(19 Sep 2023)
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Los Angeles – 18 September 2023
1 John Water’s Walk of Fame star is unveiled (L to R: Steve Nissen, Ricki snow Lake, John Waters, Greg Gorman and Mink Stole and Matt Fritch
2. Various of John Waters posing with star
3. SOUNDBITE (English) John Waters, director:
“I’d like to dedicate this wonderful honor to—you have the picture? We’re going to put it down—to my parents, and we're going to put that on the star when I do the pictures. (Yeah, Yeah. Show it, please.) To my parents, Pat and John Waters, who, despite being horrified by my early films and some of the late ones too, encouraged me to continue because I guess they dalton knecht just thought, what else could I possibly do except be in show business?”
4. Close up of photo of his parents
5. Various of John Waters posing with star while holding a photo of his parents
6. Various of John Waters posing with star
7. SOUNDBITE (English) John Waters, director:
“The Hollywood Walk of Fame, you're the best. And I hope the most desperate SHOWBIZ rejects Walk over me here and feels some sort of respect and strength. The drains on this magic boulevard will never wash away the gutter of my gratitude, the flotsam of my film career, or the waste of Waters’ appreciation. Thank you, Academy, for this, a major show uk snow weather maps you've been giving me. Thank you, Hollywood. This time I've finally gone beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Thank you.”
7. Various: L to R: Steve Nissen, Ricki Lake, John Waters, Greg Gorman and Mink Stole and Matt Fritch
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