In March, O'Brien will host the Academy Awards three weeks before his own Mark Twain ceremony in Washington. Deborah Rutter, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in a statement called O'Brien “a master of invention and ...

David Rubenstein, the chairman of the Kennedy Center, had announced last year that he was planning to step down, but agreed to remain in the role through September 2026. The Kennedy Center said that a search committee has been formed to find her successor, and the firm Spencer Stuart would be assisting in the process.

Deborah Rutter, who’s served as the president of the Kennedy Center since 2014, will step down from the high-profile role at the end of the year. “After more than 10 extraordinary years in