Honoring the Stars of Government
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The Oscars are over. It's time to pick up the red carpet and move on to the Sammies.
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President Bush on Friday awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to a blues guitarist, a baseball star, a scientist and several writers and educators.
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From the queen of soul to a king of comedy, celebrities are set to fete the opening of the Clinton Library. The week's excitement will come to a peak Thursday when former President Bill Clinton's library is dedicated.
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The stars are getting ready to walk down the red carpet that leads to the 79th Academy Awards. Depending on who gets a golden statue, this year's award ceremony could make history in a number of ways.
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Hollywood star George Clooney is honoured by the French government for his achievements in cinema.
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Match the performers with the presidential candidates they played for or otherwise supported. Hint: Some candidates here are associated with more than one performer or group.
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From activists to tycoons, politicians to inventors, these remarkable people offer hope for the future
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If politicians were like sports figures who were given colorful and fitting nicknames, perhaps Sen. James Webb would be known as Hollywood James Webb, or maybe Hemingway James Webb.
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WASHINGTON - The green is still there, but with touches of blue, red and yellow. A stylized image of the Stars and Stripes now waves in the background.
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In honor of the first Democrat to win two terms as president since Franklin D. Roosevelt, members of many of the nation&#39;s past and present first families
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I love international days of this and that. They are such grand occasions for leaders to remember some long forgotten agenda. The charitable among us hope that occasions
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The stars of the video game industry came out in force on Tuesday night to honor their peers for creative excellence -- taking a page from the Hollywood playbook
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Salman Rushdie, singer Emma Kirkby and Michael Eavis are among the figures honoured by the Queen.
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Washington's elite mingled with  artistic icons at the Kennedy Center Honors on Saturday, paying  tribute to five people for their lifetime contributions to the  arts and American culture.
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Capitol Broadcasting executives never doubted that they made the right call to dump the reality TV show &quot;Married By America.&quot; But it&#39;s nice for them to know that others are recognizing them for their stand.
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When Ma Ying-jeou, the popular mayor of Taipei, visited Hong Kong three years ago, crowds greeted him as if he were a film star and the territory's leaders hosted a red-carpet reception for him. Even the government in Beijing seemed to bless the visit, sending representatives to an event at which he delivered the keynote address.
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Among awarded stars are British-born pop star Elton John, Australian soprano Dame Joan Sutherland, composer and conductor John Williams, and husband-and-wife actors, writers and producers Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, actor and producer Warren Beatty.