Hollywood (/ˈhɒliwʊd/ HOL-ee-wuud) is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. The neighborhood is notable for its place as the home of the U.S. film industry, including several of its historic studios. Its name has come to be a metonym for the motion picture industry of the United States. Hollywood is also a highly ethnically diverse, densely populated, economically diverse neighborhood and retail business district.
Hollywood was a small community in 1870 and was incorporated as a municipality in 1903. It officially merged with the city of Los Angeles in 1910, and soon thereafter a prominent film industry began to emerge, eventually becoming the most recognizable film industry in the world.
In 1853, one adobe hut stood in Nopalera (Nopal field), named for the Mexican Nopal cactus indigenous to the area. By 1870, an agricultural community flourished. The area was known as the Cahuenga Valley, after the pass in the Santa Monica Mountains immediately to the north.
Hollywood is a 2002 Indian Kannada science fiction film written by Upendra and directed by Dinesh Babu. It starred Upendra in a triple role as Surendra, Upendra and US 47 (an android robot) along with the Australian actress Felicity Mason as Manisha. The movie was dubbed into Telugu the following year retaining the same title. The movie was shot entirely in Hollywood, California with a very few support cast, including Ananth Nag and a monkey called Lakshmi, voiced by Ramesh Bhat. The movie was also dubbed into Telugu, retaining the same title.
Upendra plays a lovelorn nerd Surendra who can do anything to get Manisha (Felicity Mason) to love him. Desperate to impress her and unable to do so himself, he seeks the help of his maverick scientist professor (Ananth Nag). The professor comes up with a clone of Surendra who will do the bit of impressing Manisha, and once the task is accomplished, the real Surendra will take over.
However, things go berserk after the professor gives Surendra's clone - an android robot - the ability to think and act like humans. He bestows the clone named US 47 with human discretion and human emotion. The idea of the clone backfires when US 47 starts using his discretion and falls in love with Manisha. Using his robotic strength and human intelligence, and of course the help of a lab monkey (Seenu), US 47 proves to be a formidable enemy to Surendra over Manisha. Now the mad professor, Surendra, his twin brother Upendra and Manisha need to get together to solve the problem.
"Hollywood", originally titled "Hollywood Is Dead", is a song by Canadian crooner Michael Bublé, released as the fifth and final single from his fourth studio album Crazy Love, and is the only from its re-release, The Hollywood Edition, which was released on October 25, 2010. "Hollywood" was released worldwide on September 7, 2010.
Bublé described the song as being about his "tongue-in-cheek statement on the culture of celebrity," saying "People will do anything for their 15 minutes, and you have to remember who you are and why you wanted it. At the end of the day, you should be careful: You might get what you wish for." "Hollywood" was originally planned to be Crazy Love's third single and was reported to be released as a stand-alone single at a later date because the song did not fit the album thematically or stylistically. It debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at the fifty-fifth position, with 46,000 digital downloads in its first week. He performed "Hollywood" on The X Factor on October 31, 2010. He also performed the song on The Today Show on November 28 and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on December 12.
