The Hollywood Walk of Fame is something people from all over the world flock to when visiting Los Angeles, California, but there's a lot unknown about the process for those renowned stars.
With so many celebrity deaths that happened in 2016, including the recent passings in the past week of Debbie Reynolds and her daughter Carrie Fisher, it has brought up the conversation about these stars.
For the beloved and talented Fisher, the question that has come about is where's her star because she currently does not have one on the Walk of Fame.
Some fans found that unacceptable and took it upon themselves to create one where fans-alike can pay their respects. Reynolds on the other hand has two stars on two different blocks of Hollywood Boulevard.
How is this possible? What's the process?
The Walk of Fame is administered by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and nominations are accepted by the commerce. To get a star you typically have to be associated with the five major categories in the entertainment industry, which are film, television, music, radio/recording and theater.
There were previously four categories until 1984 when theater and live performance were added.
Of course, you don't always have to necessarily be in one of the five categories or even be a real person to get a star. There are a handful of inventors and a number of fictional characters that have stars too, including household names like Mickey Mouse and Kermit the Frog.
Also, in Reynolds' case she's able to have more than one star because if you've achieved pinnacle success in more than one form of entertainment then you qualify. Only one person has stars for all five categories (Gene Autry) and more than 30 people have stars in three categories.
Those coveted stars on the Walk of Fame are not free and the item does not come cheap either. Every nomination application must list a sponsor for the nominee who agrees to cover the $30,000 cost upon the selection to create, install and maintain the star.
A person who is deceased can be nominated with one posthumous award given each year, but usually a that person cannot have a star immediately because there's a five-year waiting period after the day they die, according to the Walk of Fame website.
In regards to Fisher, unless this rule changes, it'll be a while until we see a star of her's, so in the meantime if you're visiting the Walk of Fame, then you can see her temporary star.
