Hollywood

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Recent Examples of Hollywood It was written about in the tabloids when Desi got arrested for weaving drunkenly down a street in Hollywood, in a neighborhood of brothels. Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025 For Hollywood, the possibility of a new major distribution platform couldn’t come at a better time. Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 12 July 2025 The Guard in 1992 arrived in a city that had melted down: More than 60 people died, 1,000 buildings burned and unrest stretched from City Hall to Hollywood, with whole swaths of South Los Angeles torn to shreds. Jim Newton, Mercury News, 12 July 2025 The Hollywood Reporter reported in early May that Horizon Series (which is Costner's loan-out firm), New Line Cinema and City National Bank were involved in a legal battle. Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for Hollywood
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Bollywood
Noun
  • Metro In Dino Closes First Weekend at $2.2 million The latest Bollywood release, Metro In Dino, had a decent start at the box office, earning a little above $500,000 in the Indian markets.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • Abhishek Chinnappa / Getty Images Cultural performances were held throughout the morning, including from Bollywood playback singers, while messages from global leaders were read out.
    Reuters, NBC news, 6 July 2025

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