"For as long as I can remember, I have been obsessed with the Kennedy Center Honors, a strange, D.C.-based entertainment-awards show where four celebrities you've heard of (and one you should have) wear medals, sit in a special box at the Kennedy Center with the president, and receive some form of artistic tribute. Unlike other awards shows, which honor celebrities of the present, these celebrate a lifetime of achievements."
"Imagine that you have wished to host the Honors all your life. Now you get to. The honorees are several of your favorites. Gloria Gaynor, the singer of the 1978 hit "I Will Survive." Michael Crawford, who originated the role of the Phantom of the Opera on Broadway and won the Tony for it in 1988. Sylvester Stallone. George Strait. Kiss."
A lifelong fascination with the Kennedy Center Honors is described as an obsession with a D.C.-based awards ceremony honoring lifetime achievements. The honors invite four celebrities to wear medals, sit with the president, and receive artistic tributes. The ceremony sometimes produces transcendent moments (Adam Lambert's cover for Cher, Aretha Franklin playing for Carole King) and occasionally produces strange ones (a Francis Ford Coppola tribute staged around a dinner table). Many fans prize the honors more than other award shows. At a recent ceremony honoring Gloria Gaynor, Michael Crawford, Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, and Kiss, several awkward choices and odd presentations created a sense of disappointment.
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