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.

Erik Estrada.

don't you have to pay for that yourself to get a star?

you think prince will pay someone for hollywood to acknowledge his "star" on the walk of fame??

shucks, the man told us he was star back in '84...sure as hell don't need nobody else to tell him that....
[Edited 6/24/06 20:07pm]

missfee said:

Yes but I don't think most people actually pay for their own (in fact, if they did, I'm almost certain it would be a scandal). No, somebody has to nominate them. Sometimes it's a fan (or fan club) that will nominate and take care of the bill but you'll notice sometimes that when an artist has a project out...guess what...the studio will pay for it!

VinnyM27 said:

There's an Erik Estrada fan club?

Janet got her Star during RN1814. why do think Prince didn't get one During Purple Rain ?

The fan club usually has to nominate and pay for the Star. It's not that prestigious of an accomplishment, really. Lassie has one, for God's sakes.

Don't ya'll think he'd be SLIGHTLY pissed if he knew people were purposely walking all over him...at all times of day and night?



































WHAT?

See I bet ya'll wasn't even thinkin bout that

maybe he said "no", i don't blame him it's tacky

missfee said:

...not to mention that Prince is in the R&R Hall of Fame.

or maybe Prince just doesn't care about the dang star?

minneapolisgenius said:

the operate from a small back alley in Kyoto
they ordered his star through the internet

cuz Diddy's more talented?

How do you get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Here's what I've learned from Wikipedia:

"The Walk of Fame is maintained by the self-financing Hollywood Historic Trust. In order for a person to get a star on the Walk of Fame, he or she must agree to attend a presentation ceremony within five years of selection, and a $15,000 fee must be paid to the Trust for costs such as security at the star ceremony; a 2003 FOX News story noted that the fee is typically paid by sponsors such as movie studios and record companies, as part of the publicity for a release with which the honoree is involved. On other occasions, the fee is paid by a fan club or the nominating person or organization."

BTW, I'm glad that Mariah Carey is finally getting her star on the Walk of Fame. How Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and Ryan Seacrest managed to get stars before she did, I don't know. As for Prince, maybe he's been nominated for a star several times already, but because he won't show up for the ceremony, they won't give him a star.

728huey said:

that makes sense.... the lil bastard probaly won't show show up

Because people these days have no taste.

I hear you have to pay fifteen thousand dollars to pay for a star.