President Biden celebrates Bette Midler, Berry Gordy, Joni Mitchell, Justino Díaz and Lorne Michaels at the Kennedy Center Honors, bringing back presidential participation in the annual ceremony skipped by Donald Trump
Singer Justino Díaz and Motown founder Berry Gordy round out the group of artists selected by the Kennedy Center for top honors this year at a show that had been upended by politics and the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The arts community largely did not object to that absence. Singer and actress Cher, an honoree in 2018 and an outspoken Trump critic,Midler, a singer and actress, has received Grammy, Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe awards for a career spanning decades, with album sales exceeding 30 million around the world.
Michaels, also a native of Canada, is the creator and executive producer of the long-running NBC sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live." Comedy and other art forms and cultural exports help the United States lead by the power of its example worldwide, the president said.
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