Home • Red Carpet 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020 01 2010 Kennedy Center Honors Gayle King at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 02 2010 Kennedy Center Honors Opera singer Jessye Norman at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 03 2010 Kennedy Center Honors Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 04 2010 Kennedy Center Honors President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney and Stedman Graham at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 05 2010 Kennedy Center Honors Bill T. Jones and Bjorn Amelan at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 06 2010 Kennedy Center Honors President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 07 2010 Kennedy Center Honors Former Secretary of State Colin Powell and his wife Alma Powell at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 08 2010 Kennedy Center Honors Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., and his wife Alma Rangel at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 09 2010 Kennedy Center Honors Tyrese Gibson at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 10 2010 Kennedy Center Honors No Doubt members Tom Dumont, left, Tony Kanal, Gwen Stefani, and Adrian Young, at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 11 2010 Kennedy Center Honors Stedman Graham and Oprah Winfrey at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 12 2010 Kennedy Center Honors Frances Gladney and Smokey Robinsonat the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 13 2010 Kennedy Center Honors Holly Robinson Peete at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 14 2010 Kennedy Center Honors Diana Ross and her son Evan Ross at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 15 2010 Kennedy Center Honors Chris Rock and Malaak Compton-Rock at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 16 2010 Kennedy Center Honors Jennifer Hudson at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 17 2010 Kennedy Center Honors President Barack Obama speaks at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C. 18 2010 Kennedy Center Honors The 2010 Kennedy Center honorees pose for their formal class photo at the Kennedy Center Honors, in Washington, D.C.