My kid bounced out of bed today, very excited for the holiday pic.twitter.com/rlG5JSa2au
— Panda Bernstein (@J4Years) May 3, 2023
… Be with you, to those who observe.
Carrie Fisher is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a May the Fourth tribute to one of the “Star Wars” franchise’s most beloved characters. Fisher — who died in 2016 — joins film co-stars Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill on the tourist attraction. https://t.co/yvDKUXpal8
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 4, 2023
… Fans have long campaigned for her to receive a Walk of Fame star. The honor comes on May the Fourth, essentially an official holiday for Star Wars fans that’s a play on a line that Fisher said often in the films, “May the Force be with you.”
Devotees worldwide celebrate with a variety of tributes, while retailers hold special sales on Star Wars merchandise.
The induction ceremony will be held at 11:30 a.m. Pacific and livestreamed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
Fisher will be given the 2,754th star on the Walk of Fame. Ford received his star in 2003 and Hamill was honored in 2018.
Walk of Fame stars are given to performers who are nominated and a $75,000 fee is now required to create the star and maintain it.
Speaking of popular: Big personal thanks to Major Major Major Major, whose invite has allowed me to join BlueSky, kinda, which is more than I ever did for twitter. I’ve already figured out how to follow people (even had a couple optimists follow me), and how to block / mute spam accounts. It’ll be a while before I’m contributing anything useful — one-finger phone typing and a non-wifi connection that logs me out at unpredictable intervals will keep me from getting completely distracted and losing my focus here. But I’m hoping that by the time twitter completely implodes, assuming it does, there will be a bsky.desktop where I can download embeds to replace my current posting habits.
(Or maybe the horse will talk: Twitter just realized it was dumb to cut off automated public service tweets.)
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