George Clooney, Gladys Knight, U2 Get Kennedy Center Honors from Biden

The stars had been out and shining shiny in D.C. this weekend … this as President Biden bestowed lifetime awards on a handful of them who had been honored on the White House.

George Clooney, Gladys Knight, Bono and the remainder of U2 had been readily available Sunday in our nation’s capital to obtain their Kennedy Center Honors for contributions to the humanities over the course of their lives … and so they all dressed to impress for the swanky get-together.

Other honorees included composer Tania Leon and Christian singer Amy Grant — all of them lined up for tons of pictures and took within the applause as JB sang their praises. At one level, he even singled out Gladys particularly and made a little bit pun a couple of traditional tune of hers.

As for the remainder of the bunch … POTUS referred to as all of them “actually distinctive” through the reception — noting Clooney’s exception on-camera roles over time, to not point out his philanthropy. And as for U2 … effectively, let’s simply say Joe’s a fan, going as far as to name them poets of our time.

BTW, it wasn’t simply these celebs who had been in the home … Julia Roberts was there, as was Don Cheadle, Richard Kind, Matt Damon, Sean Penn and others. So, yeah … BIG turnout.

There’s bits of video trickling out from the precise ceremony — however the entire thing was correctly recorded and goes to air in full later this month. It could even embrace performances from a few of the musical acts … time will inform.