Hollywood usually refers to: *

Hollywood, Los Angeles Hollywood is a neighborhood in the Central Los Angeles, central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a metonymy, shorthand reference for the Cinema of the United States, U.S. film industry and the people associated with i ...

, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the

cinema of the United States The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known as Hollywood) along with some independent film, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century. The dominant style of Ame ...

Hollywood may also refer to:

Places

United States

* Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood, Alabama, a town in Jackson County *

Hollywood, Homewood, Alabama Homewood is a city in southeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is a suburb of Birmingham, located on the other side of Red Mountain due south of the city center. As of the 2010 census its population was 25,167, and in 2019 th ...

and Hollywood Historic District, a former town and a historic district *

Hollywood, Florida Hollywood is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States, located between Fort Lauderdale and Miami. As of July 1, 2019, Hollywood had a population of 154,817. Founded in 1925, the city grew rapidly in the 1950s and 1960s, and is now ...

, a coastal city in Broward County *

Hollywood, Georgia Hollywood is an unincorporated community in Habersham County, Georgia, United States. History The community was named after the Holly clan of local Cherokee The Cherokee (; chr, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯᎢ, translit=Aniyvwiyaʔi or Anigiduwagi, or ...

, an unincorporated community in Habersham County, Georgia *

Hollywood, Maryland Hollywood is an unincorporated community located within St. Mary's County, Maryland, United States. It was named in 1867, when a storeowner at Thompson's General Store near the Uniontown section of Hollywood required a name for the post office ins ...

Hollywood, Minnesota Hollywood is an unincorporated community in Carver County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. History Hollywood was plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. ...

* Hollywood Township, Carver County, Minnesota *

Hollywood, Mississippi Hollywood is an unincorporated community located near U.S. Route 61 in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States. It is approximately north of North Tunica, approximately north of Tunica, and approximately south of Memphis, Tennessee. Histor ...

* Hollywood (Benoit, Mississippi), *

Hollywood, Missouri Hollywood is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in southern Dunklin County, Missouri, Dunklin County, Missouri, United States. It is located less than one mile from Route 164 (Missouri), Route 164, approximately twelve miles south of ...

Hollywood, New Mexico Hollywood is a neighborhood of Ruidoso, in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States and is part of the Lincoln National Forest. It is a small community on U.S. Route 70, between Ruidoso Downs and the central part of the village of Ruidoso. ...

, a neighborhood of Ruidoso, Lincoln County, New Mexico * Hollywood, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon *

Hollywood, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Hollywood was an unincorporated community and coal town which was ultimately incorporated into the boundaries of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States. Notable person *Sarah Knauss (1880–1999), a supercentenarian who lived to be 119 years old. ...

* Hollywood, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania * Hollywood, South Carolina * Hollywood, Memphis, Tennessee *

Hollywood, Appomattox County, Virginia ''For the city in California, see Hollywood.'' Hollywood is an unincorporated community in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or Americ ...

Hollywood, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Hollywood, Pittsylvania County is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United S ...

* Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia) * Hollywood, Monroe County, West Virginia * Hollywood, Raleigh County, West Virginia * Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California * Florida State Road 820, Hollywood, Florida, also known as Hollywood Boulevard

Train stations

* Hollywood station (Florida), a historic train station * Hollywood station (Illinois), one of three stations on Metra's BNSF Railway Line in Brookfield, Illinois

Elsewhere

* Hollywood, County Wicklow, Ireland * Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland * Hollywood, Worcestershire, England * Hollywood Road, Hong Kong

Science and technology

Hollywood (database) Hollywood is a RNA splicing database containing data for the splicing of orthologous genes in different species. See also * Alternative splicing * EDAS EDAS was a database of alternatively spliced Alternative splicing, or alternative RNA spli ...

, an RNA splicing database *

Hollywood (graphics chip) Hollywood is the name of the graphics processing unit (GPU) used in Nintendo's Wii video game console. It was designed by ATI (now AMD), and is manufactured using the same 90 nm or 65 nm (depending on the hardware revision) CMOS process as ''Broad ...

Hollywood (programming language) Hollywood is a commercially distributed programming language developed by Andreas Falkenhahn (Airsoft Softwair) which mainly focuses on the creation of multimedia-oriented applications. Hollywood is available for AmigaOS, MorphOS, WarpOS, AROS, W ...

