The clock is ticking for this year’s Kennedy Center Honors.
Most years, the announcement of the names comes in July. Once recently, it was June.
Last year, the announcement was made on August 13th.
But so far, this year, crickets from Trump and his lackeys who’ve driven the Center out of business and into chaos.
Now we’re ten days late from last year. One problem is that the Kennedy Center is closed except to staff. Some kind of construction is going in inside the building. Can it even be used in December for a show and a reception?
As I’ve said before, there aren’t many venues in Washington for this kind of event. And the planning for producers does take three or four months. So decisions have to be made.
If they do put on the Honors, who would get them? Who would accept one? Liza Minnelli told me earlier this year that she’d take it if offered. Liza would appease a lot of audiences — theater, movies, gay, music. But a source close to her told me they doubt she’d accept it under Trump.
The MAGA actors who could be chosen include Mel Gibson, Jon Voight, and Dennis Quaid. If Voight got it, they could ask his “Coming Home” co-star Jane Fonda to present it. I’d pay money for that.
In music, there are plenty of country stars who’d line up for the honor, starting with Lee Greenwood.
But R&B, jazz, dance, classical music? Those would likely be harder areas to find someone.
Stay tuned this week. We may be skipping the Kennedy Center Honors this year…
