From today's Washington Post, discussing a dinner on Saturday night for the Kennedy Center Honors weekend...
In the end, the dinner became a seamless program of subtle shifts between Powellesque bravura and what could be called Buffettesque raffishness. Jimmy Buffett, trading that floral shirt for a tailored tuxedo, said in his toast that he wanted to talk about [Jack] Nicholson's passions. "I would like to go through them," the singer said, as a few furtive looks passed between Nicholson and one of his friends, Warren Beatty. Buffett talked about talent, music, art and politics. "And, of course, there are the women. Most great women of our time have been passionate about Jack Nicholson," he said, as the feted actor just shook his head.
Buffett at Kennedy Center Honors
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