China Theatre is a landmark building in Hollywood, and it has hosted many Oscars. From Marilyn Monroe to Sylvester Stallone, more than 238 famous film actors in different periods and styles left their handprints and footprints, and the cement floor in the front yard of China Theater left the mark of a superstar.
The handprint of the star of Hollywood China Theater appeared in 1927, when the silent film star Norma Talmaci accidentally stepped on the wet concrete floor, leaving footprints, which made Graumann, then the owner of China Theater, see the business opportunities. Stars, including norma talmadge, were asked to leave their marks, which attracted the attention of the industry, became a special activity of China Theatre and was preserved as a tradition.
There are two completely different activities: leaving fingerprints at the China Theatre in Hollywood and leaving stars on the Avenue of Stars. The Avenue of Stars has an official background and the government strongly supports it. The handprint of Hollywood China Theater is the company's own activity. Donald kushner, the owner of China Theater in Hollywood, admitted that there are a lot of star handprints in film promotion, but not all of them appear in front of the most eye-catching theater square. Non-human stars, including Britney Spears, Kobe Bryant, even Transformers Optimus Prime and Smurfs, have all put their handprints in front of Hollywood China Theatre for film promotion, but they have all been shelved in the end.
Hollywood China Theatre is privately owned. Alvin kushner, the operation director of Hollywood China Theatre (the daughter of the current owner kushner), said that they also have a special committee responsible for the selection, mainly for the evaluation of the theater's senior management. Mark Vanamek, a Hollywood historian, said that before 1960, there was little controversy about the stars who left their handprints in the China Theatre in Hollywood, but later more modern and young stars were selected. During the period of 1992, Tom Cruise left his handprint in China Theatre. At that time, many people were very dissatisfied. "How can you put him with Marilyn Monroe?"
Because of the penetration of commercial propaganda, the standards of Hollywood China Theatre are now more relaxed. 20 1 1 There are more than a dozen printing celebrations, mostly because of the publicity activities of film release. Because of the release of Twilight, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and other young stars left their handprints on a brick. Xiaogang Feng 20 13 left his mark in China Theatre, becoming the first filmmaker in the Mainland. At that time, I also cooperated with the film promotion activities.
On the morning of June 3rd, local time in the United States, Lin Yibin, a famous Hollywood Chinese director, and Zhao Wei and Huang Xiaoming, China actors, appeared in the square in front of TCL China Grand Theatre in Los Angeles, leaving their handprints, footprints and signatures as the highest honor for filmmakers in recognition of their contributions to the film industry. Famous American rapper Mike Hammer, Hollywood superstar Vin Diesel and other actors from The Fast and the Furious appeared at the ceremony to support Lin Yibin. Zhao Wei and Huang Xiaoming became the first Asian actresses and the first Chinese mainland male stars in Hollywood.
20 15 10 18, Zhao Wei's handprint shoe print was officially launched in chinese theater, Hollywood, and the boys who went to LA had a new place to take photos. The specific location is right in front of the Grand Theatre, with Vince Vaughn (Vince Vaughn) on the left, gena rowlands (gena rowlands, a veteran movie star, nominated for two Oscars after the 78 Berlin film) below, and of course, Huang Xiaoming, an old friend, on the right.