The Hollywood Walk of Fame reveals its Class of 2027, honoring Kate Hudson, Lisa Kudrow, Linkin Park, Lil Wayne and more
Hollywood Boulevard has been in a constant state of reinvention since it was rechristened from dowdy Prospect Avenue in the dusty days before movies arrived here in the ‘teens. As the barns and farmhouses gave way to the glamorous golden age architecture we know today in the 1920s, landmarks like the Chinese, Egyptian and El Capitan theaters were born.
Jennifer Aniston’s star on the Hollywood Walk of FameCredit: Photo by Scarlet Sappho/Flickr
By midcentury, a new generation of boosters decided the sidewalks themselves should telegraph that Hollywood was the movie capital of the world. In 1953, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce pitched the first version of what a “Walk of Fame” might look like. By 1960, workers had installed the first batch of 8 permanent terrazzo plaques in the sidewalk for Olive Borden, Ronald Colman, Louise Fazenda, Preston Foster, Burt Lancaster, Edward Sedgwick, Ernest Torrence and Joanne Woodward.
Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong in 1979Credit: Photo by Tony Barnard/ Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection/University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Today, there are some 2,850 stars in six categories voted on by a secret committee. Today, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced the class of 2027, their list of nearly three dozen stars who will receive the honor next year, including Cheech & Chong, Survivor host Jeff Probst, Netflix head Ted Sarandos, Kate Hudson and Grandmaster Flash.
Kate Hudson in 2026Credit: Photo by Kevin Paul/Wikipedia
And the winners are…
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Motion pictures: Cheech & Chong, Idris Elba, Sam Elliott, Elle Fanning & Dakota Fanning (double ceremony), Kate Hudson, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, and Ted Sarandos
Television: David Alan Grier, Lisa Kudrow, Bill Lawrence, Pedro Pascal, Adam Scott, Jeff Probst, Keke Palmer, and Raven-Symoné
Recording: Karol G, David Guetta, Waylon Jennings (Posthumous), The Ramones, Joseph Saddler (Grandmaster Flash), Marc Shaiman, Sia, Smashing Pumpkins, Linkin Park, and Lil Wayne
Live performance: Jo Koy, Nicole Scherzinger, and Roberto Bolle
Sports Entertainment: Jimmie Johnson
Radio: Lenard “Charlamagne tha God” McKelvey