Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors

THE 45TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS will be broadcasted Wednesday, December 28 (8:00 – 10:00 P.M., EST/PST) on CBS.

By: Dec. 05, 2022
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The 45th Kennedy Center Honorees George Clooney, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, Tania León, and U2 (Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr.) are celebrated in Washington, D.C., at the Honors Gala on December 4, 2022 in the Kennedy Center Opera House.

A red carpet was held in advance of the Gala and included today's leading performers from New York, Hollywood, and the arts capitals of the world.

Atendees also included Ariana DeBose, Brandi Carlile, Katie Couric, Richard Kind, Sacha Baron Cohem, Sheryl Crow, and more. Check out photos from the red carpet below!

THE 45TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CENTER HONORS will be broadcasted Wednesday, December 28 (8:00 - 10:00 P.M., EST/PST) on the CBS Television Network and will be available to stream live and on demand on the CBS app and Paramount+.

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Anna Deveares Smith

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Ariana DeBose

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Bebe and Cece Winans

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Big Bird

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Catherine Shepherd and Brandi Carlile

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Cloe Flower

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Eddie Vedder

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Herbie Hancock

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Hozier

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Jamala

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Josh Brubaker and Anna Sit

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Kaitlin Collins

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Kalen Allen and Toree Weaver

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Karine Jen Pierre

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Katie Couric

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Amy Grant and Vince Gill

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
George Clooney and Amal Clooney

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Gladys Knight

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Tania Leon

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Bono & the Edge

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Loni Love

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Margaret Brennan

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Matt Damon and Lucia Damon

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Peter Ellefson and Deborah Frutter

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Richard Kind

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Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher

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Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Chasten Buttigieg

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Sheryl Crow

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Honorees U2 members (Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, The Edge, and Bono), George Clooney, Tania León, Amy Grant, and Gladys Knight.

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Honorees U2 members (Larry Mullen Jr., Adam Clayton, The Edge, and Bono), George Clooney, Tania León, Amy Grant, and Gladys Knight.

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Amanda Shires, Diane Reeves, Natalie Hemby, Sheryl Crow, Hozier, Brandi Carlile, Jamala, Mickey Guyton, BeBe Winans, Michael W. Smith, Ariana DeBose, and Maren Morris. Photo: Gail Schulman/CBS ©2022 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Chita Rivera, Herbie Hancock, Garth Brooks, LL Cool J, Big Bird, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Carmen de Lavallade.

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
Amanda Shires, Diane Reeves, Natalie Hemby, Sheryl Crow, Hozier, Brandi Carlile, Jamala, Mickey Guyton, BeBe Winans, Michael W. Smith, Ariana DeBose, and Maren Morris.

Photos: Inside the 45th Kennedy Center Honors
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