Gallery: More photos of the Kennedy Center Honors Gala

Kennedy Center Honoree writer/director Mel Brooks arrives at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Actress Sharon Stone arrives at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center Honoree opera singer Grace Bumbry arrives at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Singer Sting and Trudie Styler arrive at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center honoree actor Robert De Niro and Grace Hightower pose on the red carpet at the State Department during the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center Honoree writer/director Mel Brooks poses with his family on the red carpet at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center honoree actor Robert De Niro arrives at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

From left, William Kennedy Smith, Caroline Kennedy, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith and Edwin Schlossberg pose on the red carpet at the State Department during the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Singer Melissa Etheridge arrives at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Comedian Jon Stewart arrives with his wife, Tracy Stewart at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Matthew Morrison walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

President Barack Obama leaves the East Room with first lady Michelle Obama after a ceremony for the Kennedy Center honorees in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kennedy Center honoree singer Bruce Springsteen arrives at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Singer Jennifer Nettles poses for photographers on the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Bruce Springsteen, left, first lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, vice president Joe Biden, his daughter Ashley Biden, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi applaud at the Kennedy Center Honors gala in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Singer Melissa Etheridge talks to the media on the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center honorees Dave Brubeck, left, Robert De Niro, Grace Bumbry, Mel Brooks, and Bruce Springsteen stand at the Kennedy Center Honors gala in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kennedy Center honoree opera singer Grace Bumbry stands and sings the National Anthem at the Kennedy Center Honors gala in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kennedy Center honoree singer Bruce Springsteen arrives with his wife Patti Scialfa to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Tony Award winner Roger Bart walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Matthew Broderick heads to his seat the event with President Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, and Robert De Niro in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Actress Jane Krakowski walks the red carpet with Robert Godley at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Bruce Springsteen gives a kiss to former Kennedy Center Honoree Aretha Franklin as they walk the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stand for the National Anthem at the Kennedy Center Honors gala in Washington Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Actress Lynda Carter walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Bruce Springsteen and his wife Patti Scialfa stand for the National Anthem at the Kennedy Center Honors gala in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Director Martin Scorsese walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center honoree Mel Brooks stands for the National Anthem at the Kennedy Center Honors gala in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kennedy Center honoree Dave Brubeck stands for the National Anthem at the Kennedy Center Honors gala in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Barack Obama congratulates Kennedy Center honoree Mel Brooks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kennedy Center honoree actor Robert De Niro arrives at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center honoree Dave Brubeck talks with the media at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Harry Connick, Jr. talks to the media on the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Jack Black looks for his seat as he arrives at the event with President Barack Obama to honor Kennedy Center honorees Bruce Springsteen, Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, and Robert De Niro, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, talks with 2009 Kennedy Center Honorees Mel Brooks, right, and Bruce Springsteen at the State Department following the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center honorees Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro and Bruce Springsteen are seen at the end of a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, with President Obama. The entertainers are being honored at the Kennedy Center later in the evening.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kennedy Center honoree writer/director Mel Brooks arrives at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center honoree Mel Brooks, left, works the crowd as fellow honoree Dave Brubeck laughs in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kennedy Center Honoree singer Bruce Springsteen, second from left, poses on the red carpet with his family at the State Department during the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Actor Donald Sutherland walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Patti Scialfa, wife of Bruce Springsteen, takes her seat at the event where President Barack Obama honored Kennedy Center honorees Bruce Springsteen, Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, and Robert De Niro in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kennedy Center honorees Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro and Bruce Springsteen applaud President Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Actor Matthew Broderick walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Actor Ben Stiller walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

President Barack Obama speaks at an event for the Kennedy Center honorees in the East Room of the White House in Washington Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. The entertainers are being honored at the Kennedy Center later in the evening.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kennedy Center Honoree writer/director Mel Brooks poses with his family on the red carpet at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

President Barack Obama speaks as Kennedy Center honorees Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro, and Bruce Springsteen sit in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kennedy Center honorees Bruce Springsteen, right, Robert De Niro sit in the East Room of the White House in Washington Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kennedy Center honoree singer Bruce Springsteen poses on the red carpet with his wife, Patti Scialfa Springsteen at the State Department during the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center honoree Mel Brooks talks with the media on the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center honoree Robert De Niro stands for the National Anthem at the Kennedy Center Honors gala in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi walk the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Harry Connick, Jr. walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Singer Jennifer Nettles walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

The 2009 Kennedy Center Honorees, from left, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro, Bruce Springsteen, Mel Brooks, and Dave Brubeck share a laugh at the State Department following the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Barbara Walters looks for her seat at the event with President Barack Obama where he honored the 2009 Kennedy Center honorees Bruce Springsteen, Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, and Robert De Niro, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bruce Springsteen poses with former Kennedy Center honoree Aretha Franklin as they walk the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center honoree musician Dave Brubeck arrives at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Actress Jane Krakowski and Robert Godley, left, laugh after kissing on the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Aretha Franklin speaks to a guest before the event with President Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, and Robert De Niro in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. The entertainers are being honored at the Kennedy Center later in the evening.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Rahm Emanuel, with his wife Amy Rule, look for their seats before the event with President Barack Obama honoring the 2009 Kennedy Center honorees in the East Room of the White House in Washington Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Actor Jack Black talks with the media on the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. In background is Tanya Hayden. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Actress Sharon Stone arrives at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

From left, William Kennedy Smith, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, and Victoria Reggie Kennedy walk the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Actress Carol Burnett walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Actress Lynda Carter arrives at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center honoree actor Robert De Niro arrives with Grace Hightower at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi before the event with President Barack Obama honoring the 2009 Kennedy Center honorees in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Actor Harvey Keitel walks the red carpet with his wife Daphna Kastner at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Actor Ben Stiller walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center honoree composer Dave Brubeck with his wife, Lola Brubeck pose on the red carpet on arrival to the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

President Barack Obama greets Kennedy Center honorees Dave Brubeck, left, and Grace Bumbry in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kennedy Center honorees Bruce Springsteen, right, and Robert De Niro share a smile in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. T(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Former Kennedy Center honoree Aretha Franklin walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Director Martin Scorsese arrives with Helen Morris at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Kennedy Center honoree opera singer Grace Bumbry arrives at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

CBS News anchor Katie Couric walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts during arrivals for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Carl Reiner, right, and Annie Reiner walk the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Actor Ben Stiller talks to the media on the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

The 2009 Kennedy Center Honorees Robert De Niro, left; Grace Bumbry, bottom left, Dave Brubeck, bottom right; Bruce Springsteen, second from right; and Mel Brooks, right, pose with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for a photo at the State Department following the Kennedy Center Honors Gala Dinner on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Mikhail Baryshnikov takes his seat at the event with President Barack Obama to honor Kennedy Center honorees, Bruce Springsteen, Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, and Robert De Niro, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kennedy Center honoree Bruce Springsteen enters the East Room of the White House in Washington Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 for an event to honor the Kennedy Center honorees. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Actress Jane Krakowski walks the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Actor Jack Black, left, hugs Tanya Hayden on the red carpet at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, at an event to honor the Kennedy Center honorees. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Barack Obama waves as Kennedy Center honoree Bruce Springsteen, left, Michelle Obama, vice president Joe Biden, and his daughter Ashley Biden applaud at the Kennedy Center Honors gala in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Sting, left, and his wife Trudie Stylier look for their seats at the event with President Barack Obama and Kennedy Center honorees Bruce Springsteen, Mel Brooks, Dave Brubeck, Grace Bumbry, and Robert De Niro in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)