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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.
[Intro:]
This is add news with anchorman Shaun Boothe
And five time anchorman of the year Travis Zimmerman
And now to the news desk
[Travis:]
Hi, my name is Travis Zimmerman and welcome to ADD news
I'm here reporting live with anchorman Shaun Boothe. Shaun...
[Verse 1: Shaun]
Thanks Travis and thank you all for tuning in
Now before you start tuning out let's begin
With the new trend to eat more and move less
Obesity is now the new leading cause of death
Yup, a hamburger is more likely to murder you than a black man's burner
In further news, according to law enforcers
The difference between police brutality and order is really a camcorder
And recent polls extended the end of an era
Of a little moron and his war on terror
But president Bush insists he's not drilling for oil
Those weapons of mass destruction are in the soil
And while less and less people are working
The least threatened occupation is the cosmetic surgeon
Finally not to disrupt natural order
The rich continue to get richer while the poor get poorer
[Chorus: Travis]
Well ok then, moving right along
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In the world news, everything is going wrong and
Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
Nevertheless, kids don't forget
Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
This is the news, This is the news
Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
[Verse 2: Shaun]
Studies show that nobody knows a damn thing
So they buy into whatever studies show
But contrary to racial profiling
All young black males are NOT prone to violence
And being Arabic doesn't guarantee you're a terrorist
Solemnly sworn to some code of silence
And in business news, seems the gas crisis
Was really a marketing scheme to jack prices
And judging by how high they are
We'll get the electric chair before the electric car
But all the poverty and violence
No one's got time to worry about the environment
But that hole in the ozone lair didn't go nowhere
So wear some sun block if you got your nose in the air
SPF 15 and up
Now pay attention white folks cause I don't need the stuff
70 acres of nature are lost each minute
And possibly the cure to a lot of disease with it
Sad but true, but don't worry you'll forget it by tomorrow afternoon
Travis back to you
[Chorus: Travis]
Great stuff, moving right along Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
In the world news, everything is going wrong and Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
Nevertheless, kids don't forget Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
This is the news, This is the news Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah
[Verse 3: Shaun]
According to Fashin File
A 'must have' for every celeb is an African child
And in even lighter news, when it come to lookin sexier
Nine out of ten models prefer bolemia to anorexia
And with the warning shots cops (are) lettin go
Live now 'cause you never know
And remember folks
If I ain't say it - it ain't worth repeatin'