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The first honorees for the revamped Kennedy Center Honors have been unveiled by U.S. President Donald Trump. The 48th annual Kennedy Center Honors ceremony is set to air on the CBS network and stream on Paramount+. It will be hosted by the U.S. President. This year's honorees include Rocky star and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone, disco-era singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band Kiss, Michael Crawford, the British star of Phantom of the Opera and country crooner and songwriter George Strait.

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00:00The first honorees for the revamped Kennedy Center Honors have been unveiled by U.S. President Donald
00:05Trump. The 48th annual Kennedy Center Honors Ceremony is set to air on the CBS Network and
00:10stream on Paramount+. It will be hosted by the U.S. President. This year's honorees include
00:15Rocky star and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone, disco-era singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band
00:21Kiss, Michael Crawford, the British star of Phantom of the Opera, and country crooner and
00:26songwriter George Strait. Stallone was earlier named by Trump as one of his ambassadors to
00:31Hollywood. Trump added about the actor during an hour-long press conference Wednesday,
00:35he's a very special guy, a real talent, never been given credit for the talent.
00:40Trump is the new chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. When answering
00:44media questions, he insisted he was 98% involved in the selection process of the Kennedy Center
00:49honorees. He added, I had a couple wokesters. No, these are great people. It's very different than
00:55it used to be. This news follows the John F. Kennedy Center having been retooled after Trump took control
01:00of the institution at the start of his second term. For more on this story and all the latest news,
01:05go to THR.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.

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