The City of Angels is ready for its close-up.
“I am big!”
“It’s the pictures that got small.”

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If that’s true, Billy Wilder’s iconic film noir must be the exception.
Hollywood icons Hedda Hopper,Cecil B. DeMille, andBuster Keatonall appear as themselves.
All these years later,Swingersis still so money.

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Clueless(1995)
Asifwe could leaveCluelessoff the list!
And now, decades later, we’re still dying to know: What’s in the briefcase?
Movies this wonderful are even rarer than thunderstorms in Los Angeles.

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L.A. Story(1991)
Mick Jackson’sL.A.
how to survive in the wilds of Beverly Hills what a thrill!
As she ascends to Tinseltown glory, his career falls apart.

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That’s not to mention that under Refn’s precise direction driving has never looked so good.
It sounds grim, but don’t worry!
If there’s anything a studio executive knows about, it’s how to get a Hollywood ending.

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Elliott Marks

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Melissa Moseley

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Richard Foreman

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Eduard Grau

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