, a multimedia-oriented programming language * Hollywood (tree) (''Auranticarpa rhombifolia''), an Australian tree

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters and toys

* Hollywood, a character in the series ''

2 Stupid Dogs ''2 Stupid Dogs'' is an American animated television series created and designed by Donovan Cook and produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. It originally ran from September 5, 1993, to May 15, 1995, on TBS as a part of their ''Sunday Morning in Fr ...

'' * Hollywood, a mail-offer Flutter Pony from the original ''

My Little Pony ''My Little Pony'' (''MLP'') is a toy line and media franchise developed by American toy company Hasbro. The first toys were developed by Bonnie Zacherle, Charles Muenchinger, and Steve D'Aguanno, and were produced in 1981. The ponies feature c ...

'' toyline * Hollywood Montrose, a character in the 1987 film ''

Mannequin A mannequin (also called a dummy, lay figure, or dress form) is a doll, often articulated, used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, window dressers and others, especially to display or fit clothing and show off different fabrics and textiles. Pr ...

'' * Hollywoods, a toy doll series * Rick "Hollywood" Neven, a fighter pilot in the 1986 film ''

Top Gun ''Top Gun'' is a 1986 American action drama film directed by Tony Scott, produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, with distribution by Paramount Pictures. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., and was inspired by an a ...

Film and television

* ''Hollywood'' (1923 film) (1923), a silent comedy film by James Cruze * ''Hollywood'' (British TV series) (1980), a British documentary television series about the silent era * ''Hollywood'' (2002 film), a Kannada film starring Upendra as a robot * "Hollywood" (''Law & Order: LA'') (2010), an episode of ''Law & Order: Los Angeles'' * ''Hollywood'' (miniseries) (2020), an American television miniseries from Netflix

Music

* Hollywood, a 1990s female UK/Swedish electro pop duo, part of the

Romo Romantic Modernism, more commonly known as Romo, was a musical and nightclubbing movement, of glam/style pop lineage, in the UK circa 1995–1997, centred on the twin homes of Camden-based clubnight Club Skinny and its West End clone Arcadia ...

movement *

Hollywood Records Hollywood Records is an American record label of the Disney Music Group. The label focuses in pop, rock, alternative, hip hop, and country genres, as well as specializing in mature recordings not suitable for the flagship Walt Disney Records l ...

, an American record label part of the Disney Music Group

Albums

* ''Hollywood'' (Circle album) (2008) * ''Hollywood'' (Flavor Flav album) (2006) * ''Hollywood'' (Little Birdy album) (2006) * ''Hollywood'' (Jamie Foxx album) (2015) * ''Hollywood'' (Johnny Hallyday album) (1979) * ''Hollywood'' (The Puppini Sisters album) (2011) * ''Hollywood'' (Tercer Cielo album) (2008) * ''Hollywood'' (EP), an EP by Angus & Julia Stone * ''Hollywood'', album by Nana Mouskouri * ''Hollywood'', a 1977 album in the

Véronique Sanson discography This article presents the discography of the French pop singer Véronique Sanson. Albums Studio albums Live albums Compilations Singles * 1969 : "Le printemps est là" (written by Donovan, adapted by Véronique Sanson) * 1972 : "Mariav ...

Songs

* "Hollywood" (The Cranberries song) * "Hollywood" (Gorillaz song) * "Hollywood" (Jay-Z song) * "Hollywood" (Kasey Chambers song) * "Hollywood" (Madonna song) * "Hollywood" (Marina and the Diamonds song) * "Hollywood" (Michael Bublé song) * "Hollywood" (Car Seat Headrest song) * "

Hollywood (Africa) ''Freaky Styley'' is the second studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released August 16, 1985 on EMI America. ''Freaky Styley'' marks founding guitarist Hillel Slovak's studio album debut, following his return to the band ear ...

", a 1985 song by Red Hot Chili Peppers * " Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)", a 1981 song by Thin Lizzy * "

Hollywood/I Am the Resurrection Hollywood / I Am the Resurrection is the second single release by Scottish alternative rock band Codeine Velvet Club from their 2009 debut album ''Codeine Velvet Club''. It is a double A-Side with their cover of The Stone Roses' "I Am the Resurrec ...

", a double A-side single by Codeine Velvet Club (2009) * "Hollywood", by After Midnight Project from '' Let's Build Something to Break'' (2009) * "Hollywood", by Alabama from ''

Feels So Right ''Feels So Right'' is the fifth studio album by American country music band Alabama, released in February 1981 by RCA Nashville. It was their first #1 on the ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums chart. On the all-genre ''Billboard'' 200 the album ...

