ADVISORY/Ray Bradbury Receives Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame; Ceremony Kicks Off Mayor's Citywide Reading Initiative -- ``One Book, One City L.A.''.

Assignment/Entertainment & News Editors

ADVISORY...for Monday (April 1)

--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)

WHAT:   Author Ray Bradbury will be honored with the 2,193rd star on
        the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The ceremony begins the Mayor's
        month-long citywide reading initiative called "One Book, One
        City L.A.," during which Angelenos are encouraged to read
        Bradbury's science-fiction classic "Fahrenheit 451."

        Joining Bradbury at the ceremony will be Charlton Heston,
        Mayor Jim Hahn and Hollywood honorary Mayor Johnny Grant and
        Los Angeles City Councilmember Eric Garcetti.

WHO:    -- Author Ray Bradbury
        -- Los Angeles Mayor Jim Hahn
        -- Johnny Grant, honorary mayor of Hollywood and chairman of
           Walk of Fame Committee
        -- Councilmember Eric Garcetti
        -- Actor Charlton Heston

WHEN:   Monday, April 1, 2002
        11:30 a.m.

WHERE:  Hollywood Walk of Fame
        6644 Hollywood Boulevard (in front of Larry Edmunds bookstore)
        Hollywood, CA 90028
        (Nearest cross streets: Las Palmas and Cherokee)

PHOTO OP: Mayor Hahn, Johnny Grant and Charlton Heston will present
          Ray Bradbury with his star on the world famous Hollywood
          Walk of Fame.

BACKGROUND:

An award winning author, Bradbury wrote short science-fiction stories
and learned the craft while watching "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and
"The Twilight Zone." He wrote several screenplays including the film
adaption of John Huston's 1953 version of "Moby Dick." He started
writing "Fahrenheit 451" while living in Venice on pay-by-the-hour
typewriters at UCLA.

Press Must RSVP to ANA MARTINEZ-HOLLER at 323/468-1376.