The Daily Beast - Canine Star Uggie Retires - June 26, 2012

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Uggie, the canine star form the film "The Artist" which won an Academy Award for Best Picture, gets his paw prints casted in cement by his owner/trainer Omar Von Muller outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre during a ceremony marking his retirement from show business on June 25, 2012 in Hollywood, California. 

 

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Uggie, the dog from "The Artist" which won an Academy Award for Best Picture, is immortalized with a hand and paw print ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on June 25, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

 

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Uggie gets smooch from Rin Tin Tin movie dog after the paw prints of Uggie were casted in cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre during a ceremony marking his retirement from show business on June 25, 2012.

 

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Uggie poses after casting his paw prints in cement.

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Uggie's owner/trainer Omar Von Muller shows Uggie's paws after the paw prints were casted in cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre.