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Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema. Today, much of the movie industry has dispersed into surrounding areas such as the Westside neighborhood, and the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys, but significant auxiliary industries, such as editing, effects, props, post-production, and lighting companies remain in Hollywood, as does the backlot of Paramount Pictures.
On February 16, 2005, California Assembly Members Jackie Goldberg and Paul Koretz introduced a bill to require California to keep specific records on Hollywood as if it were independent, although it is not the typical practice of the City of Los Angeles to establish specific boundaries for districts or neighborhoods. For this to be done, the boundaries were defined. The bill was unanimously supported by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and the Los Angeles City Council. Assembly Bill 588 was approved by the Governor of California on August 28, 2006, and now the district of Hollywood has official borders. The border can be loosely described as the area east of West Hollywood, south of Mulholland Drive, Laurel Canyon, Cahuenga Boulevard, and Barham Boulevard, and the cities of Burbank and Glendale, north of Melrose Avenue and west of the Golden State Freeway and Hyperion Avenue. This includes all of Griffith Park and Los Feliz[citation needed] – two areas that were hitherto considered separate from Hollywood by most Angelenos. The population of the district, including Los Feliz, as of the 2000 census was 123,436 and the median household income was $33,409 in 1999.
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (pronunciation: /ˌtærənˈtiːnoʊ/; born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. He has received many industry awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA and the Palme d'Or and had been nominated for an Emmy and Grammy.
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Tarantino was an avid film fan. His career began in the late 1980's, when he wrote and directed My Best Friend's Birthday. Its screenplay would form the basis for True Romance. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence. His films include Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill (2003, 2004), Death Proof (2007), and Inglourious Basterds (2009).
His movies are generally characterized by stylistic influences from grindhouse, kung fu, and spaghetti western films. Tarantino also frequently collaborates with his friend and fellow filmmaker Robert Rodriguez.
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968), also known by his stage name The Fresh Prince, is an American actor, producer, and rapper. He has enjoyed success in television, film and music. In April 2007, Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood. Smith has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards, two Academy Awards, and has won multiple Grammy Awards.
In the late 1980s, Smith achieved modest fame as a rapper under the name The Fresh Prince. In 1990, his popularity increased dramatically when he starred in the popular television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The show ran for nearly six years (1990–1996) on NBC and has been syndicated consistently on various networks since then. In the mid-1990s, Smith moved from television to film, and ultimately starred in numerous blockbuster films. He is the only actor to have eight consecutive films gross over $100 million in the domestic box office and the only one to have eight consecutive films in which he starred open at #1 spot in the domestic box office tally.
Actors: Johanna Gastdorf (actress), Martin Todsharow (composer), Stanley Townsend (actor), Monica Bleibtreu (actress), Hildegard Knef (writer), Jens Meurer (producer), Hanns Zischler (actor), Waléra Kanischtscheff (actor), Fritz Roth (actor), Michael Gwisdek (actor), Heike Makatsch (actress), Matthew Dylan Roberts (actor), Sylvester Groth (actor), Emilio Winschetti (miscellaneous crew), Jeroen Willems (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, Music,Actors: Randall Emmett (producer), Danny Dimbort (producer), Jessica Simpson (actress), Chris Bender (producer), Boaz Davidson (producer), Cheri Oteri (actress), Gary Grubbs (actor), Marco St. John (actor), Steve Guttenberg (actor), Drew Waters (actor), Michael Hitchcock (actor), Kurt Fuller (actor), Vivica A. Fox (actress), Avi Lerner (producer), George Furla (producer),
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, War,Actors: Sally Kirkland (producer), Edward L. Plumb (producer), Kirsten Vangsness (actress), Martin Kove (actor), Shelley Winters (actress), Daphne Zuniga (actress), Sally Kirkland (actress), David Carradine (actor), Edward Albert (actor), Jesse Vint (actor), Renée Taylor (actress), Arthur Hiller (actor), Peter Dobson (actor), Leigh Taylor-Young (actress), Clinton H. Wallace (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Donald F. Glut (actor), Tim Colceri (actor), Young Man Kang (writer), Young Man Kang (producer), Young Man Kang (director), Douglas Dunning (actor), Edwin A. Santos (producer), Luke Y. Thompson (actor), Edwin A. Santos (actor), Tony T.L. Young (writer), Tony T.L. Young (actor), James Chean (producer), James Chean (actor), Paula LaBaredas (actress), Chris Torres (actor),
Plot: "The Last Eve" is a film that takes the audience on an emotional adventure through history. In a way never before seen, the story of Eve is shown from front to back. We start in the future and ride all the way back to the loss of all innocence. Our ride through time shows us three greatly contrasting tales that in their own unique ways reveal the dark tragedy at the heart of all romance.
