Jon Voight danced briefly on a makeshift stage in the East Room of the White House as the theme from Midnight Cowboy played and President Donald Trump prepared to award him the National Medal of Arts.

Just as President Trump was preparing to award the National Medal of Arts to 80-year-old actor Jon Voight, he decides to bust a move to the theme from Midnight Cowboy.

During the Vietnam War in 1969, the U.S. was in political chaos and social upheaval, but arts and culture were thriving. When the provocative film "Midnight Cowboy" was released that year, it ...

Jon Voight was one of the few people selected by President Trump to receive the National Medal of Arts — and he had a great time celebrating. 27,772 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you ...

Inspired by Glenn Frankel’s acclaimed 2021 book “Shooting ‘Midnight Cowboy’: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation and the Making of a Dark Classic,” director Nancy Buirski (“By Sidney Lumet”) gives us ...

Though you might think Midnight Cowboy’s main claim to fame is one of the most famous improvised lines in screen history (“I’m walkin’ here!”), Nancy Buirski’s fascinating and really quite hypnotic ...

Glenn Frankel’s new book explores the making of a film that has become almost synonymous with New York City. Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy, 1969. (Photo by United Artists / Courtesy ...

History has a hell of a sense of synchronicity. The 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riots in New York City’s West Village is also, give or take a few weeks, the 50th anniversary of Midnight ...

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Photo by Alex Brandon/AP/Shutterstock (10482310d) Jon Voight dances as President Donald Trump looks on during a National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal ceremony. Jon Voight danced briefly ...