ACCELERATED REVIEW PROCESS- E

Office of the City Engineer

Los Angeles California

To the Honorable Council

Of the City of Los Angeles JUL 0 7 2010

Honorable Members: C. D. No. 13

SUBJECT:

Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street- Walk of Fame Additional Name in Terrazzo Sidewalk ­

RECOMMENDATIONS:

A. That the City Council designate the unnumbered location situated one sidewalk square southerly of and between numbered locations 38G and 39g as shown on Sheet 17 of Plan D-13788 for the Hollywood Walk ofFame for the installation of the name of Emma Thompson at 6714 Hollywood Boulevard.

B. Inform the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce ofthe Council's action on this matter.

C. That this report be adopted prior to the date of the ceremony on August 6, 2010.

FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT:

No General Fund Impact. All cost paid by permittee.

TRANSMITTALS:

1. Unnumbered communication dated June 28, 2010, from the Hollywood Historic Trust of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, biographical information and excerpts from the minutes of the Chamber's meeting with recommendations. City Council - 2- C. D. No. 13

DISCUSSION:

The Walk of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has submitted a request for insertion into the Hollywood Walk ofFame the name of Emma Thompson. The ceremony is scheduled for Friday, August, 2010 at 11 :30 a.m.

The communicant's request is in accordance with City Council action of October 18, 1978, under Council File No. 78-3949. Following the Council's action of approval, and upon proper application and payment of the required fee, an installation permit can be secured at 201 N. Figueroa Street, 3rd Floor, Counter 23 ".

Respectfully submitted, V\)n.n._ ~A~ {oil- Lemu~E. Central District Engineer Bureau ofEngineering

ar:wof.02 (213) 482-7042 cc: Constmction Services Center, Counter 23" Bureau of Street Services Administration ACCELERATED REVIEW PROCESS- E

Office of the City Engineer

Los Angeles California

To the Honorable Council

Of the City of Los Angeles JUL 0 7 2010

Honorable Members: C. D. No. 13

SUBJECT:

Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street- Walk of Fame Additional Name in Terrazzo Sidewalk ­ EMMA THOMPSON

RECOMMENDATIONS:

A. That the City Council designate the unnumbered location situated one sidewalk square southerly of and between numbered locations 38G and 39g as shown on Sheet 17 of Plan D-13788 for the Hollywood Walk of Fame for the installation of the name of Emma Thompson at 6714 Hollywood Boulevard.

B. Jnfom1 the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce of the Council's action on this matter.

C. That this report be adopted prior to the date of the ceremony on August 6, 2010.

FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT:

No General Fund Impact. All cost paid by permittee.

TRANSMITTALS:

1. Unnumbered communication dated June 28, 2010, from the Hollywood Historic Trust of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, biographical information and excerpts fi·om the minutes of the Chamber's meeting with recommendations. City Council - 2- C. D. No. 13

DISCUSSION:

The Walk of Fame Committee ofthe Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has submitted a request for insertion into the Hollywood Walle of Fame the name of Emma Thompson. The ceremony is scheduled for Friday, August, 2010 at 11:30 a.m.

The communicant's request is in accordance with City Council action of October 18, 1978, under Council File No. 78-3949. Following the Council's action of approval, and upon proper application and payment of the required fee, an installation permit can be secured at 201 N. Figueroa Street, 3rd Floor, Counter 23".

Respectfully submitted,

{3l- Lemuel M. , .E. Central District Engineer Bureau ofEngineering

ar:wof.02 (213) 482-7042 cc: Construction Services Center, Counter 23" Bureau of Street Services Administration June 28, 2010

Mr. Gary L. Moore Public Works Engineering Att: Lemuel Paco 201 N. Figueroa, 3rd Floor, M.S. 503 Los Angeles, CA 90014

Dear Mr. Moore:

The Walk of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has approved d1e below listed name for insertion into the Hollywood Walk of Fatne:

EMMA THOMPSON -(Category -MOTION PICTURES) Requested star location to be 6714 Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Pig n' Whisde Pub on the South side of the street. The star for EMMA THOMPSON will be placed in the second row next to the original row closest to the property, between blank squares which have no numbers. The stars situated in the original row where star is near are EVE ARDEN (38G) to the east and RICI-IARD CRENNA(39g) to the west. According to sheet #17 plan 13788, EMMA THOMPSON'S star has no designated number. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for Friday, AUGUST 6, 2010 at 11:30 a.m.

