Recognized for their lifetime contributions to the arts, director Steven Spielberg, singer Dolly Parton, Andrew Lloyd Webber (writer of Phantom of the Opera) and others were honored at the Kennedy Center Honors.

The glamorous event was packed with stars and VIPs including Mr. George Bush (he was the one in Fahrenheit 9/11 ) and Vice President Chaney, first name: Dick.

“To be included among these people — Smokey, Dolly, Zubin Mehta, Andrew Lloyd Webber — it’s really an honor,”. Spielberg said. “It’s the closest thing to an American knighthood. We’re all feeling a gentle sword touching our shoulders tonight.”

Spielberg is the famous magical director of countless wonderful movies such movies as Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Men in Black, Jurassic Park and others which are too many to list.