Winter Reading
<b>A.K.A. Lucy – The Dynamic and Determined Life of Lucille Ball</b><br> Full of fresh perspective,…
Oscar’s Hollywood
One of the most recent additions to rental housing is the Hollywood Arts Collective—a 152-unit…
Where is this Place Called Hollywood?
There are four Hollywoods. First, the Hollywood I call “from sea to shining sea”—the one…
The Cat & Fiddle: England in Hollywood
For more than 40 years, The Cat & Fiddle has served as Hollywood’s unofficial British…
Aline Barnsdall: Creating Hollyhock House
Aline Barnsdall, the donor of Barnsdall Art Park, was the ultimate iconoclast—a fiercely independent feminist,…
The Go-Go’s: We Got the Beat…of LA!
Many say the musical face of LA is The Doors, Van Halen, Guns and Roses,…
Summer Reading
The Hollywood Sign isn’t the only icon celebrating 100 years—Warner Bros. Studios joins the illustrious…
Oscar’s Hollywood
Since the beginning of Discover Hollywood Magazine, our mission has been to highlight and encourage…
Master In His Own Wright
MASTER IN HIS OWN WRIGHT FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT JR. 1890-1978 By David Jameson Being the…
One Magic Day, He Came Our Way
One Magic Day, He Came Our Way: Eden Ahbez and the Hollywood Sign by Brian…
The Hollywood Partnership Moves Head
The Hollywood Partnership Moves Ahead.. by Nyla Arslanian These days it is hard to find…
Making A Difference Where It Counts
MAKING A DIFFERENCE WHERE IT COUNTS For most of the world, Hollywood is a legendary…
WINTER READING
For more than 28 years, Bernard Hiller’s revolutionary techniques and exercises have produced unprecedented success…
OSCAR’S HOLLYWOOD
BARDAS Investment Group and Bain Capital Real Estate have announced plans for the $600 million…
THE WONDER OF JAPAN HOUSE LOS ANGELES
Exploring Japanese Art and Culture JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles, located at The Ovation (formerly Hollywood…
EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS
The Hollywood Partnership’s Mission for a cleaner, safer, better Hollywood Anyone who has visited central…
FUNKO COMES TO HOLLYWOOD
Have you ever wanted to stand with the Justice League, take a seat in Luke…
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
Beginning as a quaint farming community, Hollywood exploded in population and importance in the early…
Summer Reading
Hello, Molly! Is a compulsively readable, hilarious and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by…
Walking The Walk… The Dream Lives On
From the highs to the lows, although originally conceived to attract people to Hollywood’s fading…
A Fresh New View
His a paradox and it’s a perfect explanation for all of its fascination and all…
A New Direction
In Hollywood the hills and surrounding neighborhoods are filled with the stories of those who…
Live from Hollywood! How Live Theatre Shaped Hollywood Entertainment and Culture
The Roaring Twenties was in full swing, the height of lawlessness and entertainment when flappers…
100 Years …Hollywood Bowl and Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Back in October 1921, around 2,000 concerned residents and business people in Hollywood were facing…
Santa Claus Lane…
Here comes Santa Claus. Here comes Santa Claus, right down Santa Claus Lane.” We all…
Winter Reading
In Tied Up In Knotts a loving daughter provides a full-life narrative of her father: Don Knott’s…
A DAY IN THE LIFE…of a Hollywood Makeup Artist
It’s 3:15 am and the alarm goes off. At the darkest, most peaceful time of…
The Guy Next Door
The unassuming, quiet residential street at the top of Laurel Canyon is home to several…
Summer Reading
Los Angeles has developed one of the most successful historic preservation programs in the nation.…
The New Hollywood Walk of Fame Mural
Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the 100th Birthday of…
Hollywood’s Back!
