Hollywood, Los Angeles

{{Short description|Neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, US}} {{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Hollywood | named_for = Hollywood, an estate in present day [[Brookfield, Illinois]] | settlement_type = [[List of districts and neighborhoods in Los Angeles|Neighborhood]]<!--e.g. Town, Village, City, etc.--> | motto = | image_skyline = View from behind Hollywood Sign overlooking LA.jpg | image_size = 300 | image_blank_emblem = | image_caption = The [[Hollywood Sign]] in front of [[Hollywood Hills]] in January 2019 | image_map = Map of Hollywood district, Los Angeles, California.png | map_caption = Map of the Hollywood neighborhood of [[Los Angeles]] | pushpin_map = United States Los Angeles Central | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Hollywood in [[Los Angeles]] | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | coordinates = {{Coord|34|06|06|N|118|19|36|W|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[United States]] | subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in California|County]] | subdivision_name1 = [[California]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles]] | subdivision_type3 = [[List of municipalities in California|City]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Los Angeles]] | established_title1 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]] | established_date1 = {{start date and age|1903}} | established_title2 = Merged with Los Angeles | established_date2 = {{start date and age|1910}} | elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite gnis|1660757|Hollywood|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref> | population_total = 73747 |population_as_of=2020 |population_footnotes=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.niche.com/places-to-live/n/hollywood-los-angeles-ca|title=Hollywood - Los Angeles, CA - Niche|website=[[Niche (company)|Niche]]}}</ref> | unit_pref = US | elevation_ft = 354 | elevation_m = 108 | area_code_type = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]] | area_code = [[Area codes 213 and 323|323]] }} '''Hollywood''', sometimes informally called '''Tinseltown''', is a [[List of districts and neighborhoods in Los Angeles|neighborhood]] in [[Central Los Angeles]], California. Its name has become synonymous with the [[American film industry]] and the people associated with it. Many notable [[Film studio|film studios]] such as [[Universal Pictures]], [[Paramount Pictures]], [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros]], [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]], and [[Sony Pictures]] are located in or near Hollywood.

Hollywood was incorporated as an independent [[municipality]] on November 09, 1903.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=88 Cities, Incorporation and Population |url=https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/lac/1043530_09-10CitiesAlpha.pdf |website=County of Los Angeles |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Los Angeles Herald, Volume XXXI, Number 45|url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19031115.2.91|publisher=By the [[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] (November 15, 1903)|access-date=February 22, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nuwer |first=Rachel |author-link=Rachel Nuwer |date=February 21, 2014 |title=Hollywood Was Once an Alcohol-Free Community |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hollywood-was-once-alcohol-free-community-1-180949851/ |access-date=February 22, 2014 |magazine=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]]}}</ref> The municipality of Hollywood was [[Merger (politics)|consolidated]] with the [[Los Angeles|City of Los Angeles]] on February 07, 1910 following a referendum<ref name=":0" />. Soon thereafter, the large portions of the American film industry migrated to the area.<ref>{{cite book|title=Annual Report of the Controller of the City of Los Angeles, California|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1VbOAAAAMAAJ&q=Hollywood+merged+with+City+of+Los+Angeles+in+1910&pg=PA193|publisher=By[[Office controller|Office of Controller]] Los Angeles, CA (1914)|access-date=February 22, 2014|year = 1914}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Report of the Auditor of the City of Los Angeles California of the Financial Affairs of the Corporation in Its Capacity as a City for the Fiscal Year|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cPo2AQAAMAAJ&q=Hollywood+merged+with+City+of+Los+Angeles+in+1910&pg=PA173|publisher=By [[State auditor|Auditor's Office]] of Los Angeles, CA (1913)|access-date=February 22, 2014|year = 1913}}</ref> However, Hollywood's film industry is now widely felt to be in decline.<ref name=GlamorShiftsFromOscarsToMetGala1>{{cite web|url=https://fortune.com/2026/03/13/hollywood-netflix-paramount-wbd-jobs-industry-cluster/|title=The Oscars make it clear:Hollywood is in a death spiral|author=Geoff Colvin|publisher=[[Fortune magazine]]|date=March 13, 2026|access-date=April 24, 2026}}</ref>

==History== ===Initial development=== [[File:El Cabrillo Courtyard.png|thumb|upright=1|[[El Cabrillo]], a historical [[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture|Spanish Colonial Revival]] landmark built in 1928 by [[Cecil B. DeMille]]]] [[File:Glen-Holly-Hotel-1890.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Glen-Holly Hotel]], Hollywood's second hotel, at the corner of what is now Yucca Street, was built in the 1890s.]] [[File:HJWhitley Hollywood Hotel ca 1904.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[H. J. Whitley]] (on left wearing a [[bowler hat]]) and the [[Hollywood Hotel]] (on left) at the corner of [[Highland Avenue (Los Angeles)|Highland Avenue]] and [[Hollywood Boulevard]]]] [[File:Charles Toberman Estate, Hollywood.JPG|thumb|upright=1|[[C.E. Toberman Estate|Villa Las Colinas]], a historic [[Mission Revival]] estate built by [[Charles E. Toberman]] in 1922]] [[File:Hollywood&Highland-1907.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The intersection of Hollywood and Highland in 1907]] [[H. J. Whitley]], a real estate developer, arranged to buy the {{convert|480|acre|km2|adj=on}} E.C. Hurd ranch. Whitley shared his plans for the new town with General [[Harrison Gray Otis (publisher)|Harrison Gray Otis]], publisher of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', and Ivar Weid, a prominent [[Businessperson|businessman]] in the area.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

