The process of obtaining a nominal star on the Walk of Fame is initiated by representatives of the one whose name they want to perpetuate with his own consent. In general, the process can be described as follows.

1. Anyone, including fans of the person whose star is proposed to be laid, may nominate a person who is active in one of the categories of entertainment, including obtaining his consent (or his representatives) for the appointment. Approximately 200 such appointments are received per year.
2. Next comes the process of consideration by the Selection Committee of received applications, as a result of which about twenty people are selected to receive Stars over the next year (including one posthumous award annually.)
3. After that, living candidates for receiving the Star must give their consent and personally attend the appointment ceremony (although the date of the ceremony can be determined by the celebrity herself at any time within five years). The opening ceremony of the posthumous Star must be attended by a relative of the deceased.
4. The organization that nominated the approved candidate must pay a fee of approximately $30,000 for the manufacture and installation of the Star. The nominating organization can be film studios, music labels, journalists, fan clubs, and any other person involved in the nomination.
5. A place is determined for new star, a plate is made and all related ceremonies and activities are held.

There are several restrictions as to who can be appointed:

• The candidate must have worked in the assigned category for at least five years.
• From the moment of death of a candidate receiving a posthumous star, at least five years must pass.
• The stars of the members of the Selection Committee may not be planted on the Walk of Fame (other than the stars of the chairman) to avoid abuse of position.
• The contribution of the candidate must be significant and recognized in the field in which he is nominated.

If a celebrity is nominated but fails the initial screening, they may be reconsidered the following year without repeating the nomination cycle. However, if the failure occurs again, it is necessary to re-initiate the entire process of submitting documentation for the appointment and pass the selection on a par with the general list.

Of course, sometimes there are certain deviations from the established procedure. For example, Barbara Streisand was not able to attend the opening ceremony of her own Star in 1976, but she got it anyway. Under similar conditions, George Clooney, for example, missed his monument.

Stars are not always awarded obviously to candidates related to five of the categories considered: film industry, television, music, radio, theater. In some cases, the Committee deviates somewhat from the rules and looks for a convenient excuse to lay the star of the nominee, who is the pride of the nation. So the stars of American astronauts appeared on the Alley. True, instead of a star, the moon was depicted, and the monument was assigned to the television category, since the broadcast of the Apollo 11 landing gathered a record number of viewers. And, for example, Muhammad Ali received his Star in the theater category, because the Committee took advantage of the free interpretation of the understanding of "theater" and attributed boxing to this activity.

The location of the star is also not always assigned by the Committee. Periodically, its members listen to the wishes of a celebrity. So, Mohammed Ali did not want tourists to go by the name of the prophet, so his Star is installed on the wall. Or, for example, actress Carol Burnett insisted that her Star be located at the Warner cinema, from which she was fired, calling her an "unfit ticket attendant" 25 years before getting a place on the Alley.

The Dolby Theater is the place where the Oscars are awarded. If you look at the theater building on a typical day, you can’t say that one of the most prestigious ceremonies in the world can take place in it. Nevertheless, the famous red carpet and fashion show of stars is here.

The theater is located in a shopping and entertainment center on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, in the heart of Hollywood. This is one of the largest theater halls United States, it has almost 3,400 seats. It was built in 2001 in the expectation that the Oscar will be awarded here. The designers prudently saturate the theater with high-tech innovations - the local sound and light are magnificent.

At first, the theater was named after the name of the owner, the Eastman Kodak company. But the famous company, which released the first film camera in the 19th century, went bankrupt a century later, in the era of digital photography. The theater rights had to be sold, in 2012 they were bought by Dolby Laboratories, a leader in high-tech audio recording. The facade of the building features the logo of the company that has made the theater a showcase for its innovations.

Here pass symphony concerts, dance shows performances are staged. Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Elvis Costello, Andrea Bocelli performed here. But the pearl of the theater is the annual Oscar awards.

