Hollywood Walk of Fame

Established	1958
Location	Hollywood Blvd and Vine St Hollywood, Los Angeles
Type	Entertainment hall of fame
Visitor figures	10 million annually
Website	Official website
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument
Designated:	July 5, 1978
Reference #:	194

The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a pavement in Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States presenting more than 2.000 star write down name of artist and character of fiction as form of appreciation from Chamber Of Commerce of Hollywood to their  entertainment amusement industry. artist of First which step into this  is Joanne Woodward at date of 9 Februari 1960.

The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California. The stars are permanent public monuments to achievement in the entertainment industry, bearing the names of a mix of actors, musicians, directors, producers, musical and theatrical groups, fictional characters, and others. The Walk of Fame is administrated by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and maintained by the self-financing Hollywood Historic Trust.

According to a 2003 report by the market research firm NPO Plog Research, the Walk attracts about 10 million visitors annually—more than Sunset Strip, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, the Queen Mary, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art—and has played an important role in making tourism the largest industry in Los Angeles Country.

The Walk of Fame runs 1.3 miles (2.1 km) east to west on Hollywood Boulevard from North Gower Street to North La Brea Avenue, plus a short segment of Marshfield Way that runs diagonally between Hollywood and La Brea; and 0.4 miles (0.7 km) north to south on Vine Street between Yucca Street and Sunset Boulevard.
There are 2,442 monuments as of June 2, 2011. Placed at 6-foot (1.8 m) intervals, each consists of a coral-pink terrazzo five-point star rimmed with brass (not bronze, an oft-repeated inaccuracy) inlaid into a charcoal-colored terrazzo background. In the upper portion of the pink star field, the name of the honoree is inlaid in brass block letters. Below the inscription, in the lower half of the star field, a round inlaid brass emblem indicates the category of the honoree's contributions. The emblems symbolize five categories within the entertainment industry:
 Classic film camera representing motion pictures
 Television set representing broadcast television
 Phonograph record representing audio recording or music
 Radio microphone representing broadcast radio
 Comedy/tragedy masks representing theatre/live performance (added in 1984)
Of all the stars on the Walk to date, 47% have been awarded in the motion pictures category, 24% in television, 17% in audio recording, 10% in radio, and less than 2% in the live performance category. An average of twenty new stars are added to the Walk each year.
Special stars
"Special category" stars recognize miscellaneous contributions by corporate entities, service organizations, and special honorees, and display emblems unique to those honorees. These stars are granted by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce or the Hollywood Historic Trust, but are not part of the Walk of Fame proper; instead, they are located nearby on private property. As examples, former Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley's star displays the Seal of the City of Los Angeles. the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) star emblem is a replica of a Hollywood Division badge and stars representing corporations, such as Victoria's Secret and the Los Angeles Dodgers display the honoree's corporate logo.The "Friends of the Walk of Fame" monuments vary from the trademark "star" shape: they are charcoal terrazzo squares, rimmed by miniature pink terrazzo stars displaying the five standard category emblems, along with the sponsor's corporate logo, with the sponsor's name and contribution in inlaid brass block lettering.
The monuments for the Apollo XI mission to the Moon are uniquely shaped. Four identical, circular "moons" bearing the names of the three astronauts (Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. ("Buzz") Aldrin Jr), the date of the first Moon landing ("7/20/69"), and the words "Apollo XI", are set on each of the four corners at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine. The "moons" are silver and dark grey terrazzo circles rimmed in brass on a square pink terrazzo background, with the television emblem inlaid at the "twelve o'clock" position on the circles.

Hollywood Walk of Fame.   Hollywood Boulevard. 
A  tribute to over 2000 artists who have made significant contributions to  film, radio, television,  theatre and the recording industries. The first star placed on 9th February. 1960, was for Joanne Woodward.  One of  Hollywood's most popular tourist attractions, the Walk of Fame lies on both sides of Hollywood Blvd. from Gower to La Brea, both sides of Vine Street and from Yucca to Sunset. The Silver Four Ladies of Hollywood Gazebo at Lea Brea, the start of the Walk of Fame should not be missed. An illustration and a selected list of stars can be found below. The complete list of over 2000 stars and their exact locations can be found on theWalk of Fame Star Locations.  Please note this is a very long list of names and will take longer to load.

                       
Starting from the Four ladies of Hollywood Gazebo at La Brea.

Here is a selected list of the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. There is no way that we can list the whole 2000 plus stars on this Walk of Fame illustration, but here's some to get you started. You'll soon discover many more as you walk along the Hollywood Boulevard and both sides of Vine Street.  For a complete alphabetical  listing and the exact location of the individual stars go to the Walk of Fame Star Locations. We hope you find your favorite Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame or even see a star induction ceremony in Hollywood. While your walking along the Walk of Fame why not explore the handprints of over 200 stars in theGrauman's Chinese Theater forecourt.