“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.”. A lot stray coins get lost behind Carlyle couch cushions, you know. I say curiously because the Kennedy Center is one of the richest organizations around. 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. For the third year in a row, President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were noticeably absent from the celebration, according to ABC News.
The House speaker has four daughters – Nancy Corrine, Christine, Jacqueline and Alexandra – and a son, Paul, with her husband, according to the Washington Post. Even with the description below, it’s unclear where this $25 million will go. This is not the first time social media users have claimed Nancy Pelosi’s daughters hold positions that they actually don’t. The audience then rose as one with cheers and applause to acknowledge the Speaker. Icon. Deborah Rutter, the CEO of the Kennedy Center, is paid $1.3 million, and the total executive salaries total over $4 million. 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? It seems like it. "$35 Mil for the Kennedy Center is essential for battling the Coronavirus, says Nancy Pelosi," the Federalist publisher Ben Domenech reacted. As for the Kennedy Center, according to their Form 990 for 2018, they finished that year with net assets of $436,141,800. 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? Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. No one ever knew who was getting the awards, and then they were cancelled because of the virus panic. Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. "BOOM: Nancy Pelosi's son Paul Pelosi Jr. (who went to Ukraine in 2017) was a board member of Viscoil and executive at its related company NRGLab, which DID ENERGY Business in UKRAINE!" EntertainmentPoliticsPre-ViralBetsy DeVosDonald TrumpKennedy Center HonorsLinda RonstadtNancy Pelosisteve mnuchinTom HanksWashington DC. The Zoom website does not list any of Nancy Pelosi’s children as being on its management team nor its board of directors. It appears to show a screen grab of the chief marketing officer’s LinkedIn page with text overlaying that reads, “Can someone put 2 and 2 together and see why we’re all being pressured / forced to keep working and teaching virtually.”. Deborah Rutter, the CEO of the Kennedy Center, is paid $1.3 million, and the total executive salaries total over $4 million. 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. Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter has pulled a surprise attack on the National Symphony Orchestra’s 96 musicians. An image shared on Facebook claims House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughter is Zoom Chief Marketing Officer Janine Pelosi. — sam greisman (@SAMGREIS) December 8, 2019. A spokesperson from Zoom confirmed its chief marketing officer is not Nancy Pelosi’s daughter. But it’s curious since as I reported exclusively three weeks ago, Trump was planning a White House ceremony on March 20th to hand out Medals of Arts in both groups. 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. Is Pelosi’s money going to them? “We have more leaders of our government than I’ve ever seen at a Kennedy Center Honors,” he said. The ceremony will be aired on CBS December 15, according to Breitbart News. 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.”. Please let us know if you're having issues with commenting. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reportedly got a standing ovation at the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony in Washington, DC, on Sunday. It seems like it. In March, Check Your Fact debunked the false claim that one of her daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. 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. 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. As he entered the building, actor Tom Hanks commented that he felt the tension at the gala was different from those in the past.
The company reported an over 350 percent increase in revenue in the second quarter, per CNN. The office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who also sits on the Kennedy Center board, declined to comment other than to note that Henke was a former staffer of Sen. Roy Blunt. Nope. You can vote twice. 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. 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. Watch Jennifer Hudson NOW Live Here Celebrating Aretha Franklin's Birthday and Singing Her Heart Out, Woody Allen Recalls the Great Restaurant, Elaine's, Where "I ate dinner with friends every night for ten years...those times were my nicest memories", Justin Bieber’s “Pastor,” Carl Lentz, Fired from Sketchy Hillsong Church “in relation to leadership issues and breaches of trust, plus a recent revelation of moral failures.”, Biden-Harris Campaign Launches Transition Website on Verge of Winning Electoral College and Presidency, The Hollywood Reporter Fires Dean of Movie Critics, Todd McCarthy, Cuts 30% of Staff, Owner Todd Boehly Waves White Flag, The Amazing Life She Lived: Aretha Franklin Deserved Better from the New York Times Magazine, So Here It Is. 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. The video conference platform Zoom has seen a surge in use since the beginning of the pandemic in March as many businesses switched to conducting work remotely, and schools moved to using distance learning, according to, Can someone put 2 and 2 together and see why we’re all being pressured / forced to keep working and teaching virtually.”, The House speaker has four daughters – Nancy Corrine, Christine, Jacqueline and Alexandra – and a son, Paul, with her husband, according to the. Nancy Pelosi has four daughters, none of whom are named Janine. It’s run by David Rubenstein of the shady Carlyle Group, the same people who basically own the Washington Monument. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reportedly got a standing ovation at the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony in Washington, DC, on Sunday.