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2014 in review

Merry Christmas from Under the Hollywood Sign

"Force Majeure": Everything "Wild" Isn't, and More

The Not-So-Wild "Wild," and Two Films That Put It to Shame

The Hollywood Sign in Rain, Disappearing and Reappearing

Two Hollywood Signs, Old and New

Among the Dead at Hollywood Forever

Visiting Hello Kitty Con and "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty" at JANM

The Joy of Paper

Rarely "Spot On": British Actors and Their American Accents

The Newly Announced Peg Entwistle Biopic

Learning To Say No

In a Time of Drought, Remembering Hollywood's Brief Independence

The Journey Is Greater Than The Destination

Waiting For Rain In a Bone-Dry Canyon

Art and Posterity in New York: Part II

Art and Posterity in New York: Part I

Within "Boyhood," An Equally Compelling Womanhood

"Peg Entwistle: The Life and Death of An Actress," Now Available for Sale or Rent on Vimeo

John Lautner's Endangered Architectural Legacy, and What Los Angeles Can Do About It

In New York, Vivid Reminders of Los Angeles

Apricots in Beachwood Canyon, Past and Present

Calamity Canyon: This Week's Round-Up of Hollywoodland Misadventures

Revisiting the Scene of Saturday's Beachwood Drive Accident, and Encountering Another

This Morning Near the Hollyridge Trailhead, A Truckload of Spilled Manure

Hollywoodland: Not To Be Confused With A Urinal

A Great Way to See the Hollywood Sign: New Shuttle Vans Start Saturday, May 3rd, from the Greek Theater

My Documentary Feature, "Under the Hollywood Sign," Is Now Available On Demand

Beachwood Canyon's Very Sick Mountain Lion: How P-22 was Poisoned

Why We Freak Out When You Smoke in Beachwood Canyon

At Yesterday's City Hall Meeting, A Reprieve for Beachwood Drive Residents

The City's Latest Assault on Hollywoodland: A Plan to Eliminate Half Our Street Parking

Vehicular Access to the Hollyridge Trailhead Ends Tuesday, March 25th

The Urban Magic of "Her": How Great Production Design Created the Los Angeles of the (Near) Future

"Barbara:" A New CD Recalls Beachwood Canyon's 1960s Music Scene

Rayon, Onnagata and Cubism: Jared Leto's Singular Creation and Its Unexpected Parallels

After the Storms: Oscar Sunday in Hollywood

Silver Lake Reservoir: How An Unused Body of Water Could Become an Urban Oasis

"Like Father, Like Son": What Was Lost In Translation, And What Wasn't

Moby's Essay on New York, Los Angeles and the Freedom to Fail

The Japanese Masterpiece at the Heart of "Breaking Bad": Akira Kurosawa's "Ikiru"

How Jeep's "I Love You California" Ad is Worsening Hollywoodland's Already Horrendous Traffic

Hollyridge Trailhead To Be Closed for 180 Days