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COMEDIAN BILL MAHER HONORED WITH 2,417th STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME in the Category of Television

Emcee: Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, President/CEO Leron Gubler
Guest speakers: Seth MacFarlane and Larry King
at 1634 Vine Street, next to the W Hotel at Hollywood & Vine
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 11:30 a.m.

Bill Maher was born in New York City and raised in River Vale, New Jersey. After graduating from Cornell University, he got his start doing stand up in New York and his break came when he worked as the host at New York's Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club in 1979. He still performs at least fifty dates a year in Las Vegas and in sold-out theaters all across the country.

For the last seventeen years, Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political talk can go on American television. First on "Politically Incorrect" (Comedy Central, ABC, 1993-2002), and for the last eight years on HBO's "Real Time," Maher's combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him twenty-six Emmy nominations. In October of 2008, this same combination was on display in Maher's uproarious and unprecedented swipe at organized religion, "Religulous," directed by Larry Charles ("Borat"). The documentary has gone on to become the 7th highest grossing documentary ever.

In addition to his television program – which has featured such regular visitors as Vice President Joe Biden, Ben Affleck, Robin Williams, Arianna Huffington, Alec Baldwin and Michael Moore – Maher has written four bestsellers: True Story, Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? Politically Incorrect's Greatest Hits, When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Bin Laden and most recently, New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer.

Three of his nine stand-up specials for HBO – 2007's "The Decider," 2005's "I'm Swiss," as well as his most recent, the hilarious, "Bill Maher … But I'm Not Wrong," – have been nominated for Emmy awards.

Maher's charitable involvement includes: The Race to Erase MS, Global Green, The Humane Society, Hollygrove, Disabled American Veterans, PETA and many others.

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The Hollywood Walk of Fame is an internationally-recognized Hollywood icon. With about 24 induction ceremonies annually broadcast around the world, the constant reinforcement provided to the public has made the Walk of Fame a top visitor attraction. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce continues to administer the Walk as the representative of the City of Los Angeles. The Walk is a tribute to all of those who worked so hard to develop the concept and to maintain this world-class tourist attraction. Fans of the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be thrilled to know that The Official Hollywood Walk of Fame application is now available. The application which can be downloaded from the iPhone store, is the best resource for information and news about all of the 2,400+ stars on the Walk of Fame. Hollywood Walk of Fame is also celebrating a fabulous black tie gala in the grand ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 which will conclude the year-long celebration of the Walk of Fame 50th. The Gala Committee is pleased to have Walk of Fame honorees representing the five creative categories as honorary co-chairs for this important occasion. Sir Tim Rice for Live Theatre, Tim Robbins for Motion Pictures, Ryan Seacrest for Radio, Celine Dion for Recording, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus for Television. For more information, please visit www.walkoffame50.com

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Betty Marion White is an American actress, comedian, former game-show host, and author. She is known for her television roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls., she starred as Elka Ostrovsky in the TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland. She has also released several books over the span of her career. In August 2010, she entered a deal with G.P. Putnam Sons to produce two more books, the first of which is scheduled for release in 2011.

White has won seven Emmy awards and received 20 Emmy nominations over the course of her career, including being the first woman ever to receive an Emmy for game show hosting. In May 2010, White became the oldest person to guest-host Saturday Night Live, for which she also received a Primetime Emmy Award. She made regular appearances on the game shows Password and Match Game and played recurring roles on Mama's Family, Boston Legal, and The Bold and the Beautiful.

She is recognized for her affiliation with animal charities such as Actors and Others for Animals and the Morris Animal Foundation.

White was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on January 17, 1922. She is the daughter of Horace L. White, a traveling salesman and electrical engineer, and his wife Tess Cachikis. Her maternal grandfather immigrated from Greece, and her paternal grandfather from Denmark. White's family moved to Los Angeles, California during the Great Depression. She attended Horace Mann School in Beverly Hills, California, and Beverly Hills High School.

Beverly Garland was an American film and television actress, businesswoman, and hotel owner. Garland gained prominence for her role as Fred MacMurray’s second wife, “Barbara Harper Douglas”, in the 1960s sitcom My Three Sons. In the 1980s, she co-starred as Kate Jackson’s widowed mother, “Dotty West”, in the television series Scarecrow and Mrs. King, on CBS. She also had a recurring role as Ginger Jackson on The WB Television Network series 7th Heaven.

Garland was born Beverly Lucy Fessenden in Santa Cruz, California, the daughter of Amelia Rose, who worked in business, and James Atkins Fessenden, a singer and salesman. Garland grew up in Glendale, California. Her 1950s acting roles tended to be tough women who could handle themselves in violent situations. Nineteen fifty-six was a busy year for Garland, as she played a female marshal in the Western Gunslinger, with Chris Alcaide as her deputy, a prison escapee in Swamp Women, and a scientist’s wife who battles an alien in It Conquered the World. All three movies were directed by Roger Corman and were spoofed in the 1990s by Mystery Science Theater 3000. Garland then starred as undercover police officer “Casey Jones” in the syndicated television series Decoy.

In 1957, Garland made television history as the star of the syndicated TV series Decoy, the first American television police series with a woman in the starring role. However, it only lasted a single season of thirty-nine episodes. Despite its relatively short run, this groundbreaking series paved the way for many future police/detective shows starring women, such as NBC’s Police Woman starring Angie Dickinson, ABC’s Honey West starring Anne Francis, CBS’s Cagney and Lacey starring Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless, and ABC’S Charlie’s Angels starring Kate Jackson.

Garland appeared twice as Dooris Denny Bona in the episodes “Remember the Alamo” and “The Widow of Kill Cove” in 1960 in Rod Cameron’s syndicated private detective series COronado 9. In 1957, she guest starred as Elli Austin in the episode “Rodeo Rough House” of another of Cameron’s syndicated series, State Trooper. She also appeared in the 1955 episode “Man Down, Woman Screaming” of Cameron’s first syndicated series, City Detective, the story of a tough New York City police lieutenant. She appeared too as Sarah Garvey in the episode “Cattle Drive to Casper” in the NBC anthology series Frontier. At about this time, she also appeared in the first Brian Keith series Crusader, a Cold War drama.