The award was first presented in 1929 at a private dinner in Hollywood. The whole ceremony then took 15 minutes. At the same time, the Oscar was awarded for the first time: a 34-centimeter gilded figurine of a knight with a sword, standing on a film reel. The origin of the name is not really known. various versions point to different people who bore this name (including the first husband of actress Bette Davis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Be that as it may, over the decades the name has become a “quality mark” for the work of actors, directors, and producers.

In 1953, the ceremony went on live television in the United States and Canada, since 1966 it has been broadcast in color, since 1969 viewers in more than 200 countries have been watching it via satellites. The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organizer of the award, claims that the ceremony attracts at least a billion television viewers around the world.

Each year, the Academy rents the theater a week before awards day. Part of Hollywood Boulevard in front of the theater is being fenced off, and the wide staircase leading to the theater is being covered with a red carpet. A special team installs tons of equipment, stretches kilometers of cables. Behind the stage, a special room is arranged, where presenters and participants can relax from nervous tension.

The ceremony lasts approximately three and a half hours. The extravaganza begins with the solemn passage of stars along the red carpet. Ladies demonstrate the creations of outstanding fashion designers. The climax is the announcement of the winners, who are greeted with a standing ovation. The performances of the winners should not last more than forty-five seconds, otherwise the audience will get bored.

Tourists can see the Dolby Theater from the inside - it is open for group visits, but photography is prohibited here.

“When the Prophet Muhammad was three years old, he underwent a major operation. What kind of operation are we talking about?”, “Why did Caliph Umar ibn Al-Khatab put out one candle and lit another to talk with his friend?”, “Why is the star of the name of the famous boxer Muhammad Ali not mounted on the sidewalk of the Walk of Fame, but placed on the wall? ”, these and other questions put into a stupor the participants of well-known intellectual programs“Who wants to be a millionaire?”, “What? Where? When?" and “Smart and smart.

Recently, a video from the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire program appeared on the Internet, in which there was a question about whose star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is not embedded in the sidewalk, but placed on the wall of the Dolby Theater. Among the possible answers were such options as: Ronald Reagan, Mickey Mouse, Steven Spielberg and Muhammad Ali. It was a question for 800 thousand rubles and experts in the game “What? Where? When?" Anastasia Shutova and Mikhail Mun. By this time, they had no clues left, so after much deliberation, they had to stop the game and take the money - 400 thousand rubles. After the players took the money, they ventured to guess that the correct answer was Mickey Mouse. However, the correct answer was Muhammad Ali. The host of the program, Dmitry Debrov, explained that this decision was due to the request of the boxer himself.

“Muhammad Ali did not want the holy name of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to be trampled under foot,” Debrov explained.

Issues related to Islam appear more than once on the air of various intellectual games. For example, on air "What? Where? When?" Experts from Tashkent received the following question:

“Once Khalifa Umar was visited by his friend Abdurahman. He visited him at the moment when the supreme ruler was busy state affairs. Seeing his friend, Caliph Umar extinguished one candle and lit another. The behavior of the caliph surprised Abdurahman and he exclaimed: “O ruler of the Muslims, why did you extinguish one candle and light another? Attention to the question: What was the answer of Umar.

After a minute of discussion, experts gave the wrong answer. Do you want to know the correct one? Watch the video.

In 2012, the main theme of one of the programs "Clever and Clever” sounded like “Prophet Muhammad”. The participants were asked various questions on the knowledge of the biography of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and his sayings. The audience was asked questions such as:

1) When the Prophet Muhammad was three years old, he underwent a major operation. Question: Who operated? What did they do with the heart? And what marks were left on the body?

2) Remember the ascension of the Prophet to heaven from Jerusalem? In the sixth heaven, Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) met Musa. Seeing the prophet, Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) wept. Why?".

3) On the night of the 24th of the year 610, when Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was in a cave, someone in human form appeared to him and ordered: “Read!”. In what month did this happen and how old was Muhammad then?

4) In one of his sermons, Muhammad taught: “Allah told the angels that mountains are strong, but iron is stronger than mountains. Fire is stronger than iron, but water is stronger than fire, wind is stronger than water, and what is stronger than wind?

