The Hollywood Walk of Fame gained a new star on Thursday morning when Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Christina Ricci was honored for her decades-long career in film and television. Hollywood Boulevard was flooded with fans of Ricci toting merchandise from her most famous projects, including The Addams Family, Casper, and her current series, Showtime's survival thriller Yellowjackets.

"They do the list of nominees who could get it and the second I saw [my name] I cried," Ricci told Gold Derby following the ceremony. "I don't really understand quite well why it's so meaningful to me, but I think it's such validation and acceptance and an acknowledgment, and it feels really special."

Ricci's former collaborators took to the makeshift stage to give impassioned speeches about the impact she's had on them and their careers. Dan Bucatinsky, in particular, got choked up as he recounted taking a 17-year-old Ricci in with his husband...