GLADYS KNIGHT

Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022 | "The Circle" returns to Netflix.

This week’s new entertainment releases include a streaming concert from 21 Savage, a Netflix film starring Adam Driver made from Don DeLillo’s 1985 novel “White Noise” and a movie marathon on Turner Classic Movies featuring the martini-swilling detectives Nick and Nora Charles from “The Thin Man.”.

Amy Grant, George Clooney, Gladys Knight, U2 and Tania León attended a dinner at the U.S. State Department and a gala tribute event. The 45th annual Kennedy Center Honors airs on CBS later this month.

Actress Julia Roberts and her husband, cinematographer Daniel Moder, were in attendance at the White House on Sunday for the 2022 Kennedy Center honorees.

Gladys Knight, George Clooney, Amy Grant, Tania León and U2 were all celebrated at the Kennedy Center, which annually honors a group of people for their artistic influences on American culture.

WASHINGTON — Gladys Knight, George Clooney, U2 and more 2022 Kennedy Center honorees joined President Joe Biden at the White House Sunday. The ceremony took place at the White House on Sunday afternoon and Biden paid tribute to the honorees beforehand with a speech in the East Room, according to the AP. President Biden joined the 2022 Kennedy Center Honorees and their families for a wonderful night celebrating the power of the arts. Biden also called the guys of U2 “poets in their own right.”“Congratulations to the 2022 Kennedy Center Honorees and their wonderful families,” said Biden on Twitter. Congratulations to the 2022 Kennedy Center Honorees and their wonderful families.

Matt Damon playfully teased his friend George Clooney — a lot — while Sheryl Crow gave thanks and a heartfelt rendition of “Baby Baby” to her fellow singer Amy Grant during Sunday's Kennedy Center Honors. Knight, Clooney and Grant were all honored at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; groundbreaking composer and conductor Tania León and the rock group U2 were also part of this year's class. Every year the Kennedy Center honors a select group of people for their artistic influences on American culture. “We’re going to get on that midnight train,” Biden said of Knight. León said during an interview when the honorees were announced that she wasn't expecting “anything spectacular” when the Kennedy Center initially reached out to her.

This year's Kennedy Center honorees are George Clooney​, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, composer Tania Leon, and U2.

This is a genuinely exciting surprise for the whole Clooney family," said Clooney in a statement on the Center's website. Sometimes the Kennedy Center honors not just individuals but groups; “Sesame Street" once got the nod. Christian music performed Amy Grant said in an interview with The Associated Press that she'd never even been to the Kennedy Center Honors even though her husband, country musician Vince Gill, has performed during previous ceremonies. Composer and conductor Tania Leon said during an interview when the honorees were announced that she wasn't expecting “anything spectacular” when the Kennedy Center initially reached out to her. After all, she's worked with the Kennedy Center numerous times over the years going back to 1980 when she was commissioned to compose music for a play.

A heartfelt Patti LaBelle praised her lifelong friend Gladys Knight.

Performers such as Gladys Knight or the Irish band U2 usually would be headlining a concert for thousands but at Sunday's Kennedy Center Honors the tables will be turned as they and other artists will be the ones feted for their lifetime of artistic contributions. Actor, director, producer and human rights activist George Clooney, groundbreaking composer and conductor Tania León, and contemporary Christian singer Amy Grant will join Knight, and the entire crew of U2 in being honored by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Kennedy Center Honors FILE - Larry Mullen Jr, left, The Edge, Bono and Adam Clayton of U2 perform during a concert at the Apollo Theater hosted by SiriusXM on June 11, 2018, in New York. In a statement thanking the Kennedy Center, the band noted it played its first show in America in New York in 1980. ___GLADYS KNIGHTKnight, 78, is the only one of this year's honorees who has been a performer at the Kennedy Center Honors. Grant, 61, said in an interview that when she heard from the Kennedy Center she initially thought it was Gill they wanted to honor. “He's performed several times at the Kennedy Center Honors.

The awards recognize a lifetime of achievement in the performing arts. This year they'll go to George Clooney, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, Tania León and U2.

It’s going to be a “Beautiful Day” for the band U2 and four other artists when they receive this year’s Kennedy Center Honors in December.

The author discusses Whitney Houston, Gladys Knight, racism in magazines, and why she’s so hopeful for the future of music and writing.

Kane Brown is the leading nominee for the 2022 CMT Music Awards, which celebrates the best in country music videos.

The rap trio’s usage of bougie preserves the philosopher’s original intention.

They both carved out sterling reputations as military and political leaders over years of public service.

The son of R&B legend Gladys Knight has been sentenced to serve two years in prison for failing to withhold payroll taxes for the restaurants that bore his mother's name, federal prosecutors in Atlanta said. Shanga Hankerson opened his first restaurant, Gladys Knight’s Chicken and Waffles, in Atlanta in 1997. Hankerson, 45, “willfully disregarded his tax obligations for many years,” Acting U.S. Attorney Kurt Erskine said in a news release.

