Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 12:26AM Produced by Jim Albritton | There are all kinds of pilgrimages. For me, it was the Malibu beach where the ending of the original 1968 Planet of the Apes was shot.
Planet of the Apes in California, LA Road Trip, Movie Making, Movies, Travel Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at 2:04AM Produced by Jim Albritton | From the Hollywood sign to the Santa Monica Pier and points in between, Newsocracy's LA Road Trip takes you there.
LA Road Trip, LA Story in California, Celebrities, Hollywood, LA Road Trip, Movie Making, Movies, Music, Trains, Travel Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 2:14AM The San Antonio River Walk is a network of walkways along the banks of the San Antonio River, one story beneath the streets of downtown San Antonio, Texas. Lined by bars, shops and restaurants, the River Walk is an important part of the city's urban fabric and a tourist attraction in its own right.
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San Antonio River Walk, Texas in LA Road Trip, Travel Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 2:06AM SOLDIER ON | The General George S. Patton Memorial Museum was established to honor the late general and the thousands of men who served with him at the Desert Training Center and overseas. The museum is located in California off Interstate 10, about 30 miles east of Indio at Chiriaco Summit, which was the entrance to Camp Young, command post for the DTC during World War II. The site was donated by Joseph Chiriaco, one of the first area residents General Patton met when he arrived to set up the center.

Exhibits display memorabilia from the life and career of General Patton. The exhibit halls include the many and varied aspects of military life with particular focus on the Desert Training Center and soldiers of World War II.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 1:28AM END OF THE ROAD | The world-famous Santa Monica Pier is a prominent 100-year-old landmark that has seen its share of tourists, anglers and directors. The pier can be seen in numerous TV shows and movies, including Forrest Gump. And yes, there is a Bubba Gump Shrimp Company restaurant on the pier. It's owned by the company that produced the film.
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Santa Monica Pier in California, LA Road Trip, Travel Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 1:18AM
TMZ: We Love Hollywood, We Just Have a Funny Way of Showing It | The TMZ Tour, "a lighthearted and entertaining look at the world of celebrity gossip," winds its way through Hollywood streets and scandals, using video, photos and pop trivia quizzes to breathe life back into the half-century-old movie star home tour.
TMZ Tour in California, Celebrities, Hollywood, LA Road Trip, Travel Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 1:11AM The La Brea Tar Pits (or Rancho La Brea Tar Pits) are a group of tar pits around which Hancock Park was formed, in urban Los Angeles. Asphaltum or tar (brea in Spanish) has seeped up from the ground in this area for tens of thousands of years. The tar is often covered with dust, leaves, or water. Over many centuries, the bones of animals that were trapped in the tar were preserved. The George C. Page Museum is dedicated to researching the tar pits and displaying specimens from the animals that died there. The La Brea Tar Pits are a registered National Natural Landmark.
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La Brea Tar Pits, Page Museum in California, Hollywood, LA Road Trip, Travel Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 1:11AM TCL Chinese Theatre (formerly Grauman's Chinese Theatre and later Mann's Chinese Theatre) is a movie theater on the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard. The theater was renamed in January 2013 when the TCL Corporation, a Chinese electronics company, purchased the naming rights for over $5 million.
Built over 18 months, from January 1926 by a partnership headed by Sid Grauman, the theater opened May 18, 1927, with the premiere of Cecil B. DeMille's film The King of Kings. It has since been home to many premieres, including the 1977 launch of George Lucas's Star Wars, as well as birthday parties, corporate junkets and three Academy Awards ceremonies. Among the theater's most distinctive features are the concrete blocks set in the forecourt, which bear the signatures, footprints, and handprints of popular motion picture personalities from the 1920s to the present day.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 12:55AM BIG BOY BOB | Bob's Big Boy in Burbank is an example of the emerging California coffee shop style that exploded in Los Angeles in the 1950s and a point of historical interest in California. Built in 1949, the structure is related to World Fair pavilions of the pre-war period by its long, low, horizontal roof line and wide canopies. Its asymmetrical shape alternates from sharp angles at the entrance to smooth, inward curving picture windows facing the street. Certainly the building's most striking aspect is the monumental freestanding Bob's sign which soars vertically 70 feet and its trademark chubby boy in red-and-white checkered overalls holding a Big Boy sandwich (double-decker cheeseburger). Johnny Carson frequently mentioned Bob's Big Boy on the Tonight Show and the Beatles ate there during their 1965 US Tour.
Bob's Big Boy, Burbank, restaurant in California, LA Road Trip, Travel Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 2:49AM HIKING HOLLYWOOD | For us, few things in all of LA can top hiking Mt. Hollywood between the Griffith Observatory and the Hollywood sign. And to prove how much we like it, here are more than 100 photos of our time on the trails.
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Hiking, Hollywood in California, Hollywood, LA Road Trip, Travel Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 2:42AM HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS | A nighttime look at Hollywood from Hollywood Boulevard and from high atop Mt. Hollywood and the Loews Hotel at the Hollywood and Highland Center.
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Hollywood Nights in California, Hollywood, LA Road Trip, Travel Friday, August 2, 2013 at 12:56AM Produced by Jim Albritton | It's hard to believe, but Risky Business turns 30 on August 5, 2013. Newsocracy attended a special Academy screening of the now iconic film and has the story. To learn more about academy screenings at Oscars outdoors, go to http://www.oscars.org.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 10:31PM Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz revolutionized TV with the creation and production of their show, I Love Lucy, on CBS. They were the first to use a multi-camera format before a studio audience to shoot the popular situation comedy or sitcom. And they unknowingly invented the rerun during Lucy's pregnancy. In an effort to give her some time off, previous episodes of I Love Lucy were broadcast in place of original episodes. The studio they formed, Desilu, went on to produce some of TV's most iconic shows in TV history, including Star Trek and The Untouchables.
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I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball in California, Celebrities, Hollywood, LA Road Trip, Travel Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 11:58AM Griffith Observatory is an icon of Los Angeles, a national leader in public astronomy, a beloved civic gathering place, and one of southern California's most popular attractions. The Observatory is located on the southern slope of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park, just above the Los Feliz neighborhood. It is 1,134 feet above sea level and is visible from many parts of the Los Angeles basin. The mission of Griffith Observatory is to inspire everyone to observe, ponder and understand the sky.
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Griffith Observatory in California, LA Road Trip, Travel Monday, July 29, 2013 at 2:31AM The Hollywood Museum, the official museum of Hollywood, has the most extensive collection of Hollywood memorabilia in the world. The museum, featuring four floors of exhibits, including an entire floor dedicated entirely to Marilyn Monroe, is home to more than 10,000 authentic showbiz treasures: one-of-a-kind costumes, props, photographs, scripts, posters and vintage memorabilia from films and TV shows. The museum also showcases the history of Hollywood and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Hollywood Museum is housed in the historic Max Factor Building where Max Factor, Hollywood’s Makeup King, created the looks of Hollywood’s Golden Era stars including Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Mae West, Jean Harlow, Lucille Ball and Marilyn Monroe.
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