying to stay out of LaBelle&#8217;s way as she ad-libbed roof-raising vocal runs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:441px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/bd172456-8e45-47ac-836c-9bd120b21a84-AFP_AFP_32YV93K.jpg?ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/bd172456-8e45-47ac-836c-9bd120b21a84-AFP_AFP_32YV93K.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=882&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"George Clooney was a 2022 inductee at the 45th Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on Dec.  4, 2022.\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">George Clooney<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In a video clip showing the honorees at the earlier White House reception where they received their medals, Clooney joked that no matter where he goes in the world, everyone agrees: \u201cI sucked as Batman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">His easygoing sense of humor was challenged immediately when longtime pal Julia Roberts emerged to flash a trademark grin joke, \u201cI&#8217;m here for Gladys Knight.  Can&#8217;t you tell?\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But it was Clooney as Renaissance Man that was celebrated, with Roberts calling him \u201cthe best combination of gentleman and playmate,\u201d power jazz singer Dianne Reeves belting \u201cHow High the Moon\u201d (as she did in the Clooney-directed \u201cGood Night, and Good Luck\u201d) and Don Cheadle highlighting Clooney&#8217;s dedication to humanitarianism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The stage setting \u2013 a dimly lit bar \u2013 allowed for the surprises to land easily as the spotlight roamed.  Clooney&#8217;s father, Nick, 88, his TV anchorman voice still resonant, shared his pride in his son.  \u201cHe has never stopped surprising me, never stopped learning\u2026 George&#8217;s best and most important work is still ahead of him.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Richard Kind, a friend of Clooney&#8217;s since the pair starred in a failed sitcom pilot 30 years ago, jested that, \u201cThere is not one bottle of Casamigos on this set\u201d \u2013 referencing the tequila line co-founded by Clooney in 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Following a Brad Pitt-narrated video overview of Clooney&#8217;s accomplishments, Damon further teased \u201ceveryone&#8217;s sixth favorite Batman\u201d and shared one of the infamous prankster&#8217;s greatest hits: Stealing President Bill Clinton&#8217;s stationery and writing fake notes to actors saying how much he loved their work.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img gnt_em_img__inset\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:450px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/eb2cccaa-6da7-4c98-98c9-512823ca0508-AP_2022_Kennedy_Center_Honors_-_Arrivals.jpg?ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/eb2cccaa-6da7-4c98-98c9-512823ca0508-AP_2022_Kennedy_Center_Honors_-_Arrivals.jpg?width=600&amp;height=900&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2022 Kennedy Center Honoree Amy Grant arrives at the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec.  4, 2022, at The Kennedy Center in Washington.\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Amy Grant<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">As the first contemporary Christian artist to receive a Kennedy Center Honor, Grant is already a trailblazer.  But the extent of her reach \u2013 from gospel to pop, sacred to secular \u2013 was heralded to significant effect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Both Broadway legend Chita Rivera and news personality Katie Couric canvassed Grant&#8217;s 40-plus-year career, with Couric calling her music, \u201cthe perfect elixir for troubled times and troubled souls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Crow, who bopped through \u201cBaby Baby,\u201d Grant&#8217;s massive crossover hit from the early &#8217;90s that hasn&#8217;t lost a step of its giddy bounce, shared that Grant&#8217;s emergence during Crow&#8217;s college years taught her that \u201cit was possible to be funny, irreverent and Christian at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Singer Natalie Hemby extolled Grant&#8217;s kindness before being joined by her fellow singers in The Highwomen \u2013 Carlile, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires \u2013 to harmonize gloriously on \u201cSomewhere Down the Road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But it was the combination of \u201cSing Your Praise to the Lord\u201d and \u201cEl Shaddai\u201d that exemplified the touchstones of a career balanced in pop and Christianity as BeBe and CeCe Winans, backed by Grant&#8217;s lifetime musical partner, Michael W. Smith, on piano and the Howard University Gospel Choir, alternately skyrocketed and calmed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/a020a9d7-8423-4bd1-826c-15a02ce41796-AFP_AFP_32YV93A.jpg?ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/a020a9d7-8423-4bd1-826c-15a02ce41796-AFP_AFP_32YV93A.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=880&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Honoree Cuban-US composer Tania Leon arrives for the 45th Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on Dec.  4, 2022.\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Tania Leon<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The backstory of the Cuban-born conductor, composer and classical music aficionado is one of triumph, and as shared during the ceremony, also a love story with her piano.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Le\u00f3n, who left Cuba for New York City in 1967 and co-founded the Dance Theater of Harlem has become a \u201cteacher, a mentor and a guru\u201d who has \u201ccrafted moments in time inspired by art, history and nature,\u201d according to vocalist Alicia Hall Moran, who celebrated Le\u00f3n with \u201cOh Yemanja\u201d with husband Jason Moran on piano and Sterling Elliott on cello.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A rhythmic piano piece composed by Le\u00f3n \u2013 \u201cTumbao\u201d \u2013 was presented by Chloe Flower, accompanied by five young, female dancers form the Dance Theater of Harlem, but it was Le\u00f3n&#8217;s Pulitzer Prize-winning \u201cStride,\u201d performed by the Kennedy Center Honors Orchestra and members of the Sphinx Organization that most captivated with intermittent trombone bleat and timpanis turning it into an ominous march.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/b804542c-91a0-4494-93ed-ca556ed3e814-AFP_AFP_32YV998.jpg?ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/b804542c-91a0-4494-93ed-ca556ed3e814-AFP_AFP_32YV998.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=880&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"(LR) Honorees U2 bandmembers Irish musicians Larry Mullen Jr, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Bono and actor George Clooney attend the 45th Kennedy Center Honors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on Dec.  4, 2022.\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">U2<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Of the 244 musicians acknowledged by the Kennedy Center Honors, the \u201cfour scrappy Dublin punks\u201d in U2, as they were christened by Penn, are only the fifth band to receive the distinction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A subdued but focused Penn praised their \u201csonic landscapes\u201d and called them \u201cthe most consistently relevant band in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">A poignant video featuring Beyonc\u00e9, Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and Finneas reciting U2&#8217;s lyrics as footage of them performing throughout the decades flashed on screen was merely the warm up to Vedder storming the stage for a pulverizing \u201cElevation.\u201d  The song unfolded in full-throttle rock-show form, with pulsing red and white lights and Vedder grabbing the mic stand in Bono&#8217;s favorite stance (a forward lean).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:372px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/953914d6-53e8-498f-912e-da713381038b-The_Closing_Cast_of_the_45th_Kennedy_Center_Honors_Photo_by_Mary_Kouw_-_CBS.jpg?ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/953914d6-53e8-498f-912e-da713381038b-The_Closing_Cast_of_the_45th_Kennedy_Center_Honors_Photo_by_Mary_Kouw_-_CBS.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The finale of the 45th Kennedy Center honors featured (LR): Amanda Shires, Diane Reeves, Natalie Hemby, Sheryl Crow, Hozier, Brandi Carlile, Jamala, Mickey Guyton, Bebe Winans, Michael W. Smith, Ariana Debose, and Maren Morris.\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Vedder returned in place of Mary J. Blige, who Penn said was ill and unable to perform, to handle \u201cOne,\u201d the band&#8217;s Biblical poetry backed by a chugging beat before Carlile, joined by Hozier and Ukrainian singer Jamala, collaborated on their anthemic hymn, \u201cWalk On,\u201d from U2&#8217;s stunning album from 2000, \u201cAll That You Can&#8217;t Leave Behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The song&#8217;s inspirational bent proved an apt show closer, as Guyton, Crow, Smith, Morris, Dianne Reeves and BeBe Winans returned to belt the chorus as a shower of gold flakes fell from the rafters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>Bono book tour:<\/strong> U2 frontman shares his stories live<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/0dc26778-3618-4e2b-a06f-2520e6060017-GTY_1446784357.jpg?resize=660%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/12\/05\/USAT\/0dc26778-3618-4e2b-a06f-2520e6060017-GTY_1446784357.jpg?crop=5039,2835,x0,y0&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8211; For the tender-hearted Amy Grant, it was about the \u201cshared joy\u201d of the experience. 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