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De Niro, Springsteen are Kennedy honorees


September 09, 2009 President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will host a White House reception for the honorees the day before the 32nd annual gala and sit with them during the awards program. Brubeck, whose Dave Brubeck Quartet is best known for the enduring jazz hit "Take Five," turns 89 on the day of the gala and will be honored for what the Kennedy Center called six decades of dazzling musical genius. Brooks, 83, was noted for the hilarity of his movies and musicals including "Young Frankenstein," "Blazing Saddles" and "The Producers."

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