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Watch Bruce Springsteen And Diana Ross Receive Presidential Medal Of Freedom, Participate In All-Star Mannequin Challenge

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 22: U.S. President Barack Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to popular music singer, songwriter and rock and roll legend Bruce Springsteen during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House November 22, 2016 in Washington, DC. Obama presented the medal to 19 living and two posthumous pioneers in science, sports, public service, human rights, politics and the arts. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

|Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Last week, we found out that Bruce Springsteen and Diana Ross would be among the 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal Of Freedom this year, and today President Barack Obama handed out the awards in a special event. Each got a personalized introduction from the President, and you can watch Springsteen and Ross receive their awards below.

Bruce Springsteen receives the #MedalofFreedom to shouts of "Bruce" from the crowd https://t.co/MSX3v08r8s https://t.co/qBIuN39TKt

— CNN (@CNN) November 22, 2016

President Obama and Diana Ross can't contain their excitement as she's awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom https://t.co/Y58LAWiq5X pic.twitter.com/fq2geeMjpR

— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 22, 2016

Watch the full ceremony here:

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UPDATE: At the White House, Springsteen and Ross joined fellow honorees Ellen DeGeneres, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, Bill Gates, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and more in a #MannequinChallenge.

I'm in. pic.twitter.com/oU344pnYsH

— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) November 22, 2016

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