{"id":134350,"date":"2025-08-10T12:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/134350\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T12:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:43:13","slug":"some-helpful-suggestions-for-this-years-kennedy-center-honorees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/134350\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Helpful Suggestions For This Year\u2019s Kennedy Center Honorees"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year marks an all-new chapter for the Kennedy Center Honors<\/a>, and not just because I will not be part of the festivities (as a writer for the awards show) for the first time since 2022. <\/p>\n

For one thing, the Kennedy Center will be more majestic than ever. With extensive structural reinforcements, fresh paint, new carpets and surely some gold gilding<\/a>, it\u2019s undergoing more of a renovation<\/a> than a 50-year-old MAGA trophy wife.<\/p>\n

More importantly, no longer will we have to see the induction of third-rate talents like Fred Astaire\u2014what has he done lately?\u2014or Oprah; Leonard Bernstein or Angela \u201cOverrated, She Wrote\u201d Lansbury.<\/p>\n

And given the many potential MAGA luminaries being considered as this year\u2019s recipients, one can understand CBS News<\/a> reporting that the center\u2019s board is delaying announcing the names in the Honors\u2019 upcoming 48th class. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s where I can help after all! Here are my finely tuned recommendations for this year\u2019s honorees\u2014and I humbly suggest that there no longer be only five medal recipients each year. Everything our president does is bigger and better, after all, so why not six? <\/p>\n

Here they are, in no particular order.<\/p>\n

The Village People<\/b>\"PresidentPresident Donald Trump watches on stage as the Village People perform \u201cYMCA\u201d at his victory rally at the Capital One Arena on Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

Yes, I admit, a strong case can be made for the musical brilliance of the 1910 Fruitgum Company or the Archies. But these fall far short of the standard this administration strives for, compared to a group that has brought us to the dance floor at weddings, bar mitzvahs, corporate parties and Trump\u2019s Inaugural Ball.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Moreover, this award shines the spotlight on those whose work changed our society\u2014after all, before the Village People came along with \u201cIn the Navy,\u201d<\/a> we all thought that everyone in the U.S. Navy was straight. <\/p>\n

Hulk Hogan<\/b>\"HulkHulk Hogan takes the stage during a campaign rally for Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27, 2024, in New York City. Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

You may remember him as an over the top, handlebar-mustachioed and steroid-enhanced wrestler. To WWE critics, aka coastal elites and Harvard grads, pro wrestling is an in-ring spectacle of bad acting<\/a>. But to legitimate movie critics, he was a cinematic legend. Remember how he pretended to beat up Rocky when everyone knows Stallone could have kicked his ass? Some would say, \u201cbut Jon, Hulk is dead.<\/a>\u201d But is really he? Maybe he\u2019s just that good an actor. <\/p>\n

And maybe we will find out when he and JFK Jr. show up together in Dealey Plaza and endorse Trump in 2028. I for one can\u2019t wait. <\/p>\n

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/b>\"SecretarySecretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Tasos Katopodis\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

And speaking of a Kennedy, is there a better fiction writer in America today than RFK Jr.? Some would argue he is not as good as the former Bureau of Labor Statistics staffer who made up all those fake job numbers<\/a>, but think of some the titles of Kennedy\u2019s work: <\/p>\n

And that\u2019s before you get to his diaries<\/a>. Just think how proud his father\u2014and his uncle\u2014would be of him. Trust me, they too knew the danger of shots. <\/p>\n

Sydney Sweeney<\/b>\"SydneySydney Sweeney attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 2, 2025, in Beverly Hills, California. Lionel Hahn\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret that she has caused some controversy with her recent ads for American Spreadeagle<\/a>. But if there\u2019s one thing that John F. Kennedy himself would have appreciated, it would be a blonde bombshell. And let\u2019s put to rest the ridiculous theory that those \u201cgood jeans\u201d ads are eugenics propaganda<\/a>. It\u2019s just a coincidence Sweeney\u2019s initials are SS! (For those under 40, Google Schutzstaffel.)<\/p>\n

Stormy Daniels<\/b>\"AdultAdult film actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, speaks to media along with her lawyer Michael Avenatti (right) outside federal court in New York City on April 16, 2018. Lucas Jackson\/Reuters <\/p>\n

My father fought in World War II and was willing to lay down his life for our country\u2019s freedom. Stormy Daniels was willing to lay down<\/a> for our country\u2019s\u2026 president. <\/p>\n

Now, this award is for public performances. But who better than a member of the AVN Hall of Fame whose films include Beaver Snacks, Dual Air Bags and Hot Showers 6, the Godfather Part II of the Hot Showers franchise.<\/p>\n

Vanilla Ice<\/b>\"VanillaVanilla Ice performs live during an episode of NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d at Rockefeller Plaza on April 29, 2016, in New York City. Santiago Felipe\/WireImage <\/p>\n

This is such an obvious choice. He\u2019s Vanilla\u2014the color choice of the Ivory Coalition\u2014and he was ICE even before Kristi Noem<\/a>. <\/p>\n

So there you go, 6 honorees representing the pillars that define America\u2019s culture in 2025: late-night karaoke, wrestling, anti-vaccine misinformation, Internet feuds and porn.<\/p>\n

And who should host what will be THE GREATEST KENNEDY CENTER HONORS OF ALL TIME? The president himself. In fact, the only conflict I can see is if he is in Oslo receiving the Nobel Peace Prize<\/a> this December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This year marks an all-new chapter for the Kennedy Center Honors, and not just because I will not…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":134351,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,77,171,59638,31760,15010,81228,21218,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-134350","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-donald-j-trump","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-hulk-hogan","12":"tag-kennedy-center","13":"tag-robert-f-kennedy-jr","14":"tag-stormy-daniels","15":"tag-sydney-sweeney","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115004533070735870","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}