Hollywood
Articles about Hollywood, in Los Angeles.
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.…
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…
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…