Once a year a bunch of standouts in their respective careers get to cough up $US30,000 for the honour of having their name appear in Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. (Yes, that’s really what it costs.)
The names for 2017 have just been released, and there’s some bloody rippers – The Rock, Chris Pratt, John Legend, Sara Silverman and Tyra Banks to name a few.
But there’s also a few… somewhat bizarre ones. Take a look.
The Hollywood Walk of Fame Class of 2017 are:
In the category of MOTION PICTURES:
Amy Adams, Jason Bateman, Goldie Hawn, Dwayne Johnson, Chris Pratt, Brett Ratner, Ryan Reynolds, George A. Romero, Mark Ruffalo and Rita WilsonIn the category of TELEVISION:
Tyra Banks, Andre Braugher, Ken Corday, Lee Daniels, Hugh Laurie, Eva Longoria, Wolfgang Puck, Keri Russell, Haim Saban, George Segal, Sarah Silverman and Jeffrey Tambor
In the category of RECORDING:
Clarence Avant, Jerry Goldsmith (posthumous), Hall & Oates, Ice Cube, John Legend, *NSYNC, New Edition and Selena Quintanilla (posthumous)
In the category of RADIO:
Elvis Duran
In the category of LIVE THEATRE/LIVE PERFORMANCE:
Criss Angel, Jeff Dunham and Gustavo Dudamel
Yes, you read that right. ‘NSYNC the band has been green-lit for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame not two days after one of its members (Joey Fatone) announced he was opening a hot dog stand. What. a. time.
Each of these lucky folk now have five years to pay $30,000 and participate in the Star Ceremony (the money goes towards the creation of the tile, plus the sidewalk’s upkeep) or they’ll lost the honour of appearing there altogether, being forced to wait to again be nominated by a fan (that’s you!) and selected by judges a second time around.
