[Venturer]

The Star;s are not free and you are not selected as an honor .

Upon selection, someone has to cough up $25,000, which pays for the star’s creation, installation and maintenance. But Hollywood’s honorary mayor, the late Johnny Grant, once said in an interview that it wasn’t uncommon for film studios to offer up to four times that amount. “These studios, when they want a star and they’ve got a picture opening, they’d give you $100,000,” he said. Sometimes fan clubs also foot the bill.

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/46919

Probably purchased by Maher himself as an ego booster.

I hope it’s placed outside a pet store next to a fire hydrant and the dogs use it for a urinal.

[paulycy]

Probably purchased by Maher himself as an ego booster.

Now THAT I believe.