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Trump Names Strait, Stallone And Kiss For Kennedy Center Honors And Says He’ll Host The Awards Show

President Donald Trump speaks at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday named country music star George Strait, “Rocky” actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band Kiss and actor-singer Michael Crawford among the first batch of Kennedy Center Honors nominees under his leadership as the center’s chairman and said he’ll host the awards program.

Members of the rock group KISS; Gene Simmons, clockwise from right, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss and Paul Stanley are photographed before a concert in Hartford, Conn.,on Feb. 16, 1977. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Members of the rock group KISS; Gene Simmons, clockwise from right, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss and Paul Stanley are photographed before a concert in Hartford, Conn.,on Feb. 16, 1977. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Michael Crawford, who was the original Phantom of the Opera, makes a special appearance during the curtain call following performance number 7,486 of "The Phantom of the Opera" at the Majestic Theatre in New York on Jan. 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)
Michael Crawford, who was the original Phantom of the Opera, makes a special appearance during the curtain call following performance number 7,486 of “The Phantom of the Opera” at the Majestic Theatre in New York on Jan. 9, 2006. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)
Actor Sylvester Stallone appears during an America First Policy Institute gala on Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Actor Sylvester Stallone appears during an America First Policy Institute gala on Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump also said he will “fully renovate” the entire infrastructure of the Kennedy Center to make it a “crown jewel” of arts and culture in the United States.

“We’re going to bring it to a higher level than it ever hit,” the president said, adding the venue would be featured in next year’s celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary.

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