Lauren Graham is honored with the 2,823rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, October 3. Graham receives her star in the category of Television.
00:00Hello everyone, I'm so happy to be here to celebrate my beloved friend, but before we start, we'd like to give a big shout out to the fans here, and all the fans watching around the world on our live stream, presented by our media partner, Variety.
00:21Hi world. The Hollywood Walk of Fame recognizes achievement in the categories of motion pictures, radio, live theater, live performance, sports entertainment, recording and television.
00:34And today, in the category of television, we honor Lauren Graham with star number 2823 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
00:48It's hard for me not to look at the actual people, but I will be looking mostly at the cameras.
00:53Oh, he can handle it.
00:56Now, before we invite Lauren to the stage, let me tell you a little about our honoree.
01:01Lauren Graham is an award-winning actress, producer, and New York Times best-selling author, best known for her work on the critically acclaimed television shows Parenthood and Gilmore Girls.
01:13Her body of work is filled with feminist characters who are spirited, smart, and hilarious.
01:23For her performance as Lorelei Gilmore on Warner Brothers television's Gilmore Girls, where she also served as producer in its final season, Lauren was nominated for a Golden Globe Award,
01:35two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Female Actor in a Drama Series, and two Television Critics Association Awards for individual achievement in both drama and comedy.
01:50Additionally, she earned two Teen Choice Awards, Jealous, a Best Actress nod from the Viewers for Quality Television, was honored by Planned Parenthood as a Champion of Choice for her work with Family Issues.
02:13Yep. Yep. Yep. On and off the screen. And she also was presented with the Barnard College Award Women of Achievement.
02:24She also starred on NBC in the critically acclaimed series Parenthood as Sarah Braverman.
02:31In 2016, Lauren reprised her beloved role as Lorelei Gilmore on Netflix in the four-part series Gilmore Girls, A Year in the Life.
02:462025 will mark the 25th anniversary of the show's premiere, and it still regularly appears in Netflix's Top Ten.
02:54Lauren's second essay collection, Have I Told You This Already?, was released in November of 2022, and it was her fourth book to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list.
03:07Her debut novel, Someday, Someday, Someday Maybe, the story of a struggling young actor trying to achieve her dreams in New York City, received glowing reviews and was called a charmer of a first novel by the Wall Street Journal.
03:22In 2016, she released Talking As Fast As I Can, a collection of humorous and heartfelt essays about her upbringing and her years spent as an aspiring actor in New York and Los Angeles.
03:35The book ran on the New York Times Best Seller list for multiple weeks.
03:40On stage, Lauren starred as Adelaide in the 2009 Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls and as May Daniels in Once in a Lifetime at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
03:53That's what it says here.
03:55Other notable television series she has graced with her talent and presence over the years include News Radio, Townies, Zoe's Extraordinary Playlist, Vampirina,
04:08The Mighty Ducks, Game Changers, and The Z-Suite.
04:13Lauren will soon appear in the upcoming Universal Feature Reminders of Him, an adaptation of Colleen Hoover's best-selling novel,
04:26and can be seen currently in theaters in the wonderful independent film Twinless with Dylan O'Brien.
04:32Other feature credits include The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Max, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Flash of Genius with Greg Kinnear, Because I Said So with Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore,
04:49Bad Santa with Billy Bob Thornton, The Pacifier with Vin Diesel, Amateurs with Jeff Bridges, many more, but especially one close to my heart, One True Thing with Renee Zellweger,
05:01and Meryl Streep.
05:05Lauren is very involved in charity work as a Right Girl LA Mentor, that's W-R-I-T-E, Right Girl Mentor, and Volunteer, Ventura County Humane Society Volunteer,
05:16and Estates Project Member.
05:19Lauren also has a few friends in the audience that we would like to introduce.
05:23Please welcome, and actors, this is in alphabetical order, so don't come to me about billing.
05:30It's also favored nations.
05:32If you behave yourself, I'll give you a five-spot at lunch.
05:36But first, as it should be, we have the great Kelly Bishop.
05:41Connie Britton, Matt Zucre, Lucy Davis, Jennifer Finnegan, Sam Yeager, maybe? Sure, I don't think he's...
06:03Jane Levy, Thomas McDonnell, Luke himself, Scott Patterson, Johnny Silverman.
06:15Jen, is Johnny here? Okay, no star for Johnny.
06:19Yannick Truesdale, Carlos Valdez and May Whitman.
06:25They got a new baby. Channing Dungey. Channing Dungey is here, the chairman and CEO of Warner Brothers Television Group and WBD U.S. Networks,
06:38and Dan Palladino, executive producer of Gilmore Girls.
06:46And now, before we hear from our next speaker and Lauren, I...
06:51Okay.
06:52Now, in a nod to Lauren's time spent in the Barnard College a cappella group, The Metrotones,
06:59everyone who I have just named will come up to the podium one by one
07:04and do an improvised a cappella musical performance.
07:08Hello.
07:11He's here to brighten up his shift. Yeah.
07:14It's for me.
07:17Listen, you will come up here one by one.
07:19You will do an a cappella musical performance, improvised, no less than seven minutes in length.
07:25You will be timed and you will be judged.
07:28And the winner will receive the next star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
07:34Monday morning, bright and early.
07:37Will I MC it? I don't know. Do I like you? We'll see.
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