Dustin Hoffman: David Letterman

Kennedy Center Honors Dept: The actor and comedian are among seven people who will receive the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors, the performing arts centre announced Wednesday. They join Chicago bluesman Buddy Guy, the surviving members of the rock band Led Zeppelin and ballerina Natalia Makarova, according to CTV. Hoffman, now 75, said in an interview that he was last in Washington for Obama's inauguration in 2009 and wASHINGTON -- Years after playing a Washington newspaper reporter, Dustin Hoffman is returning to the nation's capital to share an honour with David Letterman -- who appears surprised at how culturally important his Top 10 lists have been. The award is the nation's highest honour for those who have influenced American culture through the arts. It comes a dinner with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and a reception hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama. The honorees will be saluted by fellow artists Dec. 2 in a show to be broadcast Dec. 26 on CBS. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.