Oprah Winfrey is giving up control over one show she'll be in this fall: the Kennedy Center Honors. The 56-year-old TV host and actress will be honored at the 33rd annual event in Washington on Dec. 5, along with musician and former Beatles member Paul McCartney, dancer, choreographer and director Bill T. Jones; country singer-songwriter Merle Haggard; and Broadway composer and lyricist Jerry Herman. The honorees were announced Tuesday. "I love surprising people, I don't like being surprised," Winfrey told The Associated Press. "Releasing any kind of control over a show and allowing myself to sit there and be surprised is not going to be easy but I'm willing to do that."
The Kennedy Center Honors recognize performing artists for their contributions to American culture. Winners are selected by the Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees. In addition to her award-winning TV show, Winfrey earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for her work in the film adaptation of Alice Walker's novel "The Color Purple." Winfrey is used to celebrating others, both on her popular television show and at previous Kennedy Center Honors programs, but she said she's looking forward to being celebrated this time around. "When I've done them in the past for people, it has always felt a little bit like being bombarded with a love festival that is about you, and you know that's gotta feel good," Winfrey said during a phone interview in between filming for her show's 25th and final season.
The gala will be recorded for broadcast as a two-hour prime-time special on CBS. This year's will air Dec. 28.
I hope Beyonce performs again, she's performed twice so far at the Kennedy Center Honors, once for Tina Turner singing "Proud Mary" and once for Barbra Streisand singing "The Way We Were".
You know that you're hugely iconic when you get honoured at such an age. They usually give it to people in their sixties. Bey will probably get honoured within the next decade.
On another note, Beyoncé would do her justice in a performance.
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