Wow… what should have been a proud moment on the world’s stage has instead just brought up serious family drama! No, we aren’t talking about the coronation… it’s Carrie Fisher‘s Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony!
The posthumous honor will happen on Thursday on Hollywood Blvd, in front of Disney‘s El Capitan theater — timed to be part of the company’s celebrations for May the Fourth, aka Star Wars Day.
Princess Leia aside, the honor is well earned — besides her most iconic role, Carrie was also a hugely influential Hollywood mover and shaker, hopping back and forth seamlessly between hilarious onscreen appearances in films like When Harry Met Sally and The Blues Brothers and shows like Laverne & Shirley and 30 Rock — and becoming one of the most prolific script doctors in Tinseltown!
Not to mention her Hollywood memoirs. Heck, her semi-autobiographical novel Postcards from the Edge was so big it became a movie starring Meryl Streep! Related: The Best Carrie Fisher Story You’ve Never Heard! That is, of course, beside the fact Carrie was, as the daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, already Hollywood royalty (or sure, a nepo baby, if you prefer).
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