Britney gets a Star on the Walk of Fame.
 

http://slate.msn.com/id/2091382/

Wow. :eek:

booooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not so -- according to the article, Rick Springfield still hasn't been awarded one! :p

Honestly, though, have y'all seen the Walk of Fame? It's not really surprising that they would give Britney a star, since she's a much bigger celebrity than probably more than half the people that have them.

Hmm...I wonder where I put my spray paint?

yeah, great....where'd they put it? in front of heidi fleiss' doorstep?

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I'm excited for Britney! :)

ack!

someone stop the insanity!

Yay for Brit!!!

---I really don't care for the fact that everyone is bashing her. She's an awesome girl and I love her music. For those who call her a slut you are obviously mistaken, and for those who think she has no talent, I definitely disagree. Honestly people, why do you have to be bitchy about her success? It's sooo not cool........are you just jealous of her? Cuz it makes no sense to me why you all would hate on her!

Rachel, I don't think anyone's being bitchy about her success.

I appreciate good music and I know good music when I hear it. Britney comes from a time where a person can get famous with no talent but it's ok because she can take off her clothes and make out with Madonna and that's how she'll sell her records.

Of course, what I think is good music YOU might not think is good music...and vice versa.

The trashy thing is out...and pretty soon Britney will be too. The girls who emulated her in her bubblegum phase will grow up and realize that they've been wasting their money all along.

I was sort of replying as well to what people in other threads said about her being a slut and having no talent...sorry if I confused anyone!

I agree that it's not about the music -- but the thing that Britney's realized is that it doesn't have to be. She's made her career off of catchy, crappy music and an image. The image is what's important, and Britney has done fantastically with making herself the girl we all want to be or want to hate or somewhere in between.

Like I said in another thread, I think people expect way too much of the girl. Pure pop music has never really been about TALENT. It's been about the image, the showmanship, the mystery, the glitteriness and the cheesiness of it all -- and Britney has that in spades.

Y'all can say she has no voice as much as you want and I won't argue it. But to say that she doesn't deserve a spot on the Walk of Fame? The Walk of Fame isn't about talent, it's about celebrity -- and there are very few bigger stars of our generation than Britney.

For those of you who don't know it's not all that hard to get a star on the walk of fame...it's basically whoever puts money down for it and gets petitions signed. It's a joke.

Its not hard at all to get one. I mean as long as people are dishing out the money and youve got a big enough name that they wanna choose you. I mean its easy. Im happy for her she has worked hard to get where she is and she does do things for others granted I dont think shes that talented vocally but shes a good preformer I gotta give her that one.


Nichole

i am with you on this one rachel. yay for britney. :p

It's actually nice to see someone from my generation getting the star and not someone who hit their prime 20 years ago as per usual. Congrats to her. I really don't like much of her stuff, don't think she's talented, but agree that she has the celebrity power to pull this off (through her own works or the works of her handlers is irrelevant).

I love Brit!
 

I have to say I'm in a really crappy mood! And the first thing I do is turn on Britney. She has worked so hard all of her life to get where she is. She deserves it! And she totally believes in herself. Go Britney!:D

Re: Britney gets a Star on the Walk of Fame.
 

Co-sign on that. I'm Impressed. gotta give Brittney Props for that.

Yeah, my dad told me a while ago that it isn't hard to get a star, if you have the money you can get one... with that said though, I do think Britney has star power, but she should have gotten it a little later... the people who have stars have been in the business for years, compared to them, she hasn't been around for that long... but I do agree that she is a bigger star than some of the people who already have stars.

For those of you who didn't click on the link to read the article, it explains exactly how a star is obtained. here is the article cut and pasted here to save you the clicking effort. :)


.....Kelly :)

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Who Gave Britney a Hollywood Star?
How celebrities get their names on the Walk of Fame.

By Brendan I. Koerner

Posted Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003, at 2:52 PM PT

Another name on the sidewalk

Monday a star featuring Britney Spears' name was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The pop diva thus became the 2,242th entertainer to be so honored. What does it take to get a celebrity's name added to the walk?

Step one is for a sponsor to fill out the required application and mail it to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which runs the Walk of Fame. This task is usually left to the artist's publicity team, though fans are welcome to submit nominations, too—provided they have the written consent of their idols' representatives, that is. The candidate must be accomplished in the field of film, television, radio, theater, or recording, so painters and novelists are generally out luck. (One notable exception is best-selling author Sidney Sheldon, who earned a star for screenplays like The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer before turning to novels.)

Every June, a five-person committee chaired by Johnny Grant, the honorary mayor of Hollywood, meets to consider the approximately 200 applications that roll in annually. The committee selects around 20 honorees from the batch, including one posthumous recipient per year. The applicants' sponsors must then pony up $15,000 each to pay for the unveiling ceremony—no cash, no star, regardless of the person's artistic achievements. The fee is usually picked up by the celebrity's studio or record label, though fan clubs sometimes pass the hat to raise enough money. Aficionados of 1980s rocker Rick Springfield, for example, have collected $19,607.56 to pay for their hero's enshrinement on the walk. (The committee, alas, has yet to grant the "Jessie's Girl" singer a star.)

The ceremonies are often timed to coincide with a publicity campaign. It was no accident that Spears' star was added the day before the release of her new album, In the Zone. And in January, Nicole Kidman's star was unveiled a few days before the nationwide release of The Hours, as part of Miramax's successful campaign to snag her a Best Actress Oscar.

Publicists lobby to have their clients' stars placed near the most desirable tourist attractions along the walk, as well as close to those of the most recognizable names. There's more cachet in being a few stars down from, say, Clark Gable than winding up adjacent to ex-Entertainment Tonight host Leeza Gibbons.

Visitors are often puzzled to discover that such luminaries as Francis Ford Coppola and Gone With the Wind producer David O. Selznick lack stars, while less celebrated entertainers like Fritz Kreisler and Ferlin Husky made the cut. It all comes down to the willingness of a sponsor to go through the process and shell out the necessary $15,000. Perhaps Coppola feels that The Godfather and Apocalypse Now are legacy enough.

Bonus Explainer: In keeping with its growing reputation as the Hollywood of the North, Toronto now has its own Walk of Fame. There's no entrance fee, but honorees must be Canadian natives or have spent their formative or creative years in the country. This year's inductees include supermodel Linda Evangelista, Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels, and equestrian great Jim Elder.

Re: I love Brit!
 

I completely agree!!!!!

Britney = Velveeta
 

I think that they should now give a star to Velveeta™, and put it next to the Star of Britney™