Thank you for your cooperation in this request. I look forward to a response from your office soon.

The following materials are enclosed: E:tvr:MA THOMPSON's bio, and board minutes.

, a tinez Vice President, Media Relations, Producer Walk of Fame cc: Mayor Villaraigosa Leron Gubler Council Pres. Garcetti Ralph Pipes Sally Castro Top End Const. Inspector Andrews Sandra McClellan Sgt. Lamont Jerrett Carmine Goglia Tom Brown Hollace Davids, Megan Bendis, William Hendley Catherine Olim Alan Hajjr THE HOLLYWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WALK OF FAME COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES NEW WALK OF FAME RECIPIENTS FOR 2010

HOLLYWOOD, CA.-A new group of entertainers in motion pictures, television? live theater, and recording have been selected to receive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, it was announced today by the Walk of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. These individuals were chosen from among hundreds of nominations to the committee at a meeting held June 15, and ratified by the Chamber's Board of Directors.

The Walk ofFarne .recipients for the year 2010 are: MOTION PICTURES: James Cameron, Russell Crowe, John Cusack, Colin Firth, Gale Anne Hurd, Alan Menken, Randy Newman, Adam Sandi r, Emma Thompsoti-and Mark Wahlberg '-So / TELEVISION: Chris Berman, Jon Cryer, Peter Graves, Jimmy Kimmel, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bill Maher, and Sam Waterston

RECORDING: Bryan Adams, The Funk Brothers, Alan Jackson, Chaka Khan, Van Morrison, Marco Antonio Solis, Ringo Starr, ZZ Top and posthumously Roy Orbl.son

LIVE PERFORMANCE/THEATRE: Andrea Bocelli and Cirque Du Soleil/ Guy Laliberte THE HOLLYWOOD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WALK OF FAME COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES NEW WALK OF FAME RECIPIENTS FOR 2010

HOLLYWOOD, CA.-A new group of entertainers in motion pictures, television, live theater, and recording have been selected to re·ceive stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, it was announced today by the Walle of Frune Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. These individuals were chosen from among hundreds of nominations to the committee at a meeting held June 15, and ratified by the Chamber's Board of Directors.

The Walk of Fame recipients for the year 2010 are: MOTION PICTURES: James Cameron, Russell Crowe, John Cusack, Colin Firth, Gale Anne Hurd, Alan Menken, Randy Newman, Adam Sandler, Emma Thompson and Mark Wahlberg

TELEVISION: Chris Berman, Jon Cryer, Peter Graves, Jimmy Kimmel, Julia. Louis-Dreyfus, Bill Maher, and Sam Waterston

RECORDING: Bryan Adams, The Funk Brothers, Alan Jackson, Chaka Khan, Van Morrison, MarcoAntonio Solis, Ringo Starr, ZZ Top and posthumously Roy Orbisori

