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09/18/2025

Halloween Horror Nights 2025 had everything: Fallout’s wasteland, Freddy’s jump scares and Terrifier’s gallons of gore but nothing hit harder than Monstruos 3: The Ghosts of Latin America.

La Llorona, La Muelona and La Siguanaba turned the haunted house into a haunted altar, putting Latin American folklore and women’s power center stage. This haunted house is cultural storytelling with claws.

👻 Read our full article and tell us which ghost you’d survive:
https://www.hollywoodlandnews.com/monstruos-3-halloween-horror-nights-2025/

09/18/2025

This is a editorial written about why we haven't covered some of the stories in this week's news cycle. We are aware of what's going on in the world and that's just not what we're about. Feel free to read this editorial as a reminder that we're not here to create or perpetuate trauma. We believing in healing, learning and growth.

https://www.hollywoodlandnews.com/jimmy-kimmel-suspension-and-the-fight-for-free-speech/

09/17/2025

🎻 Chamber Music at St. Alban’s: An Afternoon with Martin Chalifour & Steven Vanhauwaert

Westwood’s hidden gem delivered a Sunday to remember! HLN Director of Classical Arts, Mi Ran Choi, reflects on an intimate afternoon of chamber music at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church with LA Phil concertmaster Martin Chalifour and Steinway Artist Steven Vanhauwaert.

From the warmth of the sanctuary to the brilliance of the repertoire — including The Lark Ascending — this concert was the perfect close to The Music Guild’s SummerFest.

📖 Read the full story: https://www.hollywoodlandnews.com/chamber-music-in-westwood-chalifour-and-vanhauwaert/

09/16/2025

Our founder, Regina Luz Jordan , is blowing out candles today and we’re over here blowing up independent media.

This is more than a birthday post. Hollywoodland News has spent the last 9 months tearing down gatekeeping and covering events to be the representation in the room. We’re rewriting Hollywood, pop culture and giving a mic to the voices that are so often silenced.

We’re grassroots, we’re loud and we’re just getting started.
If you love what we do, help us keep going.

https://www.patreon.com/c/HollywoodlandNews

09/15/2025

From the sidewalk to the auction block, skateboarding’s rebellious roots are officially history.

Julien’s Skate Culture: Vintage Grails of the 70’s & 80’s sale features Powell-Peralta, Dogtown, Zorlac and even a one-of-a-kind Ed “Big Daddy” Roth board.
📅 September 24 | 10 AM PDT | Los Angeles
💻 Register to bid: https://www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/skate-culture-vintage-grails-of-the-70-s-and-80-s

Read more about how skateboarding became one of the first subcultures to celebrate diversity, creativity, and community:
👉 Full Story: https://www.hollywoodlandnews.com/skateboarding-auction-diverse-legacy/

09/12/2025

Rachmaninoff in Los Angeles: A Summer of Music and Meaning

What happens when you hear Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto live under the stars at the Hollywood Bowl? HLN contributor Mi Ran Choi says it feels like a personal rebirth while Marilyn Monroe said in The Seven Year Itch: "It shakes me. It quakes me. It makes me goose pimly all over"

In this beautifully written feature, Mi Ran explores Rachmaninoff in Los Angeles, his Beverly Hills home, his love for the Bowl and the way his music still ripples through pop culture, from iconic movies to Frank Sinatra ballads.

📖 Read the full story: https://www.hollywoodlandnews.com/rachmaninoff-los-angeles-hollywood-bowl/

09/11/2025

What if fast food could love you back? 🍔✨

Mr. Charlie’s restaurant is more than a plant-based burger restaurant and home of the Frowny Meal. This a safe space built on second chances, community and joy. In our exclusive interview with Founder, Taylor McKinnon, he calls it the Mr. Rogers of fast food, and after visiting the Brentwood opening, we get it.

From the Dream Center roots to global expansion, this is a story about food, love and belonging served with a side of fries.

Read the full feature now: https://www.hollywoodlandnews.com/mr-charlies-fast-food-second-chances/

Explore the hidden history of Diversity in Classic Hollywood. From forgotten trailblazers to untold golden age stories, uncover voices that shape entertainment

09/10/2025

Today is World Su***de Prevention Day. For us at Hollywoodland News, this is more than awareness, it’s personal. Su***de has touched our team directly, leaving holes that will never be filled. Our founder, Regina Luz Jordan () has written extensively about her sister's su***de in 2013 and this was one of the biggest reasons why Hollywoodland News exists.

We have made a commitment that we will always speak openly about mental health, grief and survival because when you do work like ours, it's important to acknowledge the emotional labor involved can feel incredible knowing that you've touched someone but also taxing on our spirits.

Silence helps no one. Stories save lives. That is why we've created a tag on our site where we’ve gathered our reflections, poems and articles that have been written in the last six months in one place, and we’ll keep adding to it because turning pain into pride, strength and power is how we thrive.

🖤 Read more here: https://www.hollywoodlandnews.com/category/mental-health/

09/05/2025

Hollywoodland News loves to push the boundaries and Regina Jordan takes full credit for derailing Disney today. Let's be real, Pinocchio was beyond a story of a a puppet trying to become a real boy. He was trafficked, groomed and exploited and this is a pattern that hasn’t gone away in Hollywood.

From fairy tales to real scandals, Drake Bell to Diddy, Corey Feldman to Amanda Bynes, the strings of exploitation are everywhere. Always let your conscience be your guide.

Read the full story here: https://www.hollywoodlandnews.com/pinocchio-trafficked-exploitation/

09/01/2025

Out of this world indeed: Voyager 130 by Daniel Slatkin had us starstruck at the Hollywood Bowl! Pair that with Holst’s The Planets and The Lark Ascending, and our Director of Classical Arts, Mi Ran Choi, shares why she's still riding that cosmic wave.

Dive into the full experience. Swipe, listen, feel the chills.

08/29/2025

The Dream Isn’t Finished. Yesterday we marked the Anniversary of the March on Washington. Eda del Rio pushes us to remember: the dream MLK spoke of still matters now more than ever.

Read more about why our fight, and our hope, is far from over.

https://www.hollywoodlandnews.com/anniversary-of-the-march-on-washington/

08/27/2025

Hollywood Ageism Exposed isn’t just clickbait. It’s a confession. Women are stuck in this casting cycle: It Girl → mom → grandma → gone. Men get franchise arcs into their 60s while women vanish. It’s time to tell the truth.

As part of our three part series on the 75th Anniversary of Sunset Boulevard, Regina Luz Jordan shares a personal editorial on Ageism.

Read more: https://www.hollywoodlandnews.com/hollywood-ageism-exposed-roles/