Update on John The Star Cleaner

I bumped into John The Star Cleaner on Hollywood while doing some errands. I think it is time that Brasso sponsors John...He pays to clean the stars on Hollywood Blvd out of his own pocket and donations.

99 Problems vs LAPD

99 Problems is the name of the dancer in the red shirt. He and his dance crew have been entertaining and busking on Hollywood Blvd for years much to the delight of most. LA City Council and the new mayor Eric Garcetti have made up new laws governing Hollywood Blvd. There is some confusion and some conflict on the new rules and what it means to performers and characters. So the age old feud between Civil Liberties, Busking and Business protected by the LAPD continues.

Snake Man VS LAPD

I love Hollywood Blvd and all the real life strange stories. This is one of them. Long story short, the LA City Council has put up some new "handwritten" laws regarding street performances, street performing, amplification on the blvd, posting up in a particular spot etc., all in an effort to clean up Hollywood. Because the law is vague and also there was a previous lawsuit to end the harassment that the LAPD was doing to the performers and street characters, there is a little anger regarding Civil Liberties. Here is just one interaction from the Snake Man.

Thor: The Dark World Premiere Takes Over Hollywood Blvd

Thor: The Dark World premieres tonight at the El Captain. Right now they are still setting up the red carpet and fans are already out waiting for the excitement of the stars' arrival.

Hugh Jackman Gets A Star On The Hollywood Walk of Fame

Hugh Jackman got a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame earlier today with co-stars of Les Misérables on hand, as well as his family. It was a fun day for fans of the Aussie who already has hand prints at the Mann's Chinese cement court.

Exclusive Angie Everhart On Hollywood Blvd

The lovely Angie Everhart seen with her son meets a Pirate on Hollywood Blvd.

Bikini George The Guy That Sits In Garbage Continues His Downward Spiral

"Bikini" George as I call him since he started wearing a bikini, continues to drink, be publicly intoxicated as he begs for money and crave attention in Hollywood. Debasing himself has no end it seems as his story continues...

Dr. Oz Visits Hollywood Boulevard

Dr. Mehmet Oz from the Dr. Oz Show seen shooting a segment on Hollywood Boulevard.

Fun On Hollywood Blvd Starring Religious Zealots

So many videos so few fingers. Anyway, this video happened a few months ago and I finally had some time to upload it. It was one of those fun days in Hollywood that was captured on video and more importantly a diverse group of people protested in their own unique way, that love and understanding are more important than religious bigotry...

Hollywood 911

Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of 9/11. I spent it on Hollywood Blvd. There were Hazmat crews, Bomb Squads Police and BID patrols walking the beat. Prepared for any emergency. Tourists were taking pictures with them all as if it was a movie. Unfortunately or fortunately THEY were the REAL THING. I talked to the Hazmat crew and I wished them a very dull day. They were very nice and they knew that we all were hoping just to have an uneventful day with no tragedies. So in celebration of living another day and seeing beauty even in such an emotional day, here are a few pictures of one of the strangest days I have ever had in Hollywood....

