Bill Maher To Get Star On Hollywood Walk Of Fame
HOLLYWOOD (CBS 2) — It might not be a politically incorrect move, but comedian Bill Maher will be getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Tuesday.
Maher is receiving the 2,417th star on the Walk of Fame, three days before his HBO talk show "Real Time with Bill Maher" returns from its summer hiatus to finish the second half of its eighth season.
Talk show host Larry King and Seth MacFarlane, the producer of the Fox Broadcasting animated series "Family Guy," "The Cleveland Show" and "American Dad," will join Maher.
The former host of "Politically Incorrect"'s star is located at the W Hotel at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street.
Born Jan. 20, 1956 in New York City and raised in River Vale, N.J., Maher graduated from Cornell University in 1978, then began a career in stand-up comedy in New York City.
Maher was ranked 38th on Comedy Central's 2004 list of the greatest stand-up comics of all time.
"Politically Incorrect" ran on Comedy Central from 1993-97and ABC from 1997-2002.
He has hosted a similar show, "Real Time with Bill Maher" since 2003.
Maher holds the record for most Emmy nominations without a victory -- 26.
Maher is the author of four best-selling books: "True Story," "Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? Politically Incorrect's Greatest Hits," "When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Bin Laden" and "New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer."
Maher's acting credits include being a cast member of the 1985 NBC comedy "Sara," which starred Geena Davis, and two appearances on "Murder, She Wrote."
The ceremony comes on the same day as the DVD release of Maher's Emmy-nominated stand-up special, "Bill Maher... But I'm Not Wrong."
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