In an effort to make some extra $$, owners Elie Samaha and Donald Kushner have come up with a unique idea: Green screen the Chinese and have you pay for it.
If you want to enter the forecourt, you are directed to enter thru the "FREE" entrance and stand in front of the green screen to have your picture taken, then you can roam the forecourt to see "all" the handprints.
After you are finished you can purchase photos at the booth.
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| Photo package pricing |
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| An "official" photo in front of the green screen |
While I applaud them for their ingenuity to get people to pay for a photo that they used to be able to take for free, what bothers me is.............The Cover up!!
If you want pictures of the Icons Bette Davis, Lucas and Spielberg, Betty Grable, Elizabeth Taylor or Edward Arnold.....well, that's too bad 'cause they're under the carpet!
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| Steven Spielberg & George Lucas |
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| Betty Grable |
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| Bette Davis |
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| Elizabeth Taylor & Rock Hudson Bottom line, if you have pictures of these Hollywood landmarks - savor them! |
Wow. How diplomatic of you to "applaud their ingenuity" because I think it's deplorable.
ReplyDeleteFrankly, I'd have no problem moving their shitty carpet and snapping pics because this should be a public historical domain. Fuck their bullshit. I'm going to Grauman's and causing a goddam ruckus over this shit. Those movie stars would spit on their greedy machinations.
ReplyDeleteWell, let's remember that this is probably the same ownership group that gave Kobe Bryant his steps in concrete (uh, just how many films has he appeared in?)
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