WASHINGTON, Nov 3 — The Kennedy Centre, the famed Washington arts hub that President Donald Trump has sought to overhaul, yesterday named singer Paul Anka and actor Andy Garcia among five honourees recognised for lifetime artist contributions.
Composer and producer David Foster, playwright David Mamet and musician Barbara Mandrell were also listed as recipients of the Kennedy Centre Honours, one of the United States’ highest arts awards.
This year’s ceremony will for the first time be hosted at Washington’s Capital One Arena rather than the Kennedy Centre, which has been shuttered since September amid a legal battle over renovations.
The Kennedy Centre — inaugurated in 1971 following the assassination of US president John F. Kennedy — is also the target of Trump’s contested effort to rename it the Trump-Kennedy Centre.
