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Beachfront properties custom-built for movie stars and the Hollywood elite, panoramic views from the sand dunes stretching as far as Malibu, developed as “an isolated playground for the wealthy”– Surfridge, California was once one of the most coveted neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Today, it looks like this… (c) Eyetwist on Flickr (c) Houze on Flickr (c) [...]
In the summer of 1965, riots broke out in the Watts neighborhood of southern Los Angeles. Over a six-day period, 34 people were killed, 1,032 injured and over 3,438 arrests were made. In 1966, LIFE magazine revisited the site of the worst riots America had ever seen in its history. The photo essay depicting the [...]
On January 1st, 1976, Hollywood residents woke up to read their famous hilltop sign a little differently. Local prankster Danny Finegood had indulged in some large-scale wordplay and changed the sign to say “Hollyweed“. It was to be the first of many pranks on the Hollywood sign by Danny and coincided with the day less restrictive [...]
I had always thought Sophia’s disapproving look in this iconic photograph taken by Delmar
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Beachfront properties custom-built for movie stars and the Hollywood elite, panoramic views from
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Upon learning of his muse’s engagement to the Prince of Monaco, Alfred Hitchcock allegedly
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In the summer of 1965, riots broke out in the Watts neighborhood of southern Los Angeles. Over a
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The only Hollywood-based cult of the 60s and 70s that comes to mind is the Manson Family, so when I
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Sorry to ruin your childhood memories on this fine afternoon, but during my back alley stumblings
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America’s Radiation Victims We all know that America conducted nuclear bomb testing during
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There’s nothing better than that moment when you have an incredibly interesting fact to spew
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2011: How the World Searched You are looking at this year’s official 10 fastest-rising global
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(I’m talking about the Cola) Coke “started the tradition where the richest consumers buy
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