But this particular story has a happy ending, as you'll see after the jump.
Hollywood Walk of Fame-related stories
Vandals deface Ed McMahon's Walk of Fame star
Jeez, Ed McMahon just can't catch a break. First his death last week is overshadowed by the deaths of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett, and now someone put some sort of black goo and ripped newspapers on his Hollywood Walk of Fame Star.
But this particular story has a happy ending, as you'll see after the jump.
But this particular story has a happy ending, as you'll see after the jump.
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Suzanne Pleshette to get star on Walk of Fame
This was actually planned long ago, before her death from respiratory failure over the weekend.
Pleshette was set to get her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 31, which is also her birthday. No word yet on whether or not the ceremony will still go ahead on that day, but I'm sure that Pleshette will get her star on the sidewalk at some point.
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Johnny Grant, Mayor of Hollywood, dead at 84
The honorary mayor of Hollywood has died.
Johnny Grant was the unofficial mayor of Hollywood, CA. Unofficial because the city doesn't really have a mayor, but Grant was sort of an ambassador for the city since 1980, hosting red carpet ceremonies, Oscar ceremonies, and inducting over 500 celebrities into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He also helped entertain troops overseas during the Korean War, Vietnam War, and in the Middle East. Early in his career he did various radio shows and was also an actor, with small roles in such movies as White Christmas, The Babe Ruth Story, and The Oscar.
Grant died of natural causes in his apartment at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. He was 84.
Out of the Blogosphere
Check out Oprah Winfrey doing some improv with the gang from Thank God You're Here. - What do Zach Braff, Rob Lowe, Paul Rudd, Claire Danes, and Amy Adams have in common?
- Whitney Matheson has a quick interview with SNL/30 Rock star Jason Sudeikis.
- For some reason, Erik Estrada got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame yesterday.
- X-Files star Gillian Anderson doesn't like television.
- TV Guide.com's Ken Fox catches Avril Lavigne on Letterman and calls her a fraud.
Help Joss Whedon get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Even if you're not a Whedonite yourself, you've got to give it up for the fans of Joss Whedon. The Buffy, Angel and Firefly fanatics have created a community that has held multiple nationwide fundraisers for Whedon's favorite charitable organization Equality Now and single-handedly acted as the grassroots marketing engine behind Whedon's directorial film debut Serenity. Let's just say, they're a nice bunch.A group of those fans has now turned its attention to honoring Whedon with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Their collective reasoning is sorta sweet. "It's a tangible way to show respect by giving him something else to add to his legacy and to show how much he means to us...It's not all about Joss...It's about family, not the one we are born into by blood, but the one that Joss created out of his work...We cannot give him the prestigious awards; most of us are not on any academy boards, nor people that have a choice of nominations." Sorta makes you tear up a bit, doesn't it? Pop culture making the connection. The people's star.
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