The iconic and legendary Diana Ross has been chosen as one of five to receive a Kennedy Center Honors Award for 2007.Considered the highest award an American artist can receive, previous recipients have included playwrights Tennessee Williams, Neil Simon and Arthur Miller, opera diva Leontyne Price, filmmaker Steven Spielberg, dance legend Martha Graham, and actors Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier.
Ms. Ross, who is one of only a few who have legitimately earned the title "legend," will be honored this year along with film director Martin Scorsese, singer-songwriter Brian Wilson, classical pianist Leon Fleisher, and writer-director- comedian Steve Martin.
"With their extraordinary talent, creativity and perseverance, the five 2007 honoree have transformed the way we, as Americans, see, hear and feel the performing arts,' said
The annual awards gala on December 2 will be taped for broadcast on CBS December 26.
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