⭐️ The Hollywood Chamber of
Commerce will be accepting
nominations for the Hollywood
Walk of Fame Class of 2025
starting April 15th, 2024. The
submission deadline is Friday,
May 31, 2024, at 12 noon. There
are no exceptions. All
nominations will be considered
in June’s annual Walk of Fame
Committee meeting.
Nominations are
accepted online only. There is a
$250 application fee.*NOT
MOBILE-FRIENDLY
The
Walk of Fame includes six
categories:
* Motion
Pictures
* Television
*
Radio
* Recording
*
Live Theatre/Performance
*
Sports Entertainment
All
Nominations must include these
documents:
* Photo of the
nominee
* Brief bio of
nominee – no more than 750
characters
* Nominee’s
qualifications
* List of
contributions to the community
and civic-oriented participation
of the nominee
* Letter of
agreement from the nominee or
their management
The
committee will select
approximately 24-30 names for
insertion into the Walk.
The criteria for
receiving a star consists of the
following: professional
achievement, longevity in the
category of five years or more,
contributions to the community
and the guarantee that the
celebrity will attend the
dedication ceremony if selected.
Posthumous awards require a
two-year waiting period after
death.
After the Walk
of Fame Selection Committee has
made its selections, the
Hollywood Chamber’s Board of
Directors also votes to approve
the star, and then for a final
approval, the names are
submitted to the City of Los
Angeles’ Board of Public Works
Department.
All
nominations must be approved by
the Hollywood Chamber of
Commerce, the decisions of which
are final and entirely within
the Chamber’s discretion.
Nomination and selection
procedures, forms, and
qualifications are guidelines
only, entirely within the
Chamber’s discretion, and are
subject to change at any time,
without notice.
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The Hollywood Chamber of
Commerce is thrilled to welcome
award-winning songwriter Charles
Fox to the Hollywood Walk of
Fame! Special thank you to the
family, friends and fans that
joined us for this special
event.
📸
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Memorial flowers for Walk of
Famer Louis Gossett, Jr. will be
placed on his Hollywood Walk of
Fame star today at noon. The
star is located at 7018
Hollywood Boulevard, next to the
historic Hollywood Roosevelt
Hotel.
“The Hollywood
Chamber of Commerce proudly
inducted Mr. Gossett with his
star on May 20, 1992, and his
ceremony was featured along with
many other events around America
on that day in the beautiful
photo book “A Day in the Life of
America,” stated Walk of Fame
Producer Ana Martinez. “I
remember how honored he felt to
receive his star and to be
honored in this amazing and
popular book” she added.
Flowers are placed by the
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
& sponsored by Hollywood
Historic Trust. The Walk of Fame
address directory can be found
on www.walkoffame.com
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Memorial wreaths
are placed on the stars on
behalf of the Hollywood
community by the Hollywood
Historic Trust. The Walk of Fame
address directory can be found
at www.walkoffame.com
Performer Martha Reeves will be
honored on March 27, with the
2,776th star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame! The star will be
located at 7080 Hollywood Blvd.
Reeves will be awarded her star
in the category of Recording.
Martha
Reeves has made her imprint in
the history books and in pop
culture for her string of hit
Motown songs in the 1960’s and
early 1970’s including such hits
as “Dancing in the Street”, “My
Baby Loves Me”, “Come and Get
These Memories”, “Nowhere to
Run”, “Quick Sand”, “(Love is
Like a) Heatwave,” “Jimmy Mack”
and “Bless You,” Martha was
front and center as the lead
singer of the legendary Motown
girl group, Martha Reeves and
the Vandellas.
During
the 1970’s and 1980’s Martha
recorded as a solo artist
releasing a
handful of
critically acclaimed albums on
the MCA, Fantasy, Phonarama and
ARISTA labels.
Martha
continues to perform concerts
and club dates both solo and
with the Vandellas (currently
her sisters, Lois and Delphine).
Martha and the Vandellas were
Grammy nominated in 1964 for
Best R&B Performance for
their hit, “Heat Wave”. In 1999,
“Dancing in the Street” was
inducted into the Grammy Hall of
Fame. She was inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
1995 and is also the recipient
of the Dinah Washington Award, a
Rhythm n’ Blues Foundation
Pioneer Award, a Black Woman in
Publishing Legends Award, and
has been inducted in the Alabama
Soul, Rock and Roll and Vocal
Group Hall of Fame. Martha
Reeves and the Vandellas are
listed among Rolling Stone
magazine’s 100 Immortal Artists
of all time.
Reeves
has been actively involved in
charity work with the Shriners
and Boys Town, demonstrating her
dedication to making a positive
impact on the community through
her philanthropic endeavors.
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