Hollywood is a district of Los Angeles, California, is located in the west-northwest of Los Angeles.Due its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema. Nowadays, much of the film is decentralized surrounding areas such as the trendy West Side, but significant additional industries, such as editing, effects, props, post-production and lighting companies will be in Hollywood, as well as the Paramount Pictures backlot.