Kennedy Center Honors

Harry Connick Jr. walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. The 2009 honorees are Bruce Springsteen, Robert DeNiro, Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck and Grace Bumbry.

Actress Jane Krakowski walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington.

Actor Matthew Broderick walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington.

Actress Carol Burnett walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington.

"CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts during arrivals for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington.

Actor Ben Stiller walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. The 2009 honorees are Bruce Springsteen, Robert DeNiro, Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck and Grace Bumbry.

Actress Lynda Carter walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington.

Actor Matthew Morrison walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington.

Singer Jennifer Nettles poses for photographers on the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington.

From left, William Kennedy Smith, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, and Victoria Reggie Kennedy walk the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington.

Director Martin Scorsese walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington.

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stand for the National Anthem at the Kennedy Center Honors gala in Washington Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009.

Bruce Springsteen, left, first lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, vice president Joe Biden, his daughter Ashley Biden, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi applaud at the Kennedy Center Honors gala in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009.

Kennedy Center honorees Dave Brubeck, left, Robert De Niro, Grace Bumbry, Mel Brooks, and Bruce Springsteen stand at the Kennedy Center Honors gala in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009.

President Barack Obama speaks as Kennedy Center honorees Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro, and Bruce Springsteen sit in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009.

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, at an event to honor the Kennedy Center honorees.

President Barack Obama congratulates Kennedy Center honoree Mel Brooks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009.

Kennedy Center honorees Bruce Springsteen, right, and Robert De Niro sit in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009.

Kennedy Center Honors — AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Kennedy Center honorees Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro and Bruce Springsteen applaud President Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009.

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