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The 68-year-old R\u0026amp;B-pop star was...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLIONEL RICHIE PUTS HIS HANDPRINTS DOWN IN HOLLYWOOD\u003cbr/\u003e              Visitors to Hollywood can now say \"Hello\" to Lionel Richie's handprints in cement outside the famed Chinese Theatre. \u003cbr/\u003e              The 68-year-old R\u0026B-pop star was joined by his children, childhood friends, and Hollywood types like Samuel L. Jackson as he celebrated the occasion on Wednesday (7 MARCH). \u003cbr/\u003e              \"It's quite an amazing revelation, even to the point where it hasn't quite sunk in yet. The Holiday Inn used to be right here behind me. And when the Commodores first came to town, we stayed in the Holiday Inn. And my first destination of Hollywood was to come down and see the hands and feet. And now here we are 40-some odd years later. I'm now down here putting my hands and feet in this,\" Richie said after the ceremony. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"My classmates from preschool, elementary school, high school, college – they flew in. So they are sitting there in total amazement of wait a minute – here's the kid who couldn't play football, he was too slow to run track, he was too short to play basketball. And now he's doing what? You know, this is a surprise to them all the way around. And of course to have my family here – to actually see them marvel in dad's accomplishments -- it means a lot. Because you can't get your kids' attention but so many times. I've got a half a day, then I go back to being dad.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              The \"Dancing on the Ceiling\" singer adds handprints in cement to a list of honors that includes four Grammys, an Oscar and a Golden Globe. He's sold more than 100 million albums overall after a career that began in the 1970s with the Commodores. \u003cbr/\u003e              Jimmy Kimmel said he's been a fan ever since he was a teenager. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Three days ago, I was inside the Dolby Theatre hosting the Academy Awards. Now I am standing out on the filthy street with dirty SpongeBob and crackhead Spider-Man, because I love a man named Lionel Richie,\" Kimmel said. \u003cbr/\u003e              Richie said he used to put his handprints in fresh cement around Tuskegee, Alabama. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Because I was the kid that grew up in Tuskeegee and every time they poured a sidewalk somewhere, I wanted to put my hands, feet, and my name in it. And every time I go back to Tuskegee, I realize they tore that sidewalk up. So this time, I know they will not tear this sidewalk up. My hands and feet will be here for quite a while,\" he said. \u003cbr/\u003e              Richie serves as a judge alongside Katy Perry and Luke Bryan on the new version of \"American Idol,\" which is premiering 11 March on ABC.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I am addicted to exhaustion. And when I say that – I used to say that – that used to be my motto. After dealing with Luke and Katy, I might want to take a vacation. Because they are exhausting. But it's so much fun,\" Richie said. \u003cbr/\u003e              \"Instead of being hard on the contestants, we are like parents or should I say the university of 'American Idol.' We're now trying to really give them constructive advice, because we are the artists. We know what they are going to go through.\"\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Los Angeles, 7 March 2018\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Wide TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Wide Lionel Richie poses with Samuel L. Jackson, Brian Grazer, Jimmy Kimmel\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Medium, from left, Samuel L. Jackson, Lionel Richie, Brian Grazer, Jimmy Kimmel\u003cbr/\u003e              4. Medium Richie pulls hands from cement, shows off hands to media\u003cbr/\u003e              5. Close Lionel Richie cement block with 'Hello,' signature and hand and footprints\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Close zoom to medium Richie writing in cement\u003cbr/\u003e              7. Wide Richie with family\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Medium Richie with children, from left, Nicole, Sofia, Miles\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Wide Richie with children\u003cbr/\u003e              10. SOUNDBITE (English) Lionel Richie, recording artist: \"It's quite an amazing revelation, even to the point where it hasn't quite sunk in yet. The Holiday Inn used to be right here behind me. And when the Commodores first came to town, we stayed in the Holiday Inn. And my first destination of Hollywood was to come down and see the hands and feet. And now here we are 40-some odd years later. I'm now down here putting my hands and feet in this. That's the first thing. The second thing is my classmates from preschool, elementary school, high school, college – they flew in. So they are sitting there in total amazement of wait a minute – here's the kid who couldn't play football, he was too slow to run track, he was too short to play basketball. And now he's doing what? You know, this is a surprise to them all the way around. And of course to have my family here – to actually see them marvel in dad's accomplishments -- it means a lot. Because you can't get your kids' attention but so many times. I've got a half a day, then I go back to being dad.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Medium tilt up Richie on cement block\u003cbr/\u003e              12. SOUNDBITE (English) Jimmy Kimmel, TV personality: \"Three days ago, I was inside the Dolby Theatre hosting the Academy Awards. Now I am standing out on the filthy street with dirty SpongeBob and crackhead Spider-Man, because I love a man named Lionel Richie.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              13. Wide Richie poses with cement block\u003cbr/\u003e              14. SOUNDBITE (English) Samuel L. Jackson, actor: \"To come from where I know he came from in Tuskegee, Alabama as a young man having dreams\"\u003cbr/\u003e              15. Medium Richie poses and wipes hands\u003cbr/\u003e              16. SOUNDBITE (English) Samuel L. Jackson, actor: \"And to end up in a place like this that we saw on television forever – people on their knees putting their hands in the cement, writing their names and putting their feet in -- is something that is beyond our imagination. So congratulations, Lionel. This is a wonderful thing.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              17. Wide Richie with childhood friends\u003cbr/\u003e              18. Wide theatre tilt down to Richie with friends\u003cbr/\u003e              19. SOUNDBITE (English) Lionel Richie, recording artist: \"Because I was the kid that grew up in Tuskegee and every time they poured a sidewalk somewhere, I wanted to put my hands, feet, and my name in it. And every time I go back to Tuskegee, I realize they tore that sidewalk up. So this time, I know they will not tear this sidewalk up. My hands and feet will be here for quite a while.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              20. Wide Richie talks with reporter\u003cbr/\u003e              21. SOUNDBITE (English) Lionel Richie, recording artist: \"I am addicted to exhaustion. And when I say that – I used to say that – that used to be my motto. After dealing with Luke and Katy, I might want to take a vacation. Because they are exhausting. But it's so much fun.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              22. Wide Richie stands in cement block\u003cbr/\u003e              23. SOUNDBITE (English) Lionel Richie, recording artist: \"Instead of being hard on the contestants, we are like parents or should I say the university of 'American Idol.' We're now trying to really give them constructive advice, because we are the artists. We know what they are going to go through.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              24. Richie poses with girlfriend Lisa Parisa\u003cbr/\u003e              25. SOUNDBITE (English) Lionel Richie, recording artist: \"God bless you. Thank you very much. Mom and dad, mom and dad, mom and dad.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              26. 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