How Stars Get their Stars

...on the Walk of Fame.

(Los Angeles, California) If it weren't for two guys with a bunch of crushed granite, Hollywood might not have its iconic Walk of Fame.

The 2 1/2-mile-long sidewalk monument, with its parade of pink-and-black stars bearing names of Hollywood luminaries, draws international media coverage for each new star placement and an endless line of camera-toting tourists from all over the world. They find their favorites and pose for pictures standing or kneeling atop stars like Marlon Brando and Michael Jackson, or any of 2,312 others. The Walk of Fame, almost all of it running along Hollywood Boulevard, is a tiny piece of Tinseltown magic anyone can experience.

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