WASHINGTON — Gladys Knight, George Clooney, U2 and more 2022 Kennedy Center honorees joined President Joe Biden at the White House Sunday.
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts honored a select group of people Sunday for their artistic influences on culture in America, according to The Associated Press.
The full list of honorees includes George Clooney, Gladys Knight, Amy Grant, Tania León and the band U2, according to the AP.
The ceremony took place at the White House on Sunday afternoon and Biden paid tribute to the honorees beforehand with a speech in the East Room, according to the AP. Biden called the group “exceptional.”
“Thank you for showing us the power of the arts and ‘We the People,’” Biden said, according to the AP.
Biden spoke about Clooney’s on-camera work and all of his charity projects including working with 9/11 victims’ families and a gun control campaign that was …