Hollywoodis a neighborhood in thecentral regionofLos Angeles, California. The neighborhood is notable for its place as the home of the U.S. film industry, including several of its historic studios. Its name has come to be ametonymfor themotion picture industry of the United States. Hollywood is also a highly ethnically diverse, densely populated, economically diverse neighborhood and retail business district.
Hollywood was a small community in 1870 and was incorporated as a municipality in 1903.It officially merged with the city of Los Angeles in 1910, and soon thereafter a prominentfilm industrybegan to emerge, eventually becoming the most recognizable film industry in the world.