Trump names Strait, Stallone and KISS for Kennedy Center Honors and says he’ll host the awards show
President Trump will personally host the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors and named five recipients, highlighting his leadership and a $26 million budget shortfall resolved through private fundraising.
- President Donald Trump named George Strait, Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, Kiss and Michael Crawford as honorees for the Kennedy Center Honors and said he will host the awards show.
- Trump fired the Kennedy Center's board of trustees and replaced them with loyalists, indicating he wants a more active role in governing the institution.
- The Kennedy Center Honors have drawn criticism from some artists due to Trump's aggressive takeover of the center's leadership.
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Trump's Kennedy Center honors are decidedly different: Kiss, Sylvester Stallone and Gloria Gaynor make the cut
Trump announced he's hosting the ceremony and that he's been deeply involved with the selection process. He said he may give himself the award, in the future.
The 5 Most Outrageous Things Donald Trump Said in Announcing the 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees
By now we all know that Donald Trump has no filter. At a press conference at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday (Aug. 13), at which he announced this year’s five Kennedy Center Honorees, he blurted out some doozies, which we rounded up here. In case you missed it, country icon George Strait, 1970s rock veterans KISS, Broadway star Michael Crawford, disco queen Gloria Gaynor and actor Sylvester Stallone are the 2025…
Trump names Stallone, Kiss for Kennedy Center Honors
WASHINGTON — As the new chairman of the Kennedy Center, President Donald Trump added a highly personal stamp to this year's announcement of the recipients of the annual honors, whom he named as country music star George Strait, “Rocky” actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band Kiss and actor-singer Michael Crawford.
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