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Jul 13, 2023 · A century after its original installation, the Hollywood sign has suffered through bad press, aging pains and multiple facelifts—an intriguing parallel to some of the stars living in the city...
Under the Hollywood Sign: Directed by Hope Anderson. Part interpretive history, part nature documentary, part biography, "Under the Hollywood Sign" combines archival pictures, new HD footage and interviews to tell the story of Beachwood Canyon, Los Angeles.
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Sep 30, 2022 · 100 years on, and now devoid of its last four letters, the Hollywood sign is receiving a live-streamed makeover, using 250 gallons of UV-protection paints and primer. The sign was renovated in 1978 using Hugh Hefner's spare cash, and his helicopter.
Feb 23, 2023 · The Hollywood Sign at 100: The Ultimate Symbol of Fame’s Power and Price. In the century since its debut as a real estate advertisement, the monument has been rebuilt, rebranded, and reborn as a...
- Mark Seal
Built by Los Angeles Times publisher Harry Chandler as an epic $21,000 billboard for his upscale Hollywoodland real estate development, the Sign soon took on the role of giant marquee for a city that was constantly announcing its own gala premiere.
It depicts a world that is some kind of inexplicable giant habitat (a theme much beloved in Sixties and Seventies SF, as witness Ellison’s own underground realm in ‘A Boy and His Dog’), wherein live only gay men, although they do not so categorize themselves, given the absence of women for any purposes of comparison.
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Dec 14, 2022 · Sikich had unexpectedly captured a photo of a mountain lion on a camera trap right across from the Hollywood sign in Griffith Park, an 6.5-square-mile urban preserve in Los Angeles.
