WalkOfFame.com press release:
HOLLYWOOD, CA. June 21, 2011 —A new group of entertainment professionals in Motion Pictures, Television, Radio and Recording have been selected to receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, it was announced today by the Walk of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. These individuals were chosen from among hundreds of nominations to the committee at a meeting held on June 17, 2011 and ratified by the Chamber’s Board of Directors.
The Walk of Fame recipients for the year 2012 are:
MOTION PICTURES:
Jennifer Aniston, Vin Diesel, Scarlett Johansson, John Lasseter, Malcolm McDowell, Sumner Redstone, Kate Winslet and Richard Burton (posthumous)
TELEVISION:
Valerie Bertinelli, Matt Groening, Mariska Hargitay, Patricia Heaton, Marg Helgenberger, Walter Koenig, and Adam West
RECORDING:
Pepe Aguilar, AMERICA, Boyz II Men, Hal David, David Foster, Vince Gill, Jennifer Lopez, Ann and Nancy Wilson (Heart) and Barry White (posthumous)
RADIO:
Ellen K.
“The committee has selected a fabulous slate of stars to add sparkle and luster to the Hollywood Walk of Fame over the next year, as well as to generate a once-in-a-lifetime Hollywood experience for many of the visitors who stop by when their favorite personalities are having their stars placed in the world-famous sidewalk of the stars,” said John Pavlik, chair of the Hollywood Walk of Fame Selection Committee.
(DATES HAVE NOT BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THESE STARS. RECIPIENTS HAVE FIVE YEARS TO SCHEDULE CEREMONIES FROM DATE OF SELECTION OR THEY EXPIRE.)
Wonderful news! I am so much happy for them. Hopefully this will be a signal for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame too!
I am a heart guided human which makes it sometimes difficult to survive in a brain guided world. About this you get another way to someones art work. Actually the world is turning about the medias more and more into superficiality. You have to look like… ever show young until you break because the pressure… you need the perfect image about your look outside. This means not that there are also today some very good new artists, but too often, in music business, you remember first who the artist looks like before feeling the music that was performed.
For me it is first the music that touches my heart and soul. Often it is too much for my senses that the lyrics came in together. First the music, second the lyrics, then maybe the interest on someone who created and performed the song. And, also important for me, the more musicians also touch or cross borders to other styles of music, the more are they and their work are interesting. Working on serious things I realized in my own life decades how often other people try to guide your thoughts, feelings and things you should be allowed to ask or do in a prefabricated box with no windows and doors. Borders all around you. Be like we tell you to be (no risks) and your way in future is safe.
Nancy and Ann made their own way through music business and created so many timeless music. And they are still creative today.
Because their life work they deserve to be honored on the famous places of music industry. But for me, personally, it is more important to see in how many hearts of other people around the world they have a special place.