This week’s new entertainment releases feature music from Grammy-winning songwriter Natalie Hemby and two pop star documentaries — “Justin Bieber: Our World" and the concert film “Madonna: Madame X.”.

When Vanessa Williams hosts this year’s televised Capitol Fourth celebration, she will not only honor the nation’s traditional independence day, but also the country’s newly designated holiday — Juneteenth.

This week’s new entertainment releases include documentaries about celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck and another on a landmark 1969 Harlem concert series known as “Black Woodstock” that featured Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone.

2021 CMT Music Awards - Show Carrie Underwood performs "I Wanna Remember" with NEEDTOBREATHE at the CMT Music Awards on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. “Congratulations on what I think is your first CMT Award. Though Underwood owned part of the night — she also performed with rock band NEEDTOBREATHE — other female stars, some outside of country music, took over the awards show honoring the year's best country music videos. Hosts Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini also performed onstage and won awards. CMT performance of the year went to Ballerini and Halsey's “The Other Girl” from the 2020 CMT Music Awards.

Music CMT Awards Chris Stapleton performs at the 50th annual CMA Awards on Nov. 2, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn., left, and H.E.R. are joining forces onstage at Wednesday's CMT Music Awards show celebrating the year's best country music videos. (AP Photo) (Uncredited)NEW YORK — (AP) — The CMT Music Awards will honor acts in country music but will also share its stage with pop and R&B stars, including Gladys Knight, Pink, John Legend, Halsey, H.E.R. are joining forces onstage at Wednesday's show celebrating the year's best country music videos. The 86-year-old released the album "Color Me Country" in 1970, and the title track — a country cover of The Winstons' R&B hit — became her biggest hit-to-date on the Billboard country music charts, reaching No.

Carrie Underwood has extended her record as the most decorated artist in the history of the CMT Music Awards — thanks to her song “Hallelujah.”.

Three acts who kept music alive during the worldwide pandemic will be honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers later this month.

Last year, for the first time, they went head-to-head, comparing their greatest hits as part of an online music battle series called Verzuz. Verzuz was created by two pioneering hip hop producers, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland. Hip hop producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, creators of Verzuz. CBS NewsThey started Verzuz on a whim, with Swizz Beatz vs. Timbaland. "And there's music and genres that we're gonna cover that's gonna be amazing."

FILE - In this June 12, 2014 file photo, Jim Weatherly speaks at the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards in New York. Weatherly, who wrote hit songs like Midnight Train to Georgia," has died. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Hall of Fame songwriter Jim Weatherly, who wrote “Midnight Train to Georgia" and other hits for Gladys Knight, Glen Campbell and Ray Price, has died. Gladys Knight & The Pips won Grammy Awards for their performances of “Midnight Train to Georgia” and “Neither One of Us” in 1974. AdWeatherly, a Mississippi native, was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006 and the national Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2014.

(AP Photo)LOS ANGELES – Yes, 2020 may seem like a complete fail with all the constant bad news and tragic moments. It’s been filled with gloom and doom(scrolling), but some celebrities and those inspired by them have tried to brighten a bleak year. He reassigned his 10 seamstresses in New York to produce thousands daily for health care workers on the frontlines. The singer and husband Emilio Estefan's restaurant Estefan Kitchen served up homemade meals for health care workers in Miami. The challenge coordinated offers by celebrities and athletes to raise funds to feed those in need during the pandemic.

What started as some entertainment during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic has turned into one of the must-see Instagram Live shows. The premise is pretty simple: two R&B singers or rappers go head-to-head in a friendly battle on Instagram Live, and thousands of people get to sit back at home and enjoy. While the performances are so much fun to watch, what really makes “Verzuz” so entertaining is the chit chat between the stars, as well as the comment section on Instagram Live. It’s pretty surreal to see comments pop in from First Lady Michelle Obama, Oprah, Mariah Carey and Viola Davis, but they were watching the same Instagram Live stream as everyone else. We don’t know who will be up next for a “Verzuz” battle, but here’s to hoping we’ll get to witness another epic night.

Gladys Knight and Ryan Seacrest in the Toyota Green Room In this week’s edition of “Sounds of the Toyota Green Room,” Ryan Seacrest chats with Gayle King. Legendary singer Gladys Knight reveals her favorite song in her new album, and talks with Ryan Seacrest.

Who would singer Gladys Knight choose to play her in a biopic? Knight describes why she would choose Kelly Rowland or Regina King to play young Gladys Knight if there were to be a film made of her life.

Gladys Knight on the changing music industry The legendary singer talks about how diverse the industry has become and what makes her “get a little out of sorts.”

Singer Gladys Knight on launching new album Despite a legendary career spanning 50 years, soul singer Gladys Knight is still hard at work. She is releasing a new album called "Where My Heart Belongs." Knight joins the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts to talk about the album and her career.

Gladys Knight on breaking in at the Apollo Web extra: Gladys Knight and the Pips was one of the many legendary acts who gained fame performing at the Apollo Theater. Knight talked to correspondent Anthony Mason about her early days at the Harlem landmark, and her rise from opening act to headliner.