Carlo Rambaldi, designer of E.T. and King Kong, gets posthumous Hollywood star

Italian special-effects pioneer Carlo Rambaldi received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame posthumously on Thursday. Rambaldi, who died in 2012, designed E.T. for Steven Spielberg’s film of the same name and the giant gorilla for the 1976 film King Kong. He also worked on the effects for Close Encounters, Alien and Dune.