[[Daeida Wilcox Beveridge|Daeida Wilcox]], who donated land to help in the development of Hollywood, learned of the name ''Hollywood'' from an acquaintance who owned an estate by that name in [[Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=California Holly: How Hollywood Didn't Get its Name |url=https://nhm.org/stories/california-holly-how-hollywood-didnt-get-its-name|access-date=February 14, 2021 |publisher=[[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County]]}}</ref> Wilcox is quoted as saying, "I chose the name Hollywood simply [[phonaesthetics|because it sounds nice]] and because I'm [[superstitious]] and [[holly]] brings good luck."<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S1TILGf0ZmsC&q=cendars+Hollywood+Mecca |title=Hollywood: Mecca of the Movies |publisher=[[University of California]] Press |location=Berkeley, California |first=Blaise |last=Cendars |date=1995 |isbn=0-520-07807-1 |page=23}}</ref> She recommended the same name to her husband, [[Harvey Henderson Wilcox|Harvey H. Wilcox]], who had purchased 120 acres on February 1, 1887. It was not until August 1887 that Wilcox decided to use that name and filed with the [[Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County]] Recorder's office on a [[deed (law)|deed]] and [[parcel]] map of the property.

By 1900, the region had a post office, newspaper, hotel, and two markets. Los Angeles, with a population of 102,479, lay {{convert|10|mi|km}} east through the [[vineyard]]s, barley fields, and [[citrus]] groves. A single-track [[Tram|streetcar line]] ran down the middle of Prospect Avenue from it, but service was infrequent and the trip took two hours. The old citrus fruit-packing house was converted into a livery [[stable]], improving transportation for the inhabitants of Hollywood.

The [[Hollywood Hotel]] was opened in 1902 by Whitley, president of the Los Angeles Pacific Boulevard and Development Company. Having finally acquired the Hurd ranch and subdivided it, Whitley built the hotel to attract land buyers. Flanking the west side of [[Highland Avenue (Los Angeles)|Highland Avenue]], the structure fronted on Prospect Avenue (later [[Hollywood Boulevard]]). Although it was still a dusty, [[unpaved road]], it was regularly graded and graveled. The hotel became internationally known and was the center of civic and social life and home of movie stars for many years.

Whitley's company developed and sold one of the early residential areas, the Ocean View Tract.<ref name = "Los Angeles">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/losangelesfrommo03mcgr/page/816 |pages=815–816 |title=Los Angeles from the mountains to the sea: with selected biography of actors and witnesses to the period of growth and achievement |volume=3 |first=John Steven |last=McGroarty |publisher=The American Historical Society |location=Chicago, Illinois |date=1921}}</ref> Whitley did much to promote the area. He paid thousands of dollars to install electricity and arrange for electric lighting, and he built both a bank and a road into the [[Cahuenga Pass]]. The lighting ran for several blocks down Prospect Avenue. Whitley's land was centered on [[Highland Avenue (Los Angeles)|Highland Avenue]].<ref name="A Dream Picture">''Cahuenga Valley Sentinel'' (May 7, 1904).</ref><ref name="Why I live in Hollywood by H. J. Whitley">''Hollywood Citizen'' (Spring Edition March 4, 1914).</ref> His 1918 development, [[Whitley Heights, Los Angeles|Whitley Heights]], was named for him.

===Incorporation and merger=== Hollywood was incorporated as a [[municipality]] on November 09, 1903,<ref name=":0" /> by a vote of 88 for and 77 against. On January 30, 1904, the voters in Hollywood decided, 113 to&nbsp;96, to banish the sale of liquor within the city, except for medicinal purposes. Neither hotels nor restaurants were allowed to serve wine or liquor before or after meals.<ref name=":0" /><ref>"[https://www.proquest.com/docview/164260860 Hollywood Becomes a Prohibition Town]", ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', December 29, 1903, page A-3</ref>

In 1910, the city voted for a merger with Los Angeles in order to secure an adequate water supply and to gain access to the L.A. sewer system. Hollywood would consolidate with the City of Los Angeles on February 07, 1910.<ref name=":0" /> Also at that time a majority (but not all of) Prospect Avenue would be renamed to Hollywood Boulevard, starting at the intersection of North Vermont Avenue.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Feliz |first=Los |title=Prospect Avenue |url=https://lastreetnames.com/street/prospect-avenue/ |website=L.A. Street Names}}</ref>

<blockquote>With annexation, the name of Prospect Avenue was changed to Hollywood Boulevard and all the street numbers in the new district changed. For example, 100 Prospect Avenue, at Vermont Avenue, became 6400 Hollywood Boulevard; and 100 Cahuenga Boulevard, at Hollywood Boulevard, changed to 1700 Cahuenga Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hollywood History and Information |url=http://www.abouthollywood.com/hollywood-neighborhoods/hollywood-california-history-and-information/ |website=AboutHollywood.com |access-date=25 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418010207/http://www.abouthollywood.com/hollywood-neighborhoods/hollywood-california-history-and-information/ |archive-date=2011-04-18 |date=November 16, 2010}}</ref> </blockquote>

===Motion picture industry=== {{Main|Cinema of the United States}} [[File:NestorStudios-Hollywood-1913.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Nestor Film Company|Nestor Studios]], Hollywood's first movie studio, 1912]] [[File:Hollywood-Studios-1922.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Hollywood movie studios in 1922]] By 1912, major motion-picture companies had come West to set up production near or in Los Angeles.<ref>Jacobs, Lewis. ''The Rise of the American Film'' Harcourt Brace, New York, 1930; p. 85</ref>

In the early 1900s, most motion picture cameras and equipment [[patent]]s were held by [[Thomas Edison]]'s [[Motion Picture Patents Company]] in [[New Jersey]], which often sued filmmakers to stop their productions. To escape this, filmmakers began moving to Los Angeles, where attempts to enforce Edison's patents were easier to evade.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Hollywood, California|url=http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3871.html|access-date=May 27, 2014}}</ref> Also, the weather was ideal for filmmaking and there was quick access to various settings. Los Angeles became the capital of the film industry in the United States.<ref name="Mintz, S. 2013">Mintz, S., and S. McNeil. "Hollywood as History". Digital History. N.p., 2013. Web. May 20, 2014.</ref> The mountains, plains and low land prices made Hollywood a good place to establish film studios.<ref name="Hayward, Susan 2006. p. 205">Hayward, Susan. "Hollywood" in ''Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts'' (Third Edition). Routledge, 2006. p. 205</ref>

