Word: hollywoodize
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Angeles and New York. Their findings are somewhat surprising: The buzziest neighborhoods aren't blossoming ones like the Lower East Side or Los Feliz, but rather the stalwarts on every basic tourist itinerary: Times Square, Broadway, or Rockefeller Center in the Big Apple, and Beverly Hills and Hollywood in L.A. These locales stay on top because of infrastructural advantages (time-tested venues) and name recognition (or what the authors call "place-branding"). They also benefit from the media's imprimatur. Each time the press shows up to Lincoln Center or the Sunset Strip - and hacks gravitate toward people and places...
...media's role in determining what's buzz-worthy: "The images of particular places being displayed time and time again through major information channels indirectly sell a certain image of a place ... the recording of mainstream cultural hubs (Times Square, Hollywood) resonates more with a larger market and thus are a safer bet than the unique and infrequent events happening in more localized and unrecognized spots in the city...
Merman film on tap. Yes, Hollywood's down to recycling jokes from ZOOLANDER...
...Hollywood's funniest men and Jim Carrey to star in THREE STOOGES film...
...feminist movement made the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment their major goal, and they had every advantage. They had three Presidents, Nixon, Ford and Carter, [behind them]. They had all the governors. They had 99% of the media. They had organizations, they had Hollywood stars, movie stars, and they felt I was responsible for not letting them get what they wanted. So they were mad about...