Paul Pelosi makes his first public appearance since hammer attack at Kennedy Center honors - Daily Mail

Paul Pelosi made a melodramatic instrumentality to Washington's societal country astatine the Kennedy Center honors Sunday, much than a period aft suffering a brutal hammer onslaught astatine his San Francisco home. 

Pelosi joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi successful a container spot to presumption the yearly televised ceremony, wherever artists including George Clooney, Gladys Knight, and Irish Rockers U2 were honored.   

Pelosi wore a achromatic chapeau implicit his caput and a mitt connected his near hand, days aft his woman spoke astir his recovery. 

At 1 point, helium could beryllium seen smiling and pointing toward the president, who smiled and gestured backmost portion Vice President Kamala Harris grinned. 

This year's honorees are histrion George Clooney; singer-songwriter Amy Grant; vocalist Gladys Knight; Cuban-born American composer Tania León; and iconic Irish stone set U2, comprised of set members Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. 

Paul Pelosi was seen wrong the Kennedy Center soon aft President Biden entered the Kennedy Center Opera House. 

He and Speaker Pelosi did not locomotion the reddish carpet of the gala, black-tie event, arsenic they person successful erstwhile years. 

But the mates sat side-by-side wrong the ornate theater.  

Pelosi suffered injuries to his head, arm, and hands during the brutal onslaught wrong his home, 'waking up successful a excavation of his ain blood,' according to charging documents.

His quality came astatine the apical of a feel-good lawsuit event that celebrated talents of the surface and performance stage, and drew large sanction guests and presenters including Julia Roberts and Matt Damon. 

Clooney was the entity of overmuch good-natured mocking from his friends and co-stars.

Roberts wore a formal with assorted pictures of Clooney printed connected it. Clooney roared with laughter erstwhile helium saw it. 

Damon, who worked with Clooney connected 'Ocean's Eleven,' ribbed his erstwhile co-star, arsenic idiosyncratic beyond a estimation arsenic 1 of the past movie stars – idiosyncratic 'who erstwhile stole Bill Clinton’s stationary and wrote fake notes to actors saying however overmuch the president loves their movies.'

The camera past panned to Clooney, who shrugged.

But the histrion wiped distant tears erstwhile his father, retired broadcaster Nick Clooney, spoke astir him. 

'I volition ever beryllium a precise arrogant father,' helium said. 

Clooney walked the reddish carpet with woman Amal.  

Clooney, 61, became a household sanction successful the 1990s with his relation of Doug Ross connected the tv amusement ER. 

He's starred successful a slew of fils including 'Batman & Robin,' 'Good Night & Good Luck,' and 'Ocean's Eleven.'  He is joined to humanitarian rights lawyer Amal Clooney.

Together the 2 person created the Clooney Foundation for Justice.

'We spot Amal Clooney's husband,' President Biden joked astatine the White House earlier the lawsuit astatine a reception for the honorees. helium lauded Clooney for his 'deep empathy,' and said helium 'never forgot' his roots successful Kentucky and Ohio. 

Roberts, who appears with Clooney successful 'Ticket to Paradise,' wore a full-length formal emblazoned with photographs of Clooney.

'To spot each other, to spot ourselves successful 1 another, to unite successful communal origin - contiguous we observe a genuinely exceptional...group of artists,' Biden said astatine the White House.

Knight, 78, began singing gospel euphony astatine the property of 4 and went connected to a vocation that has spanned decades.

She and her household members started 'Gladys Knight & The Pips' and produced their archetypal medium successful 1960 erstwhile Knight was conscionable 16. 

Her classical hits include 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' and 'Midnight Train to Georgia,' with the erstwhile getting a caller mentation wrong the Kennedy Center by vocalist and histrion Ariana DeBose. 

Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr. met arsenic teenagers astatine Dublin's Mount Temple School, and successful 1978, U2 was formed. From the beginning, U2 were marked retired by their thrust and ambition, forming arsenic a band—as they've said—'before they could play.'

U2's transportation to America goes backmost decades. They performed successful Washington during their archetypal travel to America successful 1980. 

Forty years aft they formed, U2 is acknowledged arsenic 1 of the champion unrecorded acts successful the world. The set has toured the globe countless times, released 14 workplace albums, sold 170 cardinal albums, and won galore awards, including 22 Grammys and Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience award. 

Their songs see 'I Still Haven´t Found What I´m Looking For,' 'With oregon Without You,' 'Pride (In the Name of Love)' and 'Sunday Bloody Sunday.' 

Lead vocalist Bono has besides become known for his philanthropic work to eradicate poorness and to rise consciousness astir AIDS.

Amy Grant's vocation spans much than 40 years and stretches from her roots successful gospel into becoming an iconic popular star, songwriter, tv personality, and philanthropist. 

Grant, 62, is good known for crossover popular hits similar 'Baby, Baby,' 'Every Heartbeat' and 'That's What Love is For.'

She's sold much than 30 cardinal albums and is joined to country instrumentalist Vince Gill. She told the Associated Press she had ne'er been to the Kennedy Center and attending the Honors would beryllium her archetypal clip visiting the taste center.

Composer and conductor Tania Leon, 79, left Cuba arsenic a exile successful 1967 and yet settled successful New York City. She's a founding subordinate of the Dance Theatre of Harlem and instituted the Brooklyn Philharmonic Community Concert Series.

She won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Music for Stride. 

The 45th Kennedy Center Honors volition aerial connected Wednesday, December 28 from 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. EST/PST connected CBS and volition watercourse connected Paramount+.