Hollywood Boulevard

My family and I went on vacation to Los Angeles, California. I was eager to visit the famous grounds of Hollywood. To be honest, I was jealous of the actors and actresses living the life. I thought they had it all… the houses, the cars, the parties, and the most perfect job in existence. I dreamt of seeing my name embedded on a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. “It’ll happen, someday”, I whispered to myself over and over again. Acting had been my passion ever since I could…

Noir films began to become increasingly more common in cinema following 1944 with films like Sunset Boulevard, Kiss Me Deadly, and The Big Combo. However, noir wrapped up its reign over Hollywood in 1958 with Orson Welles’s Touch of Evil due to cinema’s increased dependency on color which the darkness and use of venetian blinds impossible. However, noir refused to die and it infected cinema with…

And not every "best place in town" slaps you with a cover charge higher than your car payment. Here are some tried and true down to earth diners in the Greater Los Angeles and Hollywood area that are sure to please. 1. The 101 Coffee Shop, located at 6145 Franklin ave, Hollywood Ca, 90028 Telephone: (323)467-1175 Open Daily 7 to 3am www.the101coffeeshop.com With it 's funky retro styling, right out the 1960 's, you get the feeling that the world is a simple and safe…

offramp. His head had been bashed in with a tire iron, and he had been sodomized and strangled with a ligature. On February 3, 1980, in the early morning, the defendant, driving a van with co-defendant Miley, picked up Charles Miranda, 15, in West Hollywood. They drove several blocks away, parked, and the defendant sodomized Charles. The co-defendant tried to sodomize him, but was unable to sustain an erection. After the co-defendant took six dollars from Charles, the two men tied his feet and…

my hair would stand straight up. I have been told that back then I did not know a stranger and would talk to anyone about anything at all. The first true memories that I can recall take place immediately following our move from Alabama down to Hollywood, Florida. This is the time of my first visit to a hospital I got a hold of a picture hook and…

Picture this: Mr. Smith, having some care trouble, pulls his Lexus over to the curb on Cypress Boulevard in the middle of East Los Angeles and proceeds to the nearest 7-11 to call for a tow truck. His Armani Suit signals to everyone around that this guy just does not belong. Five kids pass by wearing NFL jerseys and sagging slacks. They all glare and one mutters a sarcastic “oooooh, baby,” as he looks Mr. Smith up and down. In his own world, the clothes Mr. Smith wears mean sophistication and…

Just south of his hometown of Los Angeles lies Culver City, which made its mark with its rapidly growing film industry, where Hollywood classics such as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind were filmed. With such great successes came a drastic population growth rate of an incredible 1,011% in the 1920s (Mondkar), thus requiring thousands of new jobs and an expansion of the city; answering the problems introduced by this population growth is where Hayden Tract comes into play- enclosed by an…

In the spring of 2015 I decided to go to California to visit my best friend Josie. I left on Monday and came home on Friday. The first day in California was very short because my plane landed at 9:00 pm. Josie and her mom picked me up from the airport and when I saw her I ran up and gave her a big huge. we were so excited to see each other. Then we drove to Josie’s house. All we were able to that night was watch a movie but we did stay up most of the night talking and catching up for I…

that the people I've looked up to for most of my life, are now looking up to me. I remember the moment I've never felt so confident and proud, was the first day of school and the faces from the zoo are now those you see when a actor walks down Hollywood boulevard. Going through my current days, I've have profoundly viewed everything so different from then. From enduring what felt like a emotional and physical war that brought blood and tear. I appreciate so much I've never would have…

believe. There is no proof of what was before one’s life or what will happen after one’s death. It all comes down to faith when observing the inexplicable. There is no defined purpose; therefore, an individual creates their own life meaning. Sunset Boulevard (1950), directed by Billy Wilder, is a black and white film, where Norma Desmond, a famous actress of the silent film era, cannot come to terms with her career’s end. Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), directed by Guillermo del Toro, centers around a…