Bill Maher Hailed for Courage and Being the ‘Ultimate Contrarian’ as He Receives Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize

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By Paul Harris

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bill Maher was awarded the Kennedy Center’s Mark Train Prize for American Humor on Sunday in a casual and candid affair that blended accolades, insights and light-hearted roasting from an assemblage of colleagues and entertainers.

The event, now in its 27th year and held at the Kennedy Center, toasted Maher’s intellect, his broad range of interests, interviewing finesse and loyalty to his audience among other features. As usual, the recipient and guests observed the proceedings from a side box near the stage of the Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall, in view of the audience.

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