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With the Academy Awards in Hollywood this weekend, millions will be looking up at the stars.<\/p>\n
But if you look to the ground on the sidewalks of Tinseltown, you see stars too. On a night that celebrates the hot new performers and movies, the Hollywood Walk of Fame is a history lesson in show business.<\/p>\n
Since its beginning in 1960, the Walk of Fame has proved a perennial draw \n The original plans called for 1,529 of the biggest stars of film, stage, \n As of March 2010, there were more than 2,300 stars on the walk, representing 2,100 individuals or organizations. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n \n The Walk of Fame was conceived in the 1950s by business leaders in Hollywood \n The groundbreaking ceremony on \n In addition, about 500 stars on the walk are currently blank, \n Although the area near the famed intersection of Hollywood and Vine had Seven types of stars can be found on the Walk of Fame.<\/p>\n \n The most common, by far, has been awarded for work in the field of motion pictures. Fifteen "special stars" have \n Gene Autry<\/a> \n The late Bob Hope<\/a> \n Only two women have three stars, Dinah Shore<\/a> and Gale Storm<\/a>, a radio and television star best known for the program "My Little Margie."\n <\/p>\n \n In addition, there are four special markers at Hollywood \n The Times’ Hollywood Star Walk virtual tour<\/a> \n The virtual tour is powered by an in-depth database<\/a> — created — Megan Garvey and Anthony Pesce<\/p>\n Photo: The Feb. 8, 1960, groundbreaking ceremony with, \n A new Times database puts readers on the sidewalks of Hollywood, using more than a century of archives to track the lives of the stars, including current Oscar nominees Jeff Bridges<\/a>, James Cameron<\/a>, Matt Damon<\/a>, Morgan Freeman<\/a>, Sandra Bullock<\/a> and Meryl Streep<\/a>.<\/p>\n With the Academy Awards in Hollywood this weekend, millions will be looking up at the stars. But if you look to the ground on the sidewalks of Tinseltown, you see stars too. On a night that celebrates the hot new performers and movies, the Hollywood Walk of Fame is a history lesson in show business. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n to tourists eager to see the stars. An
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\n estimated 10 million visitors come each year<\/a> to the 18-block stretch. <\/p>\n
\n radio, television and music to eventually be immortalized in the concrete
\n using brass set in salmon-colored terrazzo stars surrounded by black
\n backgrounds.\n <\/p>\n
\n as a way to beautify the area\u2019s historic core. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Feb. 8, 1960, featured actresses
\n Linda Darnell<\/a> and Gigi
\n Perreau<\/a>, as well as veteran actors
\n Francis X. Bushman<\/a> and
\n Charles Coburn<\/a>,
\n using shovels to scoop up the dirt.\n <\/p>\n
\n essentially acting as placeholders for future honorees.\n <\/p>\n
\n been a central point for the fledgling movie industry before World War II, the
\n area\u2019s glamour had long since faded by the time producer
\n Stanley Kramer\u2019s<\/a> star
\n became the first actually set into the sidewalk on March 28, 1960.\n <\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\n Totals by star type<\/strong>
\n
<\/br><\/p>\nStars are awarded in six categories.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/img><\/p>\n
\n\n Los Angeles Times\n <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n Performers are also recognized for work in the fields of television, radio, live
\n performance and recording.<\/p>\n
\n been awarded to events or companies,
\n including the 1969 Apollo moon landing<\/a> and news organizations such as the Los Angeles Times<\/a> and Variety<\/a>.
\n There is even a star for well-known lingerie model Victoria\u2019s Secret Angels<\/a>, which was granted in 2007 to the
\n well-known lingerie wearing models. <\/p>\n
\n is the only person to be awarded stars in the five fields recognized on the
\n Walk of Fame: film, TV, radio, live performance and music. During his lifetime, Autry emerged as both a
\n top moneymaking entertainer and a powerful businessman. As his 1998 obituary<\/a> said,
\n "He was enormously successful at almost anything he tried — radio, records,
\n songwriting, television, real estate and business, as well as movies and museums."\n <\/p>\n
\n and romantic crooner
\n Tony Martin<\/a>,
\n who turned 96 on Dec. 25, 2009, are next with
\n four stars each. Thirty-three people, including
\n Frank Sinatra<\/a>,
\n Danny Kaye<\/a> and
\n Jack Benny<\/a>, have been awarded stars in three fields.\n <\/p>\n
\n Boulevard and Vine Street to commemorate the Apollo landing<\/a> in 1969. <\/p>\n
\nfollows the actual order of the more than 2,400 terrazzo stars on the
\nWalk of Fame, which stretches along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine
\nStreet. This order was created based on work by Times researchers to
\ncatalog the locations and generate points on a map for each. Each
\nstar was photographed. <\/p>\n
\nusing more than a century of the archives of the Los Angeles Times. On
\nthe database pages, the locations of the terrazzo stars appear on a map
\nas close as possible to their precise location. In addition, those maps
\nmay include other places meaningful in the star\u2019s life. <\/p>\n
\n from left, L.A. County Supervisor Ernest Debs, E.M. Stuart, Gigi Perreau<\/a>,
\n Linda Darnell<\/a>, Harry M. Sugarman, Francis X. Bushman<\/a> and Charles Coburn<\/a>. Credit: Times file<\/em><\/p>\n<\/img><\/a><\/p>\n
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