Tinseltown
[tin-suh l-toun]
- Hollywood, California, as a center of the movie industry.
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Now, the onetime Lloyd Kaufman/Troma apprentice is the toast of Tinseltown.
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August 3, 2014
Years before Mitchum had landed in Hollywood, another young man had come to Tinseltown from Ohio.
How do you strike a balance between the “real world” and Tinseltown?
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Despite the minor theatrics, he's a very down-to-earth guy—a far cry from some of those self-serious filmmakers in Tinseltown.
True Detective Director Cary Fukunaga’s Journey from Pro Snowboarder to Hollywood’s Most WantedMarlow Stern
February 26, 2014
Unfortunately, the tale of The Smuggler is nothing new in Tinseltown, according to Lindsay.
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February 21, 2014
Tinseltown
- an informal name for Hollywood
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Word Origin
C20: from the insubstantial glitter of the film world
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