Jack Black interviewed by Sofia Samrad at Kennedy Center Honors 2012 for DC Hotspots on DC50CW. David Letterman's "stupid human tricks" and Top 10 lists vaulted into the ranks of cultural acclaim Sunday night as the late-night comedian received this year's Kennedy Center Honors with rock band Led Zeppelin, an actor, a ballerina and a bluesman. Stars from New York, Hollywood and the music world joined President Barack Obama at the White House on Sunday night to salute the honorees, whose ranks also include actor Dustin Hoffman, Chicago bluesman Buddy Guy and ballerina Natalia Makarova. The honors are the nation's highest award for those who influenced American culture through the arts. The recipients were later saluted by fellow performers at the Kennedy Center Opera House in a show to be broadcast Dec. 26 on CBS. Obama drew laughs from his guests when he described the honorees as "some extraordinary people who have no business being on the same stage together." Noting that Guy made his first guitar strings using the wire from a window screen, he quipped, "That worked until his parents started wondering how all the mosquitoes were getting in." The president thanked the members of Led Zeppelin for behaving themselves at the White House given their history of "hotel rooms trashed and mayhem all around." Obama noted Letterman's humble beginnings as an Indianapolis weatherman who once reported the city was being pelted by hail `the size of canned hams.'" "It's one of the <b>...</b>Author: SofiaSamrad
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In today's NTD China News, the Chinese regime expresses concern over North Korea's plan to launch a rocket this month. Blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng delivers a message to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, urging him to bring about much needed reform. Three US medical doctors, including a champion of medical ethics, Dr. Arthur Caplan, have launched a petition on the website of the United States White House. They want 25000 people to sign up, and urge the Obama administration to condemn and investigate allegations of forced organ harvesting of prisoners of conscience in China. Hong Kong legislators have rallied behind local Falun Gong practitioners, who were harassed and threatened by a group with suspected ties to mainland authorities. China's defiant "nail house" in the middle of a road in Zhejiang province have been knocked to the ground. Its owner apparently agreed to move, after an international media storm highlighted the issue of forced evictions in China. AIDS sufferers from Henan province say their pleas for help are ignored, even as Chinese leaders tout their efforts to combat the disease on World AIDS Day on Saturday December 1st. Apple Inc. will officially sell its iPhone 5 in China on December 14. With Apple's waning smartphone market share, Chinese consumers are weighing in on whether they will get Apple's latest gadget. K-Pop sensation Psy has received an awarded at the Mnet Asian Music Awards in Hong Kong on Friday (November 30) for his wildly <b>...</b>
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