{"id":151,"date":"2007-01-10T01:14:37","date_gmt":"2007-01-10T06:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/celebrity\/2007\/01\/10\/hilary-swank-gets-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame\/"},"modified":"2010-04-10T22:06:23","modified_gmt":"2010-04-11T02:06:23","slug":"hilary-swank-gets-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/celebrity\/2007\/01\/10\/hilary-swank-gets-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilary Swank gets star on Hollywood walk of fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image150\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/celebrity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/hilary-swank.jpg\" alt=\"hilary-swank.jpg\" \/>  It&#8217;s been a long road to the Hollywood walk of fame for Hilary Swank, two time Oscar winner.  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