Summer is here, and Hollywood is reopening after the long months of lockdown. We have…
Villa Feliz
Multi-million dollar homes are a common commodity throughout the greater Hollywood area and beyond. Considering…
Hollywood at a Crossroads
Historic Earl Carroll Theatre is under restoration and now flanked by two major new apartment…
Moving Hollywood Forward
Hollywood is in my heart, but unlike many, it was never in my dreams as…
Fall/Winter Reading
More than thirty years after Grant’s death, biographer Scott Eyman sheds new light on the…
Original Farmer’s Market
For 86 years, Angelenos have flocked to the corner of 3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue…
The Walk of Fame: 60 Years of Diversity
Ana Martinez, producer for the Walk of Fame, noted that the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce…
Spring Reading
Nyla Arslanian Hayden Herrera’s groundbreaking biography and screenplay written for the outstanding 2002 film Frida…
Why I Love Hollywood – Laurence Juber
Laurence Juber. Photo by Michael Lamont Growing up in London, England, I understood that Hollywood…
L.A. After Sunset
Connie Conway Photographer Connie Conway shares images that capture the beauty and essence of Los Angeles’ dramatic…
A Tree Grew in Hollywood
Judy Raphael One Magical Day We lived above the Boulevard. Past Franklin Avenue, on La…
Heart of Hollywood
Above and below: renderings for concepts of planned revitalization of Hollywood Blvd. The Hollywood Walk…
The Formosa
Continuing Discover Hollywood’s articles on favorite historic restaurants, following the venerable former Disney favorite, Tam…
DeLongpre and Redmond
Painting Hollywood onto the Map Hollywood is famous for celebrating celebrity. Hundreds of media…
Rushing to the Future
Proposed Crossroads Project It wasn’t that long ago “We’re building the Hollywood of the 21st…
Why I Love Hollywood by Michael Feinstein
Before I quote from the most popular song about Hollywood, let me mention that there…
Tam o’Shanter: Walt Disney Ate Here
No matter how quickly you drive east on busy Los Feliz Boulevard, when you pass…
Immaculate Heart Community: A Story for the Ages
The year was 1848. Father Joaquin Masmitjá founded the Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM)…
Hollywood’s Second Home
The densest jungle in Los Angeles can be found south of Sunset and west of…
Living With Ghosts: The House Next Door
David Oman is a producer/writer, known for House at the End of the Drive (2014) and soon to…
Pink’s 80th: From Hot Dog Cart to Global Icon
A few years ago, Aretha Franklin was planning a Christmas party at her Detroit home, and…
Hollywood Haunts: Where the Ghosts Hang Out
Hollywood may be glamorous, but it has a dark side too. So we investigated a…
Hancock Part: A Place Apart
The year was 1848, and the dust from the two-year Mexican-American War had just settled.…
Why I Love Hollywood by Judy Tenuta
You’ve seen Judy Tenuta appear in shows from “The Vagina Monologues” to “Menopause the Musical.”…
Miceli’s 70th
Miceli’s Restaurant If you’ve ever enjoyed pizza in Los Angeles, you have Carmen Miceli to…
The New Vaudeville: Boobietrap LA
Scot Nery Photos by Richard M. Johnson Under a single spotlight, a middle-aged man wearing…
Finding the Real Hollywood
7000 Romaine – The old Howard Hughes Headquarters Photo by Kathy Flynn While some visitors…
Hollywood Discovers Malta: Small but Mighty through the Ages
Panoramic view of Birgu Extending a tour of Sicily with a stop on Malta seemed…
Hollywood’s Art Center School: A Creative Oasis
Tucked away between the American Legion Building and the Best Western Motel is Hollywood’s best…
100 Years of Musso & Frank
According to Gore Vidal, “Walking into Musso & Frank is like walking into a warm…
Why I Love Hollywood by Dean Cain
Dean Cain Hollywood is the land of make-believe, of hopes and dreams, of inspiration and…
Hollywood Discovers Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia From Errol Flynn to the Hemsworths, Australia has long been exporting their best…
Walking Hollywood
Do you know what Hollywood’s first tourist attraction was? Are you familiar with the Idle…
Hollywood’s Burgeoning Art Scene
Over the last decade, Los Angeles has slowly but steadily emerged as America’s second hub…
Fall Reading
The Road to Oz: The Evolution, Creation, and Legacy of a Motion Picture Masterpiece is a…
Dream Factory: AMDA
For nearly 100 years, they’ve come by the countless thousands to reach for the dream…
Spooky Hollywood: Hollywood Horror Film Locations
Hollywood, land of sunshine and palm trees. So much glitz and glamour. But there’s a…
Hollywood Facelift: The Newly Restored Villa Carlotta
Nestled in the heart of Franklin Village rests the Villa Carlotta, a majestic piece of…
Hollywood in Miniature Returns
You could probably call it a “travelling exhibition” because it’s traveled extensively since it was…
California Here They Come…How it All Began
Pioneers Cecil B. DeMille, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Jesse Lansky pose in front of…
Crossroads of the World: Nexus of Hollywood Creativity
As one of the most recognizable structures in Los Angeles, Crossroads of the World is…
Spring Reading
Elizabeth Taylor:Tribute to a Legend is a book of quotes exploring the many ides of the…
Why I Love Hollywood
My first taste of Hollywood came in 1970 when I was invited to attend the…
Gwen Butcher Shop & Restaurant
A decade-long dream for Aussies Curtis and Luke Stone, Gwen Butcher Shop & Restaurant was…
The Chaplin-Henson Studios
Thanks to the advent of cinema, the legendary Charlie Chaplin is forever immortalized as a…
The Birthplace of Sci-Fi
A house is not necessarily a home. Any structure goes through various incarnations. Some last for…
Why I Love Hollywood
As I was slogging through rush-hour traffic recently, I was frustrated at how slow it…
LONO Hollywood
The elements of surprise and delight are what come to mind as a first impression…
The Golden Globes at 75
This January 7, Late Night host Seth Meyers will be waiting nervously in the wings…
The New Hollywood
Fender, Viacom and Neuehouse make historic Columbia Square a lively workplaceThe revitalization of Hollywood, long…
Ye Olde Public House
The Cat & Fiddle first opened in Laurel Canyon in 1982 by musician, Londoner Kim…
Dia de los Muertos
Aracely Hernandez The Day of the Dead in Mexico is a celebration of loved ones…
The Hollywood Roosevelt
The 1927 newspaper ad promised that Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Gloria Swanson and other stars…
The Hollywood School for Girls at Woman’s Club of Hollywood
One of the best kept secrets in Hollywood is a two-storey wooden house that was…
Haunted Hollywood
Hollywood attracts many people looking at sidewalk stars or footprints in concrete. This time of…
Summer Reading
Summer reading is one of the pleasures of the season. We offer a few selections…
Theatre in LA
Hollywood is heralded around the globe as the mesmerizing “movie capital of the world,” yet…
Clark and Carole’s Castle
The house was a jaw-dropping, turreted mini-medieval castle, rising majestically on a street near the…
The Hollywood Sign
The Hollywood Sign, one of the world’s iconic symbols, identifies the Entertainment Capital of the…
Feast of Fantasy
The wonderful thing about Hollywood is that it’s always filled with surprises. The Edmon Restaurant…
Getting Around in Hollywood
Getting around Hollywood no longer has to involve looking for a parking spot or inching…
The Butcher, the Baker, the …
High on the wish list of “somedays” is “someday I’d like to open a restaurant”.…
Spring Reading
It seems that there’s always more to say about such iconic persons such as Judy…
Armenia
Armenia wasn’t on our travel radar until it seemed to make perfect sense. Although born…
Artemesia
A short distance north of Franklin Avenue up Canyon Drive is one of Los Angeles’…
The Chinese Theatre
This movie icon lives right in the heart of Hollywood, and is about to turn…
You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet !
With movies available on screens large and hand-held, it’s easy to take for granted how…
Hollywood’s Diverse Dining
Hollywood and celebrity are almost synonymous, and now with the addition of many new restaurants…
Hollywood As I Knew It
Hollywood is becoming a high-rise metropolis. Lofty sites for clubs, restaurants, shopping, apartments and hotels…
The Capitol of Hollywood
The Capitol of Hollywood When you think of Hollywood, the Hollywood Sign stands out as…
Centennial Celebrates
One thing that L.A. is not known for is its prevalence of buildings and institutions…
Columbia Square
Kilroy’s Columbia Square media campus helps lead Hollywood’s revitalization from the historic corner of Sunset…
Los Angeles City College
The ground beneath the Los Angeles Cit y College (LACC) is one of the most…
Buy or Rent a Piece of Hollywood History
Lot by lot, house by house, apartment by apartment and you can even throw in…
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter transforms Universal Studios
Good news, Muggles. You don’t need magic to unlock the doors to The Wizarding World…
The Ford, Past and Future
Preservation Hall Jazz Band on the Ford Amphitheatre stage. Photo: Gennia Cui …
Dexter’s Digs
Actor Michael C. Hall has listed his revamped Spanish Colonial Revival-style home in Los Feliz.…
Crossroads of Fashion
If you are driving up the 6600 block of Sunset Boulevard, you can’t help but…
The Hollywood Farmers’ Market
Celebrating its 25th anniversary on May 1st, the Hollywood Farmers’ Market is a melting pot…
The Max Factor Effect
An international cosmetics brand, Max Factor, is the name of the man who established a…
Tis the season…to be shopping
Shopping experiences over the holidays and everyday are a unique experience. West Hollywood Gateway’s Target,…
Victor Schertzinger – Early Film Giant
Early Film Giant, Victor L. Schertzinger By Donald Seligman His star was among the first…
Raleigh Studios – Pioneers of Film
Nyla Arslanian & Marc Rosenthal Raleigh Studios is much more than bit player in the…
130 Years of Excellence
Celebrating 130 Years of Excellence. Perhaps the one thing that most Hollywood stories have…
Learning the Craft in LA
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS 1336 N. La Brea Ave. (800) 463-8990. See article this…
Hollywood Heritage
Hollywood Heritage Preserving historic places in Hollywood, Los Angeles’s most famous neighborhood, is a big…
Discover Richmond & Williamsburg
History can be an adventure in a book, on the screen or on a vacation. …
Universal Studios, A Corporate Odyssey
103 YEARS OF UNIVERSAL STUDIOS: An Historical Overview Today in 2015 Universal Studios is…
Mulholland’s Pipe Dream
California is in the fourth year of a severe drought yet sprinklers still go off…
Tom LaBonge
It’s hard to find anyone in Los Angeles-especially within the boundaries of City Council District…
Stars in their Own Wright
The reopening of Hollyhock House, Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece, commissioned by Aline Barnsdall as the…
What is This Place Called Hollywood?
Hollywood is Los Angeles’ most complex community with a rich history that goes back more…
It’s Awards Season!
It’s snow season around the rest of the country, but in Hollywood, its Awards Season……
Discovering Santa Fe, New Mexico
We’d planned the trip to begin with a taxi ride to Union Station for a…
Shopping Hollywood
Hollywood is a great place to shop with an amazing array to choose from. Whether you like…
Emerson College
Emerson College Sunset Boulevard has a new star, architecturally speaking, in the guise of Emerson…
Super Heroes-Up Close and Phenomenal
Superheroes, everywhere. Caped or otherwise, crusaders born of comic-book lore have overtaken pop culture in…
Haunted Hollywood
“I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie showA fantasy world of celluloid villains…
Hiking Hollywood
Hollywood is often seen as the grittiest, most urban part of Los Angeles. Yet Hollywood…
The Debbie Reynolds Auction Finale
Billed as the Debbie Reynolds Auction Finale, the last of the actress’ unprecedented collection of…
Universal Studios Hollywood
Karen Yin Ground Zero for Minion Mania Lately, a lot of yellow has been spotted…
Last Page – The 28th Annual Charlie Awards
The 28th Annual Charlie Awards! The Hollywood Arts Council’s 28th Annual Charlie Awards honor significant…
Our Hollywood
Excerpts from Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell’s State of Hollywood Speech Our Hollywood is not just another…
Hollywood’s BID for the Future
There are those who might say say, “Hollywood is dead.” People point to “runaway production”,…
The TMZ Hollywood Tour!
What happens when you pair TMZ, a leader in entertainment news, with Starline Tours, the…
The Poignant Poinsettia
The spectacular plant that makes its grand entrance each holiday season has distinctive American roots…
Gifting Hollywood Style
Remember long ago, when you were a little girl/boy, attending your friend’s birthday party? Even…
Hollywoodland Revisited
Hollywood… is a different place for everyone. It’s a place where the past and the…
Let’s Party!
Party Venues for the Holidays Star-studded parties and shimmering nights on the town are an…
Serving Hollywood’s Children
Making a Difference in What They Do While in some cultures it takes a village…
Hollywood Discovers Savannah
Hometown Boy Makes Good If you mention “Savannah” in any conversation about movies and the…
Hollywood Under the Stars
the Bowl, the Ford, & the Greek You can walk the Boulevard over the names…
Los Feliz : Movie-making in the Silent Era
Glamour. Scandal. Riches. The silent film era during the 1920s epitomized a fast-moving, hedonistic, exciting…
Get Your Kicks: Route 66 Revisited
You’ve probably been able to “Get Your Kicks on Route 66” in Hollywood, but didn’t…
Stunt Performers!
A man is engulfed in flames while trapped in a snow tractor…A woman is thrown…
Hollywood Discovers Loreto Mexico
Two hours from LA…. and centuries away! Have you had it with the congestion and…
Warner Bros: 90 Years of Innovation
Warner Bros. is one of Hollywood’s great success stories—overcoming insurmountable odds, adapting with changing times and…
Last Page: Fascinating Fireside Reading
The Hollywood Canteen was the jewel in the crown of World War II Hollywood. From 1942…
East Hollywood
The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center has been a fixture since 1924 and in 1953 Kaiser…
Sheryl Crow’s Historic Estate
Like many celebrity-owned homes tucked away in secluded canyons and dotting the hillsides and canyons…
Hollywood Shopping Spree!
Whether you want a day off from being a busy Los Angeles visitor, or you…
FACES OF HOLLYWOOD
For decades, they’ve been hiding out in plain sight —laughing at generations of Angelenos and…
HOLLYWOOD U
The World’s Campus (Emerson’s new campus) When Emerson College, the well respected Boston institution founded…
HOLLYWOOD HIGH REVISITED
Before Judy Garland captivated audiences in “The Wizard Of Oz”… Before John Ritter got laughs…
The Historic Preservation Overlay Zones (HPOZs)
While many outsiders may view Los Angeles as an imposing megalopolis, it is truly a…
Travelling Around Griffith Park
Whether by foot, bicycle, horseback, tram, or steam train, it’s the place to be! Covering…
Paramount Centennial
Paramount Pictures’ 100 years has reflected the growth of Hollywood As Paramount celebrates its 100th Anniversary,…
Last Page: The 26th Annual Charlie Awards
The Hollywood Arts Council’s 26th Annual Charlie Awards honor significant contributions to the arts and Hollywood. …
Discovering Hollywood
Each year millions arrive on our doorstep searching for the real Hollywood . Some find what they…
Looking for Hollywood in all the Right Places
Whether you’ve just arrived, are upgrading, downsizing, or relocating, the rental market in Hollywood offers something…
Hollywood Museums
For nearly 50 years Hollywood has been trying to create its own museum, but celebrating the history…
Barnsdall Park: Signs of the Times
On December 15th, Civic Virtue: The Impact of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the…
Faith in Hollywood
Hollywood exists as a place of contrasts – from hiking in the rugged Mt. Hollywood…
Working Like a Dog in Hollywood
Dogs have stood beside us forever. Ancient cave paintings as well as images found in…
Birth of the Disney Legend: The Seeds for Disneyland Grew From Los Feliz Roots
It was in the eastern part of Hollywood–Los Feliz–where animation mogul Walt Disney’s empire began. …
25 Years of Discover Hollywood
We began as a magazine in 1986 as a project of the Hollywood Arts Council. …
American Legion Post 43: Serving a New Generation of Veterans
Hollywood history is enveloped in drama, intrigue and glamour. It is the mystique of the…
The Afterlife of Hollywood Stars: Personal Keepsakes Cross the Auction Block
When Marilyn Monroe was sixteen she wrote an eight-page letter describing the details of her…
Skyscrapers in Hollywood?
Skyscrapers in Hollywood? Having lived and worked in Hollywood for over 30 years, I know…
Public Art – Playing a role in neighborhood revitalization
public art /puhb-lik ahrt/ (noun): a process involving a community seeking to distinguish itself by…
The Peterson Automotive Museum – Treasure trove of our car culture
PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM If you live in LA or are just visiting for the first…
Hollywoodland – Tycoons and visionaries created an iconic America neighborhood
HOLLYWOODLAND One of the most popular tourist attractions in Hollywood, California isn’t a place, but…
Hollywood Discovers Puebla De Los Angeles
My husband and I have had a love affair with Mexico almost as long as…
Starline Tours – The Dream of Vahid and Fred Sapir
For nearly 100 years, the search for the most glamorous and glittering side of the…
Hollywood’s Enduring Superstar – The Griffith Observatory
One of Hollywood’s most enduring “superstars” has yet to win a coveted star emblazoned on…
Theatre Magic!
