LOS ANGELES: A giddy Drew Barrymore received a star on Hollywood Boulevard’s Walk of Fame as a crowd of hundreds looked on. The ceremony Tuesday was designed to promote the release of ‘50 First Dates’, the new romantic comedy with Adam Sandler in which she plays a chronic amnesiac.

"I’ve just been a ball of nerves about this day and now here I am and I can’t stop thinking about what everybody kept saying: ‘Let this in. Be aware of the moment,"’ said the former child-star from ‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’.

Referring to her marker on the sidewalk in front of Hollywood’s historic Chinese Theatre, she gushed: "That’s not mine is it? Oh my God. I’m, like, right in front.... This is insane."

She is the fifth member of the Barrymore acting dynasty to receive a Hollywood Walk of Fame star, after father John D Barrymore and grandfather John Barrymore, whose siblings were Lionel Barrymore and Ethel Barrymore.

"I’m really honoured to be with my family. That’s the coolest thing for me," said the ‘Charlie’s Angels’ actor-producer.