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Iconic Hollywood Sign Set to Get a MakeoverIt’s time to give this classic landmark a good old makeover!The Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, California is going to be revamped ten years since it was repaired. According to the Hollywood Sign Trust, which oversees and maintains the iconic location, it was the right time to get the job done. "The last time that we painted the sign was in 2012 and paint lasts about 10 years," Jeff Zarrinnam, Hollywood Sign Trust chair shared with the news. "The Hollywood sign is just not a symbol of a place, it's a symbol of the entertainment industry."In honor of the sign’s coming centennial birthday, it will be getting a special paint, called Hollywood Sign Centennial White. The color was specially made by Sherwin-Williams. The trust estimates that 400 gallons will be used for the process. The makeover will be finished around November, and people will be ready to see the sign in its new revitalized glory. Image credit: wikimedia commons#hollywood #losangeles #makeovers #paint #SherwinWilliams #signs #paint

13 Movies That are Famous for Their On-Set DramaThere are movies that you've never seen, but you know something about them from the news coverage. Or maybe you saw them and vaguely recall what they're about, but you remember the story of how they were filmed. Movie productions can generate a lot of drama that has nothing to do with the plot or what goes on the silver screen. The brouhaha about the conflicting personalities surrounding the film Don't Worry Darling is an example. If you don't recognize the title, that's because the movie hasn't hit theaters yet. But you've read about the conflicts between Olivia Wilde, Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, and Shia LaBeouf. Or at least you've seen the headlines. There have been plenty of movies like that. If you know anything at all about What Happened to Baby Jane? you know that it starred Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, who hated each other. The story behind their conflict is long and involved, and led to injuries on the set. You may or may not have seen Mr. and Mrs. Smith, but you know that's where Brad Pitt met Angelina Jolie. Read the stories behind 13 such films at Buzzfeed.#Hollywood #filmmaking #conflict #drama #behindthescenes

Cinema Twins: Near-Identical Movies Released Nearly at the Same TimeIt happens over and over again: two movies will come out in the same year, or close to it, that have the same subject and often the same plot. The most memorable pairing was Armageddon and Deep Impact, which both came out in 1998 and told the story of destroying an asteroid/comet before it hits earth. Both movies were hits. A more common story with twin movies is that one vastly outshines the other, and years later we forget that they were actually different movies. Sometimes it's due to what's interesting to the audience of the time, sometimes it's one film trying to piggyback off the expected popularity of the other, and sometimes it's pure coincidence.NPR put together a list of 50 pairs of twin films, although a few may be arguable. While both Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Slayer came out in 2012, they will never be confused with each other. And two movies about Christopher Columbus coming out in 1992, the 500th anniversary of his most important voyage, is not much of a coincidence. There are more such pairings in the discussion at Metafilter.#movie #twinmovies #Hollywood

11 Actors Who Trash-Talked Their Own MoviesWe all have regrets in life, and often that includes that one job that we really hated. But for most people, a bad job in their past never gets discussed; you just move on with your life. Movie stars, on the other hand, have to deal with the eternal evidence of a bad movie still available on home video, along with archived critiques. Some actors don't hold back on their hatred for certain past projects. Most of them tell us knew the movie would be awful before its release and stayed with it anyway. That's understandable when you're new in the business, or need the money, or have an iron-clad contract. Or maybe they had already sunk so much time and effort into it that it was hard to walk away. Still, you might suspect that a few of the actors only realized how bad the film was when the critics told them or the box office tanked. Of course, they reacted as if they knew all along, and that's understandable, too, because they are actors with a reputation to uphold. Good luck figuring out which is which, in this list from TimeOut. Each entry has a link to a review of that movie. -via Digg#Hollywood #actor #badmovie

Movies by Comedy Stars That Were Never MadeEvery actor has a vision of a pet project they want to star in, or even maybe produce someday. If you're good, and you work long enough to get clout, that sometimes happens. But Hollywood is fickle, and there are plenty of reasons a movie never gets made. First, you have to get the right people to believe in your project, then you have to get financing, and after that a hundred different things can go wrong, at each stage of the production. Another project gets in the way, people lose interest, and the worst thing might happen.

The Hollywood Walk of Fame in California was Turned Briefly into a Runway for a Gucci Fashion ShowAlessandro Michele, the Italian designer and creative director for Gucci, showed his passion for old cinematic wardrobes through his new collection. He featured items like faux fur coats, diamond tiaras, crop tops, wide-leg pants, feathered gowns, cowboy hats, and bulky dresses, of colors and textures ranging from lavender, teal, hot pink, metallic, gold, and black.For this fashion show, Michele picked small to plus-sized models which scream inclusivity in the beauty and fashion industry since, according to him, with fashion, there is a duty to give everyone a voice. This fashion runway show, unlike any other shows, was held down the Walk of Fame at the Gucci Love Parade. Celebrity stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Serena Williams were able to witness models like Jared Leto and Macaulay Culkin on the runway.Video credit: Reuters#Gucci #Hollywood #WalkOfFame #Fashion #Runway #AlessandroMichele

The Asian-American Women of Hollywood’s Golden AgeWomen of Asian descent have been part of Hollywood history since the beginning, but if you asked most people, even film buffs, they will probably only be able to name Anna Mae Wong from early cinema. Asian-American actresses faced multiple problems in getting roles. First, there was blatant racism. For the longest time, any female movie role was as an adjunct to a man, and casting an Asian actress in a lead role was a problem due to the taboo against interracial relationships. If the male lead were also Asian, the entire film was seen as too Asian to appeal to white audiences. The result was that Asian-American actresses were mostly relegated to roles as villains, servants, or vamps. Quite a few worked steadily in these roles, or in bit parts in B-movies. Anna Chang was a singer and dancer in a traveling vaudeville revue and then appeared in Cary Grant's first acting job, a 1932 short called Singapore Sue.