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Hollywood

[hol-ee-wood] / ˈhɒl iˌwʊd /








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Meet the next Asian film fighting style that will clobber Hollywood slap-happy just as Hong Kong wire-fu spawned “The Matrix” and Indonesia’s “The Raid” begot “John Wick.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Given the merger’s potential impact in Hollywood, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said early on that he planned to subject the transaction to scrutiny.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, the tale of silent film star Norma Desmond’s descent into murderous derangement as her Hollywood comeback stays out of frame, is the other.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Hollywood stars entertained for Republicans as well as Democrats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

It was a Hollywood movie before Hollywood even existed.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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