Director [[D. W. Griffith]] was the first to make a motion picture in Hollywood. His 17-minute short film ''[[In Old California (1910 film)|In&nbsp;Old&nbsp;California]]'' (1910) was filmed for the [[Biograph Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/feb/28/philip-french-best-hollywood-films |title=How 100 years of Hollywood have charted the history of America |access-date=May 24, 2010 |author=Philip French |date=February 28, 2010|work=The Guardian |location=UK}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=L.A. Then and Now: Film Pioneer Griffith Rode History to Fame|first=Cecilia |last=Rasmussen|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 1, 1999|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=How the West was won Time lapse|first=Jonathan|last=Dyson|work=The Independent|location=London (UK)|date=March 4, 2000|page=54}}</ref> Although Hollywood banned movie theaters—of which it had none—before annexation that year, Los Angeles had no such restriction.<ref name=friedrich1986>{{cite book|last=Friedrich|first=Otto|title=City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s|year=1986|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley and Los Angeles|isbn=0-520-20949-4|page=6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0x8AFchW4JsC&pg=PP1}}</ref>

The first studio in Hollywood opened in early 1913, on Formosa Avenue down the street from Helen Muir's home.<ref name="Passion" />{{rp|page=447}} Her father [[John Muir]] returned from his tour of [[Europe]] and [[East Africa]] a few months later and continued working on [[Yosemite National Park|Yosemite]] and his book ''The Yosemite''.<ref name="Passion">{{cite book | date=2008 | publication-place=[[Oxford]] | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] (OUP) | pages=535 | title=A Passion for Nature : The Life of John Muir | isbn=978-0-19-516682-8 | oclc=191090285 | last=Worster | first=Donald | author-link=Donald Worster}}</ref>{{rp|page=447}} The [[Nestor Film Company]] was the first studio, established in October 1911{{dubious|reason=See Passion p.447|date=September 2022}} by the New Jersey–based [[Centaur Film Company]] in a [[roadhouse (facility)|roadhouse]] at 6121 [[Sunset Boulevard]] (the corner of [[Gower Street (Hollywood)|Gower]]).{{citation needed|date=September 2022}} Four major film companies – [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], [[Warner Bros.]], [[RKO Pictures|RKO]], and [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]] – had studios in Hollywood, as did several minor companies and rental studios. In the 1920s, Hollywood was the fifth-largest industry in the nation.<ref name="Mintz, S. 2013"/>{{Clarify|reason=Does it mean filmmaking was the fifth-largest industry?|date=May 2021}} By the 1930s, Hollywood studios became fully [[Vertical integration|vertically integrated]], as production, distribution and exhibition was controlled by these companies, enabling Hollywood to produce 600 films per year.<ref name="Hayward, Susan 2006. p. 205"/>

Hollywood became known as ''Tinseltown''<ref name=CollinsDictionary> {{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tinseltown |title=Tinseltown |dictionary=[[Collins English Dictionary]] |access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref> and the "dream factory"<ref name="Hayward, Susan 2006. p. 205"/> because of the glittering image of the movie industry.

===Further development=== [[File:Hollywood boulevard from kodak theatre.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Hollywood Boulevard]] as seen from the [[Dolby Theatre]] in 2005]] [[File:Capitol Records Building LA.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[Capitol Records Building]] in 1991]] [[Hollywood Sign#Origin|A large sign reading ''HOLLYWOODLAND'']] was erected in the [[Hollywood Hills]] in 1923 to advertise real estate developers Woodruff's and Shoults' housing development. In 1949, the [[Hollywood Chamber of Commerce]] entered a contract with the City of Los Angeles to repair and rebuild the sign. The agreement stipulated that ''LAND'' be removed to spell ''HOLLYWOOD'' so the sign would now refer to the district, rather than the housing development.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnzsAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA94|title=The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry|last=Slide|first=Anthony|date=February 25, 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135925543|page=94|language=en}}</ref>

During the early 1950s, the [[Government of California|State of California]] constructed the [[Hollywood Freeway]] through the northeast corner of Hollywood.

The [[Capitol Records Building]] on [[Vine Street]], just north of Hollywood Boulevard, was built in 1956. The [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] was created in 1958 as a tribute to artists and other significant contributors to the entertainment industry. The official opening was on February 8, 1960.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodchamber.net/index.php?page=10 History of WOF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612050102/http://hollywoodchamber.net/index.php?page=10 |date=June 12, 2010 }} ''hollywoodchamber.net''; [[Hollywood Chamber of Commerce]]. Retrieved May 31, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/446305052.html?dids=446305052:446305052&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+29%2C+1960&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=KRAMER+FIRST+NAME+PUT+IN+WALK+OF+FAME&pqatl=google "Kramer First Name Put in Walk of Fame"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629040339/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/446305052.html?dids=446305052:446305052&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Mar+29%2C+1960&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=KRAMER+FIRST+NAME+PUT+IN+WALK+OF+FAME&pqatl=google |date=June 29, 2011 }}(abstract). ''Los Angeles Times'', March 29, 1960, p. 15. Full article: [https://secure.pqarchiver.com/latimes/display_pdf.pdf?filename=/share4/pqimage/hnirs103/20100609133722646/22322/out.pdf LA Times Archives]<!-- PDF is behind a paywall--> Retrieved June 12, 2010.</ref><ref name=Martin1>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-feb-06-la-fi-walk-of-fame6-2010feb06-story.html|title=Golden milestone for the Hollywood Walk of Fame|last=Martin|first=Hugo|date=February 8, 2010|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date= March 6, 2016}}</ref>

In June 1999, the Hollywood extension of the [[Los Angeles Metro Rail]] [[B Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Red Line]] [[rapid transit|subway]] opened from [[Downtown Los Angeles]] to the [[San Fernando Valley]], with stops along Hollywood Boulevard at [[Western Avenue (Los Angeles)|Western Avenue]] ([[Hollywood/Western (Los Angeles Metro station)|Hollywood/Western Metro station]]), [[Vine Street]] ([[Hollywood/Vine (Los Angeles Metro station)|Hollywood/Vine Metro station]]), and [[Highland Avenue (Los Angeles)|Highland Avenue]] ([[Hollywood/Highland (Los Angeles Metro station)|Hollywood/Highland Metro station]]).

