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H o l l y w o o d is a district in Los Angeles, California, situated west-northwest of Downtown Los Angeles.[1] Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word "H o l l y w o o d" is often used as a metonym of cinema of the United States. The nickname Tinseltown refers to the glittering, superficial nature of H o l l y w o o d and the movie industry.[2] Today, much of the movie industry has dispersed into surrounding cities such as Burbank and the Los Angeles Westside[3] but significant auxiliary industries, such as editing, effects, props, post-production and lighting companies, remain in H o l l y w o o d.

Many historic H o l l y w o o d theaters are used as venues and concert stages to premiere major theatrical releases and host the Academy Awards. It is a popular destination for nightlife and tourism and home to the H o l l y w o o d Walk of Fame.

Although it is not the typical practice of the city of Los Angeles to establish specific boundaries for districts or neighborhoods, H o l l y w o o d is a recent exception. On February 16, 2005, Assembly Members Goldberg and Koretz introduced a bill to require California to keep specific records on H o l l y w o o d as though it were independent. For this to be done, the boundaries were defined. This bill was unanimously supported by the H o l l y w o o d Chamber of Commerce and the LA City Council. Assembly Bill 588 was approved by the Governor on August 28, 2006 and now the district of H o l l y w o o d has official borders. The border can be loosely described as the area east of Beverly Hills and West H o l l y w o o d, south of Mulholland Drive, Laurel Canyon, Cahuenga Boulevard, and Barham Boulevard, and the cities of Burbank and Glendale, north of Melrose Avenue and west of the Golden State Freeway and Hyperion Avenue. This includes all of Griffith Park and Los Feliz--two areas that were hitherto generally considered separate from H o l l y w o o d by most Angelenos. The population of the district, including Los Feliz, as of the 2000 census was 167,664 and the median household income was $33,409 in 1999.[4]

As a portion of the city of Los Angeles, H o l l y w o o d does not have its own municipal government, but does have an official, appointed by the H o l l y w o o d Chamber of Commerce, who serves as "Honorary Mayor of H o l l y w o o d" for ceremonial purposes only. Johnny Grant held this position for decades, until his death on January 9, 2008

The Kodak Theatre, which opened in 2001 on H o l l y w o o d Boulevard at Highland Avenue, where the historic H o l l y w o o d Hotel once stood, has become the new home of the Oscars.

While motion picture production still occurs within the H o l l y w o o d district, most major studios are actually located elsewhere in the Los Angeles region. Paramount Pictures is the only major studio still physically located within H o l l y w o o d. Other studios in the district include the aforementioned Jim Henson (formerly Chaplin) Studios, Sunset Gower Studios, and Raleigh Studios.

While H o l l y w o o d and the adjacent neighborhood of Los Feliz served as the initial homes for all of the early television stations in the Los Angeles market, most have now relocated to other locations within the metropolitan area. KNBC began this exodus in 1962, when it moved from the former NBC Radio City Studios located at the northeast corner of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street to NBC Studios in Burbank. KTTV pulled up stakes in 1996 from its former home at Metromedia Square in the 5700 block of Sunset Boulevard to relocate to Bundy Drive in West Los Angeles. KABC-TV moved from its original location at ABC Television Center (now branded The Prospect Studios) just east of H o l l y w o o d to Glendale in 2000, though the Los Angeles bureau of ABC News still resides at Prospect. After being purchased by 20th Century Fox in 2001, KCOP left its former home in the 900 block of North La Brea Avenue to join KTTV on the Fox lot. The CBS Corporation-owned duopoly of KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV moved from its longtime home at CBS Columbia Square in the 6100 block of Sunset Boulevard to a new facility at CBS Studio Center in Studio City. KTLA, located in the 5800 block of Sunset Boulevard, and KCET, in the 4400 block of Sunset Boulevard, are the last broadcasters (television or radio) with H o l l y w o o d addresses.

Additionally, H o l l y w o o d once served as the home of nearly every radio station in Los Angeles, all of which have now moved into other communities. KNX was the last station to broadcast from H o l l y w o o d, when it left CBS Columbia Square for a studio in the Miracle Mile in 2005.

In 2002, a number of H o l l y w o o d citizens began a campaign for the district to secede from Los Angeles and become, as it had been a century earlier, its own incorporated municipality. Secession supporters argued that the needs of their community were being ignored by the leaders of Los Angeles. In June of that year, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors placed secession referendums for both, H o l l y w o o d and the Valley, on the ballots for a "citywide election." To pass, they required the approval of a majority of voters in the proposed new municipality as well as a majority of voters in all of Los Angeles. In the November election, both referendums failed by wide margins in the citywide vote.

H o l l y w o o d is served by several neighborhood councils, including the H o l l y w o o d United Neighborhood Council (HUNC) [2] and the H o l l y w o o d Studio District Neighborhood Council. [3] These two groups are part of the network of neighborhood councils certified by the City of Los Angeles Department of Neighborhood Empowerment, or DONE. [4] Neighborhood Councils cast advisory votes on such issues as zoning, planning, and other community issues. The council members are voted in by stakeholders, generally defined as anyone living, working, owning property, or belonging to an organization within the boundaries of the council.