Kennedy Center Honors Dylan, Heston For Their Impact On Arts

Political opposites Bob Dylan and Charlton Heston shared the spotlight Sunday as the Kennedy Center honored them for lifetime achievement.

The rebel rocker and Republican actor-activist sat with centrist President Clinton and his wife, Hillary Rodham-Clinton, as well as three other honorees, soprano Jessye Norman, screen siren Lauren Bacall and ballet star Edward Villella, for a gala two-and-a-half-hour performance to be aired Dec. 26 on CBS.

Clinton did not note the disparate political views of Dylan and Heston, but praised all the honorees as “artists and Americans who have had an indelible impact on the performing arts and the national character.”