The [[Dolby Theatre]], which opened in 2001 as the Kodak Theatre at the [[Hollywood & Highland Center]] mall, is the site of the annual [[Academy Awards]] programs. The mall is located where the [[Hollywood Hotel]] once stood.

===Preservation and revitalization=== The [[Hollywood Boulevard|Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District]] was listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1985.<ref name=nrhp>{{Cite web |title=Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/236d3254-47ee-4b31-9045-c2999cc465f2/ |publisher=United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service |date=April 4, 1985 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1994, [[Hollywood, Alabama]], and ten other towns named Hollywood successfully fought an attempt by the [[Hollywood Chamber of Commerce]] to trademark the name and force same-named communities to pay royalties to it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2012/11/more_than_2_decades_ago_the_re.html |title=More than 2 decades ago, the real Hollywood stood up and fought Tinseltown (Odd Travels) |date=January 14, 2019 |last=Kazek |first=Kelly |work=al.com |access-date=August 28, 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105101303/https://www.al.com/living/2012/11/more_than_2_decades_ago_the_re.html|archive-date=November 5, 2021}}</ref>

After the neighborhood underwent years of serious decline in the 1980s, with crime, drugs and increasing poverty among some residents, many landmarks were threatened with demolition.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=B. Russell |last=Leavitt |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,950674-1,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202135844/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,950674-1,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 2, 2008 |title=In California: A Fading Hollywood|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date= June 6, 1982 |access-date=January 14, 2014}} (subscription may be required for this article)</ref> [[Columbia Square]], at the northwest corner of [[Sunset Boulevard]] and [[Gower Street, Hollywood|Gower Street]], is part of the ongoing rebirth of Hollywood. The [[Art Deco|Art Deco-style]] studio complex, completed in 1938, was once the Hollywood headquarters for [[CBS]]. It became home to a new generation of broadcasters when cable television networks [[MTV]], [[Comedy Central]], [[BET]] and [[Spike TV]] consolidated their offices there in 2014 as part of a $420 million office, residential and retail complex.<ref>{{cite news| title=Viacom signs 12-year lease at Columbia Square in Hollywood| url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-columbia-square-viacom-20141120-story.html| last=Vincent| first=Roger| date=November 19, 2014| work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> [[Paramount Skydance|Paramount Skydance Corporation]] moved their corporate headquarters to Hollywood in August 2025 following the merger of [[Skydance Media]] and [[Paramount Global]].<ref name="HQ">{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2025/08/paramount-shifting-corporate-headquarters-to-l-a-skydance-santa-monica-1236481980/ | title=Paramount Shifting Its Corporate Headquarters To L.A., Keeping Skydance Base In Santa Monica | website=Deadline | date=August 8, 2025 | last1=Hayes | first1=Dade }}</ref>

Since 2000, Hollywood has been increasingly [[gentrification|gentrified]] due to revitalization by private enterprise and public planners.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.city-journal.org/2012/22_3_snd-los-angeles.html|title=Let L.A. be L.A.|first=Joel|last=Kotkin|publisher=[[City Journal (New York City)|City Journal]]|place=New York City|date=Summer 2012|volume=22|number=3|access-date=August 2, 2012|archive-date=August 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801072700/https://www.city-journal.org/2012/22_3_snd-los-angeles.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-millennium-hollywood-20150430-story.html|title=Judge halts Millennium Hollywood skyscraper project|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 30, 2015| first1=Rong-Gong |last1=Lin II | first2=David |last2=Zahniser | first3=Rosanna|last3= Xia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-property-report-20140130-story.html|title=Vine Street resurgence continues with $285-million mixed-use project|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 30, 2014|first=Roger|last=Vincent}}</ref> Over 1,200 hotel rooms have been added in the Hollywood area between 2001 and 2016. Four thousand new apartments and over thirty [[low-rise|low to mid-rise]] development projects were approved in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://la.curbed.com/maps/hollywood-development-hotels-apartments-construction |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702195703/https://la.curbed.com/maps/hollywood-development-hotels-apartments-construction |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 2, 2018 |title=Mapped: Hollywood's booming development landscape |work=[[Curbed]] Los Angeles |last=Barragan |first=Blanca |date=April 17, 2019 |access-date=August 28, 2021}}</ref>

===Secession movement=== [[File:Hollywood Sign (Zuschnitt).jpg|thumb|upright=1|The iconic [[Hollywood Sign]] in the [[Hollywood Hills]]]] [[File:HollywoodSecesssion-Pro-5277.jpg|thumb|Mobile billboard promoting Hollywood secession from Los Angeles, October 2002]]

In 2002, some Hollywood voters{{who|date=January 2026}} began a campaign for the area to secede from Los Angeles and become a separate municipality. In June of that year, the [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]] placed secession referendums for both Hollywood and the [[San Fernando Valley]] on the ballot. To pass, they required the approval of a majority of voters in the proposed new municipality as well as a majority of voters in all of Los Angeles. In the November election, both measures failed by wide margins in the citywide vote.<ref name=DailyBruin2002>{{cite web|last=Grand|first=Noah|title=Valley, Hollywood secession measures fail|url=http://dailybruin.com/2002/11/05/valley-hollywood-secession-mea/|work=[[Daily Bruin]]|access-date=December 29, 2013|date=November 5, 2002}}</ref>

