Beloved comedian Billy Crystal and pioneering rapper Queen Latifah are among the 46th crop of Kennedy Center honorees, one of the United States' most prestigious arts awards, the center announced on Thursday.

Billy Crystal, Queen Latifah among Kennedy Center honorees

Billy Crystal plans to return to Broadway in the spring as the star of a new musical, 'Mr. Saturday Night,' adapted from his 1992 film. The project has been in development for years — he said Mel Brooks first suggested in 2005 that he think about adapting the film for the stage — and last month Crystal led a nine-performance presentation of the show at Barrington Stage Company, in the Berkshires region of western Massachusetts.

Billy Crystal to return to broadway in 'Mr Saturday Night'

Personal commitment means the chirpy supervisor—Fritz (voice by Henry Winkler)—in the MIFT department of Monsters Inc. must spend the next two weeks under the strict, and at times conniving, watch of his temp replacement, Duncan (voice by Lucas Neff).

‘Monsters At Work’ S1, EP5 review: Who stay close when trouble ensues?

Monsters Inc. had a management reshuffle but new ‘scarer’ recruit Tyler Tuskman (voice by Ben Feldman) doesn’t know that yet. After toiling hard at the Monsters University’s School of Scaring, purple-hued, two-horned Tuskman is now faced with an adverse situation at work: his scary services are no longer needed or welcome.

Monsters At Work S1, EP 1 & 2 review: Tussle between the monster and jokester within

Billy Crystal returns to the director`s chair after 20 years for 'Here Today', in which he also plays a well-known comedy writer who unexpectedly becomes friends with a street jazz singer.

A Minute with: Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish on 'Here Today'

Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish to be seen together in a new non-romantic comedy, ‘Here Today’. In the film, Billy Crystal is seen playing a veteran comedy writer who meets a New York singer in the new trailer below: Crystal directed the film and also co-wrote it along with former ‘Saturday Night Live’ scribe Alan Zweibel.

'Here Today' trailer: Billy Crystal, Tiffany Haddish get together in new non-romantic comedy

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