
DECEMBER 7, 2008 BARBRA STREISAND WAS CELEBRATED BY THE KENNEDY CENTER. IT WILL AIR ON TV DECEMBER 30, 2008. MISS STREISAND'S TRIBUTE BEGAN WITH QUEEN LATIFAH, BROADWAY STAR, IDINA MENDEL SANG "DON'T RAIN ON MY PARADE", BEYONCE PERFORMED "THE WAY WE WERE" AND NE-YO DID HIS RENDTION OF AN EARLY CLASSIC "LOVER COME BACK TO ME.". THE HIGHLIGHT EARLIER THAT DAY WAS WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH KISSED MISS STREISAND ON THE CHEEK AND SHE DID LIKEWISE...IT WAS THE SMOOCH SEEN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. (NOTE: THE BARBRA FOOTAGE WAS FROM HER 2007 CONCERT.) THE OTHER RECEPIENTS ARE: MORGAN FREEMAN,ACTOR GEORGE JONES, COUNTRY WESTERN SINGER TWYLA THORPE, CHOREOGRAPHER PETE TOWNSHEND ROGER DALTRY...."THE WHO"