Actors: Ronnie Alvarez (actor), Richard Cabral (actor), Eddie Cardenas (actor), Moises Castorena (actor), Danny De La Paz (actor), Philip De La Rosa (actor), Chris Trouble Delfosse (actor), Dreamer (actor), David Fernandez Jr. (actor), Alfonso Flores Jr. (actor), Matthew A. Flores (actor), Brian Gomez (actor), Noel Gugliemi (actor), Tommy Gun (actor), Rico Aiello (actor),
Plot: Kill Kapone is a realistic, hyper-violent action/drama that follows gang member, Kapone through the gritty alleys of East L.A. while getting chased all day by his own vicious gang. The story unfolds when Kapone's parole agents, Webster and Ardmore wake him up early in the day to take him in for violating his parole. Unfortunately for Kapone, while escaping through one of the alleys, he comes across a vindictive dope fiend who is hard up for his next fix. Kapone denies him of his fix which infuriates the dope fiend. To get back at Kapone, Georgie labels Kapone a snitch to his own hood. As it turns out, Georgie is the one who witnesses a gruesome murder committed by gang member Marcos. Marcos, the younger brother of gang leader Crow, is the culprit of killing an innocent woman in the alley so Ardmore and Webster pressure Georgie to come up with the name of the murderer or face a jail term himself. In order to save his own ass, Georgie snitches on Marcos who then gets arrested for the homicide. When Crow gets wind that Georgie may have been the one who snitched on his brother, Georgie shifts the blame to Kapone. This sets off a long and brutal day for Kapone who will find himself running for his life while constantly getting shot at from his own people. Shot caller Crow is furious at Kapone for having him "drop a dime" on his little brother so he puts a "green light" on Kapone with a group of young baby-faced killers. Hood prospects Sick, Fresco and Blind are given the mission to whack Kapone no matter what it takes. The trio wants to move up the gang's ladder so they are intent on blowing away Kapone before the day's end. This makes it a "no-where-to hide" situation for Kapone. As a result of the 12 action packed hours, almost a dozen people are killed in the worst day for gang-related homicides in the history of East L.A.
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,Actors: Henry Bravo (actor), Elmis Castillo (actor), Brady Corbet (actor), Benicio Del Toro (actor), Josh Hutcherson (actor), Mario Miranda (actor), Micke Moreno (actor), RoChia (actor), Juan Francisco Selles (actor), Aaron Zebede (actor), Ana Girardot (actress), Laura Londoño (actress), Claudia Traisac (actress), Lauren Ziemski (actress), Carlos Bardem (actor),
Genres: Romance, Thriller,Actors: Fabian Alomar (actor), Johnny Alves (actor), Moises Arias (actor), Evan Avtal (actor), Paul J. Ballin (actor), I. Elijah Baughman (actor), Bill Bellamy (actor), Skylan Brooks (actor), Bo Burroughs (actor), Gray Ellis (actor), Jake Flaming (actor), Blake Freeman (actor), Sergio Garcia (actor), Eric Golowski (actor), Asif Ali (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Donald Chartruce Calliste (actor), Deron Campbell (actor), Quincy Chad (actor), Ernest Chadway (actor), Elliott 'Lee' Cowart (actor), Jenelle Halley (actor), Fulton Hodges (actor), Shirley Idumonyi (actor), Ava Jenkins (actor), Cassandra Johnson (actor), Tina Lee Jones (actor), Eliud Kauffman (actor), Kashanie Lagrotta (actor), Tomike Lee Ogugua (actor), Reginald L. Barnes (actor),
Plot: Originally developed by the Black Latina Movement in late 2010 as a stage play, The Colors of Love confronts and discusses various issues that are prevalent in today's relationships and provides a first hand view into the intimate world of four couples. The Colors of Love first debuted off-Broadway with an all Black Latino/African American cast in early 2011. In Summer 2011 The Colors of Love underwent development for its transition to the television screen.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Short,Actors: Mark Atienza (actor), Josh Chacona (actor), Billy Drago (actor), Erik Fellows (actor), James Handy (actor), Kent Harper (actor), Jimmy Herald (actor), Adam Johnson (actor), Todd Nealey (actor), James O'Brien (actor), Michael C. O'Halloran (actor), Mikael Paul (actor), Eric Shepherd (actor), Robert C Sloan (actor), Drew Allyn (actor),
Plot: "Here is to friends." As Terry, Jensen and Will raise their glasses in the air and toast something many take for granted, friendship. Rounds follows these three, each on a private quest to find what friendship means to each other, where instant attractions, casual betrayals and an innocent glance can test that very thing. Hollywood's rock and roll nights and coffee house days set the backdrop as they must rely on each other to make it successfully through the maze of adulthood where their pasts, the fears and lessons they've been taught threaten to destroy it all, including their friendship. In life, we all make the rounds; will we make them matter?