=== Decline of Film Industry === Following a peak in 2021 driven by the "[[streaming wars]]" resulting from the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the [[Hollywood film industry]] entered a period of contraction. By the mid-2020s, the region faced outsourcing to jurisdictions with more aggressive tax incentive, such as Georgia, the United Kingdom, and Ontario. Coupled with the long-term economic fallout from the [[2023 Hollywood labor disputes]] and the high cost of living, on-location shoot days plummeted from 37,709 in 2021 to a record non-pandemic low of 19,694 by 2025, representing a nearly 48% decrease in local filming activity over four years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FilmLA Releases 2024 On-Location Production Report |url=https://filmla.com/filmla-releases-2024-on-location-production-report/ |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=FilmLA |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rising California Film & TV Tax Credit Productions Signal Growing Industry Momentum Amid 2025 Production Losses |url=https://filmla.com/rising-california-film-tv-tax-credit-productions-signal-growing-industry-momentum-amid-2025-production-losses/ |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=FilmLA |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sternfeld |first=Marc |date=May 28, 2025 |title=High costs, ‘complex’ labor issues are killing Hollywood, report states |url=https://ktla.com/news/local-news/high-costs-complex-labor-issues-are-killing-hollywood-report-states/ |access-date=March 8, 2026 |website=KTLA}}</ref>

The decline has been particularly pronounced in scripted television and reality programming; according to [[Otis College of Art and Design]], the number of shooting days in Los Angeles County in 2024 was down 40% compared to 2022 levels.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Creative Economy Report {{!}} Initiatives {{!}} Otis College of Art and Design |url=https://www.otis.edu/about/initiatives/creative-economy/index.html |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=www.otis.edu}}</ref> This downturn prompted the California State Legislature to pass Assembly Bill 132 in June 2025, which more than doubled the annual cap for the [[California Film Commission|California Film & Television Tax Credit Program]] to $750 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Film Tax Credit |url=https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000 |access-date=2026-03-08 |website=lao.ca.gov |language=en}}</ref> Despite the [[Merger of Skydance Media and Paramount Global|merger]] of [[Skydance Media]] and [[Paramount Global]] in August 2025, which consolidated corporate headquarters in Hollywood, production remained suppressed as studios implemented ongoing spending cuts and shifted projects to lower-cost international hubs.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gumbel |first=Andrew |date=2025-12-26 |title=‘Not the charmed industry it once was’: can Hollywood find its comeback story? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/26/hollywood-production-film-tv-industry-struggles |access-date=2026-03-08 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

==Geography== According to the [[Mapping L.A.]] project of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Hollywood is flanked by the [[Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles|Hollywood Hills]] to the north, [[Los Feliz, Los Angeles|Los Feliz]] to the northeast, [[East Hollywood, Los Angeles|East Hollywood]] or Virgil Village to the east, [[Larchmont, Los Angeles|Larchmont]] and [[Hancock Park, Los Angeles|Hancock Park]] to the south, [[Fairfax, Los Angeles|Fairfax]] to the southwest, [[West Hollywood, California|West Hollywood]] to the west, and [[Hollywood Hills West, Los Angeles|Hollywood Hills West]] to the northwest.<ref name=MappingLACentralLA>{{cite web|url=http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/region/central-la/ |title=Central L.A. |website= Mapping L.A. |publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref>

Street limits of the Hollywood neighborhood are: north, [[Hollywood Boulevard]] from [[La Brea Avenue]] to the east boundary of [[Wattles Mansion#Wattles Park|Wattles Garden Park]] and [[Franklin Avenue (Los Angeles)|Franklin Avenue]] between Bonita and Western avenues; east, [[Western Avenue (Los Angeles)|Western Avenue]]; south, [[Melrose Avenue]], and west, [[La Brea Avenue]] or the West Hollywood [[city limits|city line]].<ref name=MappingLAHollywood>{{cite web |url=http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/neighborhood/hollywood |title=Hollywood |website=Mapping L.A. |publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308090619/http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/neighborhood/hollywood/ | archive-date=March 8, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=ThomasGuide>''The Thomas Guide, Los Angeles County'' 2006, page 593</ref>

In 1918, H.&nbsp;J.&nbsp;Whitley commissioned architect A.&nbsp;S.&nbsp;Barnes to design [[Whitley Heights]] as a Mediterranean-style village on the hills above Hollywood Boulevard. It became the first celebrity community.<ref name="Mr. Whitley's Neighborhood">{{cite web |url=http://www.whitleyheights.org/about5.html |title=About |publisher=Whitley Heights |access-date=January 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818103325/http://www.whitleyheights.org/about5.html |archive-date=August 18, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="HPOZ Whitley Heights">{{cite web |url=http://www.preservation.lacity.org/hpoz/la/whitley-heights |title=Whitley Heights {{pipe}} Office of Historic Resources, City of Los Angeles |publisher=City of Los Angeles |access-date=January 14, 2014 |archive-date=June 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628012410/http://preservation.lacity.org/hpoz/la/whitley-heights |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Whitley Heights pg. 34">{{cite web |url=http://www.whitleyheights.org/about9.html |title=About |publisher=Whitley Heights |access-date=January 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818104333/http://www.whitleyheights.org/about9.html |archive-date=August 18, 2013 }}</ref>

Other areas within Hollywood are [[Franklin Village]], [[Little Armenia, Los Angeles|Little Armenia]], [[Spaulding Square, Los Angeles|Spaulding Square]], [[Thai Town, Los Angeles|Thai Town]],<ref name=MappingLAHollywood/> and [[Yucca Corridor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ycchollywood.org/ycc-membership |title=YCC Membership |website=ycchollywood.org |access-date=December 21, 2015 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222220055/http://ycchollywood.org/ycc-membership/ |archive-date=December 22, 2015 }} Yucca Corridor Coalition website</ref><ref name=ALook>Monte Morin (August 23, 1999). [https://www.proquest.com/docview/421395053 "A Look Ahead: Activists Are Stepping Up Efforts on Their New Cause and Meeting Strong Business Opposition"]. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. page 1.</ref>

