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Post by Admin on May 4, 2023 17:28:50 GMT
Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia, is posthumously honored with the 2,754th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures on Star Wars Day. Guest speakers include Billie Lourd, who will accept the award on behalf of her mother. Carrie Fisher passed on December 27, 2016 at the age of 60.
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Post by Admin on May 4, 2023 18:45:26 GMT
Six years after Carrie Fisher's death, she's getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — on Star Wars Day — but family drama is overshadowing the event. On the eve of the May 4 event, Billie Lourd — Carrie's only child — responded to attacks from her mother's siblings for excluding them from the event. Some scathing statements were made back and forth between Billie — who will be accepting the star on her mother's behalf — and Carrie's brother, Todd Fisher, and half-siblings, Joely and Trisha Leigh Fisher. Even Carrie's dog, Gary Fisher, is involved. What was said: Carrie's brother Todd, 65, told TMZ on Tuesday that it was "heartbreaking and shocking" that he had been "intentionally omitted" by his niece "from attending this important legacy event" Joely, 55, and Trisha Leigh, 54, then posted a joint message on social media saying for "some bizarre, misguided reason our niece had chose not to include us in the epic moment in our sister's career." http://instagram.com/p/CryUqMZJAJJ Billie, the actress daughter of talent agent Brian Lourd, issued a scathing statement in response, saying, "The truth is I did not invite them to this ceremony. They know why." The Ticket to Paradise star, 30, called out her complaining relatives for capitalizing on Carrie's death, as well as the death of Carrie's mother Debbie Reynolds, through book deals and interviews that they didn't consult her about. "The truth of my mom’s very complicated relationship with her family is only known by me and those who were actually close to her," she said. She added that her "instincts were right" in excluding them in light of their public statements and noted, "To be clear — there is no feud. We have no relationship. This was a conscious decision on my part to break a cycle with a way of life I want no part of for myself or my children," as she welcomed her second child with husband Austen Rydell last year.
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