Kennedy Center Honors 2014 gala and dinner

President Obama speaks at a reception honoring the Kennedy Center Honorees in the East Room of the White House.  (Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press)

Ballerina and honoree Patricia McBride arrives.  (Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)

Musician and honoree Al Green arrives.  (Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)

Musician Al Green, left, actor Tom Hanks, ballerina Patricia McBride, musician Sting and actress Lily Tomlin listen as President Obama speaks.  (Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)

Actor Tom Hanks, left, ballerina Patricia McBride, musician Sting and President Obama clap for actress and honoree Lily Tomlin.  (Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)

Sting arrives.  (Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images)

Tom Hanks arrives.  (Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)

Filmmaker Steven Spielberg and his wife, Kate Capshaw, attend the reception.  (Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press)

Ballerina Patricia McBride, left, singer-songwriter Sting, and comedian Lily Tomlin.  (Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press)

Tom Hanks listens while musician Al Green reacts to a joke by President Obama.  (Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)

Steven Spielberg, left, wife Kate Capshaw, Martin Short, Bruce Springsteen, and wife Patti Scialfa attend the reception.  (Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press)

Comedian Martin Short kisses actress Lily Tomlin after the event.  (Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)

Bruce Springsteen and wife Patti Scialfa at the reception.  (Dennis Brack / EPA)

Secretary of State John Kerry arrives.  (Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Images)

Jane Fonda, center, with Melanie Griffith, left, at the reception.  (Dennis Brack / EPA)

Comedian and talk show host Stephen Colbert, center, attends.  (Brendan Smialowski / AFP/Getty Images)

Lily Tomlin  (Ron Sachs / EPA)

Al Green  (Ron Sachs / EPA)

Tom Hanks  (Ron Sachs / EPA)

Patricia McBride  (Ron Sachs / EPA)

Sting  (Ron Sachs / EPA)

David M. Rubenstein, top left, chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Tom Hanks; Sting; Al Green; Michael Stevens, writer and producer; and George Stevens Jr., producer. Deborah F. Rutter, bottom left, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Secretary of State John F. Kerry; Patricia McBride; Lily Tomlin and Teresa Heinz Kerry.  (Ron Sachs / EPA)