Hollywood (disambiguation)

Hollywood (disambiguation)

Hollywood may refer to:
*Cinema of the United States, or the American film industry in general

Places

United States

;California:
*Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, the center of the American film industry, a former city, extant district, of Los Angeles
*Little Hollywood, a neighborhood in San Francisco
**The Hollywood Bowl
**The Hollywood Freeway
**The Hollywood Sign
**North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
** East Hollywood%2c Los Angeles%2c California
**West Hollywood, California
** South Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, an informal, indistinct, reference, that can include as far as Wilshire Boulevard, & beyond
**Hollywood Park Racetrack, a racecourse in Inglewood
** former Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery, now: Hollywood Forever Cemetery
** Hollywood Recreation Center Park, Cole Avenue, Los Angeles Department of Recreation & Parks
**Hollywood Split, a freeway interchange in the San Fernando Valley

;Other places in the United States:
* Hollywood, Alabama
* Hollywood, Homewood, Alabama
* Hollywood, Florida
* Hollywood, Maryland
* Hollywood, Missouri
* Hollywood, Pennsylvania
* Hollywood, Abington Township, Pennsylvania
* Hollywood, South Carolina
* Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
* Hollywood District, Portland, Oregon
* Hollywood Park, Chicago, Illinois
* Hollywood Park, Texas

Europe

* Hollywood, Birmingham, England
* Hollywood, County Wicklow, Ireland
* Hollywood Tower, a tower to the north of Bristol, England
* Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland (pronounced holly-wood)
* Holywood, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland (pronounced holy-wood)

Asia

*Hollywood Road, the first road completed in Hong Kong

Australia

* Hollywood Senior High School, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia

Uses associated with Hollywood, California, or the film industry

* "Hollywood North", a colloquialism used to refer to other film locations or film industry gatherings that occur "north" of Hollywood, in Canada and the United States
*"Hollywood" (documentary), a 1980 Thames Television documentary series about the early years of the Hollywood studios and the development of silent movies
*"Hollywood" (novel), a 1989 novel by Charles Bukowski

Other cinema centers

Some of the centers of the film industries in countries around the world have nicknames that mimic Hollywood, including:

* "Bollywood": Bombay (Mumbai), India
* "Dhallywood": the Bengali cinema film industry based in Dhaka, Bangladesh
* "Kollywood": the Tamil film industry based in Kodambakkam, Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India
* "Lollywood": Lahore, Pakistan
* "Nollywood": Nigeria
* "Ollywood": usually refers to the Oriya film industry in the state of orissa in India
* "Tollywood": usually refers to the Telugu film industry in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India
** Tollywood also refers to the Bengali Cinema film industry based in Tollygunge, South Kolkata, India
* "Mollywood": a joking reference to LDS cinema, a genre of U.S. cinema featuring themes relevant to the Latter Day Saint movement; the "Molly" comes from "Molly Mormon", a term for the stereotypical "ideal Mormon woman"

Film

*"Hollywood" (1923 film), a silent film featuring most of the major film stars of the era in cameo roles, now considered a lost film
*"Hollywoodland" (film), the 2006 film about the death of Superman actor George Reeves
*"Hollywood North" (film), the 2003 film starring Matthew Modine
*"Hollywood Hong Kong", a 2001 film by director Fruit Chan

People

*Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, an American football player
*Hollywood Hulk Hogan, a wrestler
*Hollywood Fats, a blues guitarist
*Matt Hollywood, indie rock guitarist and bassist
*Matt Hollywood (magician), Australian comedian and illusionist
*Jesse James Hollywood, kidnapper and murderer
*Hollywood Montrose, a character from the film Mannequin
*Hollywood, a recurring character in "2 Stupid Dogs".

Music

*"Hooray for Hollywood" from 1937 film "Hollywood Hotel"
*"Hollywood" (Madonna song), a 2003 song by Madonna
*"Hollywood" (Jay-Z song), 2006 song by Jay-Z
*"Hollywood", a song by Collective Soul
*"Hollywood", a song by The Cranberries
*"Hollywood", 1999 song by Nickleback
*"Hollywood", a 2002 B-Side by Silverchair
*"Hollywood", a song by Swedish band Smile.dk
*"Hollywood (Africa)", a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
*"Hollywood" (album), 2006 album by Australian band Little Birdy
*"Hollywood, Tennessee", an album by Crystal Gayle
*Hollywood Records, a record label owned by Disney
*Hollywood Undead

Other uses

* The wood from the holly bush
*Canal Hollywood, an Iberian movies channel
*Hollywood Chewing Gum, a chewing gum produced by Cadbury Schweppes
*Hollywood (graphics chip), a custom graphics chip set currently being made by ATI Technologies for the Wii gaming console
*Hollywood (slang), a term used to describe a large, often excessive, dosage of cocaine


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