hollywood

Hollywood is a district in the city of Los Angeles, U.S.A. It's known as the cultural identity and historical center of movie studios and stars.

The film industry was originally based in New York, with most films made in New York or New Jersey. In 1908, however, a growing number of filmmakers started to relocate to Southern California due to cheap land and labor, varied scenery, ideal climate and the ability to film outdoors all year round.

By the early 1920s, Hollywood had become the world's film capital. It produced virtually all films show in the United States. During the '20s, Hollywood was recruiting many of Europe's most talented actors and actresses, like Greta Garbo and Hedy Lamarr, directors like Ernst Lubitsch, as well as camera operators, lighting technicians, and set designers, by the end of the decade Hollywood was the nation's fifth largest industry, attracting 83 cents out of every dollar Americans spent on amusement.

When most people talk about "Hollywood" they are talking about those who work in the entertainment industry of film and television, and the culture of extravagance, glamour, hedonism, fun, and scandalous gossip.

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• Alyssa Milano is chesty and other news

  
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• 6 Annoying Things Hollywood Needs to Stop Doing

  
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• Britney Spears The Price Of Fame (Hollywood Stories) part 3 VF

  
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• BREAKING: Chris Brown flips the f-ck out

  
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• Nick Hogan: John Graziano wanted to kill homos

  
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• Happy 2010

  
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  Dear Readers,I have been spending Christmas in Ohio and New Years at home in Hollywood. Again, I was never one for New Year’s resolutions and here is why, but since Ive done it for the last couple of years I thought that I could make it a yearly feature on my blog. Last year I resolved to do more reading ...
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• Erasing bad memories moves closer to reality

  
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• Della Femina unleashes Bloody Bill on WeHo

  
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• Victoria Beckham’s Parisian Retail Romp

  
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• Katie Price Stands Out at Waterstone’s

  
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• Bruce Willis and Emma Heming: UNICEF Lovers

  
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• Kate Hudson grilled about Alex Rodriguez!!

  
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  Kate Hudson made an appearance in "Late show with David Letterman" in New York on Thursday evening where she was bombarded with questions about her  latest fling with Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez . While chatting about her latest flim "Nine "  Letterman asked "You’re a big Yankees fan and you’re friends ...
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• Unwritten Law Plot String of Shows to Close Out 2009

  
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• BioWare Believes In Hiring Top-Notch Voice Talent, Mass Effect 2 Loaded with Hollywood Names

  
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• Ashley Tisdale’s Morning Pep-Up

  
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  Pepping up for the day’s agenda, Ashley Tisdale was spotted grabbing up her usual morning coffee fix in Los Angeles on Friday (December 11). Dressed in all-white workout gear, the “High School Musical” hottie kept her head down as she strutted past paparazzi with her warm beverage in-hand. And while she ...
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• Old flames rubbed again!!

  
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• Katie Holmes: Set Time with Suri and Isabella

  
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  Getting quite the cheering section, Katie Holmes took Suri and Isabella to visit Tom Cruise on the “Knight and Day” set in Sevilla, Spain on Friday (December 11). The happy family found the perfect perch to watch the “Top Gun” stud run through a few stunt scenes on a motorcycle, after which he walked over to ...
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• Eva Longoria: Roosevelt Gala Girl

  
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  Seemingly always having something or other on the agenda, Eva Longoria was among the stars turning up at The Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles on Thursday night (December 11). The 34-year-old brunette beauty happily posed for pictures as she joined in on the Friends Without A Border Gala Benefit happenings to support ...
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• VIDEO: Leno Gets Behind the Wheel of the SMS AMG

  
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  Jay Leno recently featured the new Mercedes gullwing over at JayLenosGarage.com. The SMS AMG features a handcrafted, naturally aspirated 6.3-liter V8 promising 0 to 60 in 3.7 seconds with a top speed of 197 mph but personally I’m most impressed by its deep throaty roar. In fact that is the only part of Leno’s ...
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