The 35th Kennedy Center Honors

Pictured L-R: Gary Clark, Jr., Tracy Chapman, Bonnie Raitt, Morgan Freeman, Jimmie Vaughan, Beth Hart, and Jeff Beck. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Pictured L-R: Honoree Dustin Hofman, First Lady Michelle Obama, and President Barack Obama. Photo: John Paul Filo/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Host Caroline Kennedy at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS © 2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Foo Fighters perform at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Laura Osnes at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Nancy Wilson performs at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Kid Rock performs at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Lenny Kravitz performs at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Beth Hart performs at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

(Front row, left to right) Bluesman Buddy Guy, ballerina Natalia Makarova, actor Dustin Hoffman, (Standing left to right) rock band Led Zeppelin and comedian and television host David Letterman will receive honors for 2012 on the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, to be broadcast Wednesday, Dec. 26 at 9/8c on the CBS Television Network. Photo: John Paul Filo/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Pictured L-R: John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, and Jimmy Page of the band Led Zeppelin. Photo: John Paul Filo/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Tracy Chapman performs at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Jimmy Kimmel at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Pictured L-R: Kid Rock, Lenny Kravitz, ason Bonham, son of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, Ann Wilson, Dave Grohl, Nancy Wilson, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear, Nate Mendel, and Jack Black. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Jeff Beck performs at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Pictured L-R: Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of Heart perform at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Pictured L-R: George Steves, Jr and Michael Stevens at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Gary Clark, Jr. performs at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Ray Romano at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Alec Baldwin presents at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Alec Baldwin presents at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

American Ballet Theatre principal dancers Veronika Part and Marcelo Gomes perform together at 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Artistic Director for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theate and 1999 Kennedy Center Honoree Judith Jamison at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: John Paul Filo/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Pictured L-R: Gary Clark, Jr. and Jimmie Vaughan perform. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Bonnie Raitt performs at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Beth Hart and Jeff Beck perform at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Tina Fey takes the stage at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actor and 2009 Kennedy Center Honoree Robert De Niro presents at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Pictured L-R: Grace Ann Pierce, Tiler Peck, Alina Cojocaru, Julie Kent, David Hallberg, Veronika Part, Marcelo Gomes, and Angel Corella share the stage. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Pictured L-R: David Letterman, Buddy Guy, Natalia Makarova, Dustin Hofman, Lady Michelle Obama, and President Barack Obama. Photo: John Paul Filo/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Jack Black presents at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Morgan Freeman presents at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Dancers perform at the 35th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Pictured L-R: Liev Schreiber, Billy Connolly, and Naomi Watts. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Pictured L-R: Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Ray Romano, and Jimmy Kimmel. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Pictured L-R: Honoree Dustin Hofman, First Lady Michelle Obama, and President Barack Obama. Photo: John Paul Filo/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Pictured L-R: David Letterman, Buddy Guy, Natalia Makarova, Dustin Hofman, Lady Michelle Obama, and President Barack Obama. Photo: John Paul Filo/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Pictured L-R: Jason Bonham, son of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of the band Heart. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Pictured L-R: Robert DeNiro, Liev Schreiber, Laura Osnes, Billy Connolly, and Naomi Watts. Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS ©2012 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.