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Hollywood's ex-city manager to get $288,000 in severance

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 11:27 AM PDT

Hollywood officials are viewing long-time City Manager Cameron Benson's departure as an "agreed termination" and as a result he will receive nearly $300,000 in his severance package.

Hollywood badly flubs revenue, spending projections in 2011 budget

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 01:27 PM PDT

The upshot: A multimillion-dollar deficit in uncertain times As Hollywood officials considered the 2011 municipal budget, no one at public meetings questioned the outsized figure — $1.8 million — the city estimated it would earn from new cameras ticketing red-light violators. No one, except one resident.

10 Rags-to-Riches Hollywood Characters

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 05:33 AM PDT

BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Over the years, Hollywood has had a love affair with tales of rags to riches -- characters who battle from mere pennies in their pocket to seize the American Dream. The constraints of a movie narrative -- and the attention span of the audience -- means the narrative may take a shortcuts. Julia Roberts' character in Pretty Woman (1990) is able to leap from street-level ...

KUHNER: Hollywood's war on Middle America

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 07:41 PM PDT

PRIME TIME PROPAGANDA: THE TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY OF HOW THE LEFT TOOK OVER YOUR TV By Ben Shapiro Broadside Books, $26.99, 416 pages Reviewed by Jeffrey T. Kuhner Hollywood is determined to transform America. This is the central theme of Ben Shapiro's latest book. Mr. Shapiro is a nationally syndicated ...

Optimistic Hollywood projections led to deficit threat

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 02:31 PM PDT

The upshot: A multimillion-dollar deficit in uncertain times As Hollywood officials considered the 2011 municipal budget, no one at public meetings questioned the outsized figure — $1.8 million — the city estimated it would earn from new cameras ticketing red-light violators. No one, except one resident.

Hollywood actor Reggie Lee proud to be Pinoy

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 03:57 PM PDT

Hollywood's Asian everyman is proudly Pinoy. For the past 15 years, Philippine-born actor Reggie Lee is the go-to character actor for many Asian roles in Hollywood movies and TV shows.