Ellen DeGeneres Celebrated in D.C. As She Claims Top Humor Prize

On Monday night, Ellen DeGeneres took to the red carpet inside Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center dressed in her trademark blazer, sweater and slacks. She had arrived to become the 15th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, at a venue where, in her own words, “so many space shuttles have been launched.” The Mark Twain Prize has been awarded to some of America’s greatest comedians, including Richard Pryor, Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Martin, Bill Cosby, George Carl...

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