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by Julia Ward, posted Nov 8th 2006 10:07AM
Even if you're not a Whedonite yourself, you've got to give it up for the fans of Joss Whedon. The Buffy, Angel and Firefly fanatics have created a community that has held multiple nationwide fundraisers for Whedon's favorite charitable organization Equality Now and single-handedly acted as the grassroots marketing engine behind Whedon's directorial film debut Serenity. Let's just say, they're a nice bunch.A group of those fans has now turned its attention to honoring Whedon with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Their collective reasoning is sorta sweet. "It's a tangible way to show respect by giving him something else to add to his legacy and to show how much he means to us...It's not all about Joss...It's about family, not the one we are born into by blood, but the one that Joss created out of his work...We cannot give him the prestigious awards; most of us are not on any academy boards, nor people that have a choice of nominations." Sorta makes you tear up a bit, doesn't it? Pop culture making the connection. The people's star.
There is, of course, a catch. Anyone can nominate a celebrity for the Walk of Fame, but once that nomination is accepted, fans must raise $15,000 to make the star happen. The folks organizing the campaign are accepting donations online. Each donation qualifies you to win an autographed photo of Buffy's Giles, a Serenity premiere flipbook or a kinda gross vampire prosthetic signed by Angel's David Boreanaz. Maybe don't donate for the forehead-thing. Donate because you want to see Joss Whedon get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - a star that can be pissed on by drunk nightclubbers and slept on by Hollywood's transients.
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