HOLLYWOOD SIGN
Debut of repainted sign is Hollywood event
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The Hollywood sign, refreshed with the help of 105 gallons of primer and 255 gallons of high-reflective white paint, gets celebrity treatment.
By Ashley Powers
Los Angeles Times
December 4, 2012
If there’s anything Tinseltown excels at, it’s turning a ho-hum event into a made-for-TV spectacle. Witness the fanfare that unfolds each time the Hollywood sign gets a fresh coat of paint.
It’s not written off as routine maintenance. No, it’s a civic event.
A media scrum gathers. Elected officials gush. Someone cracks jokes about face-lifts. (In 1995, nipped-and-tucked actress Phyllis Diller did the honors.)
So it was on Tuesday, when reporters were whisked to just below the nearly 90-year-old sign, one of the few landmarks in the crazy quilt of neighborhoods that is Los Angeles.
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HOLLYWOOD sign, you are so beautiful with your new paint. You look not a day over 5! Great job!!! Thanks to all the people involved in the restoration project.
America’s most famous sign deserves all the attention we can give it. It’s looking good!
The 90 year old Hollywood sign represents so much about the hx of the world of entertainment,and deserves a face lift once in awhile.