HOPPER IN HOLLYWOOD

I walked down to Hollywood Boulevard to see Dennis Hopper getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; 11.30, Friday morning. March 26th, 2010.

I've always thought that the placing of the stars, on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, is a strange combination of the fiercely hierarchical and the utterly random. Why exactly is James Brown's star on Vine outside Bed Bath and Beyond? Still, for whatever reason, Hopper's is perfectly placed right outside the Egyptian Theatre. This is as good...