Queen Latifah has been selected to host the 47th annual Kennedy Center Honors, as announced Monday by CBS and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
This will be her first time hosting the prestigious event, which is set to air on December 22 from 8:30-11 p.m. ET/8-10:30 p.m. PT on CBS, with a stream available on Paramount+.
Latifah, a Grammy, Emmy, and Golden Globe winner, and Oscar nominee, is also a 2023 Kennedy Center Honor recipient. She currently stars and executive produces CBS’ The Equalizer.
The Kennedy Center Honors gala will take place on December 8 at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C.
This year’s honorees include filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola; rock band the Grateful Dead (Mickey Hart, Billy Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bobby Weir); blues rock singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt; jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval; and The Apollo, which will receive a special recognition.
The honors celebrate those who have made lasting contributions to music, dance, theater, opera, motion pictures, or television.
The event will be produced by Done+Dusted in association with ROK Productions and directed by Alex Rudzinski.
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