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Hollywood, sometimes informally called Tinseltown, is a neighborhood and district [2] in the central region of Los Angeles County, California, within the city of Los Angeles. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it.
Harvey Henderson Wilcox (c. 1832 – March 19, 1891) was an American landowner who registered the name Hollywood for his estate west of the city of Los Angeles in 1887. [1] Hollywood became the center of the movie industry of the United States in the early 1910s.
According to lore, Daeida heard the name Hollywood from another traveler, who owned an estate by that name in Illinois. [2] By February 1887, the Wilcoxes began to lay out a new town on their ranch, later filing a subdivision map for "Hollywood, California," with the Los Angeles County Recorder's office.
In his 1975 memoir, "Don't Get Me Wrong − I Love Hollywood," Skolsky fiercely maintained anointing Oscar and ridiculed all other challengers. Skolsky wrote that the name appeared when he was ...
It might be the most iconic sign in America. The year is 1923; Calvin Coolidge enters the White House; the Yankees play their first home game in the old Yankee Stadium, and TIME Magazine publishes ...
To stay quiet just isn't an option -- "I can't not speak up," she said -- but she's well aware that other Hollywood figures keep mum about their politics. "I think they're afraid," she said.
In 2015, an album cover was revealed for hip hop musician Dr. Dre's third studio album, Compton in which the vertical backside of the Hollywood sign was imitated with the album's title, which is also the name of Hollywood's sister city. [93] There is an imitation of the sign at Hollywood, County Wicklow in Ireland. [94]
It’s a beautiful day for a movie. The place: New York City. The date: June 20, 1975. You walk to the theater, turn a corner, and spot one of the longest lines you’ve ever seen.