Jennifer Aniston just became the first Friend to get a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
Controversy immediately erupted online, with people claiming that Jennifer’s post-Friends resume isn’t Walk of Fame worthy. Here is a list of all of Jen’s movies after Friends wrapped in 2004:
* Wanderlust
* Horrible Bosses
* Just Go with It
* The Switch
* The Bounty Hunter
* Love Happens
* He’s Just Not That Into You
* Marley & Me
* Management
* The Break-Up
* Friends with Money
* Rumor Has It…
* Derailed
She’s also appeared on 30 Rock, Cougar Town and Dirt.
What’s your verdict: did Jen’s post-Friends work earn her a star on Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame? Or is Rachel Green so iconic that she earned her star over the course of her decade on Friends?
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I’m not a Jennifer fan, but I don’t think there’s any basis for saying she doesn’t deserve a star.
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I love Jennifer aniston but in all of the movies she appeared in after Friends just don’t seem to do exceptionally well. She is a good actress and she is gorgeous for someone in her age. But I just don’t find her movies are star – worthy. But then again , she is very popular.
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I loved her in Friends. Her movies are crap, though.
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Walk of fame stars aren’t about merit, they’re about money and popularity. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big Jennifer fan, but that’s the truth. She has both money and popularity and now she has a walk of fame star, so good for her.
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I love Jennifer aniston,She has both money and popularity and now she has a walk of fame star, so good for her.Jewelry cards
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I loved her in He’s Just Not That Into You. She’s an amazing actress and has such a natural beauty (: Can you tell I’m a Jen fan?
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i’m not sure if it’s only for movie stars, but come on, friends totally changed our social culture.
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I’d rather “FRIENDS” get a star than Jen alone or any other Friend lol
I think that’s more fitting
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I love anything she is in, of course she deserves a star!!!
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She’s America’s sweetheart! She totally should get a star.
dahlia / 2382 posts
How getting a star works (I C&P this from wikipedia because it explains it best):
Each year, an average of 200 nominations are submitted to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Walk of Fame Selection Committee. Anyone, including fans, can nominate anyone active in the field of entertainment, as long as the nominee or his or her management is in agreement with the nomination (a letter of agreement from the nominated celebrity or representative must accompany the application). Nominees must have a minimum of five years’ experience in the category for which they are nominated and a history of “charitable contributions”.Posthumous nominees must have been deceased at least five years. At a meeting each June, the committee selects approximately 20 celebrities to receive stars on the Walk of Fame during the following year. One posthumous award is given each year as well. The nominations of those not selected are “rolled over” to the following year for reconsideration; those not selected two years in a row are dropped, and must be renominated to receive further consideration. Living recipients must agree to personally attend a presentation ceremony within five years of selection. A relative of deceased recipients must attend posthumous presentations. Presentation ceremonies are open to the public.
The most common question received by Chamber personnel is, “Why doesn’t _____________ have a star?”Numerous major entertainment figures and legendary show business acts are not included on the Walk of Fame, for a variety of reasons. Some, such as Julia Roberts and Clint Eastwood,have declined to participate; nominations cannot proceed without the nominee’s consent. Others, such as George Clooney and John Denver, were nominated but would not agree to the mandatory personal appearance at the unveiling ceremony. Others have simply never been nominated, or do not have a nominator willing or able to pay the selection fee, or have less than the required five years’ minimum involvement in their designated field. Others are merely victims of selection constraints and probability: only about 10% of nominees are selected each year.
A fee (currently $30,000), payable at time of selection, is collected to pay for the creation and installation of the star, as well as general maintenance of the Walk of Fame. The fee is usually paid by the nominating organization, which may be a fan club, or a film studio, record company, broadcaster, or other sponsor involved with the honoree’s current or ongoing project.The Starz cable network, for example, paid for Dennis Hopper‘s star as part of the promotion for its series Crash. It was unveiled in March 2010, shortly before Hopper’s death
@MK_A_Chick@xanga - I love Jen but I agree with you! Friends should get a star! That show is a pop culture icon! It ended the year I graduated high school. People who didnt even watch the show watched the finale that night! It was weird because that show was on since I was in elementary school. It was like a staple on tv, always on! It was truly the end of an era when that show ended!
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Considering it took the genius Mel Brooks over 60 years to get one; fuck no. Whoever the hell picks these people needs to be shot.
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People are just jealous.
ranunculus / 3457 posts
No, she’s a mediocre actress.
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Of course she does. She’s been in a zillion movies and she’s in the news all the time. People LOVE her.
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I think perhaps Friends or Jen’s Hair should have been given the Star,
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What are the conditions of getting the star? Is it supposed to be based on importance of work or flat-out fame? Cause she’s pretty famous.
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You’ve forgotten Friends and The Good Girl. She didn’t “deserve” it, no one deserves anything. She totally earned it.
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I absolutely adore Jennifer. Good for her.
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I think she totally earned it. She gets a lot of crap for her movies but do people forget she was part of Friends for 10 years and won MANY awards doing it? Sure, she’s no Meryl Streep but she was a huge 90s icon and has even done work Producing and Directing. Plus, The Switch, He’s Just Not That Into You, Marley & Me, The Break-Up, and Derailed were all good movies in their own sense. I’m looking forward to her movie “I Miss You Already”. Sounds like it’ll be great.
hydrangea / 90 posts
Along Came Polly isn’t on that list… it’s a decent movie
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YES she deserves one!!!
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Yeah she’s earned it.
I haven’t seen all her movies, but I love her in all the ones I have seen.
Has anyone seen Just Go With It? I swear…I never get tired of that movie. Hilarious!!
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LOVE her, she definitely earned it, she was GREAT in Friends and even if the movies she did weren’t that great she played her role very well. she’s also very versatile, bottom line is she so deserves it!!!
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Oh god no. Asides from playing Rachel on Friends, what else is she really known for? Setting the “Rachel” hair style? Nothing. She’s just an aging woman that got her ex-husband snatched away by a younger, humanitarian sex symbol who adopted like four orphans from different countries. Her movies are mediocre, maybe 1 out of 10 of them are decent. She did an fine job in He’s Just Not That Into You, but her role in that movie wasn’t extremely different from the ones she’s used to playing. She’s not an exceptional actress, she’s always playing some variation of the nice, lovable, good girl. I don’t really know why she’s still considered relevant.
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Why the hell doesn’t she deserve a star? She’s done tons of movies. I know there’s a bias against comedic movies vs dramas, but seriously.
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She’s a celebrity…doesn’t mean she’s incredible at her craft. But she’s decent, and she’ll get headlines.
peony / 1 posts
She is lovely.
I like her.
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I don’t get it, she is a famous actress, why wouldn’t she “deserve” a star?
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I think jen is amazing. Her and the sow friends should get a star.
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I don’t think the movies she did after Friends qualify her a star on the walk. There’s only 2, maybe 3 on there that I would watch. The rest, bleh. Rachel Green was what made her & I’m afraid the roles she’s choosing now aren’t risky or something, it’s just not working.
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I thought The Bounty Hunter was a terrible movie… But I love and respect Jennifer Aniston for the other roles she’s been in. I was really surprised by her character in Horrible Bosses. I cried my eyes out in Love Happens (although I think that was more because of Aaron Eckhart’s part than hers) and I can almost never switch the channel when The Break-Up comes on. Yay for her!