5) The best deed was taught by the Prophet Muhammad to worship God, and after worshiping God, what deed was considered the best?

6) When Muhammad's beloved wife Khadijah died, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) wept bitterly at her death, but then he was consoled and even rejoiced. Why?

7) Before the next battle, they decided to dig a ditch on the side where the enemy was expected. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) participated in the work, hit a rock with a crowbar, and sparks fell from there and a vision appeared. What was revealed in the flame of vision?

Getting to Los Angeles today and not going to the Hollywood Walk of Fame is like going to Paris and not seeing eiffel tower. It is well known that the stars with the names of celebrities, embedded in the sidewalk slabs for 18 blocks along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, are awarded for a special contribution to the entertainment industry. But only employees of the "dream factory" can claim such an award? How do they get into this historical list and is their own star expensive? Let's figure it out.

The idea of ​​an alley that glorifies the names of prominent figures in the entertainment industry was proposed by the president of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, E.M. Stewart in 1953. Many liked the idea, but it took almost 8 years to bring it to fruition. The five-year plan was spent on compiling a list of candidates by a special Selection Committee (which included Walt Disney and Cecile DeMille, among others), developing designs and other technical details, then there was a temporary trial laying of eight stars, later transferred to a new location, and only in March 1960 names of Hollywood celestials finally began to massively lay out the Los Angeles sidewalk, starting with director Stanley Kramer.

Whether to call Cramer the first lucky person to be honored with a personal monument, or to consider members of the "test" eight as such, is a matter of taste. The selection committee and the Chamber of Commerce are of the opinion that there can be no “very first” here, since the starting 8 candidates were randomly selected (in particular, this list included both Burt Lancaster, who was at the zenith of fame, and those who had long fallen out of the profession actresses Olive Borden and Louise Fazenda). All 8 slabs were introduced into the pavement at the same time, and the laying itself was a test, that is, not final. Kramer, in turn, cannot be considered the first either - after eight predecessors, for sure ... At the same time, the list compiled by the organizers included another one and a half thousand people worthy of perpetuating no less than Lancaster and Kramer, but who were waiting for nominal stars gradually, in order queues.

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It was decided to make slabs for the alley from terrazzo - a coral-pink mosaic material, which includes lime and granite chips. Around the five-pointed star, a gray background was left, in tone with the boulevard covering; the name of its bearer was imprinted into the star itself. In addition to film workers, such marks for merit were awarded to television, sound recording and radio figures (later, outstanding theater workers were also added to them). The Selection Committee was also made up of relevant professionals, so that each branch of the entertainment industry had its own lobbyists. To make it clear to passers-by what this or that name is connected with, a corresponding emblem was placed on each star - a movie camera, a TV set, vinyl record, wireless microphone or theatrical mask. At first, it was planned to put a caricature of the corresponding figure on the plate, but it turned out to be difficult to lay out such a picture with the help of a brass rim, so we decided not to be wiser and limit ourselves to copper inscriptions.

While the first list was being drawn up, the members of the committee pretty much quarreled: it seemed to some that the “unworthy” were included in the list of worthy candidates, others were offended that their personal favorites were ignored. But both of them decided that Charlie Chaplin, who irritated many Hollywood people with his "leftist" views, did not belong on the list. Chaplin's son found such discrimination offensive and sued the Chamber of Commerce for a long time to restore his father to the list or pay $ 400,000 as compensation for the moral damage he suffered, but achieved nothing, except that he stopped the start of the alley's construction for several years. Some time later, the Chamber, however, reconsidered its attitude towards the great comedian: Charlie Chaplin, albeit after his death, received his personal star.

So, after much shaking and delay, the opening of the Walk of Fame finally took place, although the completion of all work was delayed for another year, until the spring of 1961. Hollywood Boulevard was repaired for the occasion, equipped with new lanterns and planted with trees. Residents of the district rejoiced: they managed to get out of any participation in the repair through the court, so the townspeople got the improvement free of charge. The beginning was promising, but the organizers themselves cost a lot of money for the beautiful idea, and public interest in it turned out to be far from being as massive as it was planned. Therefore, the continuation did not follow soon.

