Trump names Stallone and Crawford among Kennedy Centre Honours nominees

Trump names Stallone and Crawford among Kennedy Centre Honours nominees
President Donald Trump speaks at the Kennedy Centre in Washington (Alex Brandon/AP)

US President Donald Trump has named Rocky actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, British actor-singer Michael Crawford, the rock band Kiss and country music star George Strait among the first batch of Kennedy Centre Honours nominees in his new role as chairman.

Crawford starred in Phantom Of The Opera on Broadway and the West End, and writer Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber was himself a Kennedy Centre Honours recipient in 2006.

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