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AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF RENOWNED ARTISTS SALUTES THIS YEAR'S HONOREES IN "THE 44th ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS," WEDNESDAY, DEC. 22 ON CBS
Following are honoree, presenter, performer and production credits for THE 44th ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS, an entertainment special to be broadcast Wednesday, Dec. 22 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
WELCOME: David Letterman
Emmy(R) Award-winning television host, comedian, writer and producer and 2012 Kennedy Center honoree
HONOREE: Joni Mitchell
GRAMMY(R) Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and GRAMMY Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and painter
FILM NARRATOR: Graham Nash
GRAMMY Award-winning British-American singer-songwriter and musician
PRESENTERS: Cameron Crowe
Academy Award(R)-winning director, producer, screenwriter, journalist, author and actor
Dan Levy
Emmy Award-winning Canadian actor, writer, director, comedian, and producer
TRIBUTE PERFORMERS: Norah Jones (Performs "The Circle Game," "A Case of You," "Help Me")
GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, and pianist
Ellie Goulding (Performs "Big Yellow Taxi")
GRAMMY Award-nominated English singer and songwriter
Brandi Carlile (Performs "River")
GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter and producer
Herbie Hancock (Performs "Both Sides Now")
GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, GRAMMY Award and Academy Award-winning jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and occasional actor and 2013 Kennedy Center honoree
Brittany Howard (Performs "Both Sides Now")
GRAMMY Award-winning musician, singer and songwriter
HONOREE: Justino Díaz
Puerto Rican bass-baritone opera singer
FILM NARRATOR: Chita Rivera
Tony(R) Award-winning actress, singer and dancer, 2002 Kennedy Center honoree; received 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom
PRESENTERS: Grace Bumbry
GRAMMY Award-winning mezzo-soprano/soprano opera singer, 2009 Kennedy Center honoree
Denyce Graves
GRAMMY Award-winning mezzo-soprano opera singer
Chita Rivera
Tony Award-winning actress, singer and dancer, 2002 Kennedy Center honoree; received 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom
TRIBUTE PERFORMERS: Christian Van Horn (Performs "Votre Toast (Toreador Song)," "Final Scene from Faust")
Bass-baritone opera singer
Denyce Graves (Performs "Votre Toast (Toreador Song)")
Mezzo-soprano opera singer
Ariana Wehr (Performs "Votre Toast (Toreador Song)")
Brazilian-born opera singer
Hannah Shea (Performs "Votre Toast (Toreador Song)")
Mezzo-soprano opera singer
Ana María Martínez (Performs "Final Scene from Faust")
Latin Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican soprano opera singer
Matthew Polenzani (Performs "Final Scene from Faust")
Lyric tenor opera singer
HONOREE: Lorne Michaels
Multiple Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American television producer and screenwriter, received 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom
TRIBUTE PARTICIPANTS: Steve Martin
Emmy Award and GRAMMY Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor, comedian, writer, producer and musician, and 2007 Kennedy Center honoree
Kristen Wiig
Academy Award and Emmy Award-nominated actress, comedian and writer
Kate McKinnon
Emmy Award-winning actress, comedian and writer
Seth Meyers
Emmy Award-winning comedian, writer, producer, actor and television host
Kevin Nealon
Emmy Award-nominated actor and comedian
Pete Davidson
Comedian, actor, film producer and screenwriter
Amy Poehler
Emmy Award-winning and GRAMMY Award-nominated actress, comedian, writer, producer and director
Kenan Thompson
Emmy Award-winning actor and comedian
Michael Che
Emmy Award-nominated stand-up comedian, actor and writer
Colin Jost
Emmy Award-nominated comedian, actor and writer
Jimmy Fallon
GRAMMY Award and Emmy Award-winning comedian, television host and actor
Paul Simon (Performs "America")
GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, multiple GRAMMY Award-winning musician, singer and songwriter, and 2002 Kennedy Center honoree
HONOREE: Bette Midler
GRAMMY, Emmy and Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated singer, songwriter, actress and comedian
FILM NARRATOR: Adele
GRAMMY and Academy Award-winning singer, songwriter
PRESENTERS: Goldie Hawn
Academy Award-winning actress, producer, and singer
Scarlett Johansson
Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress
Melissa Manchester
GRAMMY Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated singer, songwriter and actress
Barbara Hershey
Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress
TRIBUTE PERFORMERS: Beanie Feldstein (Performs "Friends")
Film, television and Broadway actress
Kate Baldwin (Performs "Friends")
Tony Award-nominated singer and actress
Taylor Trensch (Performs "Friends")
Stage and film actor
Kelli O'Hara (Performs "Wind Beneath My Wings")
Tony Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated actress and singer
Billy Porter (Performs "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," "Love is On the Way," "From a Distance")
Emmy Award, GRAMMY Award and Tony Award-winning actor, singer and author
HONOREE: Berry Gordy
GRAMMY Award-nominated former record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer best known as the founder of Motown
FILM NARRATOR: Oprah Winfrey
Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning talk show host, television producer, actress, author and philanthropist and 2010 Kennedy Center honoree
PRESENTERS: Smokey Robinson
GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, record producer and former record executive director, and 2006 Kennedy Center honoree
TRIBUTE PERFORMERS: Smokey Robinson (Performs "Did You Know")
GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, record producer and former record executive director, and 2006 Kennedy Center honoree
"Ain't Too Proud" Broadway Cast (Performs "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me," "Ain't Too Proud to Beg")
GRAMMY Award-nominated and Tony Award-winning musical based on the story of the Temptations
Andra Day (Performs "God Bless the Child")
GRAMMY Award and Academy Award-nominated singer, songwriter and actress
Stevie Wonder (Performs "Fingertips Pt. 2," "My Cherie Amour," "You Are the Sunshine of My Life," "Superstition")
GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, multiple GRAMMY Award and Academy Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and record producer, and 1999 Kennedy Center honoree
PRODUCED BY: White Cherry Entertainment
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss
DIRECTOR: Glenn Weiss
WRITER: Dave Boone
SUPERVISING PRODUCER: Rob Paine
COORDINATING PRODUCER: Lisa Anderson
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Steve Bass
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Bob Dickinson
MUSIC DIRECTOR: Rickey Minor
CONDUCTOR: Patrick Vaccariello
RATING: To Be Announced
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