Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. Please let us know if you're having issues with commenting. I say curiously because the Kennedy Center is one of the richest organizations around. The audience then rose as one with cheers and applause to acknowledge the Speaker. “We’ve been here for Republican presidents and we’ve been here for Democratic presidents,” Hanks said. The House speaker has four daughters – Nancy Corrine, Christine, Jacqueline and Alexandra – and a son, Paul, with her husband, according to the Washington Post. “We have more leaders of our government than I’ve ever seen at a Kennedy Center Honors,” he said. Deborah Rutter, the CEO of the Kennedy Center, is paid $1.3 million, and the total executive salaries total over $4 million. “We have over 40 members of Congress here tonight,” the chairman continued, “I can’t mention you all, but let me just mention the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.”. — sam greisman (@SAMGREIS) December 8, 2019. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reportedly got a standing ovation at the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony in Washington, DC, on Sunday. In his remarks to the audience, Kennedy Center Board Chairman David Rubenstein noted a record number of lawmakers were in attendance at the gala to celebrate five honorees for their lifetime artistic achievements, according to the Hill. The Zoom website does not list any of Nancy Pelosi’s children as being on its management team nor its board of directors. Reaction on Twitter was not kind: Is Pelosi’s money going to them? Here’s how the Kennedy Center portion of the bill reads: “funds provided under this heading in this Act shall be made available to cover oper-13ating expenses required to ensure the continuity of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and its affiliates, including for employee compensation and benefits, grants, contracts, payments for rent or utilities, fees for artists or performers, information technology, and other administrative expenses: Provided further, That no later than October 31, 2020, the Board of Trustees of the Center shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate that includes a detailed explanation of the distribution of the funds provided herein: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 1251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.”, Did you vote in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fan vote only to be ignored? Nancy Pelosi Secures Millions for the Arts Including the NEA, NEH, Smithsonian... Nancy Pelosi Secures Millions for the Arts Including the NEA, NEH, Smithsonian Institute, But Why the Kennedy Center? It seems like it. JFK was a member of the upper elite in the US and he, and his brother Bobby were infamous for messing around with willing women, most notoriously the famous “blonde bombshell” Marilyn Monroe. He wrote the Intelligencer column for NY Magazine in the mid 90s, reporting on the OJ Simpson trial, as well as for the real Parade magazine (when it was owned by Conde Nast), and has written for the New York Observer, Details, Vogue, Spin, the New York Times, NY Post, Washington Post, and NY Daily News among many publications. Now with this new $25 million, maybe the Kennedy Center Honors can be given to some people who deserve it and have waited a long time including Dick van Dyke, Jane Fonda, R&B singers Sam Moore and Gladys Knight, Liza Minnelli, Denzel Washington, and so on. “We were all celebrating the arts in America.”. One thing that should be certain: “West Side Story” has got be the Center’s new “performance arts” choice this December, what with Steven Spielberg’s movie coming out then. Icon. The NEA and NEH allocations are certainly needed. Such expenses, particularly the $35 million for the performing arts center, raised eyebrows on social media. Quiet applause emanated from the crowd as Rubenstein acknowledged members of the Trump administration cabinet which included Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. dinner for the Kennedy Center honorees Mike Pompeo wondered aloud when he would be “loved”. She gave them a one … But they also spent $34 million on a construction project on the site. As for the Kennedy Center, according to their Form 990 for 2018, they finished that year with net assets of $436,141,800. You can vote twice. — Greg Musselwhite (R) FL20 (@GregMusselwhit3) April 4, 2020. Once again, the attendance of President Donald Trump was a topic of speculation until the White House said Friday that neither he nor first lady Melania Trump would attend. A spokesperson from Zoom confirmed its chief marketing officer is not Nancy Pelosi’s daughter. While Janine Pelosi is, in fact, the chief marketing officer at Zoom, Check Your Fact found no evidence of familial relation between her and Nancy Pelosi. He is the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus. As he entered the building, actor Tom Hanks commented that he felt the tension at the gala was different from those in the past. Then Linda Ronstadt got up to get laurels, looked the fucker right in the eye and said “maybe when you stop enabling Donald Trump”. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. At the ceremony, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and singer Linda Ronstadt, an outspoken Trump critic, reportedly exchanged heated words when Pompeo referenced Ronstadt’s song, “When Will I Be Loved.”. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reportedly got a standing ovation at the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony in Washington, DC, on Sunday. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I know the news moves very fast these days, but don’t let it be forgotten that Nancy Pelosi insisted on the Kennedy Center receiving $25,000,000 before she would give a dime of relief to Americans. The ceremony will be aired on CBS December 15, according to Breitbart News. 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