For almost a decade, the Chamber of Commerce thought about how to revive the stalled initiative and where to find funding for it, until a new system was developed: now the committee selected candidates for receiving a star from among celebrities who could be nominated by anyone, whether it be an organization, a company, fan club or just a private person - and the applicant himself had to pay for its production and bookmarking (at that time it was $ 2,500, today - 30,000). Each entry had to be accompanied by a letter from the nominee stating that he was willing to receive a star. In addition, the development of the Avenue of Stars, which was conceived as an exhibition of world-class names, should have been actively promoted by the press and honored themselves: the latter were strictly obliged to attend the opening ceremonies of their personal stars. If the "hero of the occasion" did not want to attend, the event was canceled. New strategy turned out to be effective, as it managed to attract both finance and media interest.

Having embarked on new rails, the laying of personalized paving slabs resumed in 1968 and has since assumed a permanent character. 20-25 new stars are installed annually, and today their total number has already exceeded 2500. The selection continues to adhere to certain principles: for example, a nominee for a star must have worked professionally in the entertainment industry for at least five years, and at least the same must pass after leaving nominee from life if we are talking about a posthumous star.

At the same time, the understanding of who is entitled to receive a name plate and in what form their contribution should be celebrated has changed over time. In the field of cinema, of course, not only actors were awarded, but also directors, producers, special effects masters, costume designers, animators. But those who dealt with the "dream factory" only tangentially, for example, writers Sidney Sheldon and Ray Bradbury, whose books have been actively transferred to large and small screens for many years, also got here. A dozen inventors also wormed their way into the ranks of Hollywood figures who helped move film technology forward - for example, the designer of the first film projector Thomas Edison.

for the sake of special occasions special stars were also made: for example, there are “collective” plates in the alley (the largest went to a group of actors who played short Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz - 134 people). Twin sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have one star for two. A number of stars, such as the musician Liberace and the illusionist Houdini, were recorded under stage names because their real names were not widely known. In the late 70s, fictional characters began to appear on the sidewalk - Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Muppets, Shrek, The Simpsons, Godzilla and others. There are also puppeteers (for example, the author of The Muppets by Jim Henson), and makeup artists (Max Factor).

Today, Hollywood Boulevard is covered not only with stars, there are other “special marks” on it, however, located somewhat away from the main alley. What marks are you talking about? To respect the corporations and organizations that have been cooperating with Hollywood for many years, the committee came up with 19 special categories with special emblems - among those awarded corporate plates, for example, you can see the clothing and cosmetics manufacturer Victoria's Secrets and the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team. The so-called. "friends of the Walk of Fame" (simply speaking, sponsors who help to develop and renew it) - for example, at Absolut vodka.

When a nominee cannot be directly attributed to any of the awarded areas of the entertainment industry, but at the same time he is the pride of the nation and a world-famous figure, the committee can deviate from the rules and find some convenient excuse to perpetuate him, since today it is impossible to be a celebrity at all in no way come into contact with the sphere of mass entertainment. Thus, stars dedicated to American astronauts appeared on the alley (in this case instead of a star, the Moon was depicted, and the “television” emblem hinted that the broadcast of the Apollo 11 lunar landing gathered a record number of viewers at the screens). Athletes such as basketball player Magic Johnson and boxer Mohammed Ali can boast of their own star (the committee found a way to reward the former for investing in the construction of multiplexes, while the latter was generously ranked among the theater figures, since the concept of theater is interpreted very loosely in the United States today). At the same time, Ali is also the sole owner of the star, installed vertically - at his personal request, it was built into the outer wall of the Kodak Theater, because. the ex-champion did not want his name "trampled by those who do not respect him."

