Photo Coverage: Inside the 35th Kennedy Center Honors - The Men

At a ceremony held in the East Room of the White House prior to the official presentation of this year's Kennedy Center honors last night, President Obama welcomed the guests and praised the recipients of this year's distinguished award.

The honorees included the surviving members of Led Zeppelin John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant; ballerina Martina Makarova, Dave Letterman, Dustin Hoffman and Buddy Guy. Check out photos of the male guests below!

The Honors recipients are recognized for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts – whether in dance, music, theater, opera, motion pictures or television – and are selected by the Center’s Board of Trustees. The primary criterion in the selection process is excellence. The Honors are not designated by art form or category of artistic achievement; the selection process, over the years, has produced balance among the various arts and artistic disciplines.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Cal Ripkin

Cal Ripkin & wife

Robert A. Altman & Lynda Carter

Les Moonves

Julie Chen & Les Moonves

Vernon Jordan & wife

Liev Schreiber

Naomi Watts & Liev Schreiber

David Gregory & wife

Morgan Freeman

Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly & wife Pamela Stephenson Connolly

Alec Baldwin

Hilaria Thomas & Alec Baldwin

Jacques d'Amboise

Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel & girlfriend Molly McNearney

Anna Romano & Ray Romano

Jack Black

Jack Black & wife Tanya Haden

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro & wife Grace Hightower

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro & wife Grace Hightower

Rob Ashford

Itzhak Perlman & wife Toby

Itzhak Perlman

Stephen Colbert and his wife Evelyn McGee-Colbert

Stephen Colbert

Yo-Yo Ma & daughter

Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma wife, Jill Horner & daughter

Lenny Kravitz

Kid Rock and his mother Susan Ritchie

George Stevens Jr. and wife

Joshua Bell & Larisa Martinez

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As a 14 year old youth, Walter was transfixed by his first Broadway Show, the original production of 'GREASE'. His Journey to celebrity photojournalism began that fateful night. Meeting, photographing and getting to know the cast inspired him to spend his professional life doing what he loved. Walter moved to Manhattan and for a leading role as a Photographer & Photo Researcher. Currently headlining in New Jersey with his partner Richard and family members Dali (Jack Russell) & Gala (Schnoodle). Recently he made his Broadway debut sharing the stage with Hugh Jackman in 'Hugh Jackman on Broadway' as well as receiving the Actors' Equity Association Gypsy Spirit Award. Walter McBride Photography is syndicated worldwide by Corbis/AP.

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