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  • adjective Pertaining to Hollywood.

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Hollywood +‎ -ian

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Examples

  • As the crucible begins to heat up and boil over, we have come to like the couple as they display their mundane life, which is similarly played out by couples throughtout the world, and indeed, their is nothing remotely Hollywoodian about them.

    “Paranormal Activity” is the real deal » Scene-Stealers 2009

  • Putin also needs to be seen as the nation's strongman, and has been almost Hollywoodian in the shaping of that image.

    Obama's Russian Misadventure 2009

  • Besides do we really need another Hollywoodian lecturing us everytime he gets a break from raking in millions of dollars practicing a highly suspect profession in an industry that has its own carbon footprint that needs to be examined?

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Who the Hell Cares? 2008

  • “Besides do we really need another Hollywoodian lecturing us everytime he gets a break from raking in millions of dollars practicing a highly suspect profession in an industry that has its own carbon footprint that needs to be examined?”

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Who the Hell Cares? 2008

  • Instead, I found for the most part adults and children glued to television screens with a bowl of seal soup on their lap, playing exceedingly violent and expletive-crammed Hollywoodian video war games.

    The Guardian World News Stephen Pax Leonard 2011

  • Although she dated the Epstein brothers and the Kanin brothers, she claimed that "marrying a Hollywoodian would be too chancy."

    Variety.com 2010

  • Although she dated the Epstein brothers and the Kanin brothers, she claimed that "marrying a Hollywoodian would be too chancy."

    Variety.com 2010

  • Basically, I found out that there wasn't any science beneath AGW, just conjectures, journalistic hype, politcal incorrectness and Hollywoodian opportunities.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Mike Rivero 2010

  • After experimenting with Hollywoodian plot devices early on, notably in the far-fetched Istanbul episode, the disgruntled dramatists returned to more gritty themes - thus a burglary epidemic afflicted the squad, the captain endured a tense trial before being acquitted of assault and two other players had a boozy tiff involving a misused golf club.

    Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk Paul Doyle 2010

  • ATV franchise's action elements feel very Hollywoodian.

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2009

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