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PEOPLE & ARTS Friday 19 July 2019

Sally Field, ‘Sesame Street’ to receive Kennedy Center award

By ASHRAF KHALIL long time! I started out al-
Associated Press ways being the youngest
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ac- person on stage, and now
tress Sally Field and the I’m the oldest person on
long-running children’s TV stage.” Earth, Wind and
show “Sesame Street” are Fire was originally formed
in the latest class of Ken- in Chicago by lead singer
nedy Center Honors recipi- Maurice White. The group
ents. drew elements from rhythm
Others chosen to receive and blues, funk, and disco
the award for lifetime in a flashy crowd-pleasing
achievement in the arts mix that spawned eight No.
include singer Linda Ron- 1 hits. Songs such as “Sep-
stadt, conductor Michael tember” and “Shining Star”
Tilson Thomas and the mu- remain in heavy rotation for
sical group Earth, Wind both radio station program-
and Fire. The recipients mers and wedding DJs.
announced Thursday will Maurice White died in 2016,
be honored during a gala but his brother Verdine, the
ceremony in early Decem- group’s longtime bassist,
ber. For the third straight said he was proud of how
year, the attendance of their songs have become
President Donald Trump part of the soundtrack of
seems likely to be a subject In this March 3, 2017 file photo, actress Sally Field poses for a portrait in New York. Iconic actress American music.
of speculation in advance Sally Field and foundational children’s show Sesame Street top this year’s class of Kennedy Center “We’re part of the culture.
of the event. Trump has Honors recipients. We’re part of people’s
skipped the past two cele- Associated Press lives,” he said. “The mu-
brations. The first time , mul- career that included two Street,” Joan Ganz Cooney professed to a fairly am- sic makes people happy.
tiple recipients threatened Academy Awards and and Lloyd Morrisett, will ac- bivalent relationship to the When you come to a show
to boycott the event if he three Emmys. At 72, she re- cept the award on behalf mountain of prices, awards you leave happier than
attended. mains active and starred of the show. and honors she has ac- when you came.”
The Kennedy Center’s last year in a Netflix minise- Ronstadt was one of the crued. “I don’t think a lot The 42nd annual Kennedy
president, Deborah Rutter, ries called “Maniac.” faces of American music about prizes,” she said. Center Honors Gala will be
said it was too early to tell “Sesame Street” debuted in the 1970s and 80s, land- “You do the work for the held on Dec. 7. The pre-
whether Trump or first lady in 1969 and remains a force ing on the cover of Time work.” senters and performers are
Melania Trump would at- in children’s educational magazine in 1977. Her four- Tilson Thomas, who has usually kept secret from the
tend. “They are always in- television. The show now decade career moved served as music director honorees until the show.
vited,” she said. “He is the airs new episodes on HBO, smoothly between country, of the San Francisco Sym- Ronstadt played a role in
president of the United and they are rebroadcast pop and rock with occa- phony for the past 14 years, the tribute to The Eagles,
States of America, and it months later on the show’s sional deviations into Mexi- has become particularly 2016 Kennedy Center Hon-
would be good to have original home, PBS. In re- can folk songs. In 2011, she renowned for his interpreta- orees, and she said she en-
these extraordinary individ- cent years, the creators announced her retirement tions of the entire works of joys the surprise format of
uals acknowledged by the have worked to embrace from singing, citing the ad- Gustav Mahler. Asked why the evening. “I’ll be curious
president.” more modern issues, intro- vancing effects of Parkin- he felt he was chosen for to see who they come up
Field was a television star ducing a puppet named son’s disease. the award, Tilson Thomas with,” she said.
at age 19 and went on Julia with autism. The In an interview with The As- laughed and said, “I guess The event will be broadcast
to forge a distinguished co-founders of “Sesame sociated Press, Ronstadt I’ve just been around a on CBS on Dec. 15.q

‘Raised in Captivity’ reveals author’s warped imagination

By ROB MERRILL home to visit his agent in Most of these stories suck are no longer 50/50, to a
Associated Press New York: What if there was you in right away with a band whose song is sud-
“Raised in Captivity” (Pen- a puma in the plane’s bath- perfect opening sentence: denly adopted by white
guin Press), by Chuck Klos- room? Podcasting with his “I have the kind of job nationalists as a racist an-
terman pal Bill Simmons: Could a where I take a shower at them, to a couple consid-
Chuck Klosterman seems football team run the per- night, after I get home.”; ering a procedure that al-
like a great hang. He’s the fect play over and over “It started with a question lows the pain of childbirth
guy at the party who has again to win every game? from a six-year-old, which is to pass from women to
everyone spitting out their At the doctor’s office get- the only way it could have men. While some of the sto-
drinks as they laugh while ting vaccinated: Do vets happened at all.”; “Sheila ries seem far-fetched, near-
trying to swallow — the one get shots to protect them- knew she wanted to mur- ly all feel plausible in the
who is never at a loss for selves from pet diseases? der her husband.” conspiracy-laden, tech-
words in a game of “Would “Raised in Captivity” is like Five to seven minutes later, nology-obsessed world we
You Rather?” a read-only version of “The you’re laughing or looking now live in.
It’s fun to imagine the gen- Twilight Zone,” complete under your bed. This is Chuck Klosterman at
esis of some of the stories with a cover graphic of a Then it’s on to the next one his best.
billed as “Fictional Nonfic- skeleton on a leash being before the fizz from the first “Raised in Captivity”
tion” on the cover of his lat- This cover image released by taken for a walk. stops tingling in your brain. combines social criticism
Penguin Press shows “Raised in
est collection. Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction” But unlike that TV show, Topics range from a secret with pop culture com-
Flying cross-country, per- by Chuck Klosterman. readers don’t have to wait government research team mentary and is highly
haps, from his northwest Associated Press very long for the twist. investigating why coin flips recommended.q