get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and not Prince

LOS ANGELES Jun 23, 2006 (AP)— Sean "Diddy" Combs, rock disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer and Barbara Walters have something in common: They will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Recipients for 2007 were announced Friday by Walk of Fame committee chairman Johnny Grant. "It's a privilege to honor these performers," he said. The committee said it had reviewed more than 200 nominations to select next year's 23 honorees. The list of recipients, as ratified by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce board of directors, also includes Michael Caine, Matt Damon, Lauren Shuler Donner, Jamie Foxx, John Goodman, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Altman, Erik Estrada, Kiefer Sutherland, Jerry Stiller, Dick Wolf, Mariah Carey, The Doors, Crystal Gayle, Tim McGraw, LeAnn Rimes, Shania Twain, Tim Rice, Lily Tomlin and Stu Nahan

'Cause "Life's a bitch".

VenusBlingBling said:

LOL!!.... but really, Prince should have had one a loooong time ago!

Because you have to pay for a star on the walk of fame. Why do it then?

Because Prince is better than they could ever hope to be and he knows it, so he refuses to pay for such a bullshit testiment of stardom.

DarkKnight1 said:

Are u serious i never knew that...seriously, Prince is over due and if he has 2 pay 2 get his name on the HWOF then no he don’t need a star that bad.
If they r picked by the committee how can they charge u 4 something that people walk on and spit on all day. Where did u get the information they pay in order 2 get there star on the HWOF? just curious

Because people have lowered their standards sooooo much these days. People like this should never be a star in the first place. Back in the day, we would have booed them off the stage.

Prince doesn't deserve a star on the Walk of Fame. He's not big enough. Once he's in the same league as former honorees like Ryan Seacrest, then and only then will he deserve to be held to such a high honor.

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vainandy said:

Ah, "back in the day", when everything was magically better.

Yeah, alot of fan websites try to raise money for their fave artists to get a star, but i mean, do u think PRINCE would even want that, or show up for that, we are lucky he was at the Hall Of fame show.

Thank u so much PurpleCharm. The information u provided was very informative.

FTR Mariah Carey has sold way more records then Prince, and Diddy is richer then Prince. However I don't know WTF Ryann Secrest has one??!?!?!?!?

XVI said:

$15,000 isn't much for a celebrity. It's simple for them to 'ask' a friend to nominate them, then it's just luck if you get to be one of the 20 chosen each year. I guess if it's a bit of slow year, even minor minor celebrities stand a chance.

Correct...you do have to buy your star....shameless...

However, I think Prince would have a hard time with the other requirement...
The star has to be in attendance for the unveiling.

THEY are TELLING you to DO SOMETHING at SOMETHING that YOU paid for
that DOESN'T mean a GOT DAYUM thing in the END.
Yup, he has a problem with it.

If Prince doesnt care about it, neither do I.

He should have gotten one during the Symbol years, so that it would have read on it.

Prince has enough people to accuse of walking all over his name, I'm pretty sure he's not gonna stand in line to make it legitimate.

adorable2 said:

Smart.

'cuz his star would take up the whole damn walk way. why settle for something small when you could use the whole block?