US President Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center on August 13, 2025 in Washington, DC ; Sylvester Stallone attends the Fontainebleau Grand Opening Celebration on December 13, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Kennedy Center Honors are the nation’s top performing-arts-achievement awards and their celebration the highlight of the capital’s cultural calendar. Yet the honorees are typically announced in ...

Country icon George Strait, actor Michael Crawford, Sylvester Stallone, disco legend Gloria Gaynor and the rock band Kiss will be honored at this year's highly unusual John F. Kennedy Center for the ...

The Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater is a smaller venue that typically features everything from A-list classical music ...

Texas-born Country Music Hall of Famer George Strait will close 2025 receiving an honor for four decades of arena and stadium-filling hitmaking. During an August 13 press conference at Washington, D.C ...

Honorees include Sylvester Stallone, Michael Crawford, Gloria Gaynor, KISS and George Strait In February 2025, Trump purged the Kennedy Center board of 18 members and was elected chairman by the new ...

Country icon George Strait, actor Michael Crawford, Sylvester Stallone, disco legend Gloria Gaynor and the rock band Kiss will be honored at this year’s highly unusual John F. Kennedy Center for the ...

President Donald Trump has said that he plans to host the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors on Dec. 7, 2025 Kayla Bartkowski/Bloomberg via Getty ; Jon Kopaloff/Getty President Donald Trump has said that he ...