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Gloria Swanson, as Norma Desmond, an aging silent-film queen, and William Holden, as the struggling young screenwriter who is held in thrall by her madness, created two of the screen's most memorable characters in "Sunset Boulevard." Winner of three Academy Awards®, director Billy Wilder's powerful orchestration of the bizarre tale is a true cinematic classic. From the unforgettable opening sequence -- a body found floating in a decayed mansion's...
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[2016]
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English
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An all-star comedy set during the latter years of Hollywood's Golden Age. It follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix.
"Grade B+...It's coen lite, basically, but still filled with their best signatures..."--Entertainment Weekly.
"The combination of the Coen brothers' filmmaking acumen and George Clooney in absolute buffon mode is again Hollywood magic."--USA Today.
"An inside-showbiz lark...
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle, and Johnny, is back, and back in business with super agent turned studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate the capricious and often cutthroat world of Hollywood.
4) Bang
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American Home Treasures/BFS Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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An unsuccessful actress learns what it's like to be on the other side of power when, after a policeman tries to rape her, she steals his gun, clothes, and motorcycle. She then dons his uniform and spends a few hours as an L.A.P.D. motorcycle cop, discovering how people feel about her in her new identity -- and how she feels about herself.
Publisher
Cinedigm
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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A famous country singer, set to marry a glamorous Hollywood actress, returns to his small town roots. When he crosses paths with his childhood sweetheart, and finally feels inspired to write songs again, he reevaluates his life, his values and his opinion of true love. As his wedding day approaches, he must decide if he has chosen the right woman to be his wife.
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First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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Once the center of Hollywood, an aging actor finds that his fear of failure has made his career dry up, and he is now forced to consider a role in an independent film. While researching the role, he meets Scarlett, a check-out clerk at a Latino community market. The two begin a trek through Los Angeles finding unexpected situations, chance encounters, and personal revelation that neither could ever have anticipated.
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HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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For Vince, Eric, Drama, and Turtle, life in Hollywood's fast lane can be an intoxicating roller-coaster of a ride. After hitting some speed bumps the last couple of year, Vince's career is in high gear after his role in a new Martin Scorsese film. But now that Vince is back on top, is it finally time for the entourage to step out of his shadow?
8) Ellie Parker
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A hilarious comic portrait of a young woman's struggle for integrity, happiness, and a Hollywood acting career.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2007.
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English
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For Vince, Eric, Drama and Turtle, life in Hollywood's fast lane isn't without its road bumps, as we learned when a botched deal cost Ari, Vince's longtime agent, his job. Will change at the top make the difference in getting Vince his dream picture, or will the boys regret giving Ari the ax?
10) Southland tales
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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English
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In 2008, the United States is a virtual police state, with the government taking control of nearly every part of people's lives. A German firm has found a way to generate energy using seawater, but both public and private concerns are desperate to prevent the new technology from being introduced in the gasoline-starved United States. Boxer Santaros is an actor famous for his role in action films. He is currently trying to secure financing for a new...
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HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
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With Vince's star expected to rise even higher in the Hollywood firmament as a result of his starring role in a potential blockbuster titled "Aquaman, " Eric, Drama, Turtle and Ari must find a way to keep stroking their golden goose while making sound decisions for a long-lasting career in a world of fleeting fame.
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English
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Based on the novel by Carrie Fisher about her life in the Hollywood fast lane. Suzanne Vale is a wise-cracking, vulnerable actress determined to jump start her failing career. Her mother, an aging movie star is the definitive portrait of Hollywood's gutsy glamour queens and, of course, offers her daughter only razor sharp humor and searing honesty.
13) Starry eyes
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Determined to make it as an actress in Hollywood, Sarah Walker spends her days working a dead-end job, enduring petty friendships and going on countless casting calls. After a series of strange auditions, Sarah lands the leading role in a new film from a mysterious production company. But, bizarre ramifications come that will transform her both mentally and physically into something beautiful, and altogether terrifying.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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Morgan Carter is an out-of-control blonde teen Hollywood actress who goes from the red carpet to rehab before being sent to live in an Indiana suburb with her Aunt Trudy. Now, a brunette nobody named Claudia, Morgan must learn to deal with going from celebrity royalty to being the unpopular new girl in school. She will have to survive sobriety and her senior year, she just needs to make certain that the paparazzi and the cute boy next door don't discover...
17) Show people
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Turner Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Peggy Pepper, a Georgia girl who wants to be a dramatic actress, goes to Hollywood and at first can find work only as a patsy for Billy Boone in slapstick comedies. Billy, however, soon helps Peggy to become both a serious actress and a star. Fame and wealth go to Peggy's head; she becomes vain and snubs Billy in favor of André, her romantic leading man. Peggy eventually comes down to earth, however, and acknowledges her love for the patient Billy....
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Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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Meet Dr. Elizabeth Goode, Ph. D, a brash and judgmental therapist who uses her own unconventional methods of therapy to treat the elite of the entertainment, sports, and music industries. Dr. Goode dispenses more $450/hr. celebrity misguidance amidst the twisted wreckage of her own life and career.
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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With high-profile roles in Clueless, 8 Mile, and Girl, Interrupted, Brittany Murphy achieved her Hollywood dream. But her desperation for approval and insecurity about her looks made her personal life a disaster. Though the men in Brittany's life would come and go, her mother remained the grounding force in her life. But that enduring maternal love wasn't enough to save Brittany from the dangers of Hollywood life.
20) Targets
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Old Hollywood collides with New Hollywood, and screen horror with real-life horror, in the startling debut feature from Peter Bogdanovich. The chillingly prescient vision of American-made carnage casts Boris Karloff as a version of himself: an aging horror movie icon whose fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles. Charged with provocative ideas about the relationship between mass...
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