Word: hollywood
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...media gathered outside the Hollywood, Fla., hospital where her body lay, one cable network correspondent observed there were more cameras present than he had seen at Yassir Arafat's funeral. But Anna Nicole Smith, 39, possessed a different kind of claim to fame and infamy. She went from a flat-chested, smalltown girl who worked at Wal-Mart and Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken in Texas to become a mega-celebrity of the 21st century sort, all name, little resume...
Early in Jane Smiley's sinuous new novel, we hear Max, a Hollywood director whose career is ebbing, describe his idea for a new film: "A man and a woman are alone in their room for 90 minutes, and they make love and have a conversation." His friend Stoney tells him to forget it. "Max," he says, "that's called pornography." Nope, says Max. "Not if they have a conversation...
...raise your family outside Hollywood...
...Pretty much every element has been unearthed, because people know to watch the show carefully,” Cuse said.MYSTERIOUS ORIGINSCuse, who was born in Mexico City and spent time growing up in Orange County, Calif. and Boston, concentrated in American History at Harvard before moving to Hollywood and breaking into the entertainment industry. He previously co-wrote and executive produced the television shows “Nash Bridges” and “The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.”Since its premiere, “Lost” has earned a fanatical viewership with...
...Super Bowl revenge, as a result, was all that much sweeter for my fellow Hoosiers. Even when cultural arbiters like Hollywood pay tribute to Indiana, it's usually couched in quaintness. Sports movies like Hoosiers and Breaking Away tend to emphasize a parochial amateurness that keeps the state from being taken seriously as a pro player setting - although Indianapolis, in fact, bills itself as the world's amateur sports capital - while films like Brian's Song and The Natural showcase Chicago as an Elysian field of major-league legends...