Bill Cosby mister två prestigefyllda priser
Bill Cosby får två priser indragna, Kennedy Center Honors och Mark Twain-priset för amerikansk humor. Det skriver AP.
I ett uttalande från Kennedy Centers Honor står det att den 80-årige komikerns sexuella övergrepp ”överskuggat de åstadkommande i karriären som Kennedy Center har som syfte att lyfta fram”. Priset, som delas ut till kulturpersoner för deras livsgärningar, gavs till Cosby 1998.
En jury i Pennsylvania dömde förra månaden Cosby skyldig för sexuellt övergrepp 2004. Ännu har inte straffet meddelats.
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Kennedy Center Honors
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The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture (although recipients do not need to be U.S. citizens). The honors have been presented annually since 1978, culminating each December in a star-studded gala celebrating the honorees in the Kennedy Center Opera House.
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Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
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The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor is an American award for humor awarded by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts annually since 1998. It is named after the 19th century novelist, essayist and humorist Mark Twain and is presented to an individual who has made a significant contribution to American humor. The prize is presented and the show is taped in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall in Washington DC, during which the honoree is celebrated by his or her peers. The event is a significant fundraiser to benefit the Kennedy Center, which sells tickets as well as access to dinners and after-parties featuring the celebrities.
Recipients of the Twain Prize receive a copy of an 1884 bronze portrait bust of Mark Twain sculpted by Karl Gerhardt (1853–1940).
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