Kennedy Center Honors — Page 6

Who was the first performer in the Smokey segment?

What was title of the finale song in Speilberg section?


And I think Ebersole did kinda mess up the words.

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Updated On: 12/27/06 at 02:16 AM

Make Our Garden Grow was the Speilberg song.

I missed there is there any chance of see it somehow

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What's with Buckley's weight gain?

"Am I the only one who thought Ebersole's performance was annoying? Her vibrato bothers me and I don't think the performance as a whole had much power to it at all. But again, I forgot, around here, Ebersole can do no wrong."

I thought her performance was very good. But others have described her performance as extraordinary. I'm all for giving credit were credit is due but her performance here was no more than very good. (However, her performance in Grey Gardens is indeed extraordinary.)

Ebersole isn't ordinary, she's extraordinary.

My thoughts:

Why do they even bother to put Bush on camera when he's going to look bored out of his skull? Maybe he's obligated to come to these things, but does he have to look like he's got terminal constipation? Jeez, Laura just had a tumor removed and looked happy to be there!

Elena "No Plural" Roger was okay, even if she was channeling young Patti LuPone (the best Eva ever). And the liberties she was taking were decidedly NOT mere artistic flourishes, they were indicative of the problem with all ALW's early work: When you write showtunes in the pop/rock idiom, people tend to think your work is open to broad (and often misguided) interpretation. Otherwise, why would we be "treated" to a Judas with day-glo orange hair and a white duster doing a Mariah/Whitney impersonation? Absolutely horrid.

Apparently ALW has written nothing since SUNSET BOULEVARD, since the music stopped there. Why the heck must we be treated to the same half-dozen songs over and over? Thank God we were spared a live JOSEPH number.

What a missed opportunity to get a bit of exposure for other ALW shows like ASPECTS (which, BTW HAD a great song in it), STARLIGHT EXPRESS, WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND (How I'd have loved to have seen ALW's shamefaced apology to Speilberg when they played his rip-off from JURASSIC PARK), BEAUTIFUL GAME or even his new piece, what is it? MOONLIGHT AND MARGARITA?

Groban: A great voice, paired with the WRONG song.

Buckley: WHY wasn't she singing "As If We Never Said Goodbye?" No fault of Christines; she's great, but BETTY was simply the BEST Norma of all time. And I'm sick of "Memory."

Does ALW ever think back to when he was married to Sarah Brightman and slash his wrists at the sight of what a total babe she has become? I bet when he wakes up next to that horse-faced old prune he married, he does.

I really didn't care for Josh Groban's "Music of the Night".

I enjoyed the Dolly montage and set... because she's just great. Even if you don't country music, it's hard not to like Dolly.

And it looked like President Bush was sort of rocking out to "Islands In The Stream". Hah.

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Updated On: 12/27/06 at 04:37 PM

Becoz...

He was likely there because the Kennedy Center is the living memorial for JFK, who was a supporter of the arts in the United States.

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Thanks, ThankstoPhantom I thought when Josh hit those higher notes he kind of looked like Chicken Little. It was a good performance but his facial expressions were something else...

I absolutely adore Josh Grobans voice and music, but I can honestly say that the faces he makes while singing drive me crazy!!!
LOL I think he did a decent job with the the song, not the best I have ever heard but not the worst either.

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