Saturday, April 27, 2024

Kennedy Center Honors Become Grammy Awards, Induct 4 Music Stars…and Billy Crystal — Snubs Denzel, Liza Again

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The Kennedy Center Honors has turned into the Grammy Awards.

They’re inducting Queen Latifah, Dionne Warwick, Barry Gibb, Renee Fleming. And Billy Crystal, a former host of The Grammys.

The Center didn’t include any serious actors, skipping Hollywood and Broadway. Crystal, who everyone loves, is meant to cover both arenas.

But four singers? They’re all deserving but this shows a lack of thought and a craven yearning for ratings.

Fleming and Warwick make sense. The other two could have waited. I love Queen Latifah but she’s too young. But she’s a CBS star, so you get the idea.

No Denzel Washington?

No Francis Ford Coppola?

No Liza Minnelli?

Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
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