Les meilleurs hôtels à Hollywood

Hollywood is not a city. It is both a state-of-mind and a seedy district of west-central Los Angeles. It is a dream, a legend, an illusion. There has never been a Hollywood city hall. Then, with ego and aspiration as big as money can buy, who needs one? The neighborhood that comprises Hollywood contains only one of the major film studios (Paramount), some lesser TV-production facilities, grungy rock clubs, countless panhandling teenagers, and most of the time-worn tourist attractions that trade on the faded glamour of American film history: the Chinese Theater, the Walk of Fame, the Hollywood Wax Museum, and the world's most famous sign. Starry-eyed visitors can choose from several itineraries, including live performances, dubious self-guided tours of the stars' homes, and the campy Graveline Tour, which concentrates on landmarks of Tinseltown fatalities, stretching from the Silent Era to the latest celebrity overdose. But the real show happens in the hearts of the talented, beautiful dreamers who arrive there daily, eternally hopeful that they might be the next Brando, the next Marilyn, the next Kevin Bacon. Hey, it could happen.