{"id":2190748,"date":"2025-12-08T07:47:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2190748"},"modified":"2025-12-08T07:47:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:47:28","slug":"kennedy-centre-honours-fete-celebrities-but-trump-takes-the-limelight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kennedy-centre-honours-fete-celebrities-but-trump-takes-the-limelight\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Centre Honours fete celebrities, but Trump takes the limelight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">US President Donald Trump solidified his takeover of Washington\u2019s John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts on Sunday by hosting its flagship awards programme, mixing politics with a celebration of stars from music and film.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">This year\u2019s Kennedy Centre Honours, widely seen as the top US recognition for lifetime achievement in the performing arts, feted actor Sylvester Stallone, disco singer Gloria Gaynor, country musician George Strait, Phantom of the Opera star Michael Crawford and rock band KISS.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Trump, who had a hand in picking the recipients, did not attend Kennedy Centre events during his first term. But he has taken a keen interest in the institution during his second, firing its president, installing a new board that made him chair and ordering a renovation of the building.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">It marked the first time that a US president had hosted the Kennedy Centre Honours, a role previously filled by celebrities or other notable figures.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gene Simmons of KISS and his wife Shannon Tweed. Photo: AFP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/12\/08\/473553d8-4ab8-43d3-adf4-8ab22c890aa7_1618f3ee.jpg\" title=\"Gene Simmons of KISS and his wife Shannon Tweed. Photo: AFP\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Gene Simmons of KISS and his wife Shannon Tweed. Photo: AFP<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He told reporters as he arrived for the show that the Kennedy Centre is \u201cgoing to be brought back to life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe are saving the Kennedy Centre,\u201d Trump said, with first lady Melania Trump at his side. Trump declined to rule out having his name added to the Kennedy Centre, saying that such a decision was up to the centre board that he now chairs. Last week Trump\u2019s name was put on the US Institute of Peace building.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.scmp.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump solidified his takeover of Washington\u2019s John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts on Sunday by hosting its flagship awards programme, mixing politics with a celebration of stars from music and film. 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