== Climate == {{climate chart |Hollywood, California |48|68|3.5 |49|68|3.8 |51|69|3.2 |53|72|0.9 |57|73|0.3 |60|77|0.1 |63|82|0 |64|83|0.1 |62|82|0.4 |58|78|0.4 |52|72|1.2 |48|67|2 |units = imperial |float = right |clear = both}} Like the rest of [[Los Angeles]], Hollywood has a [[hot-summer Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Csa'') or dry-summer [[subtropical climate]]. Winters are typically mild and with light rain, but there are still plenty of warm, sunny days in the winter, as well. Summers are hot, sunny and dry, with virtually no rain falling between April and October; while summer days can be warm, they are considerably cooler than in the [[San Fernando Valley]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://traveltips.usatoday.com/hollywood-climate-weather-14028.html|title=Hollywood Climate & Weather|author=Walsh, Kathryn|date=March 13, 2009|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|access-date=March 27, 2021}}</ref> Spring and fall are generally warm, sunny, and pleasant. [[Santa Ana winds]] typically occur during the fall and winter months, although they can occur during any month; Santa Ana winds bring heavy winds, higher temperatures and lower humidity levels, which increases the risk of [[wildfire]]s, especially in dry years. [[Smog]] can sometimes occur during the summer months. May and June can be foggy and cloudy in Hollywood, a phenomenon known by southern California residents as "May Gray" or "[[June Gloom]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2016/04/26/weather-no-room-for-june-gloom-in-southern-california/|title=WEATHER: No room for June gloom in Southern California?|date=April 16, 2016|newspaper=[[Orange County Register]]|access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>

The all-time record high temperature in Hollywood is {{cvt|112|°F}} on June 26, 1990, and the all-time record low temperature is {{cvt|24|°F}} on both December 8, 1978, and December 23, 1990.

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==Demographics== [[File:Gateway to Hollywood 2018.jpg|thumb|The ''Four Ladies of Hollywood'' sculpture on [[Hollywood Boulevard]] in 2018]] The [[2000 United States census|2000 U.S. census]] counted 77,818 residents in the {{convert|3.51|mi2|km2|adj=on}} Hollywood neighborhood—an average of {{convert|22,193|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}, the seventh-[[population density|densest]] neighborhood in all of [[Los Angeles County]]. In 2008 the city estimated that the population had increased to 85,489. The median age for residents was 31, about the city's average.<ref name=MappingLAHollywood/>

Hollywood was said to be "highly diverse" when compared to the city at large. The ethnic breakdown in 2000 was 42.2% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino or Hispanic]], 41% [[Non-Hispanic Whites|Non-Hispanic White]], 7.1% [[Asian American|Asian]], 5.2% [[African American|Black]], and 4.5% other.<ref name=MappingLAHollywood/> Mexico (21.3%) and Guatemala (13%) were the most common places of birth for the 53.8% of the residents who were born abroad, a figure that was considered high for the city as a whole.<ref name=MappingLAHollywood/>

The median household income in 2008 was $33,694, considered low for Los Angeles. The average household size of 2.1 people was also lower than the city norm. Renters occupied 92.4% of the housing units, and home- or apartment owners the rest.<ref name=MappingLAHollywood/>

The percentages of never-married men (55.1%), never-married women (39.8%) and widows (9.6%) were among the county's highest. There were 2,640 families headed by single parents, about average for Los Angeles.<ref name=MappingLAHollywood/>

In 2000, there were 2,828 military veterans, or 4.5%, a low rate for the city as a whole.<ref name=MappingLAHollywood/>

===Homelessness=== In 2022, there were 1,374 homeless individuals in Hollywood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homeless Count by City/Community |url=https://www.lahsa.org/data?id=54-homeless-count-by-city-community |access-date=April 14, 2023 |publisher=[[Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority]]}}</ref>

==Radio and television== [[KNX (AM)|KNX]] was the last radio station to broadcast from Hollywood before it left [[CBS Columbia Square]] for a studio in the [[Miracle Mile, Los Angeles|Miracle Mile]] in 2005.<ref>Bob Pool (August 11, 2005). [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-11-me-hollywood11-story.html "Hollywood, Radio Finally Part Waves"]. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

On January 22, 1947, the first commercial television station west of the [[Mississippi River]], [[KTLA]], began operating in Hollywood. In December of that year, ''The Public Prosecutor'' became the first network television series to be filmed in Hollywood. Television stations [[KTLA]] and [[KCET]], both on Sunset Boulevard, are the last broadcasters (television or radio) with Hollywood addresses, but KCET has since sold its studios to the [[Church of Scientology]] on Sunset, and plans to move to another location.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} [[KNBC]] moved in 1962 from the former [[NBC Radio City Studios]] at the northeast corner of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street to [[NBC Studios (New York)|NBC Studios]] in Burbank. [[KTTV]] moved in 1996 from its former home at [[Metromedia Square]] on Sunset Boulevard to West Los Angeles, and [[KCOP]] left its home on La Brea Avenue to join KTTV at the modern-day Fox Television Center. [[KCBS-TV]] and [[KCAL-TV]] moved from their longtime home at [[CBS Columbia Square]] on Sunset Boulevard to a new facility at [[CBS Studio Center]] in [[Studio City, Los Angeles|Studio City]].