Such whims are not prohibited by the rules. Each owner of a star can make special recommendations about where he would like to lay it, and from time to time the Chamber of Commerce listens to these wishes. This is how plates “with a legend” appear, sometimes in the form of playful allusions - for example, actress Carol Burnett in 1977 asked to install her star in front of the Warner cinema, from where she was fired 25 years earlier, calling her an “unusable usher”. It is not necessary to explain your choice - information about why the star appeared exactly there, and not somewhere else, may accidentally surface many years later in an interview or memoir. The chamber has its own ideas about the placement of stars - for example, they try to put the plates of Oscar winners closer to the Kodak Theater, where the award ceremony is traditionally held.

Celebrities who do not pass the selection sieve, but wish to continue the fight, are shifted to the next year and are again considered by the committee in general list. If they are not lucky for the second time, they drop out of the race, and for each such nominee they again need to fill out a written application (annually, evaluators have to deal with about two hundred applications, that is, the competition is at least ten people for one sidewalk place). Individuals selected by the committee, but who do not find time in their schedule for the ceremony within five years after that, lose their right to a star and must go through the nomination process again. The posthumous star is set only once a year, and one of the relatives of the deceased must be present at the laying ceremony. Live stars must appear themselves, otherwise the bookmark of the star will be canceled. The only exception for all the years was made for Barbra Streisand: despite the fact that the actress and singer could not get to her own ceremony in 1976, the installation of her plate did take place. But George Clooney, for example, "slammed" the star because of his employment. But there were also those who simply refused to be included in the honorary list - such figures, oddly enough, for half a century there were four dozen (among them Clint Eastwood and Julia Roberts).

Walking along Hollywood Boulevard, you can stumble upon a star with the same person's name several times. This is not a mistake or a hallucination: those who distinguished themselves in different professions, and recognition have a corresponding. At least 30 people can be proud of three stars, there are four four-time laureates today, but all five stars have so far been collected only by the musician Gene Autry, who was wildly popular in films, on TV and radio in the middle of the last century. It is relatively easy to get two stars - it is enough, for example, to be a popular actor and singer at the same time. In addition, a number of musicians were honored with two stars for the same thing - at different times they were awarded both their own nominal plate and as part of the groups that glorified them: for example, Michael Jackson was immortalized both on his own and as a member of the Jackson 5, the same thing happened to the members of the Beatles.

But fans can also be confused by the banal confusion with namesakes, which are enough in the entertainment industry - after all, not everyone uses unique pseudonyms. For example, there are 15 Williams, 14 Moores, and 12 Joneses in the alley. Harrison Ford has a full namesake from the time of silent cinema, and Michael Jackson is often confused with the American radio DJ, to whose nominal plate a whole mountain of flowers was brought after the musician's death. Among other things, individual slabs can move from place to place during repairs. It also happens that it is not possible to find the desired figure, because his name is indicated on the plate with a typo - such errors are sometimes discovered and corrected only decades later.

Clarity in the system of awardees should be made by the serial numbers that the stars were originally equipped with, only these numbers are not indicated on the plates. But those who arm themselves with a catalog and go around the entire alley will notice that at least two stars are missing on it - where did the name plates go? opera singers Richard Crooks and Geraldine Farrar and whether they were ever installed at all, no one knows. Theoretically, of course, they could have simply been stolen, but practice shows that vandals steal the stars of more "pop" figures - as, for example, happened with Kirk Douglas' stove or the same five-time "record holder" Gene Autry. This has happened at least four times already; the popularity of the "Walk of Fame" in the new century has grown to such an extent that someone was not too lazy to steal 136-kilogram pieces of marble. The stars were taken out of the pavement at night, with the help of saws, while they deteriorated irreversibly, and even if they were eventually found, each slab had to be redone entirely. The last such incident occurred in 2005 with star Gregory Peck, and to reduce the likelihood of such incidents in the future, both sidewalks along Hollywood Walk are now monitored by video cameras.

In 2008, the alley was reconstructed, repairing almost 800 stars damaged by time and vandals. Today it is a popular place of pilgrimage for tourists, endlessly photographed against the backdrop of sidewalk monuments (up to 10 million people come to stare at the names of celestials cast from copper, which overlaps any other place in Los Angeles in popularity). There are so many people who want to take a photo in the evening hours that they have to line up for one or another star; the task is further complicated by the fact that Hollywood Boulevard is often crowded with passers-by walking along name plates and interfering with nice shot. Most of the stars belong to film workers (47% of the total), the least - theater (2%).

