Hollywood
A group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood try to make it big - no matter the cost.
Hollywood
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After One Hundred Years of Unifying Identity, The Hollywood Sign Gets a Visitor Center
A US Navy Vessel entered an extremely secluded area of the Pacific, where suddenly it was attacked by canon fire from a tiny nondescript island. As it turned out, two Japanese soldiers who had not been informed that World War II had ended years before, had dutifully held their positions there and were now firing at the perceived enemy ship.
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Controversies About Casting Ignite Debate in Hollywood
A few days ago, Golden Globe nominee John Leguizamo called out the casting of Golden Globe winner James Franco as Fidel Castro in Alina of Cuba: la hija rebelde. The film is a portrayal of Alina Fernández Revuelta, the illegitimate daughter of the leftist leader with socialite Natalia Revuelta.
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Hollywood & Gun Violence
How many days in 2022 since there was a mass shooting in the US? Zero. Most are not even reported.
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Hollywood Makes Their Voices Heard
Originally published: May 4, 2022 Hashtags like #bansoffourbodies #abortionishealthcare #abortionrights" are all over social media. The news about the Supreme Court draft to overturn Roe vs.
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Asian-Americans in Hollywood Address Anti-Asian Racism
Kelly Marie Tran, H. E.
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Hollywood & Broadway: A Complex Relationship
It has taken almost 40 years for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom to reach the screen, too late for the original Ma Rainey to recreate her unforgettable performance, but now we have Golden Globe winner Viola Davis in that role. The idea of Hollywood casting Theresa Merritt at the time would have been unthinkable.
- Interviews
HFPA in Conversation: Jim Parsons, Fighting Insecurities
On our 150th episode Jim Parsons, who rose to worldwide fame as Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory and as Rock Hudson’s agent Henry Wilson on Netflix’s Hollywood, told HFPA journalist Anke Hofmann about his passion for The Boys in the Band. It started as a play in 1968 by Mart Crowley followed by a film two years later directed by William Friedkin.
- Interviews
HFPA in Conversation: Jim Parsons, Fighting Insecurities
On our 150th episode Jim Parsons, who rose to worldwide fame as Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory and as Rock Hudson’s agent Henry Wilson on Netflix’s Hollywood, told HFPA journalist Anke Hofmann about his passion for The Boys in the Band. It started as a play in 1968 by Mart Crowley followed by a film two years later directed by William Friedkin.
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Filmmakers’ Autobiographies: Preston Sturges on Preston Sturges
“(The) only amazing thing about my career in Hollywood is that I ever had one at all. ”This is the bittersweet confession made by Preston Sturges, midway through his unfinished autobiography, published in 1990, 31 years after his death.