Kennedy Center Archives

District Judge Christopher Cooper handed the Trump Administration two major legal losses regarding its attempts to rename the Kennedy Center to the ego-stroking "The Donald J Trump and John F Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts," and its efforts to shutter it for two years First up, Judge Cooper ordered Kennedy Center officials to[...]

District Judge Christopher Cooper handed the Trump Administration two major legal losses regarding its attempts to rename the Kennedy Center ("The Donald J Trump and John F Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts") and to shutter it for two years First up, Judge Cooper ordered Kennedy Center officials to remove Trump's name from the[...]

Nearly four months after Donald Trump announced that the renamed Trump Kennedy Center ("The Donald J Trump and John F Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts") would be closing down for two years, beginning on July 4th, 2026, in order for it to undergo a "complete rebuilding," U.S District Judge Christopher Cooper has hit the[...]

Donald Trump's renaming of the Kennedy Center to the Trump Kennedy Center ("The Donald J Trump and John F Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts," to be precise) has proven to be such a success that Trump announced on Sunday night via his social media that the center will be closed down for two[...]

"I believe — and I'm gonna make a prediction — this will be the highest-rated show that they've ever done, and they've gotten some pretty good ratings, but there's nothing like what's gonna happen tomorrow night," Donald Trump shared back in December, a day before he hosted this year's Kennedy Center Honors "We never had[...]

What do you get when you combine Donald Trump as host and a lineup of honorees that included Sylvester Stallone, Michael Crawford, KISS, George Strait, and Gloria Gaynor? The lowest-rated Kennedy Center Honors awards broadcast in the annual event's television history The December 23rd CBS broadcast averaged 3.01 million viewers, according to Nielsen Live +[...]

The White House has issued a statement that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will not attend the annual Kennedy Center Honors this December This is only the fourth incident of a President not attending the ceremony (Jimmy Carter in 1979, George H.W Bush in 1989 and Bill Clinton in 1994). The official White[...]