Although the idea of ​​the alley was submitted in the 50s, and modern rules"distribution of stars" was developed in the 60s, the boulevard gained real popularity only in the 80s - largely thanks to the comedian Johnny Grant, who laid the tradition of beautiful and memorable ceremonies. The Chamber of Commerce was so pleased with Grant's TV star award that he was invited to chair the Walk of Fame Committee. Johnny immediately proposed a number of innovations - in particular, he added the fifth, “theatrical” category to the list of nominations, and also ordered to save the space of the boulevard (which, although long, is still not infinite) and lay star slabs along the roadway in more than one row, but in two. Under the patronage of Grant, the alley managed to become a landmark not only in the city, but also on an all-American scale: for its popularization, Johnny, who until his death in 2008 opened the opening ceremony of sidewalk stars, was noted for his own unique slab near the Kodak Theater.

Anyone can become a witness of star ceremonies. Announcements about when and whose star will be opened in the near future can be read on the official website of the alley (however, this information cannot be trusted blindly, since dates are often transferred). Free public ceremonies take place approximately twice a month. They usually start at 11:30 and last no more than 45 minutes, after which the gathered crowd is asked to quickly disperse so as not to interfere with pedestrian traffic. When a star is opened, a celebrity is presented with a framed certificate with a photo of her name plate and the date of laying.

When the owner of a particular star dies, a mountain of flowers and photographs brought by grieving fans traditionally grows near his name on the sidewalk - in such cases, the makeshift memorial even has to be fenced off. Flowers appear later - on anniversaries; so the audience said goodbye to Katharine Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, Robin Williams and many others.

Over the decades, myths and superstitions have developed around the Walk of Fame, spread by fans with a particularly rich imagination. Some of the slabs on it (for example, Charlie Chaplin's slab) are considered "bad", bringing bad luck, so touching them is not recommended. Others, on the contrary, have a reputation for being "happy." For financial well-being, it is recommended to go to the Carol Lombard or Veronica Lake stove, and those who want to meet true love put a rose on the Audrey Hepburn stove and go around it 9 times in a circle, while making a wish. In addition, since the 80s there has been a widespread tradition of the “star touch”, which allegedly charges any visitor to the Walk of Fame for good luck. To do this, you need to bend over the star with your favorite name, close the first letter of the name with your left palm, and with your right hand touch all the tips of the star in turn, doing this clockwise, starting from the upper beam.

Of course, in reality, everything is not as beautiful as described in books and catalogs. Any mega-popular tourist attraction is overgrown with people who want to make money on it, so you are unlikely to be able to calmly walk along the alley and not be pulled over by cosplayers dressed up as movie characters and offering to take pictures with them for money, as well as all kinds of flyer distributors, beggars and scammers pushing visitors clean CD under the guise of music. You may be disappointed by the area itself, and by the deplorable state of some of the slabs. But if you find yourself on the West Coast, it would be unwise to ignore this piece of Hollywood history: after all, as it was said at the beginning of the article, getting to Los Angeles and not going to the Walk of Fame is like visiting Paris and not seeing Eiffel Tower. And there is probably nothing to add to this.

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Initially, the selection committee wanted to recognize the contributions of certain celebrities in many categories as multiple Stars. the only one who has Stars of all five categories. Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, Roy Rogers and Tony Martin have stars in four categories (Rooney has three of his own and one shared with his wife Jan, Rogers also has three of his own and one with the country group Pioneer Sons). Thirty people, including Frank Sinatra, Danny Kay, George Barnes, Ed Wynn and Jack Benny have stars in three categories, and only five of them are women - Dinah Shore, Gale Storm, Jane Froman, Marie Wilson and Jo Stafford.

