Kennedy Center gala honors best in arts — and George H.W. Bush

Hollywood A-listers and Washington politicos celebrated the best in performing arts Sunday at the Kennedy Center Honors gala, which opened with a standing ovation for late president George H.W. Bush. The posh annual awards program--- a rare night of red-carpet glamour in the US capital, now in its 41st year--- honored an eclectic class of artists: actress and pop superstar Cher, radical composer Philip Glass, country singer Reba McEntire and jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter. In a first, the Kennedy Center--- the performing arts complex that serves as a living monument to slain president John F. Kennedy--- also paid tribute to a work of art, the musical sensation "Hamilt...

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