Bay cements place in Hollywood elite

LOS ANGELES - Michael Bay sank his hands and feet into the forecourt of Hollywood's TCL Chinese Theatre on Tuesday as he was honored for a money-spinning movie career that has netted almost $6 billion.

The 52-year-old Los Angeles native is known for directing some of history's biggest effects-laden blockbusters, from Bad Boys (1995), Armageddon (1998) and Pearl Harbor (2001) to the Transformers franchise.

"It brings back your childhood because I remember as a kid I came here. And this is where I went to the movies with my parents, this was the place where I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark, when I decided I want to become a director," he said.