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3,886. It was Werner von Braun who first realised the race to the moon must be entertaining. A show. After several meetings with Walt Disney an idea took shape. Only Hollywood, the dream factory itself, could transform a dull rocket launch that no-one took any notice of into a mega-production. And Stanley Kubrick was about to convince the last doubters. The famous director, working closely with NASA, had started to shoot 2001 A Space Odyssey. (Moon Landing Conspiracy & NASA & Hollywood & Rocket & Hoax/Mockumentaries) Dark Side of the Moon, 2002
6,191. I don’t know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can’t stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don’t mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners. (Society & Hollywood & Elite) Marilyn Monroe
34,791. Hollywood’s a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents. (Monroe & Hollywood) Marilyn Monroe
18,636. You got a Hollywood fetish or something going on, pal? (Gangstas: Los Angeles & Hollywood) Ray Donovan: Housewarming s1e6 starring Liev Schreiber & Paul Malcomson & Jon Voight & Eddie Marson & Dash Mihok & Steven Bauer et al, Donovan to detective
29,946. They’ll always be an England, even if it’s in Hollywood. (England & Hollywood) Bob Hope
62,531. You can’t find true affection in Hollywood because everyone does the fake affection so well. (Affection & Hollywood) Carrie Fisher
76,030. Washington and Hollywood spring from the same DNA. (Hollywood & Washington) Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association of America
76,031. In Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the groom. Groucho Marx
76,032. I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They’re beautiful. Everybody’s plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic. (Hollywood & Los Angeles & Plastic) Andy Warhol
76,033. A trip through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat. Wilson Mizner
76,034. Hollywood is like life – you face it with the sum total of your equipment. Joan Crawford
76,035. In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting 50% of the divorce settlement. (Hollywood & Divorce) Lauren Bacall
76,036. Hollywood money isn’t money. It’s congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are. Dorothy Parker
76,037. The Deer Hunter was regarded virtually as documentary by ecstatic critics. ‘The film that could purge a nation’s guilt!’ said the Daily Mail. President Jimmy Carter was reportedly moved by its ‘genuine American message’. Catharsis was at hand. The Vietnam movies became a revisionist popular history of the great crime in Indo-China. That more than four million people had died terribly and unnecessarily and their homeland poisoned to a wasteland was not the concern of these films. Rather, Vietnam was an ‘American tragedy’, in which the invader was to be pitied in a blend of false bravado-and-angst: sometimes crude (the Rambo films) and sometimes subtle (Oliver Stone’s Platoon). What mattered was the strength of the purgative.
None of this, of course, was new; it was how Hollywood created the myth of the Wild West, which was harmless enough unless you happened to be a native-American; and how the Second World War has been relentlessly glorified, which may be harmless enough unless you happen to be one of countless innocent human beings, from Serbia to Iraq, whose deaths or dispossession are justified by moralising references to 1939-45. John Pilger, Hollywood’s New Censors, article New Statesman; viz website
92,766. Xan Meo went to Hollywood. And, moments later, with urgent speed, and accompanied by choric howls of electrified distress, Xan Meo went to hospital. Male violence did it. (Violence & Hollywood) Martin Amis, Yellow Dog p1
76,039. In Hollywood if you don’t have a shrink, people think you’re crazy. (Hollywood & Crazy) Johnny Carson
76,040. I’m in control of my life, not anyone in Hollywood. Heath Ledger
76,041. Hollywood is like Picasso's bathroom. Candice Bergen
76,042. Hollywood is run by Jews. It is owned by Jews, and they should have a greater sensitivity. They should have greater sensitivity about the issue of people who are suffering because they’ve [been] exploited. We have seen the nigger, we've seen the greaseball, we have seen the chink, the slit-eyed dangerous Jap. We have seen the wily Filipino. We’ve seen everything, but we never saw the kike, because they know perfectly well that is where you draw the wagons around. (Hollywood & Racism) Marlon Brando, interview Larry King Live April 1996
76,043. Most of the successful people in Hollywood are failures as human beings. Marlon Brando
38,243. But along with the glitz and the glamour many claim Tinsel Town has a far darker side, one of dirty tricks, cover-ups and even murder. (Hollywood & Conspiracy) Conspiracy: Hollywood Files
37,966. Bruce Lee ... According to one conspiracy theory ... he was killed by the Chinese Mafia, the Triads ... Brandon Lee was shot ... (Hollywood & Conspiracy) ibid.
85,152. Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood. (Plagiarism & Hollywood) Clint Eastwood
94,166. If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come. (Write & Book & Hollywood) Raymond Chandler
97,619. The mountain cat only arrived in the Hollywood hills in 2012. (Cat & Hollywood) The Story of Cats III
100,669. What we know: 2 suspects dead, 1 suspect arrested, 6 officers injured, witnesses interview, no hostages taken. (Hollywood & Bank & Gangstas) Situation Critical: North Hollywood Shootout, Youtube, news
100,670. 9 a.m. Bank of America is open for business … 9.17 a.m. Two masked men entering the bank – it is a rare but fortuitous moment – they call for backup. (Hollywood & Bank & Gangstas) ibid.
100,671. Both gunmen continue to spray the perimeter of the bank with deadly fire. (Hollywood & Bank & Gangstas) ibid.
100,672. 9.28 a.m. The first Swat team get ready for battle. (Hollywood & Bank & Gangstas) ibid.
104,267. Jessica Lynch: her story received massive publicity … The Washington Post and the BBC reported that Lynch’s rescue was an army stunt … The army and the movie’s producers spent a long time discussing the controversies surrounding Lynch’s story. (Hollywood & Film) Hollywood and the Pentagon: A Dangerous Liaison, Youtube
104,268. Most American war movies made since World War II have had direct help from the American army. (Hollywood & Film) ibid.
108,028. Hollywood runs on secrecy. Behind the flashing lights and red carpet glamour lies a hidden world where some of your favourite stars do unspeakable things to achieve and maintain status among the rich and famous. And those who dare speak out often find their lives in danger. A world of elite sex cults, celebrity sacrifices and the blood oaths that ensure anyone who dares speak out end up dead. Hollywood Conspiracy Files: Dark Secrets of Hollywood Revealed, 2017
108,029. Well kept puppets of the elite establishment barking like a dog upon demand to distract the general public. ibid.
108,030. Why actor Randy Quaid and wife Evi fled the Hollywood ‘star whackers’ to Canada. ibid. Telegraph online article
92,432. This Sunday the 90th Academy Awards will take place. For the first time in may years one power-figure will not be welcome. More than 100 women have now come forward with stories of sexual harassment, assault and rape going back decades. (Abuse & Film & Hollywood & Rape) Panorama: Weinstein: The Inside Story, BBC 2018
92,433. This is the inside story of how one of Hollywood’s most powerful men suppressed allegations of sexual abuse for decades. (Abuse & Film & Hollywood & Rape) ibid.
93,472. ‘Will you at least lift up your shirt and show me your tits … You know in that moment you may not make it.’ (Abuse & Film & Hollywood & Rape) ibid. Katherine Kendall, victim
94,476. In 1980 he made his first film. (Abuse & Film & Hollywood & Rape) ibid.
94,477. Harvery Weinstein has admitted that over the last 30 years he has settled up to nine claims of harssment against him. (Abuse & Film & Hollywood & Rape) ibid.
94,478. The New York Times published allegations of sexual misconduct against Harvey Weinstein; more serious allegations would follow in The New Yorker magazine. (Abuse & Film & Hollywood & Rape) ibid.