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The Hollywood Walk of Fame comprises more than 2,600[1]
five-pointed
terrazzo and
brass stars embedded in the
sidewalks
along 15
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 musicians, actors,
directors, producers, musical and theatrical groups, fictional characters, and
others. The Walk of Fame is administered by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
and maintained by the self-financing Hollywood Historic Trust. It is a
popular tourist destination, with a reported 10 million visitors in 2003.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame
-- 2016 --
April 5:
Dog defecates on Donald Trump's
Hollywood Walk of Fame star in latest protest on tribute
The star has been continuously vandalised since Donald launched his
controversial bid to become the next president
The controversial businessman's star has attracted very little attention since
it appeared in 2007, but since he launched his bid to become the Republican
presidential candidate it's attracted a whole host of protests - the latest of
which was from a German Shepherd.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/dog-defecates-donald-trumps-hollywood-7692732
May 28:
Trump: A star is scorned
In Hollywood, the billionaire’s spot on the Walk of Fame is regularly defaced —
and is the target of a campaign to remove it.
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/trump-a-star-is-scorned-223661
July 19:
Donald Trump's Walk of Fame Star
Gets a Baby Border Wall
Los Angeles provocateur Plastic Jesus just rained on Donald Trump's parade. On a
day when the real estate mogul is celebrating his official coronation as the
Republican Party's presidential nominee for 2016, Plastic Jesus has built a wall
around Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The wall only measures 6 inches high, but its statement is mighty.
http://www.laweekly.com/news/donald-trumps-walk-of-fame-star-gets-a-baby-border-wall-photos-7157242
October 26:
Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star destroyed
The vandal was dressed [as] a city construction worker, taking his sledgehammer
to the five-point brass star at approximately 5:45 am.
The man reportedly said he wanted to remove the souvenir so that it could be
auctioned off, with the proceeds set to go toward helping the women who have
come forward in recent weeks to accuse Trump of sexual assault.
https://nypost.com/2016/10/26/donald-trumps-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-destroyed/
October 26:
Donald Trump Walk Of Fame
Star Already Being Repaired As Hollywood Group Vows To Press Charges
The group that administers the
Hollywood Walk of Fame said today that
the vandal that destroyed Donald Trump’s star this morning will be
prosecuted “to the full extent of the law.”
https://deadline.com/2016/10/donald-trump-hollywood-star-suspect-investigation-chamber-of-commerce-1201843165/
October 27:
Man Accused of Defacing Trump’s Walk of Fame Star Arrested: ‘I’m Proud
That I Did It’
A man described as an heir to the Otis
Elevator Company fortune was arrested Thursday for allegedly demolishing
Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star.
James Otis faces felony vandalism of the GOP nominee's pink terrazzo and brass
star during the early dawn hours Wednesday, Los Angeles police told NBC News.
The case against him will be presented to the district attorney, who must decide
whether to press charges.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/man-accused-defacing-trump-s-walk-fame-star-arrested-i-n673936
November 23: Donald Trump's Walk of Fame
Star Replaced
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/donald-trumps-walk-fame-star-replaced-950172
-- 2017 --
February 22: The man who used a pickax and a
sledgehammer to smash President Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will
be on probation for three years after pleading no contest to a felony vandalism
charge, officials say.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/02/22/the-man-who-destroyed-trumps-walk-of-fame-star-will-be-on-probation-for-three-years/?utm_term=.60aee7ad5659
April 25: President Trump’s Walk of Fame
star vandalized again
Over the weekend, the star was defaced with a black marker to include an obscene
gesture toward the president.