==Government== [[File:Hollywood,_California,_post_office_building,_with_palm_trees,_2015.jpg|thumb|upright=1|[[United States Post Office (Hollywood, Los Angeles)|Hollywood Post Office]] in 2015]] [[File:LAFD Station - 27.JPG|thumb|upright=1|[[Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial|Hollywood Fire Station 27]] in 2010]] [[File:HollywoodHighSchool.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1|[[Hollywood High School]] in 2008]] As a neighborhood within the [[Los Angeles]] city limits, Hollywood does not have its own municipal government. A person was appointed by the [[Hollywood Chamber of Commerce]] to serve as an honorary "[[Mayor of Hollywood]]" for ceremonial purposes. [[Johnny Grant (radio personality)|Johnny Grant]] held this position from 1980 until his death on January 9, 2008.<ref name="CNNobit">{{Cite news |date=January 10, 2008 |title=Johnny Grant, honorary Hollywood mayor, dies |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/10/grant.obit |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311165837/http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/10/grant.obit |archive-date=2008-03-11 |access-date=January 12, 2008 |publisher=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref>

===Emergency services=== The [[Los Angeles Police Department]] is responsible for police services. The Hollywood police station is at 1358 N. Wilcox Avenue.

[[Los Angeles Fire Department]] operates four fire stations, 27, 41, 52, and&nbsp;82&nbsp;in the area.

The [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] operates the Hollywood-Wilshire Health Center in Hollywood.<ref>[http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phn/docs/HealthCenter/hollywoodwilshire.pdf "Hollywood-Wilshire Health Center"]. [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]]. Retrieved March 18, 2010.</ref>

===Post office=== The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the [[United States Post Office (Hollywood, Los Angeles)|Hollywood Post Office]],<ref>[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/hollywood-1615-wilcox-ave-los-angeles-ca-1367244 "Post Office Location – Hollywood"]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330062813/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/hollywood-1615-wilcox-ave-los-angeles-ca-1367244 |date=March 30, 2010}} [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved March 18, 2010.</ref> the Hollywood Pavilion Post Office,<ref>[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/hollywood-pavilion-6801-hollywood-blvd-ste-167-los-angeles-ca-1444784 "Post Office Location – Hollywood Pavilion"]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227112601/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/hollywood-pavilion-6801-hollywood-blvd-ste-167-los-angeles-ca-1444784 |date=February 27, 2010 }} [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved March 18, 2010.</ref> and the Sunset Post Office.<ref>[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/sunset-1425-n-cherokee-ave-los-angeles-ca-1440792 "Post Office Location – Sunset"]. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311191323/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/sunset-1425-n-cherokee-ave-los-angeles-ca-1440792 |date=March 11, 2010 }} [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved March 18, 2010.</ref>

===Neighborhood councils=== Hollywood is included within the Hollywood United Neighborhood Council (HUNC),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodunitednc.org/ |title=Hollywood United Neighborhood Council |publisher=Hollywoodunitednc.org |access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref> Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Council,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hhwnc.org |title=WELCOME {{pipe}} Hollywood Hills West |publisher=Hhwnc.org |date=December 10, 2013 |access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hhwnc.org/bylaws#article3 |title=Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Council Bylaws - Area Boundaries |publisher=Hhwnc.org |date=February 15, 2012 |access-date=January 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121073645/http://www.hhwnc.org/bylaws#article3 |archive-date=January 21, 2014 }}</ref> and the Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council |url=http://www.hsdnc.org/ |title=Hollywood Studio District Neighborhood Council |publisher=Hsdnc.org |date=January 1, 2014 |access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://done.lacity.org/ncdatabase/nc_database_public/NCDetail.aspx?ncid=33 |title=Los Angeles Department of Neighborhood Enpowerment |publisher=Done.lacity.org |date=January 20, 2012 |access-date=January 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114154651/http://done.lacity.org/ncdatabase/nc_database_public/NCDetail.aspx?ncid=33 |archive-date=November 14, 2013 }}</ref> Neighborhood Councils cast advisory votes on such issues as zoning, planning, and other community issues. The council members are voted in by stakeholders, generally defined as anyone living, working, owning property, or belonging to an organization within the boundaries of the council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hsdnc.org/modules/smartfaq/|title=HSDNC.org: FAQs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208001742/http://hsdnc.org/modules/smartfaq/|archive-date=December 8, 2008}}</ref>

==Education== [[File:Blessed Sacrament School, Hollywood.JPG|thumb|upright=1|[[Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Hollywood|Blessed Sacrament Catholic School]]]] Hollywood residents aged 25 and older holding a four-year degree amounted to 28% of the population in 2000, about the same as in the county at large.<ref name=MappingLAHollywood/>

===Public libraries=== The Will and Ariel Durant Branch, John C. Fremont Branch, and the Frances Howard Goldwyn – Hollywood Regional Branch of the [[Los Angeles Public Library]] are in Hollywood.

===Schools=== Public schools are operated by the [[Los Angeles Unified School District]] (LAUSD). [[File:Vine Street Elementary School, 955 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA 90038 - 2024 October.jpg|thumb|Vine Street Elementary School]] Schools in Hollywood include: * [[Temple Israel of Hollywood]] Day School, private, 7300 Hollywood Boulevard * Gardner Street Elementary School, [[LAUSD]], 7450 Hawthorne Avenue * Selma Avenue Elementary School, LAUSD, 6611 Selma Avenue * Grant Elementary School, 1530 North Wilton Place * Young Hollywood, private elementary, 1547 North McCadden Place * [[Hollywood High School]], LAUSD, 1521 North Highland Avenue<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodhighschool.net/|title=Hollywood High School|website=www.hollywoodhighschool.net|accessdate=March 18, 2023}}</ref> * Hollywood Community Adult School, LAUSD, 1521 North Highland Avenue * [[Blessed Sacrament]] School, private elementary, 6641 Sunset Boulevard * [[Helen Bernstein High School]], LAUSD, 1309 North Wilton Place * Richard A. Alonzo Community Day School, LAUSD, 5755 Fountain Avenue * Beverly Hills RC School, private elementary, 6550 Fountain Avenue * Hollywood Schoolhouse, private elementary, 1233 North McCadden Place * [[Joseph LeConte]] Middle School, LAUSD, 1316 North Bronson Avenue * Hollywood Primary Center, LAUSD elementary, 1115 Tamarind Avenue * Santa Monica Boulevard Community Charter School, 1022 North Van Ness Avenue * Vine Street Elementary School, LAUSD, 955 North Vine Street * Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle School, LAUSD, 929 North Las Palmas Avenue * [[Larchmont Charter School]], elementary, 815 North El Centro Avenue * Cheder Menachem, private elementary, 1606 South La Cienega Boulevard

