Kennedy Honors dinner takes place in Washington

Front row from left, 2017 Kennedy Center Honorees Carmen de Lavallade, Norman Lear, Gloria Estefan and Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter, back row from left, Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, 2017 Kennedy Center Honorees LL Cool J, and Lionel Richie, and Executive Producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner are photographed following the State Department dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, in Washington. [Photo: AP/Kevin Wolf]