The stars were on hand as prolific producer/screenwriter/director Ryan Murphy received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame over the Weekend.
Said the man behind Glee, American Horror Story, Pose, The Normal Heart, and so many other shows after rattling off a list of thanks to the many actors he has worked with: “This has been such an amazing year in my life…I look at the Star as the halfway point in my career. I’ve done a lot of work and I’ve been so lucky but I have so much more to say and to do. I’m blessed and I know that.”
Ryan Murphy speech for his star on Hollywood walk of fame , he really deserved it! He’s a genius and I’ve discovered so many amazing actors from his shows , Thankyou! @MrRPMurphy, @FinnWittrock @MissLeslieG @MsSarahPaulson #AHS #CodyFern pic.twitter.com/8TzxUKL7Wz
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Balenciaga! pic.twitter.com/ycPeVMcVFs
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Jessica Lange takes the stage at Ryan Murphy's Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony: "I think it is extremely rare to suddenly find someone that you can have an ongoing artistic exchange with" https://t.co/DKOUxdXaqf pic.twitter.com/doHrdxWO6U
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Gwyneth Paltrow takes the stage at Ryan Murphy's Walk of Fame star ceremony https://t.co/DKOUxdXaqf pic.twitter.com/8AaXuBWEGW
— Variety (@Variety) December 4, 2018
Congratulations @MrRPMurphy on being honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. You are a blessing to mankind. You have the ability to bring out the best in someone, and allow a safe space for them to be themselves unconditionally. We love you.
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Lady Gaga sent a bouquet of flowers and a sweet note to @MrRPMurphy congratulating him on his Walk of Fame star ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/FpROZroiJc
— Lady Gaga Facts (@LGMonsterFacts) December 5, 2018
Sarah Paulson attends a ceremony honoring Ryan Murphy with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 04, 2018 in Hollywood, California. pic.twitter.com/EyOmfN1OG3
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Drama Queens @ImAngelaBassett and I enjoyed a moment after @MrRPMurphy @LAWalkOfFame ceremony yesterday. @MsSarahPaulson delivered a kickass tribute. All the @AHS8Apocalypse attended. Kudos Ryan! pic.twitter.com/927ZWP03Lt
— Kathy Bates (@MsKathyBates) December 6, 2018
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Murphy was recently awarded the Hero Award from The Trevor Project at its annual gala where he also announced ‘Pose Gives Back’, a multi-million dollar initiative to vote anti-LGBTQ lawmakers out of office.
Said Murphy, accepting his award with the mostly-LGBTQ cast and crew of Pose: “Why don’t we consider ever targeting the people who are causing the problem here? The homophobes, the trans naysayers, and the small restricted and dangerous minds who are causing so many young people to needlessly hate themselves and doubt themselves…”
“It was the midterms this year that gave me hope,” he added. “One after one, anti-LGBTQ candidates who made hate speech and ideology part of their legacy fell away. They were disgraced and eliminated by Democratic candidates who were largely boosted by victory by young and female voters, by the way. The number was astounding to me, as a 54-year-old as I read this in the New York Times. Over 20 anti—LGBTQ right wing politicians and their horrifying views were gone in a day…and they were replaced by allies.”
Murphy continued: “I want these hateful and wrong politicians to go, and stop polluting our moral and ethical ether…In 2020, we’re going to create and fund, with corporate sponsorship, a multi-million dollar organization that targets anti-LGBTQ candidates running for office. We’re narrowing our focus to 20 of them. Senate and congressional candidates who think they can get votes by hurting and discriminating against us. And I have to say to them, ‘well, we can get votes too.’”
“We are going to send a message which says you cannot make discrimination against us a political virtue anymore,” he vowed. “You cannot keep killing our vulnerable young people by promoting and nationalizing your rural, close-minded anti-constitutional viewpoints.”
