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Kennedy Center Salutes Freeman, Streisand

DC meets LA in annual cultural celebration

By Matt Cantor, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 8, 2008 6:37 AM CST

(Newser) – Entertainment’s elite descended on Washington last night for the 31st annual Kennedy Center Honors, this year saluting Morgan Freeman, Twyla Tharp, George Jones, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, and Barbra Streisand, the Washington Post reports. They were honored by performances and speeches by a no-less... Read full story »

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