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-[[Image:Hollywood.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Hollywood]] is iconic for [[mainstream cinema]]]]+{| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5"
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 +It is [[Camille Paglia]]'s central thesis that in the [[20th century]] (which she calls the Age of Hollywood) [[pagan]] [[popular culture]] overtook and vanquished the [[high arts]]. Thanks to advances in technology, pop became a universal language, as catholic in its reach as the medieval church. Once pop art embraced commercial iconography, the [[avant-garde was dead]].
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 +"[[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] and [[Hollywood]] spring from the same [[DNA]]." -- [[Jack Valenti]]
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 +[[Image:Hollywood.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Hollywood]] is iconic for the [[mainstream]]]]
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'''Hollywood''' is a district in [[Los Angeles, California]], [[United States|U.S.A.]]. Due to its fame and [[cultural identity]] as the historical centre of [[movie studio]]s and [[movie star|stars]], the word "Hollywood" is often used as a [[metonym]] for the [[Cinema of the United States|American film and television industry]]. In fact, one can safely regard [[Hollywood]], or the American film industry, as the pinnacle of [[mainstream film|mainstream cinema]]. '''Hollywood''' is a district in [[Los Angeles, California]], [[United States|U.S.A.]]. Due to its fame and [[cultural identity]] as the historical centre of [[movie studio]]s and [[movie star|stars]], the word "Hollywood" is often used as a [[metonym]] for the [[Cinema of the United States|American film and television industry]]. In fact, one can safely regard [[Hollywood]], or the American film industry, as the pinnacle of [[mainstream film|mainstream cinema]].
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*[[NC-17]] *[[NC-17]]
-*[[Peg Entwistle]]+*[[Peg Entwistle]] (1908 – 1932), an English actress who gained notoriety after her suicide at the age of 24 by leaping off of the Hollywood Sign.
 +==Namesakes==
 +*''[[Hollywood Boulevard]]'' (1976) by Joe Dante
 +*''[[Hollywood Babylon]]'' (1959) by Kenneth Anger
== References == == References ==

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It is Camille Paglia's central thesis that in the 20th century (which she calls the Age of Hollywood) pagan popular culture overtook and vanquished the high arts. Thanks to advances in technology, pop became a universal language, as catholic in its reach as the medieval church. Once pop art embraced commercial iconography, the avant-garde was dead.


"Washington and Hollywood spring from the same DNA." -- Jack Valenti

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Hollywood is a district in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical centre of movie studios and stars, the word "Hollywood" is often used as a metonym for the American film and television industry. In fact, one can safely regard Hollywood, or the American film industry, as the pinnacle of mainstream cinema.

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