USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Hollywood News

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  Wag the Elephant

  October 26, 2011

  In 1972 and at the height of his career, Warren Beatty became so involved in George McGovern’s presidential campaign he turned down starring roles in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Way We Were, The… more>

  categories: research, faculty research

  tags: history, hollywood, humanities, politics, social sciences, steven ross

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  Naked Hollywood

  May 25, 2011

  In 1951, when bombshell actress Jayne Mansfield publicly dropped the top of her dress, the photographer Arthur Fellig, also known as “Weegee the famous,” was there to capture the moment on film. The caption to… more>

  categories: research, faculty research

  tags: art, art history, hollywood, humanities, los angeles, museum, museum of contemporary art, photography, richard meyer

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  The Hollywood Sign: A Clash Between Reality and Fantasy

  April 14, 2010

  Commanding, evocative and unmistakable. With nine white steel and concrete letters standing 30 feet wide and 45 feet tall, the Hollywood Sign is one of the most recognized symbols in the world. The sign is also the subject of… more>

  categories: research, faculty research

  tags: american literature, book, culture, english, history, hollywood, humanities, leo braudy, literature, los angeles

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  Writer-Director-Producer Mel Shavelson Dies at 90

  August 1, 2007

  Melville Shavelson, a Hollywood legend who was a comedy writer, producer, director and two-time Academy Award nominee for original screenplays, has died. He was 90. Shavelson, an instructor at USC College’s Master of… more>

  tags: hollywood, obituary, writing program

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  A Brief History of Hollywood

  October 1, 2006

  As Hollywood grapples with the rapidly changing face of media, moviegoers have fragmented into niche audiences, making popular culture harder to gauge, University Professor Leo Braudy said.“Has Hollywood, in a sense… more>

  tags: entertainment, hollywood