Steven Spielberg and Barbra Streisand Are Among President Obama's Recipients of the Medal of Freedom

President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom -- the highest recognition the president can bestow upon a civilian -- to a group of 17 "extraordinary" individuals, including many in the arts and entertainment industry, such as Barbra Streisand, Itzhak Perlman, James Taylor, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Stephen Sondheim, ... More