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Octavia Spencer thinks Hollywood more tough on skinny girls

Deborah Kim
1/31/2012
Octavia Spencer arriving at the 17th Annual Critics Choice Movie Awards at Hollywood Palladium on January 12, 2012 in Hollywood, California Philip Vaughan

Michael Jackson’s children attend ceremony to cement shoe prints in Hollywood

Daniel S Levine
1/27/2012
Prince Jackson with Blanket Jackson and Paris Jackson at a tribute to Michael Jackson at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. (Hollywood, CA)

Police to reopen hiking trail where severed head was found near the Hollywood sign

Daniel S Levine
1/20/2012

Earlier this week, it was reported that two hikers found a severed head of a man near the iconic Hollywood sign in Los Angeles. Police had closed off the trail where the head was found to search for more evidence. They eventually found more body parts and have decided to re-open the trail. However, the mystery is far from over.

Human head found in bag below the Hollywood sign

Daniel S Levine
1/18/2012
Two hikers and their dogs found the head
A view of the Hollywood sign in the Hollywood Hills in Hollywood, California in this December 13, 2009 file photo. Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner on April 26, 2010 donated the last $900,000 sought by a conservation group for a land purchase needed to save the famed view of the Hollywood sign from being spoiled by development.

Bristol Palin working as receptionist in Alaska

Deborah Kim
1/8/2012
Bristol Palin at The Candie's Foundation 2011 Event to Prevent Benefit Gala. (NYC)

Bristol Palin is ditching Tinseltown and heading back home.

Was it really Cheetah the Chimp of ‘Tarzan’ fame that died?

Daniel S Levine
12/29/2011
Almost immediately after the chimp's death was announced, the chimp's true identity came into question

The death of Cheetah the Chimp is now being called into question. The chimp’s death was announced Wednesday, but now Hollywood is beginning to wonder if the chimp, which the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, FL claimed was 80-years-old, really acted alongside Johnny Weissmuller in the first two Tarzan movies that were made in the early 1930s.

Movie attendance down to its lowest in 16 years, despite ‘Harry Potter,’ ‘Twilight’ and ‘Transformers’

Daniel S Levine
12/28/2011
Movie audiences shrunk to just 1.275 billion, the lowest since 1995

Despite a strong summer in 2011 with hits like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Hollywood could not have asked for a worse year at the box office. In fact, the numbers have not looked this bad since 1995.

Music executive John Atterberry dies after being shot during Hollywood shooting

Daniel S Levine
12/13/2011

Veteran music industry executive John Atterberry died Monday, days after being randomly shot by a rampaging gunman in Hollywood. The 40-year-old executive worked with Jessica Simpson, the Spice Girls and others.

Spokesman Simi Singer confirmed to The Associated Press that he died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Atterbury was shot in the face and neck while driving his Mercedes-Benz near Vine Street and Sunset Boulevard on Friday during the attack.

Hollywood has lowest box office gross since 2008 as ‘New Year’s Eve’ makes just $13.7 million

Daniel S Levine
12/12/2011

New Year’s Eve may have been the winner of the box office this weekend, but no one was celebrating. Hollywood had its worst weekend since September 2008, as the top 20 films only grossed around $74 million, although some reports place it at as much as $78 million. Still, it was the worst weekend this year by far.

New USC study finds that gender inequality still persists in Hollywood

Daniel S Levine
11/22/2011
The problem persists, even though over half of movie ticket buyers are female

Since the birth of Hollywood, technology has changed and story trends have evolved, but one thing remains constant. Gender inequality remains a problem in Hollywood. USC’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism released a new study of the top-100 grossing films of 2009, which included Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Twilight: New Moon and the second Transformers film, showing that there were no more female speaking roles than there were the previous year.

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