Paul Pelosi and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attended the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday evening, marking Paul Pelosi’s first public look since he was attacked in his San Francisco dwelling in October.
The couple attended the annual ceremony, which honors a choose group of individuals yearly for his or her creative influences on American tradition, together with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses as nicely. Paul Pelosi, who suffered a fractured cranium when his suspected attacker allegedly assaulted him with a hammer, arrived sporting a black hat.
After seeing Paul Pelosi, Mr. Biden pumped his fist within the air.
According to court docket filings, David Wayne DePape on October 28 broke into the Pelosi dwelling in San Francisco and allegedly bludgeoned the 82-year-old with a hammer. Authorities have mentioned he was on the lookout for Nancy Pelosi, and the FBI affidavit filed within the federal case in opposition to DePape additionally mentioned that San Francisco police “recovered zip ties in Pelosi’s bedroom and in the hallway near the front door of the Pelosi residence.”
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The 42-year-old has been charged with tried homicide, residential housebreaking, assault with a lethal weapon, elder abuse, false imprisonment of an elder and threats to a public official and their household. The Justice Department has additionally charged the suspected attacker with assault on the fast member of the family of a federal official and tried kidnapping of a federal official.
George Clooney, Gladys Knight and Amy Grant have been amongst these honored on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Groundbreaking composer and conductor Tania León and the rock group U2 have been additionally a part of this yr’s class.
On the purple carpet forward of the Kennedy Center present, Clooney, along with his spouse, Amal, beside him, joked that after seeing associates like Don Cheadle and Julia Roberts in attendance he was apprehensive his tribute could be extra of a “roast.” And it was a little bit of a roast for Clooney, although his family and friends confirmed apparent respect.
Longtime good friend Julia Roberts set the tone by popping out onstage with a costume emblazoned with images of Clooney throughout it. After an introduction that alternated between humorous and heartfelt she turned to a set designed to seem like a smoky bar — the sort Clooney would possibly take pleasure in. The actor’s father regaled the group with tales of a younger George, together with the time the 7-year-old — heartbroken over the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 — gave his father all his toy weapons.
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Matt Damon took the humorous street, joking about how Clooney as soon as stole then-President Bill Clinton’s stationery and wrote notes to fellow actors on it. Cheadle highlighted Clooney’s philanthropic work.
Patti LaBelle known as Knight her “everything,” saying they’d been associates for six a long time and seen one another via laughter and tears. “We do everything together,” LaBelle mentioned. “I am honored to honor you tonight.”
Actor and hip-hop star LL Cool J mentioned that each time Knight sings she connects with folks. “I once heard Gladys sing the ABCs and I thought I was in church,” he mentioned.
Country music celebrity Garth Brooks, citing Knight’s “roots in country music,” sang her traditional “Midnight Train to Georgia.”
Sheryl Crow sang considered one of Grant’s most well-known songs, “Baby Baby,” whereas veteran news anchor Katie Couric talked about how younger Grant was when she was found.
The honorees got here to the theater from a White House reception the place Biden praised them earlier than a star-studded East Room crowd as an “exceptional group of artists.”