'' (1981) * "Hollywood", by America from ''

Holiday A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities, especially business or work including school, are suspended or reduced. Generally, holidays are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or commemorate an event or tra ...

'' (1974) * "Hollywood", by Bilal from the unreleased album '' Love for Sale'' * "Hollywood", by Boz Scaggs from ''

Down Two Then Left ''Down Two Then Left'' is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. The album peaked at No. 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Track listing All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated. Side One #"Still Falling for You" ...

'' (1977) * "Hollywood", by Collective Soul from '' Afterwords'' (2007) * "Hollywood", by Daniel Powter from '' Daniel Powter'' (2005) * "Hollywood", by Dog's Eye View from '' Daisy'' (1997) * "Hollywood", by Jonas Brothers from the album ''

Jonas Brothers The Jonas Brothers () are an American pop rock band. Formed in 2005, they gained popularity from their appearances on the Disney Channel television network. They consist of three brothers: Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas. Raised in W ...

'' (2006) * "Hollywood", by Labelle from ''

Pressure Cookin' ''Pressure Cookin is the third album by American singing trio Labelle, released in August 1973. This release was their first and only for RCA Records, and was critically raved due to the songs that songwriter and member Nona Hendryx composed. Th ...

'' (1973) * "Hollywood" and "Hollywood's Dead", unreleased songs by Lana Del Rey * "Hollywood", by Lewis Capaldi from ''

Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent ''Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent'' is the debut studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi. It was released on 17 May 2019 through Vertigo Records in Europe and Capitol Records in the United States, and distributed globally ...

'' (2019) * "Hollywood", by Nickelback from '' Silver Side Up'' (2001) * "Hollywood", an unreleased song recorded by Pink Floyd * "Hollywood", by P.O.D. from ''

The Fundamental Elements of Southtown ''The Fundamental Elements of Southtown'' is the third studio album and major label debut of Christian metal band P.O.D., released on August 24, 1999. It went on to become the band's first platinum album, peaking at No. 51 on the ''Billboard'' ...

'' (1999) * "Hollywood", by Rick James from ''

Come Get It! ''Come Get It!'' is the debut album by Rick James and the Stone City Band. It was released in April 1978 via the Motown sub-label Gordy Records. The singles " You and I" and " Mary Jane" propelled ''Come Get It!'' to gold status. Critical recep ...

'' (1978) * "Hollywood", by Rufus and Chaka Khan from ''

Ask Rufus ''Ask Rufus'' is the platinum-selling fifth studio album by funk band Rufus (and their third album featuring singer Chaka Khan), released on the ABC Records label in 1977. The album spent three weeks atop the Billboard R&B Albums Chart in 1977. B ...

'' (1977) * "Hollywood", by The Runaways from '' Queens of Noise'' (1977) * "Hollywood", by Shooting Star from ''

Hang On for Your Life ''Hang On for Your Life'' is the second album by the group Shooting Star. The song ''Flesh And Blood'' featured a violin solo, an unusual sound in an up-tempo rock song. American AOR radio stations embraced the record; the songs ''Hang On for ...

'' (1981) * "Hollywood", by Silverchair on " Without You" (2002) * "Hollywood", by Smile.dk from ''

Future Girls ''Future Girls'' is the second album by Swedish Eurodance group Smile.dk, released in 2000. The song "Dancing All Alone" was featured in the video game '' Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX''. Tracks from this album are featured on several ''Dancema ...

'' (2000) * "Hollywood", by Streetheart * "Hollywood", by Suzi Quatro from '' Suzi ... and Other Four Letter Words'' (1979) * "Hollywood", by The Veronicas on " Untouched" (2007) * "Hollywood", by Waterloo & Robinson (1974)

Other arts

* ''Hollywood'' (video game), a 1995 creative writing computer game * ''Hollywood'' (Bukowski novel), a 1989 novel by Charles Bukowski * ''Hollywood'' (Vidal novel), a 1990 novel by Gore Vidal

Brands and businesses

Hollywood (cigarette) Hollywood is a Brazilian brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Souza Cruz, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco. It is one of Brazil's best-known and sold cigarette brands, just behind the Derby (cigarette), Derby brand. H ...

, a Brazilian brand of cigarettes *

Hollywood.com Hollywood.com is an entertainment news website covering popular culture topics including movies, television, music and celebrities. Hollywood.com is principally owned by Mitchell Rubenstein and Laurie S. Silvers, who previously founded Sci-Fi Ch ...

