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1) Babylon
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Description
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, Babylon traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.
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From 1958 to 1963, American actor Rick Dalton knew the height of fame and fortune as the lead in the television series Bounty Law. Yet, Rick wasn't satisfied with the work and used his popularity to try to become a movie star. By 1969, Rick's career has stalled so much that he takes jobs as a guest star on various shows. He even starts wondering if the only way he can make a comeback is by acting in Italian productions. Cliff Booth, Rick's long-time...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
The true-story of aspiring filmmaker and infamous Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau and a celebration of friendship and dreams pursued against insurmountable odds. When Greg Sestero, an aspiring film actor, meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true. Based on the best-selling tell-all about the making of Tommy's cult-classic disasterpiece The Room....
Pub. Date
[2019].
Description
Tells the story of Fauna Hodel who was given away at birth and grew up outside of Reno, Nevada, as she begins to question her past and together with a ruined reporter, follows a trail leading to Hollywood gynecologist, Dr. George Hodel, who was a suspect in the unsolved Black Dahlia murder.
5) She Said
Pub. Date
2023
Description
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation, a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
7) La La Land
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. Struggling actress Mia (Emma Stone) and aspiring jazz pianist Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) begin a whirlwind romance as they both pursue their dreams in Los Angeles. However, their blossoming relationship is challenged when their careers pull them in different directions.
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy...
10) Hail, Caesar!
Description
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...
11) Be Cool
Description
Chili Palmer is tired of the producing movies after being forced to make a useless sequel. When a music producer friend is gunned down, he offers to help his widow run the business. Checking out a talented singer that his friend had been talking to him about puts Chili at odds with her sleazy music manager, his gay bodyguard, and his equally sleazy partner. The mismanagement of the music company also gets Chili threatened by members of the Russian...
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
"Behind the facade of glitz and glamour, another Hollywood exists - a world in which aspiring starlets, hardened gangsters, teenage runaways, and straitlaced innocents share the stage. In this sprawling tale, the lives of eight people intersect as they search for love, redemption, and meaning on the streets of Hollywood."
13) The Muppet movie
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Kermit and friends are on their way to Hollywood where Kermit is to star in a new movie, but on their way they run into a man who pursues Kermit for his deep-fried frogs legs commercials.
14) Big fat liar
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
A producer steals an idea from a teenager, who then sets out to get revenge.
15) Swingers
Series
Description
Mike is a not-very-confident comedian-actor, an L.A. transplant from New York who cannot go two minutes without returning to the subject of his ex-girlfriend, with whom he is still obsessed six months after they split up. His slickster buddy Trent is a would-be producer, and Rob is weighing an offer to play Goofy at Disneyland. In between bit parts, they play golf, or video games, and go to parties. To make up for this lack of success, they earnestly...
16) Sunset Boulevard
Series
Centennial collection volume 1
Pub. Date
1950
Description
The story of an aging film queen who prepares for her grand comeback to stardom.
17) Rock of ages
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Description
Drew and Sherrie meet in LA while pursuing their dream of life in the big city. Will their love survive the challenges the city throws their way? This musical features songs by Journey, Twisted Sister, Starship, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, and many more.
Series
Entourage volume Season 1
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Eric, Turtle, and Johnny Drama are dedicated to helping their film-star buddy, Vincent Chase, navigate the absurdities and pitfalls of modern-day Hollywood.
19) La La Land
Pub. Date
[2017]
Formats
Description
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing dreams.
20) Sunset Blvd
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Pursued by creditors, Joe swerves into a driveway of a seemingly abandoned Sunset Boulevard mansion. He finds Norma, an ex-screen queen dreaming of a dramatic comeback and her husband/servant living there. She takes a fancy to Joe and, learning that he is a scriptwriter, persuades him to help her with her comeback screenplay. Being broke he accepts. He falls in love with a young script reader, but Norma breaks up their romance. Thinking she is mad,...