Good news for fans who first noticed Bryan Cranston back when he was voicing Snizard on "Mighty Morpin' Power Rangers": the "Breaking Bad" actor will get his very own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year.
Among the 24 honorees next year will also be TV favorites Simon Baker, Bryan Cranston, Ellen DeGeneres, Jane Lynch, Katey Sagal, and Matthew Perry. (Via)
It's about time. Cranston hit the big-time playing meth kingpin Walter White (that's so much fun to write), but he was consistently doing great work as Hal on "Malcolm in the Middle," a role that should have gotten him his own star before...well, the people who were elected for their TV work on this list. I don't care that David Hasselhoff has been around longer — it's not right that he got to stick his hands in disgusting, wet cement before Cranston, as well as Katey Sagal, did. (Celebrities still do that, right?)
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Chris Berman bought his. Hell, anyone with any semblance of notoriety can pony up $50K and get a star. It’s not fair to the good guys.
yeah if Bryan Cranston wasn’t so cheap he could’ve paid for his own star
The Mentalist was Matt Reynolds in LA Confidential? I had no idea.
It’s a walk of fame, not a walk of talent. Also, before Breaking Bad he was a dopey dad on Malcom in the Middle…
before that he was the awesome Tim Watley on Seinfeld
Fuck that, he was Father Brophy from Street Corner Justice!
Hey Malcom in the Middle was pretty good, and he was by far the best part about it.
He was also EXCELLENT as Buzz Aldrin on From The Earth To The Moon
The other day I watched the Seinfeld episode where George buys ladies’ glasses then mistakenly sees Jerry’s girl-of-the-week kissing his cousin Jeffrey. The woman is played by Anna Gunn and she was smoking hot before she was Skyler (she was good looking in seasons one and two of Bb, but it looks like she got plastic surgery before season three).
For real, though, why did it take so long for Matthew Perry to get one? That’s an honest question.
They finally opened a rehab facility on Hollywood Boulevard? Okay, that was just plain mean…
Or Katey Sagal?
It requires $50k (a sum that goes up every year), and approval by some committee who each year select at least 3 dubious candidates and leave off major choices.
Even this year’s list… Simon Baker has had one moderately successful show, or am I missing something?
Matthew Perry had one successful show and 3 flops, right? Jane Lynch I’m coming around on because lately when I watch any old tv show I spot her now that I know who she is.
Can’t really argue about Tim Allen having a star. He might suck but Home Improvement was HYUUUGEEE in its prime.
A slideshow about the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Fo realz, bring back Matt. Alternatively, burn this place and salt the earth.
Sorry, Danger. It’s not your fault.
Gotta disagree with a few of these things. Chris Berman may be stupid and annoying, but the guy’s a legend in sports broadcasting. The Hoff? We’re going to bitch about Knight Rider getting a star? The Hoff is lame and dopey, but so is William Shatner, he’s the Motherfucking Hoff, c’mon man. Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen? Really? I can’t think of a hotter Twincest fantasy back in the day. Yeah Heath Ledger died in one of their apartments and if you locked them in a room for 24 hours they’d be willing to go ass to mouth for an eight ball, but they still had a very high peak of fame. Same thing with Uncle Jesse.
Obviously they’re not as talented as Cranston nor were they as bad ass as Walter White, but that’s not the way that fame works. Two and a Half Men is the highest rated comedy on TV meanwhile Community and Parks and Rec struggle for ratings.
I used to work on a few projects with the people at the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and know a bit about the process. All chambers of commerce are 501C6 non-profits, which means half of their times they are doing fundraisers.
The Hollywood one is lucky enough to be in charge of the Walk of Fame process, where they get that $50K (damn, was $15K back when I last worked with them) from either the celebrity’s fan club, management company, or a studio trying to butter them up/promote a new project.
They are consistently approached about these stars and they try to stay selective but in the end this is ‘Merica and they need to chase that paper- so a Friends’ fan club might have petitioned them long ago for a star for Matthew Perry it isn’t until a check clears that things start to happen.
So, in conclusion, this isn’t the Hall of Fame, just about any celebrity who won’t “sully” the name of the organization and can pony up some cash can have a star, with preference to those who are famous enough that the average tourist will want to take a picture next to the name.
Who the hell is William Petersen?
Recently the star of CSI. But really, he starred in To Live and Die in LA, which means he should have gotten his star in 1985 for that role alone.
He was good in Manhunter, as evidenced by the fact that recycled the whole shtick into his character on CSI.
Simon Baker..also had a succesful series called The Guardian which ran for 3 years, and aside from LA Confidential his first film in US, he has stared or appeared in 23 movies..Most known ones being The Devil Wears Prada, (Christian Thompson). Land of the Dead (Riley) affair of the Necklace with Hilary Swank. Ride with the Devil..So I think he has put his time in to warrent a Star ..
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George Lopez ?!!!
I agree with half of these…. but really…. he was the dad getting his back shaved on Malcom in the Middle….
still cant take him serious. He also stole several emmy’s that belong to Kyle Chandler.
also Patricia Heaton belongs…. nice rack.
I never noticed George Lopez has the skin texture of an orange. Is that a Mexican thing?