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By Lissa Townsend Rodgers 5/14 6:01am

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This town has always embodied glamor and fame. Unfortunately, in 2015, glamor and fame usually mean plastic surgery and half a season of reality TV. That’s not to say the Hollywood of and Cary Grant, of Gilda and Casablanca, is forever gone. Enter your email for updates Indeed, it still lingers … if you know where to look.

Sure, the fabled Walk of Fame is a A screening at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. | Photo cliché of vaguely familiar names, SUBSCRIBE TWITTER FACEBOOK to RSS Feed Follow Us Like Us courtesy Cinespia but there’s always a moment when one looms up out of the array—someone who actually meant something to you, like or Lena Horne. Or Leslie Nielsen. Savor a moment of pensive silence in their honor—and move on before one of the fake Spider-Men starts hassling you.

A mandatory stop is Musso & Frank Grill, the oldest restaurant in Hollywood. Through the years, it has been the hangout of Greta Garbo, and Raymond Chandler—and, Excellence in Las Vegas Real more recently, George Clooney, David Lynch and Charles Bukowski. The dining rooms seem Estate bathed in a perpetual “magic hour” golden glow, and Peggy Lee purrs through vintage wood- veneer speakers. The waiters and bartenders are old-school pros in jacket and tie who can Seven Questions for Levon shake a martini and spin a story. They’re so cool, in fact, that Keith Richards (another regular) Budding has been known to fly them to Stones shows. Seven Hot Las Vegas It seems every wall in every Hollywood neighborhood is covered in amateurish murals of Neighborhoods Marilyn and Chaplin, but there are also more refined tributes. At Sunset and Vine, a spectacular mosaic by Millard Sheets honors such revered stars as Bette Davis and Douglas Negroni Week Stirs Up Cocktails Fairbanks. Nearby, the “Four Ladies of Hollywood” sculpture pays homage to Dolores Del Rio, and Charities Anna May , and ; it was created by Catherine Hardwick years before she directed Twilight. Insomniac Reveals VIP Dining Details for EDC Las Vegas And, of course, the Hirschfeld-style murals of golden-age celebrities that adorn the walls of the Frolic Room are worth visiting even if you don’t want to have a drink—although, given that this is one of Hollywood’s last remaining classic watering holes, you probably do. Writer’s Block Offers Free Lessons in Creating Cool Stuff

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Celebrity murals adorn the walls of the Frolic Room. | Phot by Lissa Townsend Rodgers

How to get there Your choice: quick and convenient (LAX by air; Interstate 15 by land), or slow and scenic, be it via flight to Long Beach Airport (a remarkably maintained and updated art deco structure, but a bit of a trek to Hollywood) or the backroads of the Mojave (think Route 66).

Where to stay Once frequented by , today the Hollywood Hotel draws a string of up-and- It's Time for Barrel Racing and Dinosaurs coming (and a few already-there) comics to its comedy club and bar. The well-appointed rooms The First Sounds of Summer include a mini-klieg lamp and freestanding vintage clothing rack for that dressing-room vibe. … Of Punk Rockers and Cowboys The Hollywood Historic Hotel, near Paramount Studios, offers an on-site café/hair salon. The rooms are decorated with vintage black- and-white photos, and many offer views of Romantic, Bohemian Looks Embody DTLV's the famed Hollywood sign. Summertime Ethos Translating Common Real Estate Jargon Where to dine Mount Charleston’s Cool Addition The Pikey was once the legendary Ye Coach & Horses, a bar where champion drinkers such as Robert Mitchum and Richard Cameron Crowe Brings His Unique Brand of Burton tied one on. Today it’s a British- Romance to Hawaii in Aloha themed gastropub, where you’re more The poolside Tropicana Bar at the Hollywood Sizing Up the Summer Movie Slate, From Ant­ likely to see Dave Grohl and Bryan Singer Roosevelt Hotel Man to Magic Mike XXL chowing on English comfort food and a Defending the Caveman Grunts Back to Life … bottle of Cristal. … Slightly outside of Again Hollywood is the Dresden: Sit on a white leather banquette, dining of filet mignon like Don and Megan in Mad Men. Or hit the lounge and groove to the swingin’ sounds of Marty and Elayne as they work their inimitable way through the Great American Songbook. Lago Bags It Up Weekend Sin, Restaurant Week is Again Upon What to do Us and Burgers Galore at Café 6 The Conservancy also tends to cinematic history in their Broadway Historic Negroni Week Stirs Up Cocktails and Charities Theatre and Commercial District Walking Tour, which guides you around (and occasionally through) almost a dozen decrepit-yet-dazzling movie palaces. … Stroll through the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, where the first Academy Awards was held, Clark Gable and Carole Lombard shacked up and Marilyn Monroe is rumored to haunt. Sip one of their artfully made cocktails in Insomniac Reveals VIP Dining Details for EDC Las Vegas the palatial lobby or the elegant Public Kitchen & Bar, or head out to the Palm Beach-style, Risky Business poolside Tropicana Bar. Don’t miss Party Pics: XS Nightswim, Ghostbar, Marquee Scores of famous names—from to Jayne Mansfield to Bugsy Siegel—have made the Hollywood Forever Cemetery their final home. During the day, the 60-acre grounds invite visitation and contemplation on the lush lawns; on weekends from May to October, Cinespia Seven Hot Las Vegas Neighborhoods hosts film screenings and concerts. Upcoming: flicks Vertigo, Do the Right Thing and Excellence in Las Vegas Real Estate Showgirls, and concerts by Laura Jane Grace and Modest Mouse. Buying Power