George Clooney, Gladys Knight, U2 receive Kennedy Center Honors

Kennedy Center honorees Bono and actor and filmmaker George Clooney attend the Kennedy Center honorees gala in Washington, D.C., December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Kennedy Center honorees U2’s Bono and actor George Clooney laugh during a group photo during the reception for Kennedy Center honorees ahead of the official gala at the State Department in Washington, D.C., December 3, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

U.S. President Joe Biden gestures to Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as they attend the Kennedy Center honorees gala in Washington, D.C., REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Amy Grant. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

George Clooney and wife Amal Clooney. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden. REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden

Kennedy Center honorees U2 band member Bono greets Cuban-born American composer, conductor and educator Tania Leon. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Gladys Knight, Tania Leon, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden

George Clooney, Amy Grant and U2 band members The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., and Adam Clayton. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Don Cheadle and wife Bridgid Coulter. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Patti LaBelle. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

U2 band members Adam Clayton, Bono, The Edge, and Larry Mullen Jr. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Actor Ariana DeBose. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Herbie Hancock. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Julia Roberts. REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden

David Rubenstein and Caryn Zucker. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Katie Couric. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

U.S. President Joe Biden. REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden

Kennedy Center honorees actor and filmmaker George Clooney, contemporary Christian and pop singer-songwriter Amy Grant and U2 band members Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr., and Adam Clayton gather before a group photo during the reception for Kennedy...more

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Anna Deavere Smith. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Alejandro Mayorkas and wife Tanya Mayorkas. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Betsy DeVos. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Singer Sheryl Crow. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Singer Hozier. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Charlotte Tilbury. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Matt Damon and wife Luciana Barroso. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Loni Love. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Brandi Carlile and wife Catherine Shepherd. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Laurence Fishburne . REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Former U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Eddie Vedder and wife Jill McCormick. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Bono, of the Band U2, and his wife Ali Hewson. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

U2 band member The Edge and wife Morleigh Steinberg. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Gladys Knight. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Martina Arroyo. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Garth Brooks. REUTERS/Anna Rose Layden

CeCe Winans and husband Alvin Love II. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Michael Tilson Thomas. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Natalie Hemby and husband Mike Wrucke. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Gladys Knight. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

BeBe Winans and his guest pose. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Anna Deavere Smith. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Amy Grant. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Jason Moran and wife Alicia Hall Moran. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Andy Blankenbuehler and wife Elly Blankenbuehler. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Carmen de Lavallade. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Tania Leon. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

George Clooney and wife Amal Clooney. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

Sheryl Crow. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger