Hollywood

Hollywood

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Hollywood is a suburb located in Los Angeles, California, United States and is also known as ‘Tinseltown’.
Hollywood is famous for being the home of many celebrities and film studios, although much of the film industry has now been scattered throughout the region.
The name ‘Hollywood’ was named by land developer, Hobart Johnstone Whitley and his wife, whilst they were honeymooning in 1886, who is known as the “Father of Hollywood”.
As of 2012, Hollywood is a multicultural suburb, with a population of between 180,000 and 200,000 people, with nearly 50% of those born in a foreign country.
Hollywood was originally known as Cahuenga Valley to the agricultural community that lived in the area in the mid to late 19th century, and by 1900 the area had a post office, hotel, and a newspaper.

David Wark Griffith was the first person to make a film in Hollywood, a short film released in 1910, and the first studio in Hollywood was the Nestor Studio, which was established in 1911.
Hollywood has seven primary schools, two middle schools and three high schools.
The first Academy Awards in 1929, or Oscars as they are now known, were celebrated and presented in Hollywood at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, and since then they have changed venues numerous times, but are now held annually in Hollywood.
Many famous landmarks are in Hollywood such as the Hollywood sign which is found on Mt Lee, the highest point in Los Angeles, and the Hollywood Walk of Fame, where over 2300 celebrity names can be found.
At one point, Hollywood was the home of nearly all of the Los Angeles radio stations, although most of them have now moved to different areas.