Post by odm on Nov 4, 2006 14:44:44 GMT
They are thinking of creating a WALK OF FAME in Cardiff. Actually I think that is a very good idea for any City. A nice attraction IMO.
I have printed this news just in case the link does,nt work but will put the link too.
Public to pick Walk of Fame stars
Big Brother contestant Glyn Wise was on hand for the launch
A Hollywood-style Walk of Fame is to be created in Cardiff to honour Welsh stars past and present.
The first 30 plaques - to be made of Welsh slate - will be laid in October 2007. The names will be chosen by a public vote next year.
The walk will run from Roald Dahl Plass, outside the Millennium Centre, down to the waterfront.
The project was launched by Big Brother contestant Glyn Wise and local council leaders.
Stars like Sir Anthony Hopkins and Richard Burton - who already feature on Hollywood's Walk of Fame - and Catherine Zeta Jones could be celebrated in the Welsh version.
Singers Tom Jones and Charlotte Church, rugby legends Gareth Edwards and Neil Jenkins, and politicians like former prime minister David Lloyd George, are other likely contenders for a pavement plaque.
The Welsh national walk of fame academy will draw up nominations from five categories: business achievement and politics, history and the arts, television and film, music, and sport.
Sir Anthony Hopkins features in Hollywood's Walk of Fame
The nominations will be put to the public vote in April.
The first 30 plaques will celebrate five stars from each category with a further five honorary stars added.
Councillor Nigel Howells, from Cardiff Council said: "With the walk of fame being situated at Roald Dahl Plass, in the centre of Cardiff Bay, this will provide a year-round visitor attraction, which I am sure will be popular with both Welsh and international visitors alike."
The landmark will be developed by Brighton-based company Celebrity Walk of Fame.
Managing director Bill Murray said: "Wales has proven to be a fountain of talent and the Welsh National Walk of Fame will recognise the stars that the country has produced throughout its history.
"We expect a fantastic response from famous Welsh faces who would be honoured to be receiving such an accolade
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6111118.stm
I have printed this news just in case the link does,nt work but will put the link too.
Public to pick Walk of Fame stars
Big Brother contestant Glyn Wise was on hand for the launch
A Hollywood-style Walk of Fame is to be created in Cardiff to honour Welsh stars past and present.
The first 30 plaques - to be made of Welsh slate - will be laid in October 2007. The names will be chosen by a public vote next year.
The walk will run from Roald Dahl Plass, outside the Millennium Centre, down to the waterfront.
The project was launched by Big Brother contestant Glyn Wise and local council leaders.
Stars like Sir Anthony Hopkins and Richard Burton - who already feature on Hollywood's Walk of Fame - and Catherine Zeta Jones could be celebrated in the Welsh version.
Singers Tom Jones and Charlotte Church, rugby legends Gareth Edwards and Neil Jenkins, and politicians like former prime minister David Lloyd George, are other likely contenders for a pavement plaque.
The Welsh national walk of fame academy will draw up nominations from five categories: business achievement and politics, history and the arts, television and film, music, and sport.
Sir Anthony Hopkins features in Hollywood's Walk of Fame
The nominations will be put to the public vote in April.
The first 30 plaques will celebrate five stars from each category with a further five honorary stars added.
Councillor Nigel Howells, from Cardiff Council said: "With the walk of fame being situated at Roald Dahl Plass, in the centre of Cardiff Bay, this will provide a year-round visitor attraction, which I am sure will be popular with both Welsh and international visitors alike."
The landmark will be developed by Brighton-based company Celebrity Walk of Fame.
Managing director Bill Murray said: "Wales has proven to be a fountain of talent and the Welsh National Walk of Fame will recognise the stars that the country has produced throughout its history.
"We expect a fantastic response from famous Welsh faces who would be honoured to be receiving such an accolade
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6111118.stm
thankyou izzy 
i think its a brilliant idea how cool our very own walk of fame mind they are putting everything down the bay now a few years ago it was the roughest part of cardiff now its for the elite allthough it is v pretty now 
