President Obama copped to having had a crush on Meryl Streep somewhere around the time of The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Neil Diamond thanked Caroline Kennedy for the use of her name, and Stephen Colbert, in customary fashion, used terms like “shred”, “crank” and “rips the knob off” to describe the cello playing of Yo-Yo Ma – the 34^th annual Kennedy Center Honors seemingly came off in fine fashion last night. Those of us who couldn’t make the ceremony can catch the festivities on CBS on December 27. (FULL ARTICLE: Jeff Mason and Tim Ryan, Reuters)