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Re: Slash To Get a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
not just anyone can get a star on the walk of fame...you have to be nominated and a celebrity with 5 years experience minimum, then there is a selection process as well as a fee
Each year, an average of 200 nominations are submitted to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Walk of Fame Selection Committee. Anyone, including fans, can nominate anyone active in the field of entertainment, as long as the nominee or his or her management is in agreement with the nomination. (A letter of agreement from the nominated celebrity or representative must accompany the application.) Nominees must have a minimum of 5 years' experience in the category for which they are nominated. Posthumous nominees must be deceased at least 5 years. At a meeting each June, the Committee selects approximately 20 celebrities to receive stars on the Walk of Fame during the following year. One posthumous award is given each year as well. The nominations of those not selected are "rolled over" to the following year for reconsideration; those not selected two years in a row are dropped, and must be renominated to receive further consideration. Living recipients must agree to personally attend a presentation ceremony within five years of selection. A relative of deceased recipients must attend posthumous presentations. Presentation ceremonies are open to the public.
A fee (currently USD $25,000), payable at time of selection, is collected to pay for the creation and installation of the star, as well as general maintenance of the Walk of Fame. The fee is usually paid by the nominating organization, which may be a fan club, or a film studio, record company, broadcaster, or other sponsor involved with the honoree's current or ongoing project.
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Re: Slash To Get a Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
Yeah band politics aside, slash is now one of the all time classic rock guitarists and also quite synomonous with the LA life style and the larger than life style of hollywood but with a ton of tallent to back him up.
He totally deserves to be there.
And if you guys will forgive a nostalgic remark, this kind of thing makes me look back at the AFD line up and remember when those guys were a gang and had each others backs.
Getting so close to Slash at that MTV gig, the guy has a fucking aura around him, and I know it's true of Axl as well. I know I sound like a fan boy but there's just something not normal about them. When you look back it's no surprise they became the biggest band in the world together it's just like tallent and chrisma overload. Anyway, I'm not calling for a reunion or anything, I'm just saying this kind of award makes me look back at the force that was GNR, and it's sort of sad to always have to praise one or the other in isolation these days. I'd love to see a star with the whole fucking AFD line up there...the band that blew that town, and then themselves appart. 
