Tinseltown: Hollywood's Association With The Film Industry

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Tinseltown is a slang term used as another name for Hollywood. Hollywood’s association with the film industry has made it a magical place for some Americans who seek fame, therefore giving it the name Tinseltown. Although the term was used around the 1970’s, Tinseltown is still popular today. Iconic buildings and places such as the Chinese Theater is one example. Today’s Hollywood is no longer a Tinseltown, but more like a “TinselCity.” Studios are located around Los Angeles and are no longer contained in one area. Places such as Sony, Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, and Paramount Pictures offer people studio tours. This allows people to see backstage of the film making industry. Places such as Universal Studios also created a theme park surrounding the idea of movies as attraction rides. …show more content…

Pixar studio is located in Emeryville, California (which is about 20 minutes away from San Francisco), George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars and founder of Lucas Films, was located in San Francisco, and Universal Studios brought their movie themed theme park to Orlando, Florida. Hollywood has also adapted the music industry. Los Angeles has been the location for many recording labels and studios such as the iconic name, Hollywood records. Universal Studios has also created a record label within their company named Universal Records. Another major record label based in Los Angeles is Capital Records. The music industry has been popular in Los Angeles and is associated with the film industry (Universal Studios is film and music). Tinseltown today is no longer focused on movies, but also music as

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