How Bad Will the Kennedy Center Honors Be — Page 3

“I’m the president of the United States—are you fools asking me to host?,” he told the board

He’s the fücking chairman of the board, he ‘asked’ himself.

Mr. Wormwood said: "There's so much that's terrible about all of this but the list of honorees is not as bad as I thought it might be."

Kiss?

Sylvester Stallone?

Michael Crawford for all the things he did that were seen by Americans?

I am not familiar with George Strait, but I get the impression from posts here that his is reasonable.

I don't think he's in bad shape. I think he's quietly living his life with his wife and running his charity. He recovered from his illness quite a while ago.

Call_me_jorge said: "“I’m the president of the United States—are you fools asking me to host?,” he told the board

He’s the fücking chairman of the board, he ‘asked’ himself."

As host ,maybe he can open by singing "There is a Sucker born every minute" from Barnum. He feeds them bonafide baloney,with no truth in it"

Updated On: 8/13/25 at 12:34 PM

MCfan2 said: "WldKingdomHM said: "Please correct me if I’m wrong but hasn’t Michael been out of the public eye for sometime and is in bad shape ?"

As I recall, he started winding down his career a few years ago after a diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis, and is now living the retired life in New Zealand. I suppose it's possible he's not paying attention to what's going on in the U.S. at all."

Yes he’s been living in NZ for almost two decades and seems entirely recovered.

All the same, the flight from there to DC is a larger commitment than just flying across the Atlantic from the UK, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he decides not to make the trip.

https://www.thecoast.net.nz/news/entertainment/how-new-zealand-saved-michael-crawfords-life/

In his post on Tuesday hyping the new honorees, he wrote: “GREAT Nominees for the TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER, whoops, I mean, KENNEDY CENTER, AWARDS.”

How much of a “whoops” that actually was remains to be seen. Last month, some Republican lawmakers proposed renaming the Opera House at the Kennedy Center after the first lady, Melania Trump.

Mr. Trump’s post Tuesday promised to bring the Kennedy Center “back to the absolute TOP LEVEL of luxury, glamour, and entertainment.”"

And there we have a perfect display of how the mainstream media chooses to frame things favorably to Trump specifically and Republicans in general. First they place the obvious bait front and center & accept his framing as unquestionably valid and true. Then they treat a wild proposal from a backbencher that'll almost certainly never make it past committee practically as if it were already policy.

How on earth is Michael Crawford a good pick? He has one credit decades ago, wasn't a household name, wasn't a trailblazer.

bwaylyric said: "Crawford's tribute will include a couple Phantom songs (Point of No Return?) and Total Eclipse of the Heart from Dance of the Vampires."

Perhaps he and the host could duet on "Everybody ought to have a Maid" from A Funny Thing....honoring Michael Crawford's turn in the film version.

Perhaps my recall is incorrect or things have changed under this new regime, but in the past wasn't it the case you had to agree to the honor and being present for all the associated commitments before they announced you?

Those picks are not bad at all, except for Crawford. It will be interesting which artists participate in the tribute sections.

I cannot imagine a lot of Broadway folk will want to perform there for the Crawford tribute part. So PLEASE enlist Dean Cain to sing Music of the Night and Scotty Baio to sing It Only Takes a Moment.

And, IF there is a theater god, it would be fantastic if Trump reprised his tony performance and sang the theme to Green Acres again. He used to have a bit of a sense of humor about himself a while back.

Gloria Gaynor is in her 80's and a bit conservative. She will be there. And her music, like the Village People's will continue to be part of the gay musical lexicon regardless of a ceremony that will be forgotten soon after. Who were the honorees 4 years ago. Anyone? Anyone? 9 years ago? See what I mean.

I DO think this will get high ratings. A lot of people of a certain age will very much want to see these people honored especially KISS.

No shade to Gloria Gaynor, but, LOL, she's had one hit that people in the mainstream will recognize. Someone like Madonna (love her or hate her) makes much more sense. Or Beyonce?

Michael Crawford? What about Nathan Lane? Audra McDonald?

Sylvester Stallone? What about Tom Cruise? Harrison Ford?

And Trump hosting it? Ugh. The news is utterly depressing these days.

Updated On: 8/13/25 at 02:44 PM

quizking101 said: "ACL2006 said: "MezzA101 said: "NYT Update:

President Trump said he would host the Kennedy Center Honors himself in December, as he announced this year’s honorees: the actor Sylvester Stallone, the rock band Kiss, the recording artists George Strait and Gloria Gaynor, and the British actor Michael Crawford. Mr. Trump has been intensely interested in the center, naming himself its chairman and purging its traditionally bipartisan board, and said he rejected prospective honorees he called “wokesters.”"

Is Gloria Gaynor a MAGA? With Dumpster hosting this nonsense, I can't imagine how bad the things will be."

He also literally picked a woman who sang two of the biggest gay anthems ever, “I Will Survive” and a cover of “I Am What I Am”.

Yet he didn’t want “wokester” picks. I’m so confused…but if she accepts, you’ll probably never hear those songs at Pride again. The biggest artist betrayal of the queer community since Donna Summer"



Henceforth the "officially recognized" versions of these 2 LGBTQ+ anthems shall be Diana Ross' "I Will Survive and Linda Clifford (or Linda Eder)'s covers of "I Am What I Am".

Let it be written. Let it be done.