Theatre in Hollywood this season is bursting like a joyous explosion. Beginning with “West Side…
He Would Overcome – Remembering Architect Paul Williams
Noted architect Paul Revere Williams (1894-1980) rose to prominence in Los Angeles when deed restrictions…
Literary Hollywood – The Streets of Raymond Chandler and Beyond
Hollywood has been the setting for numerous novels |over the decades, and some have actually…
Recording Studio Mecca
For some 70 years, the recording studios of Hollywood have given us many of the…
The Amazing LA Race
It’s a sightseeing tour… It’s a game… It’s a scavenger hunt. It’s an immersive experience.…
Walk the Walk of Fame
Forget following the paparazzi, sneaking behind the velvet rope, following the fashionistas or hanging around…
Hollywood Studios Today
Although the advent of new technology and out of state incentives has helped spread filmmaking…
Universal Studios Hollywood
What’s it like to be in a Hollywood movie with a superstar? Thanks to Universal…
The Grand Pubs of Hollywood
In 965 AD, King Edgar “The Peaceful” decreed that there could only be one public…
Whitley Heights
Traveling along Franklin Avenue, the east/west thoroughfare north of Hollywood Blvd., you might not notice…
100 Years Old, A Century of Hollyood
A century of Hollywood! Who would have dared to imagine that the plan the good…
A Hollywood Success Story
Chaz Dean is more than a hair stylist who appears on television more frequently than…
The Poignant Poinsettia
The spectacular plant that makes its grand entrance each holiday season has distinctive American roots…
Jayma Mays Living
It began gradually, but once actress Jayma Mays’ career broke, she was on her way.…
June Wayne A Lifetime of Lithography
June Wayne’s life and her work spans the decades from World War II to the…
Haunted Hollywood
There are those who believe Hollywood is a ghost town. Not a ghost town like…
Sixty Years and Still Counting
Miceli’s was established in 1949, when Carmen and Sylvia Miceli gathered their meager funds and opened Miceli’s…
“Madame Tussauds Comes to Town”
Everyone who comes to Hollywood and strolls along the Walk of Fame or compares their…
Lastpage – Franklin Village
Nestled below the Hollywood Sign near the junction of Franklin and Bronson Avenues, newly designated…
The Ennis House
A house which neighbors loved to hate today is the darling of the street where…
Farmers Market’s 75th Anniversary
For many millions of visitors – and several gen erations of Angelenos – this simple…
Hollywood Art Centennial: DeLongpre & Redmond
Granville Redmond, a transplanted Pennsylvanian known as one of California’s first resident Impressionists, is famous…
Superheroes, Villains, & Cartoon Characters…
The ultimate odd couple while in costume, they are among the men and women who…
Pinks, Formosa Cafe, Musso & Frank Anniversaries
It’s perhaps the very definition of a classic Hollywood experience: a coctail at the Formosa…
Hollywood: Mural Capital of Los Angeles
Hollywood enjoys an array of murals that provide diversion to the urban streetscape. Eloy Torrez “Legends…
Getting Around in Hollywood
Getting around Hollywood no longer has to involve looking for a parking spot or inching…
The Hollywood Palladium
On October 15, nearly sixty eight years to the day that the Hollywood Palladium ushered…
Grande Dames of Hollywood
Starlets and divas have called Hollywood home since the movies first called Action! Some of those early…
Vintage Jewels
The Hollywood Bowl and the Ford Amphitheatre Two vintage jewels in Hollywood’s cultural treasure trove are…
Palm Springs – Hollywood’s Playground
Arriving in Palm Springs by car is a bit like walking through the front gates…
Witches & Lions & Phantom! Oh My!
