They both just gave money to it.

It is no coincidence that this A list actor and this foreign born group hat sounds like a spy plane are being honored with awards by an organization.

They both just gave money to it.

Meanwhile, the EGOT winner is passed over every year.

George Clooney

U2

Liza Minnelli

Kennedy Center Honors 2022: George Clooney, U2 and Gladys Knight among honourees

The recipients of one of the United States’ most prestigious cultural awards, the Kennedy Center Honors, have been announced for 2022.

George Clooney, U2, Gladys Knight, Tania León and Amy Grant are being given the yearly awards, which were founded in 1978 and last year recognised Joni Mitchell and Berry Gordy among others.

Clooney was hailed by Kennedy Center chairman David M Rubenstein for his “unique brand of earnest charisma and his complete embodiment of a character [that] has led us to root for him every time.” Clooney said the honour was “a genuinely exciting surprise … Growing up in a small town in Kentucky I could never have imagined that someday I’d be the one sitting in the balcony at the Kennedy Center Honors.” – Source