12 (D-119) sidewalk (Am) = pavement (Br)

12 (D-119)The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk (British English: “pavement” = trottoir) along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood. It serves as an entertainment museum. There you can see more than 2,000 five-pointed stars with the names of not only human celebrities but also fictional characters honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for their contributions to the entertainment industry. On February 9, 1960, Joanne Woodward (actress, Paul Newman’s wife) became the first performer to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6801 Hollywood Blvd.

-The first studio in Hollywood wanted to make westerns in California. The first feature film, made specifically in a Hollywood studio, in 1914, was The Squaw Man, directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar Apfel.

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VOCABULARY
feature film = long métrage