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When you think of Hollywood and other places within the entertainment industry, as well as the stars that inhabit them, you think of glamorous men and women who create the magic you see in movies and television, right?
WRONG! In Horrible Hollywood, the actors and actresses are brain-dead, spoiled, have a tendency towards fighting the law, like to engage in occasional sexual deviancy, and are [[Hookers and Blow|addicted to various illegal substances and / or sex workers]]. Everyone fears [[White Dwarf Starlet|growing old and losing their fame]], so plastic surgery and desperate attempts to seem young abound. The directors are egomaniac control freaks who wear funny pants. The assistants are overworked, underpaid, and might be [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky towards the talent]], but this won't stop them from ruthlessly trying to climb the
Essentially, it's the entertainment industry depicted as a [[Crapsack World]] populated solely by horrible [[Jerkass
Despite what the title may imply, this isn't just for movies, this can go for things like television or actual live theater as well.
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* Played with in the ''[[Castle]]'' episode "One Life To Lose"; the behind the scenes environment of the popular soap opera isn't exactly free of intrigue, bitchiness and people sleeping with and / or hating each other and playing their own agendas, but it's no worse than some of the other walks of life the characters have entered.
* ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'', while more sympathetic than the others, does portay the more shallowier / nastier / crazier elements of showbiz.
* In one episode of ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', Eric goes to Hollywood be a cast member of the [[Self-Parody]] show ''Kid Gets Acquainted with the Universe'', he finds out that the actors on the show are either [[
* In ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', Hollywood, Broadway and the TV industry are all full of people lying, cheating, sleeping around to get ahead, and above all, plotting to kill each other. Admittedly, this doesn't distinguish them from ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'''s portrayal of newspapers, book publishing, computer firms, toy companies...
== Music ==
* [[The Decemberists]]' "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e41ygKJ3ABk Los Angeles, I'm Yours]" is more about the city of Los Angeles, but elements of
* [[System of a Down]]'s "Lost in Hollywood."
* [[Supertramp]]'s "Gone Hollywood".
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