President Bush, far right, and first lady Laura Bush, second right, stand with the 27th annual Kennedy Center honorees at the Kennedy Center in Washington Dec. 5, 2004. Pictured front row, left to right: composer and conductor John Williams; soprano Joan Sutherland; actor, producer, writer and director Warren Beatty; singer and composer Elton John; husband-and-wife actors, writers and producers Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis. (Photo: AP)
