Hollywood (California), 1 movies their birthplace as large-scale, global entertainment. Since 1915,”Hollywood” has served 2 a synonym for professional, polished recorded entertainment. Hollywood originated the klieg-lit movie premiere, the Academy and Emmy Awards, and radio and television programmes that brought stars and talent to audiences around the world. Hollywood’s main street, Hollywood Boulevard, reflected that glory. At 3 time, newspapers and fan magazines climbed over 4 to create show-business nicknames for it: Main Street of the Movies, The Walk of Fame and Avenue of the Stars. Movie stars from 1912 to today walked, worked, or lived in Hollywood. The nation’s largest talent and advertising agencies, as well as the most powerful performers and writers unions, had their busy offices here 5 its gold heyday. Restaurants, stores and theatres catered 6 them and to the average person 7 came seeking Hollywood’s fabled mystique. From a dusty few acres with notable weather, Hollywood grew 8 a small town that became one of the most famous places on Earth. Today, another battered district of Los Angeles, it undergoes urban renewal.