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President Donald Trump will announce the first Kennedy Center Honors recipients on Wednesday because he dismissed democratic members of the board and took over as chairman, who had the center hinted in February, will include a “Country music icon, an Englishman,” and a “New York City Rock Band”.
President Donald Trump took over as the chairman of the Kennedy Center in February. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski / AFP) (photo by Alex Wroblewski / AFP via Getty images)
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Important facts
Trump will announce the Kennedy Center Honorees in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, an official report for his administration on Wednesday morning posted On X.
Although the Honorees are not yet known, the Washington Post Reported that the administration has considered the country music star George Strait, Rock Band Kiss and English actor Michael Crawford.
The rumor -edge with hints the Kennedy Center posted On Tuesday evening the Honorees would include a “Country Music Icon, an Englishman, a rock band in New York City, a dance queen and a multi-billion dollar actor”.
Trump said in one Truth Social Post On Tuesday his administration is busy bringing the Kennedy Center “back to the absolute top level of luxury, glamor and entertainment”, also shining that he wants to rename the institution to the “Trump/Kennedy Center”.
What are the Kennedy Center -awards?
The Kennedy Center Honors are an annual award ceremony in which different people in the performing arts are honored for their lifelong contributions and performance. However, the ceremony has been broadcast on CBS since its founding in 1978 Deadline reported It is not a blockbuster of the assessments and instead is more of a chance for network managers to mix with politicians. Recent Honores include director Francis Ford Coppola and singer Bonnie Raitt in 2024, singer Dionne Warwick and rapper actress Queen Latifah in 2023, and actor George Clooney and Rockband U2 in 2022.
How did Trump take over the Kennedy Center?
In February Said Trump He would “make the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, great again” by ending members of the board of directors and taking over the chairman of the center. Trump, and other Republican critics, accused the center of hosting “drag shows specifically aimed at our youth”, possibly referring to an event that the institution had entitled in 2024 entitled “Dragtastic Dress-up” New York Times reported as aimed at “LGBTQ+ younger younger than 18.” Trump pursued and replaced the board of the instructions of former President Joe Biden and was elected chairman Through the new board. Trump’s takeover of the center was confronted with protests by artists, including actress-comedian Issa Rae, who canceled a planned show in the Kennedy Center, and television producer Shonda Rhimes, who resigned from the center of the center. Singer Renée FlemingA Kennedy Center Honoree and artistic adviser from 2023, resigned from her position and praised ‘two -part support for this institution’, without mentioning Trump.
Is the Kennedy Center named after Trump?
In July, Huis Republicans passed An amendment that would rename the Opera house of the Kennedy Center after First Lady Melania Trump. The amendment is part of a bill to finance the interior department, but the bill still has to pass on both houses of the congress to become law. Rep. Bob under, R-MO., Introduced the “Make Entertainment Great Again Act” in July and suggested the center that is named after Trump, although the house has not taken any action in this account.
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