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The ceremony takes place 10 days before the release of Douglas' new comedy series "The Kominsky Method" on Netflix
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He won an Oscar for Best Actor in 1988 for his portrayal of financier Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street".
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The star will be 2648 since the completion of the Walk of Fame in 1961
A Hollywood Walk of Fame star was unveiled Tuesday in tribute to award-winning actor and producer Michael Douglas, Michael Douglas, on the occasion of his 50th anniversary in show business.
At the ceremony near the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, Douglas was joined by Jane Fonda, his 101-year-old father and legendary Hollywood star, who starred as the young Douglas in the drama of the central 1979 China Nuclear Syndrome ", also produced by Douglas, and Ron Meyer, vice president of NBCUniversal, former Douglas agent.
"It's a great honor and I'm not rejuvenating, I want to enjoy it with (my family)," Douglas said.
The 74-year-old star said she had the chance to be part of the "Hollywood classic and the new Hollywood" and praised the Walk of Fame as a link between stars of the past and present.
The star is the 2648th since the completion of the Walk of Fame in 1961 and is located "just steps from" the star of Douglas' father, Douglas, according to Ana Martinez, producer of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The former Douglas was among the first 1,500 stars when the Walk of Fame was completed in 1961.
The ceremony takes place 10 days before the release of Douglas' new comedy series "The Kominsky Method" on Netflix. Douglas's wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, also attended the ceremony.
Douglas was selected to receive a star in 2003. Recipients are five years old to plan the ceremony. After the expiry of the five year period, Martinez stated that she had asked the Walk of Fame Selection Committee to reinstate the star, an accepted application.
Douglas won an Oscar for Best Actor in 1988 for his portrayal of financier Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street". He also won an Oscar in 1976 as a producer of the best film winner, "Flight over a cuckoo's nest".
Other memorable Douglas films include "Fatal Attraction", "Basic Instinct", "Romancing the Stone", "The Jewel of the Nile" and "The American President". Young moviegoers know him for his portrayal of the enthusiast and physicist Hank Pym in "Ant-Man" and "Ant-Man and the Wasp".
Douglas graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 1968, then moved to New York to pursue his training in theater. His pioneering role in television appeared in the production "The Experiment" of "CBS Playhouse" in 1969, as a young scientist who set aside his liberal principles to work for a leading chemical company.
Douglas's best-known television role was Assistant Inspector Steve Keller in the ABC-type crime drama "The Streets of San Francisco", published in 1972-77.
Douglas received an outstanding actor in a series of Emmy comedies nomination in 2002 for his portrayal of the gay detective detective on "Will & Grace". He won an outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or film in 2013 for performing the pianist Liberace in "Behind the Candelabra". CNS-11-06-2018 07:19
Copyright City News Service
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