Pictured: Gene Autry
- the only winner with two stars in the same category and for the same achievement. His original star (for inventing the film camera) is on Vine Street; when the Kodak theater was built (in 2002), a second, identical star was installed at the entrance. On the a photo: George Eastman(George Eastman)
Six musical figures receive two stars for their contribution to music industry. Michael Jackson for my solo career and for a career in The Jackson 5, as a solo singer and as a singer in The Supremes , Smokey Robinson as a solo artist and as the lead singer of The Miracles, as well as John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison as soloists and as members of the group The Beatles.
Pictured: Michael Jackson receiving the Star, 1984.

Pictured: Diana Ross receiving the Star, 1982.

Pictured: The Miracles receive a Star (Smoky Robinson second from left), 2009.

Photo: Paul McCartney received the Star, 2012.
Purpose Paul McCartney on their own star expired in 1998 because no date for the awards ceremony was chosen. Then he was re-appointed and received a second star " when the appointed award date suited him". In 1980, the Stars "lit up" on the Walk of Fame John Lennon and George Harrison, and in 2010 - Ringo Starr. Cher was unable to join this club of exceptionals, refusing to schedule a ceremony even when forced to do so in 1983. However, she attended the Star ceremony as a tribute to her ex-husband Sonny Bono, who tragically died in the mountains.

In the photo: Sonny and Cher (Sonny & Cher)

Charlie Chaplin is the only one who has been selected twice for the Star of the same category on the Walk. He was first selected to the original group (consisting of 500 celebrities) in 1956, but the selection committee ultimately expelled him, ostensibly due to moral issues (he was accused of violating the Mann Act and exonerated during the White Slavery of 1940- x), but most likely due to his leftist beliefs and political views. His exclusion sparked an unsuccessful lawsuit with his son Charlie Chaplin Jr. His Star was finally laid on the Alley in 1972, the same year Chaplin received an Oscar. But 16 years later, the Chamber of Commerce received letters from all over the country in which everyone objected to the decision to lay Chaplin's Star.
In 1978, the committee, perhaps recalling their difficulties with Chaplin, voted against awarding the Star to the brilliant opera singer, actor, songwriter, lawyer and social activist Paul Robeson. The entertainment industry launched a protest, along with civic circles, local and national politicians, and many others. The protest was so strong that the decision was immediately changed. Pictured: Paul Robeson
- the only President of the United States who has a Star, and one of two governors of California (the other is Arnold Schwarzenegger). George Murphy is the only United States Senator to have a Star for his past achievements as an actor and dancer. Two members of the US House of Representatives received Stars from Helen Gahagan and Sonny Bono. Ignacy Paderewski is the only European Head of Government with a Star on the Walk of Fame. (He was Prime Minister of Poland in 1919). Pictured: Ronald ReaganRonald Reagan)

There are two Stars named Harrison Ford, one belongs to a silent film actor, the other to a contemporary actor. There are also two Stars named Michael Jackson, one representing the singer, dancer, and songwriter, the other belongs to the radio host. When singer Michael Jackson died in 2009, his fans mistakenly started placing flowers and candles on Vine Street. Radio presenter Jackson learned of this and wrote:
"I will gladly lend him my Star, and if it could bring him back, he can use it."
In addition, there are twelve people on the Alley with the surname Jones (Jones), seven with the surname Smith (Smith), fourteen - Moore (Moore), but the most common surname is Williams (Williams). Andy Williams, Bill Williams, Billy Dee Williams, Cindy Williams, Earl Williams, Esther Williams, Guy Williams, Hank Williams, Joe Williams, Kathleen William, Paul Williams, Robin Williams, Roger Williams, Tex Williams and Vanessa Williams.
The largest collection of Stars of close relatives, the widely known seven representatives of the Barrymore family (Barrymore). John Barrymore, his brother Lionel Barrymore (has two Stars), and sister Ethel, their uncle Sidney Drew, son John John Drew Barrymore, and granddaughter Drew Barrymore.
Rules Walk of Fame prohibit consideration of candidates whose contributions to the entertainment industry are outside the five main categories. But the selection committee conjured up some interesting interpretations of the rules to justify their choice. The four Moon Landing Monuments at the corners of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, for example, recognize the contributions of the astronauts. Apollo 11 to the television industry. (Mission Apollo 11 to the Moon, is presented in a "Star" in the form of a moon, which contains: the names of the astronauts (Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.), the date of the first moon landing (July 20, 1969), and the words of Apollo XI, installed on Vine -straight. The star in the shape of the moon is made in dark gray terrazzo, with a television emblem). In 2005, Johnny Grant admitted that the first landing on the moon was honored with a memory on the Alley, because this case attracted television viewers.