It’s the stuff of Hollywood fantasy, right? To be more precise it’s the reality of…
Hollywood Forever: A Place For Everyone
It’s not easy spotting stars in Hollywood. Maybe you’ll see one catching a matinee at…
Star Is Reborn: The Kress Hollywood
The 38,800 square foot 5 floor complex will add sparkle to the continuing Hollywood revitalization…
An Entertainer’s Dream
Years ago I had a real estate license until I realized that I had no…
Lost & Found in Los Angeles and London
For anybody who uses public transport, leaving something behind on the bus, train or subway is…
Good Night, Sweet Prince The Last Home of John Barrymore
In the East, a house’s pedigree might include an assertion that “George Washington slept here.”…
Hollywood Rising
With several multi-million-dollar projects being launched, Hollywood promises newly renovated office space, an increase in…
Living on Top of the world
Like a modern day Philip Marlowe my feet are propped on my desk, chair tilted…
Tree Grew In Hollywood
A towering tree reached the western-most upstairs window, shading a sloping ledge, big as a…
Tree Grew In Hollywood
A towering tree reached the western-most upstairs window, shading a sloping ledge, big as a…
Mazatlan – Hollywood Discovers
When the cast and crew arrived by train, masses of people came out to receive…
From the Editor
This is a very exciting time for Hollywood but even more so for this publication.…
The Good Bad and Ugly
At the corner of Los Feliz Boulevard and Riverside Drive stands a larger-than-life bronze statue of…
Ray Bradbury Interview
Ray Bradbury’s relationship to Hollywood extends from his early teen years to present time. His…
Hollywood’s Cowboys
Two of the screen’s greatest cowboys – Gene Autry and most revered Western movie actor…
From the Editor
Over the past years, as Hollywood was struggling to regain its prominence as THE place…
Discovering Old Hollywood
L-R: Carole Lombard in her Hollywood Boulevard home decorated by William Haines, 1933; Delivery boys…
El Cabrillo and the Hollywood Renaissance
To the rest of the world, Hol lywood seems like one of the most glamorous places on earth, what with big…
From the Editor
Over the past years, as Hollywood was struggling to regain its prominence as THE place to live,…
Hollywood is Film Noir.
Shadowy forms lurk in the darkness as tires creep across wet asphalt. Flashbacks, low angles…
Hollywood’s Forgotten Past
I had always wondered about the house at the corner of Wilcox and Fountain. For the…
The Magic of Hollywood
The Magic Castle is the private clubhouse for an organization dedicated to the advancement of…
From the Editor – Winter 2005/2006
It’s been said “All that glitters is not gold,” but one thing for sure—all that…
Hollywood City of Lights – Magic of Neon
When Los Angeles car dealer and early radio pioneer, Earl C. Anthony, returned from Paris…
Poem: 24-Hour Shine
24-Hour Shine © Poet-broker Developers are tinkering with a tinsel town toolkit chiseling clues from…
Hollywood – The World’s Campus!
Believe it or not, Hollywood is a college town. Every year the best and bravest…
Music City …the ultimate, living, breathing jukebox
But what makes Hollywood’s music scene special? It doesn’t have a distinctive sound or style,…
From the Editor – Summer 2005
As a new generation discovers Hollywood as a cultural playground, I’m reminded that this is…
Aline Barnsdall – The Ultimate Iconoclast
Aline Barnsdall, the donor of Barnsdall Art Park, was the ultimate iconoclast. A fiercely independent…
Inside Hollywood’s Party Scene
A Worldly Place to Visit Visitors from around the world and even local Los Angeles…
Hollywood’s French Connection (is not what you may think)
Considering France’s influence on Hollywood, many of us tend to think of French restaurants and…
An Insider’s Guide to Why We Love Living in Hollywood
The Hollywood area is a great place to live. Great if you are an artist,…
Let’s Do Lunch
In Hollywood “Let’s do lunch,” can be the beginning or the end – the promise…
From the Editor
From the Editor As a new generation discovers Hollywood as a cultural playground, I’m reminded that this…
Dressing the Part
Fashion stylists, auditioning actors and costumers need not look further than the newly revitalized Hollywood…
On the Street Where You Lived
Who would have thought, passing this secluded cul-de-sac off Franklin, you might stumble upon the very…
From the Editor
There is no doubt that Hollywood is a town of contrasts. Nestled at the base of the Santa Monica Mountains and…
LA’s Unique Theatre Scene
In LA, we’re saddled with the misperception that LA is not a theatre town. It…
Hollywood Reality
With its pervasive images of superstars and billionaire film and television execs, Hollywood draws people from all…
Fear not the “hairy-nosed wombat”!
