The National Constitution Center will award its 37th annual Liberty Medal to the Broadway hit Hamilton, which is celebrating ...

Just hours after news that legendary news broadcaster Bill Moyers had died, the icon was paid tribute at Thursday night’s ...

When winners of the 2017 Kennedy Center Honors threatened a boycott, the president and first lady Melania Trump bowed out “to allow the honorees to celebrate without any political distraction.” ...

CBS has been the TV home of the Honors for all 47 years of their existence, stretching back to 1978. However, the network’s long-term rights deal expires after this year. The Kennedy Center ...

Conan O'Brien appears onstage during the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 23, 2025.

Previous winners of the Mark Twain Prize include Kevin Hart, Sandler, Jon Stewart, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Carol Burnett. Sunday's show will be available for viewing on Netflix on May 4.

O’Brien’s ceremony, held Sunday night, was the most high-profile event at the venue since Donald Trump ’s anti-woke takeover of the Kennedy Center began last month.

Conan O'Brien appears onstage during the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 23, 2025. REUTERS/Craig Hudson ...

Trump visited the center last week and declared it in “tremendous disrepair.” Along with the annual Kennedy Center Honors in December, the Mark Twain Prize is one of the premier events at the renowned ...

Another feature of the Kennedy Center is crucial for Trump. It is a marker of the State, has an official side, is at the service of national creation and sometimes gives concerts at the White House.

The Kennedy Center Honors came first, co-founded by George Stevens Jr. and Nick Vanoff in 1978, seven years after the center opened. The Twain Prize began in 1998 with a simple philosophy.

Trump’s anti-woke overhaul of the Kennedy Center began last month, when he named himself chairman of the institution, despite never having seen a show at said Kennedy Center. Still apparently ...