Oprah Winfrey and Paul McCartney listen to President Barack Obama as he gives a 2010 Kennedy Center Honors speech at a reception in the East Room of the White House before going to the Kennedy Center on Dec. 5, 2010, in Washington.
The recipients for the 33rd annual awards are singer and songwriter Merle Haggard, composer and lyricist Jerry Herman; dancer, choreographer and director Bill T. Jones, songwriter and musician Paul McCartney, and producer, television host and actress Oprah Winfrey.
Oprah, McCartney Among Kennedy Center Honorees