Hollywood
Cinema's famous district
Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles that became the center of the American film industry in the early twentieth century.
By extension, Hollywood refers to the movie business itself—its studios, stars, culture, and output: Hollywood endings, Hollywood glamour, She's trying to make it in Hollywood.
The term often carries connotations of artificiality, excess, or shallow spectacle: That story sounds too Hollywood to be true.
Enormously successful entertainment property
- premiereFirst public performance
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- sequelContinuation of prior work
- prequelLater work, earlier setting
trailer · genre · soundtrack · narrative · scene · dialogue · montage · cinematography
West coast megastate
- TinseltownSlang for Hollywood
- soundstageIndoor film production space
- backlotOutdoor movie-making grounds
Creative professional's workspace
- productionMaking or generating something
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- castingShaping through liquid form
producer · screenwriter · director · cinematographer · agent · publicist · talent · contract
Widely recognized public figure
- famePublic recognition, widespread
- A-listTop celebrity ranking
- OscarAcademy's golden award
- paparazziAggressive celebrity photographers
tabloid · entourage · headshot · audition · callback · autograph · publicist · handlers
blockbuster
Enormously successful entertainment property
- premiereFirst public performance
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- sequelContinuation of prior work
prequel · trailer · genre · soundtrack · narrative · scene · dialogue · montage · cinematography · acting
California
West coast megastate
- TinseltownSlang for Hollywood
- soundstageIndoor film production space
- backlotOutdoor movie-making grounds
studio
Creative professional's workspace
- productionMaking or generating something
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- franchiseLicensed business operation
casting · producer · screenwriter · director · cinematographer · agent · publicist · talent · contract · development
celebrity
Widely recognized public figure
paparazzi · tabloid · entourage · headshot · audition · callback · autograph · publicist · handlers · interview
elegance
Refined, graceful quality
sequin · limousine · designer · couture · jewels · stilettos · makeover · stylist · after-party · champagne
Chaplin
Silent-era film comedian
- classicOf lasting excellence
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- MGMHollywood entertainment conglomerate
Hitchcock · Spielberg · Tarantino · Scorsese · Paramount · Universal · Disney · handprints · legacy · noir
- cinemafilm, films, film studios, movies, movie
- entertainmentmovie, movies, films, band, television
- filmmovies, film, filmmaking, cinematography, film editing
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- film industryfilm studios, film production, film distribution, Bollywood, Nollywood
- HollywoodTinseltown, silver screen, movie stars, big screen, directors
HollywoodBroadway
Manhattan theatrical district
off-Broadway · the stage · West End · vaudeville · regional theater
Hollywoodindependent film
Non-studio movie production
indie cinema · art house · Sundance · arthouse cinema · underground film
HollywoodBollywood
Indian film industry
art house cinema · independent film · European cinema · Nollywood · French New Wave
- Hollywood endingUnrealistically tidy resolution
- Hollywood filmMajor American movie production
- Hollywood glamourFilm world's captivating elegance
- Hollywood iconCelebrated film industry figure
- Hollywood SignMountaintop tourism icon
- Hollywood bombshellStrikingly attractive film actress