Genres: Drama,Actors: Keith Amos (actor), Kore'n Anderson (actor), Omar Bradley (actor), Derrex Brady (actor), Brook Bridges (actor), Gary Clancy (actor), Catero Colbert (actor), Heavy D (actor), John Dennis Johnston (actor), Derrick Jones (actor), Richard Lawson (actor), Jeff LeBeau (actor), Eugene Lee (actor), Harry Lennix (actor), David Alexander (actor),
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller,Actors: Chris John Ambrose (actor), Stuart Baker (actor), Alfons Beutelschiess (actor), John Clarke (actor), Cliff Ellen (actor), John Flaus (actor), Earl Francis (actor), Greg Francis (actor), Andrew Gilmour (actor), Bob Hornery (actor), Bill Hunter (actor), Steve Hutchison (actor), Michael Ienna (actor), Samuel Johnson (actor), Peter Aanensen (actor),
Plot: When dwindling membership and increasing overheads makes a local bowling club and prime candidate for a takeover, it's all hands on deck to save the club, in what turns into an epic battle where young meets old, greed meets good and people rise to the occasion in extraordinary circumstances.
Keywords: australia, lawn-bowls, parking-space, scamActors: Teodross Avery (actor), Kevin Bell (actor), Bill Bellamy (actor), Troy Borisy (actor), Everette Dean (actor), Kahil El Zabar (actor), Reginald Gibson (actor), Simon James (actor), Darryl Jones (actor), Khalil Kain (actor), Benjamin LeVert (actor), David Nisbet (actor), Jeff Parker (actor), Ernest Perry (actor), Carl Allen (actor),
Plot: Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friend, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.
Keywords: african-american, black-romance, ex-boyfriend, independent-film, middle-class, sexActors: Erik Betts (actor), Rey-Phillip Santos (actor), Pedro Xavier (actor), Michael Attanasio (producer), Barbara Bernhardt (producer), Kathryn A. Borland (producer), Keith Brugs (producer), Norman J. Grossfeld (producer), Alfred Kahn (producer), Alfred Kahn (writer), Carlin West (writer), Lynne Maureen Curtis (costume designer), Emae Villalobos (costume designer), Bill Freda (editor), Clayton J. Barber (actor),
Plot: For centuries, each of the various martial arts disciplines declared its techniques superior to those of the competing combat arts. But there existed no forum in which to prove these claims. Finally, the grand masters set aside their differences and formed a governing body, The World Martial Arts Council to determine the greatest martial artist on earth.
Keywords: actor-performing-own-stunts, actor-playing-himself, fight, fighting-arena, health-gauge, interracial-friendship, life-lesson, martial-artist, martial-arts, martial-arts-philosophyActors: Grahame Bond (actor), Grahame Bond (actor), Peter Campbell (actor), John Chance (actor), James Dellit (actor), James Dellit (actor), Geoff Malone (actor), Rory O'Donoghue (actor), Peter Weir (actor), Peter Weir (actor), Anna Nygh (actress), Grahame Bond (writer), Peter Weir (writer), Grahame Bond (composer), Rory O'Donoghue (composer),
Genres: Comedy,He's on his way
He's moving to Hollywood
He's bussing into Hollywood
Show him the way
He's moving to Hollywood
He's hopping into Hollywood
He's waited at bus stops, all his life
He's been in and out of lost places
Seen eyes that spoke to him
From sad and empty place
He's on his way
He's moving to Hollywood
He's bussing into Hollywood
Show him the way
He's moving to Hollywood
He's hopping into Hollywood
You know he's gonna be dressed to kill
He's gonna find some brand new thrill
What ever it is he's looking for
You better tell him that there's so much more
In Hollywood, Hollywood
He's on his way
He's moving to Hollywood
He's bussing into Hollywood
Show him the way
He's moving to Hollywood
He's hopping into Hollywood
Painted faces, sunburned skin
Mixed expressions, smile whore thin
Caught in the blink of Hollywood
And in battle of maneuvering skin
False expressions, washed out dreams
Everybody makes believe in Hollywood
He's on his way
He's moving to Hollywood
He's bussing into Hollywood
Show him the way
He's moving to Hollywood