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- December 4, 2007
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For all the laughter and tears and generalized good vibrations
at Sunday's Kennedy Center Honors, there was something missing.
Where was the Love? Beach Boy Mike Love, that is, whose voice
carried many of the tunes that put the gold medal around his cousin
Brian Wilson's neck. Or Mary Wilson, who recruited teenage neighbor
Diana Ross into the group that would become the Supremes? Or Lorne
Michaels, the "Saturday Night Live" creator who launched Steve
Martin to fame?
On a night devoted to illuminating the lives and careers of
beloved artists, the conspicuous absences were a reminder of
ruptured relationships and messy awards-show politics.
Sources close to the production told us there was ...