Kennedy Center honors to be renamed after Donald Trump drama [View all]

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Story by Julianna Salinas • 8h • 3 min read


Following Donald Trump's controversial rebranding of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the annual Kennedy Center Honors will also be renamed by the president's hand-picked board of trustees.

The annual awards ceremony will now be known as the Trump Kennedy Center Honors and will be moving to a smaller venue next year as the historic building undergoes a renovation spearheaded by the president. The venue, newly named The Donald Trump and The John F. Kennedy Center Memorial for the Performing Arts, will be closed down for a $200 million makeover as of July 4, 2026.

Last year, the Kennedy Center Honors saw the lowest ratings in the show's history, which honored Trump's hand-selected nominees: Kiss, Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, George Strait, and Michael Crawford.

Richard Grenell, the president of the Trump-Kennedy Center project, confirmed in an interview with D.C. news station WTO that the ceremony "will definitely go forward" as The Trump Kennedy Center Honors, though it will most likely be held "in a smaller venue," which he says means "ticket demand will be even higher."

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