Hollywood

Articles about Hollywood, in Los Angeles.

Legendary Los Angeles Latinos

September 18, 2023

People from the Spanish-speaking countries of Central and South America have had an enormous impact on Los Angeles. Which isn’t at all surprising when you consider nearly fifty per cent of the population of Los Angeles today has a Hispanic background and that, therefore Los Angeles Latinos form the largest ethnic share of the population.…

Sid Grauman & His LA Theaters

February 24, 2023

When the TCL Chinese Theatre opened in 1927 it was known as Sid Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, and some older Angelenos still call it such. Directly opposite, across the Walk of Fame, is the El Capitan Theatre, now owned by Disney, but when it opened in 1926 it was a Broadway style theatre that was part-owned…

Hollywood Playhouse: Avalon Nightclub

January 13, 2023

The performing arts building at 1735 Vine Street near the intersection with Sunset Boulevard, now known as the Avalon Hollywood, has been singularly successful over the course of its nearly hundred-year-old life. When the Hollywood Playhouse opened in during the Prohibition era of the 1920’s most theaters being erected in Los Angeles were being designed…