The W.C. Fields Estate When comedian W.C. Fields moved onto DeMille Drive in the late ‘30s he…
Getting Around Hollywood
Getting around Hollywood no longer has to involve looking for a parking spot or inching along Hollywood Boulevard. As local residents and…
L.A.’s Main Street
In the year since its inception, The Grove, Los Angeles’ newest and most innovative outdoor center,…
Hollywood’s Broadcast Beginnings
If you were to walk down Vine Street in the 30’s-40’s, you would see lit-up station call…
Hollywood Shopper’s Fantasy
What’s your Hollywood fantasy? From all over the world, people come here to experience the…
Where is Hollywood
When much of the world thinks of the United States, they think of Hollywood because…
From the Editor
In this issue, we explore Hollywood Boulevard’s newest attraction, Hollywood & Highland, and the reality…
Hollywood’s New Face
The Awards ceremony sounded the first note, creating a buzz that is still heard around…
On Achieving the Big Break
The road to success is fraught with challenges–but only the determined achieve their every dream.…
Norma Talmadge’s Cedarhurst
She was at the core of an elite group of early silent film stars that…
From the Editor
For some time we’ve known that a new day was approaching—a day that had been…
Spiritual Searchers
When we think of Hollywood, we usually picture the glittery veneer of the entertainment industry,…
Patriotic Films
These days everyone has patriotism on the mind, and Hollywood is no exception. Whether addressing…
The Stars Return to Hollywood
As trendsetters revitalize Hollywood, celebrities and locals alike head to dozens of venues sprouting up…
From the Editor
Everywhere the town is abuzz with talk of new and soon to open attractions. Night…
Hollywood’s Child: Norma Jeane
Before she was Marilyn Monroe, she was Norma Jeane. And Joe Jasgur, now a world-famous…
A Family Dynasty Lives On In Hollywood
Tamara Collins Long identified with New York theatre’s “Actors Studio,” there are few outside the…
From the Editor
The manufactured excitement of the new millennium has passed and, no doubt, the real beginning…
She’s Ready for Her Close-Up
GREAT LADY RETURNS IN A BLAZE OF GLORY! Of all the great ladies of Hollywood,…
Commemorating Hollywood’s Cultural Luminaries
I come from a family that read historic markers on highways while on summer vacations.…
The Best Bargain In Town
Hollywood has joined New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco to offer CityPass…
Hollywood’s Long Tradition
Hollywood has a long tradition of live theatre. Today theatre in Hollywood varies from far-out…
From the Editor
The manufactured excitement of the new millennium has passed and, no doubt, the real beginning…
Discovering the Past in Hollywood’s Future
THERE’S AN AIR OF REBIRTH IN HOLLYWOOD THESE DAYS, AN EXCITED FEELING OF BEING ON…
The City and the Myth: Local Museums Unite the Two Hollywoods
Far from being a random collection of movie memorabilia, Hollywood’s museums tell a story that…
A Hollywood Tale
Once upon a time in the dusty frontier of Oklahoma, John and Dorothy Hampton, a young…
Churches Reach Out to the Entertainment Industry
As the new Millennium approaches, faced with changing attitudes towards religion, churches find salvation by…
From the Editor
MTA At least until next year when the extension to Universal City and North Hollywood…
From the Editor
With all congratulating that’s been going on this year acknowledging that Hollywood is “on the…
Future’s Past: Welcoming the New Mellennium
HISTORIC PHOTOS COURTESY OF DELMAR WATSON As we head into the Millennium, it seems impossible to…
Hollywood’s First Family
If ever there was a true Hollywood family, it’s the Watson’s, Child actors, acclaimed photojournalists…
Through the Eyes of Phil Stern
Stern is one of a revered core of photographers who worked during Hollywood’s golden years…
Visual Perspectives: The American Society of Cinematographers
ASC, or The American Society of Cinematographers is the oldest continuously operation motion picture society…
