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  2. Hollywood Sign - Wikipedia

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    The Hollywood Sign Trust, which is controlled by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, is a volunteer organization dedicated to maintaining, protecting and promoting the sign, but has no legal rights to the landmark itself, [6] or the surrounding land, which is part of Griffith Park.

  3. Hollywood - Wikipedia

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    Hollywood, Homewood, Alabama and Hollywood Historic District, a former town and a historic district Hollywood, Florida , a coastal city in Broward County Hollywood, Georgia , an unincorporated community in Habersham County, Georgia

  4. Cinema of the United States - Wikipedia

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    [101] [102] Quentin Tarantino has opined that the current era of cinema is one of the worst in Hollywood history. [ 103 ] [ 104 ] During a masterclass at the 2023 Sarajevo Film Festival , Charlie Kaufman criticized mainstream blockbusters, stating that "[a]t this point, the only thing that makes money is garbage" and encouraged industry ...

  5. Hollywood, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. Neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, US For the U.S. motion picture industry, see Cinema of the United States. Neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States Hollywood Neighborhood The Hollywood Sign in front of Hollywood Hills in January 2019 Map of the Hollywood ...

  6. Etymology - Wikipedia

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    Etymology (/ ˌ ɛ t ɪ ˈ m ɒ l ə dʒ i / ET-im-OL-ə-jee [1]) is the study of the origin and evolution of words—including their constituent units of sound and meaning—across time. [2] In the 21st century a subfield within linguistics , etymology has become a more rigorously scientific study. [ 1 ]

  7. How ‘Hollywood’ Provides an Alternate History of ...

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    When Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan first sat down to write “Hollywood,” their new seven-part limited series about the Golden Age of Tinseltown, they wanted the show to be an investigation into ...

  8. Blockbuster (entertainment) - Wikipedia

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    Several theories have been put forward for the origin of the term in a film context. One explanation pertains to the practice of "block booking" whereby a studio would sell a package of films to theaters, rather than permitting them to select which films they wanted to exhibit. However, this practice was outlawed in 1948 before the term became ...

  9. History of film - Wikipedia

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    Sound films emphasized black history, and benefited different genres to a greater extent than silents did. Most obviously, the musical film was born; the first classic-style Hollywood musical was The Broadway Melody (1929), and the form would find its first major creator in choreographer/director Busby Berkeley (42nd Street, 1933, Dames, 1934).