George Clooney, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, U2 to get Kennedy Heart awards By Reuters

By Jeff Mason and Daphne Psaledakis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Actor George Clooney, singer-songwriter Amy Grant, singer Gladys Knight, composer Tania León and rock group U2 had been set to be celebrated on Sunday for his or her contributions to the humanities with a White Home reception and Kennedy Heart Honors present.

The Kennedy Heart occasion, now in its forty fifth yr, honors stars from music, stage and display for his or her “contribution to American tradition.”

President Joe Biden will maintain a reception for the 5 honorees on the White Home forward of what’s anticipated to be a star-studded efficiency on the Kennedy Heart later within the night, which he and first girl Jill Biden are slated to attend.

Clooney, an actor and filmmaker who performed a physician on the favored NBC tv present “ER” earlier than launching a film profession that earned him two Academy Awards, has additionally drawn reward for his humanitarian work.

Grant rose to prominence as a up to date Christian music singer who later crossed over to pop stardom, amassing six Grammy Awards.

Knight, who has gained seven Grammy Awards, is known for hit songs together with “I Heard It By means of the Grapevine” and “Midnight Practice to Georgia” because the lead singer of The Pips, which grew to become Gladys Knight & The Pips in 1962.

Cuban-born León is a conductor in addition to a composer, whose orchestral piece “Stride” gained the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Music.

Irish band U2, with members Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr., has gained 22 Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 2005.