President Joe Biden on Monday honored acclaimed filmmakers, singers, writers and others who have made their mark on American culture, awarding the prestigious National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals to 39 recipients.

Filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee and Ken Burns and singers Missy Elliott and Queen Latifah were among 20 recipients of National Medals of Arts, while the 19 recipients of National Humanities Medals included playwright- screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and historian Jon Meacham.

Three of the medals were awarded posthumously: Singer Selena Quintanilla and artist Ruth Asawa are arts medal winners and chef-author Anthony Bourdain was among the humanities medal winners.

“Above all, you are the masters of your craft that have made us a better America with all of you have done,” Biden said at the White House ceremony.

Actors Idina Menzel and Eva Longoria, producer Bruce Cohen and musicians Leonardo “Flaco” Jimenez and Herbert I. Ohta also received arts medals, along with photographers Randy A. Batista and Clyde Butcher, artists Carrie Mae Weems, Alex Katz and Mark Bradford, arts leaders Jo Carole Lauder and Bruce Sagan and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Other humanities winners were former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo, actor-literacy advocate LeVar Burton and cartoonist Roz Chast.

AARP to honor Close for acting career: Actor Glenn Close will be the next recipient of AARP The Magazine’s Movies for Grownups Awards career achievement honor.

The actor, 77, is known for films including “Fatal Attraction,” “101 Dalmatians” and “The Wife” over a career spanning nearly 50 years. She will receive the honor at the AARP’s annual Movies for Grownups Awards ceremony in January, the group announced Tuesday.

“I am so honored to receive the AARP Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award even though I feel like I’m still 35, if not younger,” Close said in a statement.

The ceremony will air Feb. 23 on PBS.

Musician Di’Anno dies: Paul Di’Anno, Iron Maiden’s first lead singer, died Monday. He was 66. He died at home in Salisbury, England, his family and record label, Conquest Music, said on his official Facebook page. No cause of death was given, but Di’Anno had been having medical issues for years.

“Paul’s contribution to Iron Maiden was immense and helped set us on the path we have been traveling as a band for almost five decades,” Iron Maiden said in a statement.

A member from 1978 to ’81, Di’Anno recorded Iron Maiden’s self-titled debut album in 1980 and its 1981 follow-up, “Killers.” Di’Anno later fronted other bands, including Killers, Battlezone and Warhorse.

Oct. 23 birthdays: Singer Barbara Ann Hawkins is 81. Director Ang Lee is 70. Singer Dwight Yoakam is 68. Singer “Weird Al” Yankovic is 65. Actor Jon Huertas is 55. Actor Ryan Reynolds is 48. Singer Miguel is 39. Actor Emilia Clarke is 38. Actor Inbar Lavi is 38. Actor Margaret Qualley is 30. Actor Amandla Stenberg is 26.