American television host, satirist and author Stephen Colbert is to be honoured by the US-Ireland Alliance at its 10th annual Oscar Wilde Awards in California next month.
The awards ceremony, which "honours the creative Irish and introduces people in the entertainment world in Ireland to those in the US", will take place at director JJ Abrams' Bad Robot production company in Santa Monica on February 19 with Abrams the MC on the night.
Colbert said of the honour: "My great-great grandfather sailed from Limerick with but two goals: 1) get a job digging the Erie Canal, and 2) party in L.A. I am proud to fulfil his dream."
Irish painter Colin Davidson will also be honoured at the awards this year, with singer-songwriters Gavin James and Megan O'Neill performing at the ceremony.
