With President Barack Obama in the audience, Stevie Wonder performed at a star-studded event honoring Motown founder Berry Gordy, folk artist Joni Mitchell, and other recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, one of America’s highest art prizes.
Hollywood A-listers and Washington politicians rushed to the US capital on Sunday to commemorate the achievements of Gordy, Mitchell, actress-singer Bette Midler, operatic bass-baritone Justino Diaz, and Lorne Michaels, the creator of the iconic comedy show “Saturday Night Live.”
Joe Biden and his wife Jill sat among the awardees at the Kennedy Center opera house for the gala, the first time a sitting president had attended in five years — and the Democratic leader received a standing ovation.
After several of the celebrated musicians vowed to boycott the gala if he attended during his first year in office, Donald Trump did not attend.
