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DOLBY THEATRE
DOLBY THEATRE
HOLLYWOOD BOWL
The Hollywood Bowl has been a community landmark as Christian groups have met on site for Easter sunrise ceremonies since 1921. In 1926, the Hollywood Bowl Association began a huge development project to improve the amphitheater and performance space. The Bowl’s first shell, erected in 1922, was changed several times and by 1926 a more permanent shell was built and once again modified in 1929. This shell lasted until recent times when a modern shell with special sound technology was installed. The musical legacy of the Bowl is a part of Hollywood history from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald and Duane Eddy to Stevie Wonder,
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One of the world’s important entertainment venues, the Dolby Theatre is home of the Academy Awards and has hosted a range of prestigious artists and events from the Cirque du Soleil, Celine Dion, Stevie Wonder, American Ballet Theatre and various Broadway productions over the years. Dolby Theatre has hosted the AFI Life Achievement Award, BET Awards, Daytime Emmy Awards, and many others. Currently the Dolby is hosting various musical attractions such as; Lil Boosie in Concert, Paramore in Concert, Godchick and Mark Knopfler and Band. dolbytheatre.com
the Beatles, Frank Sinatra and many more. Today, the Bowl is one of the most popular venues in Los Angeles which is currently presenting such programs as the ‘Sunday Sunset’ series bringing in the best opera, Broadway musicals, jazz, which includes the annual Playboy Jazz Festival, KCRW’s World Festival featuring contemporary musical stars and traditional artists from around the world. hollywoodbowl.com SUNSET BRONSON STUDIOS
Hollywood has always been a film studio town and its tradition continues operating at historic studios in Hollywood. These are the small rental studios that have been around since the 1920s and are still in business. The Sunset Bronson Studios originally was the Hollywood home of Warner Bros. Located on Sunset Boulevard since 1920, the Warner studio stayed in Sunset Bronson Studios until the mid-1940s when the studio property became a television lot and
later a rental lot. Talkies were born on this lot with the success of “The Jazz Singer” in 1927 and where one of the first studio-owned radio stations (KFWB)was headquartered. In 1954 KTLA, the former Paramount television station, located on the former Warner lot and is still there today. In 2008 the studio was purchased by Hudson Capital, LLC and at that time the television shows located on the lot included “Divorce Court”, “Judge Judy”, “Judge Joe Brown” and the “Hannah Montana” show. Currently, the studio is hosting the continuing shows of “Judge Judy”. sgsandsbs.com SUNSET GOWER STUDIOS
Originally, this studio was Columbia Studios, which was born at Gower and Sunset in 1919 when the founders were making ‘Poverty-Row’ comedies under the company name of CBC. By 1924, the company became Columbia Pictures. At first they were considered a small underfunded film producer until they hired a young
TCL-CHINESE THEATRE
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The Grand opening of the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood was on May 18, 1927, the most spectacular theatre opening in motion picture history. The film being premiered was Cecil B. DeMille’s the “King of Kings”. Built by theatre entrepreneur Sid Grauman with investments from United Artists and MGM Studios, the theatre was spectacular in its ‘Hollywood-Chinese/Deco’ design. At this time, the cement ceremonies of placing the hand and footprints of famous movie stars was begun. Since then the Grauman’s Chinese Theatre has become the most popular tourist attraction in Los Angeles. In 2013 the theater’s owners teamed up with TCL, China’s biggest electronics manufacturers, and renamed the TCL-Chinese Theatre. With this partnership, the theatre was completely renovated into an IMAX Theatre with the new Lazer projection system showing currently “Furious 7”. tclchinesetheatres.com
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