President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced the newest Kennedy Center Honors nominees in Washington D.C., while also offering to host the iconic awards program later this year.

Among the list of honorees is "Rocky" and "Rambo" actor Sylvester Stallone, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band KISS, country music superstar George Strait, disco anthem "I Will Survive" singer Gloria Gaynor, as well as Broadway actor and singer Michael Crawford, best known for his role of "The Phantom" in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera."

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The nominees are the first to be recognized since President Trump seized control of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, fired its board of trustees, an

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