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The Greater Los Angeles Portal Greater Los Angeles is the most populousmetropolitan area in theU.S. state ofCalifornia, encompassing fivecounties inSouthern California extending fromVentura County in the west toSan Bernardino County andRiverside County in the east, with thecity of Los Angeles andLos Angeles County at its center, andOrange County to the southeast. The Los Angeles–Long Beachcombined statistical area (CSA) covers 33,954 square miles (87,940 km2), making it the largest metropolitan region in the United States by land area. The contiguous urban area is 2,281 square miles (5,910 km2), whereas the remainder mostly consists of mountain and desert areas. With an estimated population of over 18.3 million (U.S. Census Bureau, 2023), it is the second-largest metropolitan area in the country, behindNew York, as well as one of thelargest megacities in the world. In addition to being the nexus of the global entertainment industry, including films, television, and recorded music, Greater Los Angeles is also an important center of international trade, education, media, business, tourism, technology, and sports. It is thethird-largest metropolitan area bynominal GDP in the world with an economy exceeding $1 trillion in output, behindNew York City andTokyo. There are three contiguous component urban areas in Greater Los Angeles: theInland Empire, which can be broadly defined as Riverside and San Bernardino counties; the Ventura/Oxnard metropolitan area (Ventura County); and theLos Angeles metropolitan area (also known asMetropolitan Los Angeles orMetro LA) consisting of Los Angeles and Orange counties only. The Census Bureau designates the latter as the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheimmetropolitan statistical area (MSA), thefourth largest metropolitan area in the Western Hemisphere and the second-largestmetropolitan area in the United States, by population of 13 million as of the2020 U.S. census. It has a total area of 4,850 square miles (12,561 km2). AlthoughSan Diego–Tijuana borders the Greater Los Angeles area atSan Clemente andTemecula, it is not part of it as the two urban areas are not geographically contiguous due to the presence ofCamp Pendleton. However, both form part of the Southern Californiamegalopolis which extends intoTijuana, Baja California, Mexico. (Full article...) Selected article -show another.jpg) Mulholland Drive is a 2001 Americanneo-noirmystery film, written and directed byDavid Lynch and starringNaomi Watts,Laura Harring, andJustin Theroux. It tells the story of an aspiring actress named Betty Elms (Watts), newly arrived inLos Angeles, California, who meets and befriends anamnesiac woman (Harring) hiding in an apartment that belongs to Elms's aunt. The story includes several other seemingly unrelatedvignettes that eventually connect in various ways, as well as some surreal scenes and images that relate to the cryptic narrative. Originally conceived as atelevision pilot, a large portion of the film was shot in 1999 with Lynch's plan to keep it open-ended for a potential series. After viewing Lynch's version, however, television executives decided to reject it. Lynch then provided an ending to the project, making it a feature film. The half-pilot, half-feature result, along with Lynch's characteristic style, has left the general meaning of the movie's events open to interpretation. Lynch has declined to offer an explanation of his intentions for the narrative, leaving audiences, critics and cast members to speculate on what transpires. He gave the film the tagline "A love story in the city of dreams".(More...) Did You Know -show different entries
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Related PortalsSelected biography -show another Chaplin in 1921 Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era ofsilent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona,the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from his childhood in theVictorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both accolade and controversy. Chaplin's childhood in London was one of poverty and hardship. His father was absent and his mother struggled financially – he was sent to aworkhouse twice before the age of nine. When he was 14, his mother was committed to amental asylum. Chaplin began performing at an early age, touringmusic halls and later working as a stage actor and comedian. At 19, he was signed to theFred Karno company, which took him to the United States. He was scouted for the film industry and began appearing in 1914 forKeystone Studios. He soon introduced and adopted the Tramp as his screen persona. He directed his own films and continued to hone his craft as he moved toEssanay Studios, where the Tramp persona was developed emotionally inThe Tramp (1915). He then attracted a large fanbase and demanded more money as he moved toMutual andFirst National corporations. By 1918, he was one of the world's best-paid and best-known figures. (Full article...) Regions, major cities and districtsRegions Cities Cities by countyTopicsCategories Select [►] to view subcategories Greater Los Angeles Los Angeles County, California Orange County, California Ventura County, California WikimediaThe followingWikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject:
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