LIVE PERFORMANCE/THEATRE: Andrea Bocelli and Cirque Du Soleil/ Guy Laliberte EMMA THOMPSON is one of the world's most respected talents for her versatility in acting as well as screenwriting. In 1992, Thompson caused a sensation with her portrayal of Margaret Schlegel in the Merchant­ Ivory adaptation ofE.M. Forster's Howards End. Sweeping the Best Actress category wherever it was considered, the performance netted her a BAFTA Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Award, New York Film Critics Award, Golden Globe and Academy Award. She earned two Oscar nominations the following year for her work in The Remains ofthe Day and In the Name ofthe Father. In 1995, Thompson's adaptation of Jane Austen' s Sense and Sensibility, directed by Ang Lee, won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as well as the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay and Best Screenplay awards from the Writers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of Great Britain, among others. For her performance in the film she was honored with a Best Actress award from BAFTA and nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. In 2008, Thompson starred with Dustin Hoffman in director Joel Hopkins charming romance, Last Chance Harvey, and was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actress for her performance. In 2006, Thompson co­ starred, to critical acclaim, with Dustin Hoffman, Will Ferrell, and Maggie Gyllenhaal in Stranger Than Fiction, dire·cted by Marc Forster, and produced by Thompson's frequent collaborator, Lindsay Doran. In 2004, she brought to the screen JK Rawling' s character of Sybil Trelawney in Harry Potter and the Prisoner ofA zkab an, for director Alfonso Cuaron, and

•• 8687 Melrose Ave nue 8t h Floor Los Angeles California 90069 tel 3"10.854.4800 fax 310.854.4848 in 2007, she reprised the role in Harry Potter and the Order ofthe Phoenix, for director David Yates. In 2004, Thompson appeared in her own adaptation of Nanny McPhee, directed by Kirk Jones and earlier this year, in Europe and the UK, in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, for which she also wrote the screenplay and acted as an Executive Producer. The film will open in the U.S. on August 20. Thompson is currently writing a new film version of My Fair Lady for Sony Pictures. Thompson was bom in London to Eric Thompson, a theatre director and writer, and Phyllida Law, an actress. She read English at Cambridge and was invited to join the university's long-standing Footlights comedy troupe, which elected her Vice President. was President. While still a student, she co-directed Cambridge's first all-women revue Women's Hour, made her television debut on BBC-TV's Friday Night, Saturday Morning as well as her radio debut on BBC Radio's Injury Time. Throughout the 1980s Thompson frequently appeared on British TV, including widely acclaimed recurring roles on the Granada TV series Alji-esco, BBC's Election Night Special and The Crystal Cube (the latter written by fellow Cambridge alums and Hugh Lauri'e), and a hilarious one-off role as upper-class twit Miss Money Sterling on The Young Ones. In 1985, Channel4 offered Thompson her own TV special Up for Grabs and in 1988 she wrote and starred in her own BBC series called Thompson. She worked as a stand-up comic when the opportunity arose, and earned £60 in cash on her 25th birthday in a stand-up double bill with Ben Elton at the Croydon Warehouse. She says it's the best money she's ever earned. She continued to pursue an active stage career concurrently with her TV and radio work, appearing in A Sense ofNonsense touring.England in 1982, the self-penned Short Vehicle at the Edinburgh Festival in 1983, Me and My Girl first at Leicester and then London's West End in 1985, and Look Back in Anger at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue in 1989. Thompson's feature film debut came in 1988, starring opposite Jeff Goldblum in the comedy The Tall Guy. She then played Katherine in Kenneth Branagh's film-directing debut Henry Vand went on to star opposite Branagh in tnree of his subsequent directorial efforts, 1Jead Again (I 991), Peter's Friends (1992), and Much Ado About Nothing (1 993). Thompson's other film credits include Junior (1994), Carrington (1995) and The Winter Guest (1997). She has starred in three projects directed by Mike Nichols: Primary Colors (1998) and the HBO telefilms Wit (2001 , in a Golden Globe-nominated performance) and Angels in America (2002, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination and EMMY Award nomination). Also in 2002, she starred in Imagining Argentina for director Christopher Hampton and Love Actually for director Richard Curtis. The latter film netted Thompson a number of accolades, including Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 2004 Evening Standard Film Awards, a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 2004 BAFTA Awards, Best Supporting Actress at the 2004 London Film Critics Circle Awards and Best British Actress at the 2004 Empire Film Awards. 6/2010