Queen Latifah to Host 47th Annual Kennedy Center Honors

Queen Latifah Nominated to host 47th anniversary Kennedy Center HonorsIt was announced Monday by CBS and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

This marks her first time hosting the special, which will air on December 22 at 8:30-11:00 PM ET/8-10:30 PM PT on CBS and stream on Paramount+.

The actor-musician-producer is himself a 2023 Kennedy Center Honoree, as well as a Grammy, Emmy and Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee. He is currently the star and executive producer of CBS. Equalizer.

The Kennedy Center Pride gala will take place on December 8 on the stage of the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, DC. As previously announced, this year’s recipients of the lifetime artistic achievement award are filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola; rock band Grateful Dead (Mickey Hart, Billy Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bobby Weir); blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Bonnie Raitt; jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval; and The Apollo, which will receive a special Honor award as a historic American institution.

The Kennedy Center Honors “recognize and celebrate individuals who have made unique contributions that shape the way we view ourselves, each other, and the world.” Recipients are selected based on their impact in the world of music, dance, theatre, opera, cinema or television.

The 47th annual Kennedy Center Honors will be produced by Done+Dusted for the third year in association with ROK Productions. The event will be executive produced by David Jammy, Elizabeth Kelly and Jack Sussman. Alex Rudzinski will direct the show.