The committee wanted to honor basketball player Magic Johnson with a Star, but his work had nothing to do with cinema, music, television, radio, or even theater. Finally they laid him a Star in the category of "movie industry development", probably taking into account his own "Magic Johnson Theatre". In 2005, in an interview, it was said that now people want Orville Redenbacker's Star on the Alley, because his popcorn is sold in all movie theaters.
Star Muhammad Ali is another example of a rule change. The committee decided that boxing (as opposed to basketball) could be called a form of theater. When Muhammad Ali's Star was laid on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles in January 2002, the boxer demanded that his star be built into the wall, Ali said:
“I bear the name of the Prophet and I will not allow people to step on it”
His Star is the first (and so far) the only one that is installed on a vertical surface. It is located on the wall of the Kodak Theater, which accepted requests for the establishment of the Star.
Pictured: Muhammad Ali and Johnny Grant, 2002.

Since 1968, it has been required that all living laureates be present at the unveiling of their Star, and about 40 have rejected this requirement. The only one who was unable to attend the unveiling of her Star was Barbara Streisand in 1976. However, her Star was laid near the intersection of the Hollywood Hills. However, in 1998, Streisand attended the unveiling of her husband James Brolin's Star.
Seven Stars are laid on the Alley with pseudonyms famous people. The newest, Parkyakarkus, is the primary pseudonym of Harry Einstein, comedian and radio host (and father of Albert Brooks Einstein). The other six are Liberace, Cantinflas, Meiklejohn, Mako, Sabu and Houdini.
The largest group of people to be awarded one Star is about 122 adults and 12 children, collectively known as the Munchkins from The Wizard of Oz, circa 1939.

So inextricably linked to his character from the movie The Lone Ranger (even though he played many other roles throughout his career) that his name and the name of his hero are written on his Star. Moore is one of two such actors, the other being Tommy Riggs, whose Star reads "Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou". In the photo: Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger and his faithful horse Silver, 1965.
For more than forty years, the singer was the youngest owner of the Star, he received it at the age of 20. But in 2004 he was replaced by sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Their common Star (the only one the twins share) is near Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills. Pictured: Jimmy Boyd

Pictured: sisters Olsen and Johnny Grant, 2004.

Westmore family was the first to receive a Star for her contribution to theatrical cosmetics. Other makeup artists on the Alley are Max Factor and John Chambers. Three Stars is owned by special effects specialists Ray Harryhausen, Dennis Muren and Stan Winston. Only one costume designer has a Star on the Walk, and that is the eight-time Oscar winner. In the photo: Percival, Walter and Bud Westmore (Perc, Wally and Bud Westmore)

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one of only two writers with a personalized Star, which he received for writing the screenplay for The Bachelor and the Girl before he began writing novels. The second writer is, based on his books, many films and television programs have been shot over a period of almost 60 years.

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Nine inventors have Stars in the Walk. , founder of Eastman Kodak, Thomas Edison, inventor of the first true motion picture projector and holder of numerous patents related to their technology; Lee De Forest inventor of the radio tube, which improved radio and television, as well as the sound picture, after which it became possible to create films with sound; Merian K. Cooper co-author of the Cinerama process; Herbert Kalmas inventor of the color picture; Brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere inventors of important components for the motion picture camera; Mark Serrarure inventor of technology used to direct films; and Hedy Lamarr, who developed the frequency hopping technology used in today's Wi-Fi and mobile phones.