Hollywood is such a place in Los Angeles, which does not lack in offering plenty of wonderful destinations to the tourists. Like many other attractions of Hollywood, the Hollywood Walk of Fame is surely a worthy place to visit. This famous pavement along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles is noted for being embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars. This unique and unconventional place of attraction is noted for its exquisite designs of the stars, containing the names of human celebrities as well as fictional characters rewarded for their valuable offering to Hollywood industry.
The Walk of Fame stretches from Gower Street to La Brea Avenue, and from Yucca Street and Sunset Boulevard.The Hollywood Walk of Fame was created in 1958 by southern Californian artist Oliver Weismuller and the first star, awarded on February 9, 1960 in the name of Joanne Woodward. The striking feature of the stars is that they all consist of gold. The pink five-pointed star is rimmed with bronze and the name is carved out inside the star in bronze. Generally the emblems in the Hollywood Walk of Fame are Motion picture camera for contribution to the film industry, Television set for the broadcast television industry, Radio microphone for the broadcast radio industry and many more.
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To make the world know more about Hollywood and to celebrate the contributions of the celebrities in Hollywood Industry, the Hollywood Walk of Fame has been established. The collection nominations are submitted to the Walk of Fame committee by May 31 of every year. They decide on those names which are to be added on the Famous Hollywood Walk of Fame. Maintained by the self-financing Hollywood Historic Trust, they accept $25,000 fee from those whose name will be embedded and allows the person to attend the ceremony every year. While visiting Hollywood, this nice attraction will tempt you to spend some time before it.
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