https://myfox8.com/2017/04/25/president-trumps-walk-of-fame-star-vandalized-again/
June 12: Trump's Walk of Fame star just got
covered with 'resist' stickers
https://mashable.com/2017/06/12/trump-walk-of-fame-star-stickers/#a7Bmuw5t_mq2
June 23: Celebrities pay $40k for a star on
Hollywood's Walk of Fame, then act surprised for some reason [the $40k
apparently includes maintenance]
https://www.aol.com/article/finance/2017/06/23/celebrities-pay-40k-for-a-star-on-hollywoods-walk-of-fame-the/22584300/
July 7: Trump's Hollywood star: fans polish
it while haters take the piss
The Hollywood Walk of Fame has become a zero-sum battleground as Trump
supporters clean up dirt, graffiti, beer and urine left behind by angry citizens
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/07/donald-trump-hollywood-star-walk-of-fame-clean-dirty
August 21: No, Trump’s Walk Of Fame Star
Wasn’t Actually Vandalized With A KKK Hoodie
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2017/08/21/trump-star-vandalized-kkk/
-- 2018 --
July 21: Artist erects wall around
Trump's Walk of Fame star
This video from July 2016 shows the miniature border wall a Los Angeles artist
built around Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/entertainment/artist-erects-wall-around-trumps-walk-of-fame-star/2016/10/26/27ecff84-4ec2-11e6-bf27-405106836f96_video.html?utm_term=.550af5600cba
July 25: The star, which was awarded for
Trump’s work on the reality show “The Apprentice,” has been a magnet for protest
since his election, organized and otherwise.
It was the rallying point for
dueling protests in July 2017. More recently, comedian George Lopez
simulated urinating on the star with a bottle of water.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/07/25/5436234/
July 25: President Donald Trump’s star on
the Hollywood Walk of Fame was destroyed Wednesday morning by a pickaxe.
Officers responded to a call at the star’s location on Hollywood Boulevard and
Highland Avenue around 3:30 a.m., Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson Ray
Brown told TIME. They found that Trump’s star had been destroyed with a pickaxe.
Photos from the scene from reporters and witnesses show the damaged Trump star
with a pickaxe lying alongside a pile of rubble. The star appears to be gouged
out, leaving a hole.
NBCLA reporter
Johnathan Gonzalez tweeted that, according to witnesses, a man pulled the
pickaxe out of a guitar case when he walked up to the star.
http://time.com/5348157/trump-hollywood-star-destroyed/
July 26: A guy who smashed Trump’s Walk of
Fame star in 2016 just bailed out another guy in jail for smashing it
https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/ne53v8/a-guy-who-smashed-trumps-walk-of-fame-star-in-2016-just-bailed-out-another-guy-in-jail-for-smashing-it
July 26: Mark Hamill Trolls Trump Over The
Destruction Of His Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star
The “Star Wars” actor says he has an “iron-clad alibi.”
"... I was puppy-sitting & both Millie & Mabel can vouch for me ... "
The “Star
Wars” icon shared images of himself with a jackhammer on the Walk of Fame
but insisted that he wasn’t responsible for the vandalism.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mark-hamill-donald-trump-walk-of-fame-star_us_5b5936dae4b0de86f4933c10
July 27: A knock-down, drag-out brawl broke
out on the Hollywood Walk of Fame between a group of protesters and some
President Trump supporters — who were holding a makeshift rally around his new
star
after the old one got destroyed on Wednesday.
The fight reportedly went down around 11:25 p.m. Thursday following a verbal
dispute between two men, one of whom was wearing a Trump jersey.
Footage posted on social media showed punches being thrown in every direction as
numerous people jumped in and got a dose of the mayhem.
... The two men who started the fight appeared to be arguing over the use of the
N-word.
https://nypost.com/2018/07/27/brawl-breaks-out-at-trumps-new-walk-of-fame-star/
July 29: A pair of fake Russian soldiers
stood guard at the remains of
President Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star, days after a man
destroyed it with a pickax.
The two stonefaced men, dressed in olive green uniforms and thick hats, were
spotted “protecting” the star on Hollywood Boulevard this week.