, an American entertainment news website *

Hollywood Candy Company The Hollywood Candy Company, or Hollywood Brands, was an American confectionery company formed in Hollywood, Carver County, Minnesota, in 1912 by Frank Martoccio. History Martoccio, head of the F.A. Martoccio Macaroni Company, acquired a defunct ...

or Hollywood Brands, a defunct American confectionery company *

Hollywood Chewing Gum Hollywood Chewing Gum is a brand of French chewing gum belonging to the group Mondelēz International Mondelez International, Inc. ( ), often styled Mondelēz, is an American multinational confectionery, food, holding and beverage and snac ...

, a French chewing gum brand * Hollywood Video, a former DVD and video game rental shop chain

People

Surname

Edwin L. Hollywood Edwin L. Hollywood (October 9, 1892 – May 15, 1958) was an American actor and film director. He was born in New York City. Hollywood was in charge of Vitagraph's film unit that starred Harry Morey. He died in Glendale, California. Filmog ...

(1892–1958), American film director *

Gary Hollywood Gary Michael Hollywood (born 2 September 1979) is a Scottish actor who is best known for his role as Dino Doyle in the BAFTA-winning show ''Mrs. Brown's Boys'' and for playing Dominic Dunbar in Scottish soap opera ''Take the High Road''. Bio ...

(born 1979), Scottish actor *

Jesse James Hollywood Jesse James Hollywood (born January 28, 1980) is an American former drug dealer who kidnapped and ordered the murder of Nicholas Markowitz in 2000. He was arrested in 2005 and is serving life without parole at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Fac ...

(born 1980), American convicted murderer *

Matt Hollywood Matt Hollywood (born June 11, 1973) is an American indie rock guitarist and singer. He was a founding member and leader of the Portland-based indie rock band The Out Crowd, as well as a founding member of the psychedelic rock band The Brian Jones ...

(born 1973), American indie rock musician * Paul Hollywood (born 1966), English chef

Nickname, ring or stage name

Hollywood Bob Holly Robert William Howard (born January 29, 1963) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, actor, and former Auto racing, auto racer and wrestling trainer/television presenter, host, better known by the ring name Hardcore Holly ...

, a name used briefly by professional wrestler Bob Holly (born 1963) *

Hollywood Fats Michael Leonard Mann (March 17, 1954 – December 8, 1986),Liner notes from Al Blake's album ''Dr. Blakes Magic Soul Elixir'' by Eric LeBlanc known as Hollywood Fats, was an American blues guitarist, active in Los Angeles, California. Biograp ...

, American blues guitarist Michael Leonard Mann (1954–1986) *

Hollywood Hogan Terry Eugene Bollea (; born August 11, 1953), better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is widely regarded as the most recognized wrestling star worldwide and the most popular wrestler of the 19 ...

or Hulk Hogan, ring names of American professional wrestler Terry Gene Bollea (born 1953) *

Hollywood Zakoshisyoh is a Japanese comedian from Shimizu-shi (now Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka), Shizuoka Prefecture who has appeared in many television variety shows, as well as television dramas, radio and web series. His real name is . After going through Yoshimoto Kogyo ...

, Japanese comedian Shigeki Nakazawa (born 1974) *

Hollywood (wrestler) Jeanne Basone (born May 19, 1969) is an American professional wrestler, actress, model and stuntwoman best known by her ring name Hollywood in the women's wrestling promotion Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, founded by David McLane. Hollywood won ...

(born 1969), American professional wrestler *

Scott Scurlock Scott Scurlock (March 5, 1955 – November 28, 1996) born William Scott Scurlock in Fairfax County, Virginia was the son of a minister. He was nicknamed the Hollywood Bandit (or simply Hollywood). He got this nickname from his involvement in ba ...

(1955–1996), American bank robber nicknamed the "Hollywood Bandit" or simply "Hollywood" *

Thomas Henderson (American football) Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson (born March 1, 1953) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers, Houston Oilers, and Miami Dolphins. He played college football at Langston U ...

(born 1953), American former National Football League player *

Tom Marechek Tom "Hollywood" Marechek (born August 25, 1968 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a retired professional lacrosse player. College career Marechek played college lacrosse at Syracuse University where he teamed with Paul and Gary Gait to form one of ...

(born 1968), Canadian former lacrosse player