Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame Star!

Photos Courtesy of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce/O. Del Aguila

Celebrate history-making costume designer Ruth E. Carter’s newly awarded star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Carter is the second costume designer and first black costume designer to be honored with a star.

Complete ceremony, featuring Oprah Winfrey and Eddie Murphy.

Ruth E. Carter’s work shines in Coming 2 America, which you can see in these Royal Portraits:

Coming 2 America is set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted confidante Semmi(Arsenio Hall) embark on an all-new hilarious adventure that has them traversing the globe from their great African nation to the borough of Queens, New York – where it all began.

The film stars Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Shari Headley, with Wesley Snipes and James Earl Jones. Also starring John Amos, Teyana Taylor, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Paul Bates, Nomzamo Mbatha, Bella Murphy.

Brian Oliver, Bradley Fischer, Valerii An, Kenya Barris, Charisse Hewitt-Webster, Michele Imperato Stabile and Andy Berman serve as an executive producer.