===Colleges=== * [[AFI Conservatory]], 2021 N Western Avenue * [[Emerson College#ELA—Hollywood Center (Los Angeles)|Emerson College ELA-Hollywood Center]], 5960 Sunset Boulevard * [[Los Angeles City College]], 855 N Vermont Avenue * [[Los Angeles Film School]], 6363 Sunset Boulevard * [[Los Angeles Recording School]], 6690 Sunset Boulevard

==Notable places== [[File:Victor Rossetti House, Paul R. Williams, Architect 1928 (2).jpg|thumb|upright=1|Victor Rossetti House, a [[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture|Spanish Revival style]] estate built in 1928 by architect [[Paul R. Williams]]]] <!-- Hollywood Boulevard at Serrano Avenue (former site of) Hollywood Professional School--> {{Div col|colwidth=22em}} *[[CBS Columbia Square]] *[[Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley]] *[[Charlie Chaplin Studios]] *[[Cinerama Dome]] *[[Crossroads of the World]] *[[Dolby Theatre]] *[[Earl Carroll Theatre (Los Angeles)|Earl Carroll Theatre]] *[[El Capitan Theatre]] *[[Frederick's of Hollywood]] *[[Gower Gulch]] *[[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] *[[Grauman's Egyptian Theatre]] *[[Hollywood & Western Building]] *[[Ovation Hollywood]] *[[Hollywood and Vine]] *[[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] *[[Hollywood Heights, Los Angeles]] *[[Hollywood Heritage Museum]] *[[Hollywood Palladium]] *[[Hollywood Masonic Temple]] *[[Hollywood Museum]] *[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] *[[Hollywood Wax Museum]] *[[Knickerbocker Hotel (Los Angeles)|Knickerbocker Hotel]] *[[Madame Tussauds Hollywood]] *[[Musso & Frank Grill]] *[[Pantages Theatre (Hollywood)|Pantages Theatre]] *[[Roosevelt Hotel (Hollywood)|Roosevelt Hotel]] *[[Sunset Gower Studios]] {{div col end}}

==Annual events== <!-- Blue linked events only in here, please? --> The [[Academy Awards]], which honor the preceding year in film, have been held every year in late February/early March since 2004; prior to 2004, they were held in late March/early April. Since 2002, the Oscars have been held at the [[Dolby Theatre|Dolby Theatre (formerly Kodak Theatre)]] at Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, with the exception of 2020, when due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] they were held in [[Los Angeles Union Station]].

The annual [[Hollywood Christmas Parade]] goes down [[Hollywood Boulevard]] and is broadcast in the Los Angeles area on [[KTLA]] and around the United States on Tribune-owned stations and the [[WGN America|WGN]] superstation. The 75th edition of the parade was held in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hollywoodchamber.net/icons/parade.asp |title=75th Diamond Hollywood Christmas Parade |publisher=[[Hollywood Chamber of Commerce]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707022548/http://hollywoodchamber.net/icons/parade.asp |archive-date=July 7, 2009}}</ref>

The [[Hollywood Half Marathon]] began in 2012 and takes place every April. The event includes a Half Marathon, 10K, 5K, and Kids Fun Run along Hollywood Blvd., and is used to raise funds and awareness for local youth homeless shelters.

==Gallery== {{Gallery |width=160 | height=170 |align=center |File:Grauman's Chinese Theatre, by Carol Highsmith fixed & straightened.jpg |[[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]] before 2007 |File:Aleja Gwiazd w Hollywood 84.JPG |[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] |File:Dolby Theatre v2.jpg |[[Dolby Theatre]] |File:Crossroads of the World.jpg |[[Crossroads of the World]] |File:Hollywood and Highland Metro.jpg |[[Los Angeles Metro Rail]] station in Hollywood |File:HensenStudios Dec2006b.jpg |[[Jim Henson Company Lot|The Jim Henson Studio]] and former [[Charlie Chaplin Studios]] |File:Los Angeles (California, USA), Hollywood Boulevard -- 2012 -- 5100.jpg |Tour bus on [[Hollywood Boulevard]] |File:Repley.JPG |[[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]] Odditorium |File:Hotel Roosevelt.JPG |The [[The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel|Hotel Roosevelt]] |File:Hollywood El Capitan 1.jpg |The [[El Capitan Theatre]] |File:Grauman's Egyptian Theater on 11-07-2024.jpg |[[Grauman's Egyptian Theatre]], 2024. |File:Loser Mobile Vandal Graffiti, Hollywood.jpg|Vehicle vandalism on Fairfax near Sunset }}

==See also== {{Commons category|Hollywood}} {{Wikiquote}} {{Wikivoyage|Hollywood}} {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} *[[Bibliography of Hollywood]] *[[Bibliography of Los Angeles]] *[[Community newspapers in Hollywood, California|Community newspapers in Hollywood]] *[[:Category:Documentary films about Hollywood, Los Angeles|Documentary films about Hollywood]] *[[:Category:Films about Hollywood, Los Angeles|Films about Hollywood]] *[[List of Hollywood novels]] *[[List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Hollywood]] {{div col end}} {{Portal bar|Film|Greater Los Angeles|California|United States}}

==References== {{reflist}}

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