The guards also reportedly braved the 90 degree California heat in their heavy
outfits and were also seen carrying a Russian flag.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/399440-russian-soldiers-guard-trumps-destroyed-hollywood-star
July 29: More Drama, A Bloody Nose And
Another Brawl At Donald Trump’s Walk Of Fame Star
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/07/29/more-drama-a-bloody-nose-and-another-brawl-at-donald-trumps-walk-of-fame-star/
July 30: Trump supporters attacked, brawl
sparked, at Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
A pro-Trump media crew was attacked by protesters at Donald Trump’s Walk of Fame
star in Hollywood, California, on July 26, according to Elijah Schaeffer, the
host of YouTube channel Slightly Offens*ve who shared this video of the
incident.
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article215730925.html
July 30:
Another fight breaks out at Trump’s Walk of Fame star
Supporters and opponents of President Trump clashed again at his Walk of Fame
star in Hollywood, where a man was arrested Sunday night after
the second big fight at the site in four days.
A man wearing a red Make America Great Again cap was shouting, “We got America
great again!” and other pro-Trump slogans into a megaphone, riling up some of
the president’s detractors,
according to the CBS affiliate in Los Angeles.
https://nypost.com/2018/07/30/another-fight-breaks-out-at-trumps-walk-of-fame-star/
August 7: City of West Hollywood calls for
Trump Walk of Fame star to be removed
On the same day the City of West Hollywood voted to ask for President Donald
Trump's Walk of Fame star to be removed, the person who'd most recently
vandalized it was charged.
The resolution to request the removal of Trump's star's was unanimously adopted
by the West Hollywood City Council but is not legally binding as the city has no
jurisdiction over the
Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Mayor John Duran said the vote was symbolic.
"The West Hollywood City Council did not pass the resolution because Donald
Trump is a conservative or a Republican. Earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame is an honor. When one belittles and attacks minorities, immigrants,
Muslims, people with disabilities or women -- the honor no longer exists," he
told CNN.
Duran said the council had never previously asked for a star to be removed:
"Never have we intruded into our neighboring city's business like this. But the
circumstances compelled us to make an exception to the rule."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/07/politics/trump-walk-of-fame-star/index.html
August 7: Hollywood Walk of Fame stars: Will
Trump's be removed, when were they introduced and do celebrities really have to
pay for them?
Regular vandalism of president's monument is becoming a costly burden to city
council
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-star-remove-hollywood-walk-fame-council-vote-damage-vandals-us-president-a8480611.html
August 11: Street artist puts dozens of new
Trump Walk of Fame stars in place
Thursday’s star multiplication can be attributed to an anonymous conservative
street artist, according to
The Hollywood Reporter. He told the publication he was motivated by both the
destruction of the real star as well as the city of West Hollywood’s vote for
the star's removal.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/street-artist-puts-dozens-trump-walk-fame-stars/story?id=57137155
September 21: Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame
star placed behind bars by repeat offender
It seems these vandals can't give it "arrest."
President Donald Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was defaced yet
again this week, this time covered by wooden bars affixed with industrial,
double-sided tape.
A local street artist known as Plastic Jesus -- who's messed with Trump's star
in the past -- explained ...
"Well, 'cause (Trump's) going to jail," he said.
The star was restored by noon Thursday,
CNN affiliate KCAL/KCBS reported.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/21/entertainment/trump-walk-of-fame-star-jail-bars-trnd/index.html
November 8: Donald Trump’s Walk of Fame Star
Vandal Is Going to Jail
The man who smashed Trump’s star with a pickax has
received his official sentence: brief jail time, and probation.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/11/donald-trump-walk-of-fame-star-jail
December 9: Suffering pickaxes and dog poop,
Trump’s Hollywood star has become a symbolic spectacle
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/suffering-pickaxes-and-dog-poop-trumps-hollywood-star-has-become-a-symbolic-spectacle/2018/12/09/01b739a2-d84e-11e8-a10f-b51546b10756_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.852b02d21d4d
December 20: Donald Trump
Walk of Fame Star Bathed in Fake Blood
https://www.tmz.com/2018/12/20/donald-trump-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-vandalized-swastikas-caught-on-camera/
December 23: Despite incidents of vandalism,
Donald Trump’s Walk of Fame star will not get added security
The Los Angeles Police Department does not have the resources to protect
individual stars
https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/12/trump-star-security/
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