Hollywood Explained

Hollywood usually refers to:

• Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
• Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States

Hollywood may also refer to:

Places

United States

• Hollywood District (disambiguation)
• Hollywood, Alabama, a town in Jackson County
• Hollywood, Homewood, Alabama and Hollywood Historic District, a former town and a historic district
• Hollywood, Florida, a coastal city in Broward County
• Hollywood, Georgia, an unincorporated community in Habersham County, Georgia
• Hollywood, Maryland
• Hollywood, Minnesota
• Hollywood Township, Carver County, Minnesota
• Hollywood, Mississippi
• Hollywood (Benoit, Mississippi),
• Hollywood, Missouri
• Hollywood, New Mexico, a neighborhood of Ruidoso, Lincoln County, New Mexico
• Hollywood, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon
• Hollywood, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
• Hollywood, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
• Hollywood, South Carolina
• Hollywood, Memphis, Tennessee
• Hollywood, Appomattox County, Virginia
• Hollywood, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
• 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), an RNA splicing database
• Hollywood (graphics chip)
• Hollywood (programming language), 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
• Hollywood, a mail-offer Flutter Pony from the original My Little Pony toyline
• Hollywood Montrose, a character in the 1987 film Mannequin
• Rick "Hollywood" Neven, a fighter pilot in the 1986 film Top Gun

Film and television

• Hollywood (1923 film) (1923), a silent comedy film by Louis Lumière.
• 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
• Hollywood (Russian TV channel), a Russian television channel replacing AMC in the region.
• Hollywood Pictures, a former film production label of The Walt Disney Studios

Music

• Hollywood, a 1990s female UK/Swedish electro pop duo, part of the Romo movement
• Hollywood Records, 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

Songs

• • "Hollywood" (The Cranberries song) "Hollywood" (Estevan Plazola 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)", a 1985 song by Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "Hollywood (Down on Your Luck)", a 1981 song by Thin Lizzy
• "Hollywood/I Am the Resurrection", 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 (1981)
• "Hollywood", by America from Holiday (1974)
• "Hollywood", by Bilal from the unreleased album Love for Sale
• "Hollywood", by Boz Scaggs from Down Two Then Left (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 (2006)
• "Hollywood", by Labelle from Pressure Cookin' (1973)
• "Hollywood" and "Hollywood's Dead", unreleased songs by Lana Del Rey
• "Hollywood", by Lewis Capaldi from Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (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 (1999)
• "Hollywood", by Rick James from Come Get It! (1978)
• "Hollywood", by Rufus and Chaka Khan from Ask Rufus (1977)
• "Hollywood", by The Runaways from Queens of Noise (1977)
• "Hollywood", by Saliva from Every Six Seconds (2001)
• "Hollywood", by Shooting Star from Hang On for Your Life (1981)
• "Hollywood", by Silverchair on "Without You" (2002)
• "Hollywood", by Smile.dk from Future Girls (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)

Novels

• Hollywood (Bukowski novel), a 1989 novel by Charles Bukowski
• Hollywood (Vidal novel), a 1990 novel by Gore Vidal

Other arts

• Hollywood (video game), a 1995 creative writing computer game
• Hollywood, a magazine that merged with Motion Picture Magazine
• Hollywood, part five of the limited series Herogasm as part of The Boys comic book franchise

Brands and businesses

• Hollywood (cigarette), a Brazilian brand of cigarettes
• Hollywood.com, an American entertainment news website
• Hollywood Candy Company or Hollywood Brands, a defunct American confectionery company
• Hollywood Chewing Gum, a French chewing gum brand
• Hollywood Video, a former DVD and video game rental shop chain

People

Surname

• Edwin L. Hollywood (1892–1958), American film director
• Gary Hollywood (born 1979), Scottish actor
• Jesse James Hollywood (born 1980), American convicted murderer
• Matt Hollywood (born 1973), American indie rock musician
• Paul Hollywood (born 1966), English chef

Nickname, ring or stage name

• Hollywood Bob Holly, a name used briefly by professional wrestler Bob Holly (born 1963)
• Hollywood Fats, American blues guitarist Michael Leonard Mann (1954–1986)
• Hollywood Hogan or Hulk Hogan, ring names of American professional wrestler Terry Gene Bollea (born 1953)
• Hollywood Zakoshisyoh, Japanese comedian Shigeki Nakazawa (born 1974)
• Hollywood (wrestler) (born 1969), American professional wrestler
• Scott Scurlock (1955–1996), American bank robber nicknamed the "Hollywood Bandit" or simply "Hollywood"
• Thomas Henderson (American football) (born 1953), American former National Football League player
• Tom Marechek (born 1968), Canadian former lacrosse player

See also

• • Bollywood, nickname for the Hindi (Indian) cinema industry
• Holli Would, a character in the film Cool World
• Holly wood, wood from a holly plant
• Holly Wood (disambiguation)
• Hollywood and the video game industry
• Hollywood Blonds, name used by several professional wrestling tag teams
• The Hollywood Flames, American R&B vocal group in the 1950s
• Hollywood on the Nile, nickname for the Egyptian film industry
• Holy Wood (disambiguation)
• Palo santo (disambiguation) (Spanish: "Holy Wood")
• Tinsel town (disambiguation)