Genres: Action,Actors: John Malkovich (actor), Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Randal Kleiser (actor), James Brolin (actor), Dennis Hopper (actor), Menahem Golan (actor), Jim Jarmusch (actor), Jon Cryer (actor), Benicio Del Toro (actor), Johnny Depp (actor), Marc Duret (actor), Seymour Cassel (actor), Robert Evans (actor), Peter Gallagher (actor), Richard Martini (actor),
Plot: The Cannes Film Festival. It's where deals get made, producers get laid, and stars get paid. It's where all the movie industry meets to buy and sell all the movies on the planet. And it's where the art of the deal can be filled with more laughs than the deal itself. Sy Lerner is the quintessential movie producer, when he makes a bet that he can take any kid off the street and turn him into a superstar overnight using the universal language of the festival: hype. He meets Frank Rhinoslavsky and turns him into 'Frank Rhino, one of the hottest screenwriters to hit Cannes since Faulkner and Hemingway.' It's not long before celebrities and producers are lining up to meet this hot young star. Dennis Hopper, Treat Williams, Johnny Depp, John Malkovich and more, all want to meet the 'next Quentin Tarantino.' Sy charms them with his own particular blend of hype and substance, and by the end of the festival, has lined up one of the great casts of all time. But Sy Lerner still has a few tricks up his sleeve for his wife, Frank Rhino and the myriad of people that have invested in this nonexistent, non-scripted film. He drops dead. And all the money the invested in his film goes up in smoke. But in the end, Sy Lerner has pulled the ultimate con, making him truly the one and only, 'Cannes Man.'
Keywords: actor, actress, air-courier, ashes, attorney, backpack, barber-shop, bare-breasts, beach, beach-cafeActors: Craig Robert Young (actor), Eamonn Holmes (actor), Keith Chegwin (actor), Jenni Falconer (actress), Toula Mavridou (producer), Ben Shephard (actor), Jacqui Edwards (miscellaneous crew), Mark Eccleston (actor), Rhonda Shear (actress), Susan Jameson (actress), Kate Garraway (actress), Michael Underwood (actor), Richard Arnold (actor), Nathan Spencer (miscellaneous crew), Lowri Turner (actress),
Genres: News, Talk-Show,Actors: Traci Carter Holsey (miscellaneous crew), Selina Williams (producer), Lyle Mason (producer), Angelique Perrin (miscellaneous crew), Angelique Perrin (actress), Angelique Perrin (writer), Colin Taylor (editor), Harold McCoo (actor), Jo Sherrill (director), Deborah Tang (producer),
Genres: ,Actors: Jack Jessop (actor), J. Winston Carroll (actor), Laurence Rosenthal (composer), Richard Bracken (editor), Fritz Weaver (actor), Robert Mitchum (actor), Jaap Broeker (actor), George Touliatos (actor), David Lowell Rich (director), Virginia Madsen (actress), Paul Pompian (producer), Susanna David (miscellaneous crew), David Clement (actor), Doris Belack (actress), Marc Dassas (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Story of the decades-long affair between married newspaper magnate and movie producer William Randolph Hearst and actress and former "Ziegfeld Follies" showgirl Marion Davies.
Keywords: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, actress, age-difference, business-tycoon, career, character-name-in-title, extramarital-affair, film-historyActors: Jack Jessop (actor), J. Winston Carroll (actor), Laurence Rosenthal (composer), Richard Bracken (editor), Fritz Weaver (actor), Robert Mitchum (actor), Jaap Broeker (actor), George Touliatos (actor), David Lowell Rich (director), Virginia Madsen (actress), Paul Pompian (producer), Susanna David (miscellaneous crew), David Clement (actor), Doris Belack (actress), Marc Dassas (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Story of the decades-long affair between married newspaper magnate and movie producer William Randolph Hearst and actress and former "Ziegfeld Follies" showgirl Marion Davies.
Keywords: 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, actress, age-difference, business-tycoon, career, character-name-in-title, extramarital-affair, film-historyActors: John George (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Art Baker (actor), Humphrey Bogart (actor), Pat Flaherty (actor), Charles K. French (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Pat Gleason (actor), C. Henry Gordon (actor), Jim Farley (actor), Al Hill (actor), Al Hill (actor), Leslie Howard (actor), Olin Howland (actor), Rollo Lloyd (actor),
Plot: Atterbury Dodd is an efficiency expert who believes everything can be reduced to mathematics. He is sent to Hollywood to see whether Colossal Pictures is a good investment. He soon learns that movie production doesn't fit his formulaic mindset.
Keywords: bank-president, based-on-novel, camera-shot-of-feet, director, drunkenness, female-stockinged-feet, frame-up, hollywood-california, jealousy, man-oblivious-to-woman-who-loves-him