Donald Trump is leading this year's Kennedy Center Honors. See the full list of award recipients here.

Tom Cruise declined a Kennedy Center Honor from President Donald Trump due to scheduling conflicts with his film projects, a new report claims.

George Strait is named by Trump for Kennedy Center Honors. Other people recognized include “Rocky” actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band KISS and actor-singer

The Kennedy Center laid off its dance programming division, and executives producing Broadway shows and the Kennedy Center Honors have resigned.

The process for picking this year's Kennedy Center honorees remains unclear; traditionally, a bipartisan committee has made the picks.

Many may not recognize James Baturin, but there’s a good chance you know his work. His family has been crafting the signature medallions for the Kennedy Center Honors since the awards started in 1978.

In his latest round of Oval Office comments, President Donald Trump suggested that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts might soon be renamed after him, telling reporters that “maybe in a week or so” the change could happen.

With President Trump recently taking over as chair of the board of the Kennedy Center, he has announced that Tiffany’s will be redesigning those medallions for the next honors ceremony. WTOP talked with the family who has been making the awards since the very first ceremony 47 years ago.