Sundy Bloody Sunday on The Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Sunday was a sad day on Hollywood Blvd. Started it off with my butt getting slapped by a stranger. I would have happily punched him but he was in a wheel chair and with my luck someone would have seen me respond without seeing the initial attack and I would have looked like a bad person that beat up a disabled man. That was my first dealing with crazy. A short time after the BID patrol (I like to call them the Haliburton of Hollywood) were called because another mentally ill man who has had numerous run ins with law enforcement, was going to the bathroom in public at Hollywood & Highland (the mall). So about 8 bid patrol officers came as well as the fire department because at one time during the initial altercation the person was unresponsive. The BID patrol released the man and then he came back several times and they tried to escort him off the property. Finally after the 3rd or 4th time they handcuffed him and took him away. I watched the story unfold. Earlier in the day he asked my friend for money and my friend gave it to him. I got into a deep conversation with another photographer about Hollywood Blvd because he was photographing the mentally ill man with the Bozo type haircut being surrounded like hunted game by the BID. I reminded him that homeless and mentally ill people have little resources and little empathy in a world that believes everyone should pull themselves up from their own boot straps. It is the same world where during the Reagan administration cut mental health facilities and closed the doors on people getting help. I don't understand this world with the endless deep pockets for the military industrial complex fraudulent reasons to go into wars that deplete healthcare, education, libraries and so many of our civil liberties and rights. We can't cut military spending but we can cut human services to the bone? What kind of nation are we becoming? Are we becoming the STOICS? Only concerned with the false power of the Empire and disregarding and eliminating all those that need help? After a lengthy conversation while I pointed out the beautifully designed Freemason Building that houses the Jimmy Kimmel Show as well as the detailed faces of what appears to be busts of the Night Templar's or Famous Freemasons next door above the El Capitan owned by Disney, the photographer and I shook hands and he was on his way. A short time later I was talking to someone else when I heard a horrible crash. I turned to see a man bleeding stumbling in the street and another man with a bicycle bleeding as well. I ran in the street to help. Both men at first refused my, as well as two other's help. They both kept saying that were running late and they had to get where they were going. One was an actor in a play. His head was squirting blood. I grabbed his arm and begged him to sit on the ground. An off duty nurse talked to him to see if he was lucid while another man and I tried to stop the bleeding. I sat on the pavement trying to talk to both injured parties into stopping and taking care of themselves. It was crazy. The guy with the bike who had a huge gash on his head above an eye was saying repeatedly that he had to go to work. He couldn't be late. He couldn't loose his job. I joked men never listen to me while I held on to the other guy's head to put pressure on the bleeding. By that time someone had gotten napkins. I had blood all over my hands. I didn't have gloves. Oops. I didn't have time to freak out. Someone called 911. And the Fire Department came and took over while we tried to tell them what happened. I rushed to wash my hands and came back to the scene by that time the police arrived and were taking down the accident report. The guy on the bicycle needed stitches but refused to go to the hospital. The Firemen did what they could to close his wound and bandage his head. I saw him get back on his bike and ride furiously to work. The other guy was bandaged up and his friends arrived to take him to the hospital. He didn't want to be taken away in the ambulance to the hospital because he would have to pay for it so he waited and waited and waited for the friend with the car to pick him up at the curb but his friend couldn't because the street was cut off due to the Muppet Movie getting ready for some additional filming. So I told him to sit back down and a little while later a man comes over and starts laughing at the injured, bloodied guy with a huge bandage on his head. His wife comes over too and starts laughing while (the tourist I assume) is snapping pictures. Their little kids come over too to see the damage. I'm watching these so called adults laugh at a guy who just got into a serious accident and his wound is bleeding through the bandage and I ask them, "what are you laughing at?" They say "at the guy". I say incredulously what the hell are you laughing for? He just got hit!" They laugh some more and say "Oh I thought it was a movie!" I said I hope someone laughs at you when you get injured and takes pictures. What the hell is happening? Are people so dumb down with gutter entertainment and violent films that they can't distinguish between real blood and fake? Were they laughing the second time out of embarrassment? Or are they just that stupid, ignorant and careless. They snickered as they walked away. I turned around and the injured guy with his friends decided to walk down Hollywood to the corner of Highland so their other friend could pick them up. Before he left he thanked me and I warned him that he was going to feel pretty bad in a day or two and to take it slow. I watched them make that long walk as his head started to bleed more and his friends tried to help him walk. I thought to myself, what the hell is going on when so many hard working people are afraid to go to the hospital for lack of funds and afraid to loose their jobs after a health scare. Then I remembered that the same thing had happened to me a year before. So many of us are in the same boat. Healthcare is not affordable for us and we would rather do without than have bills we can't pay for. So for all those fools who think cutting our infrastructure is the right thing to do while so many US corporations and uber rich don't pay their fare share of taxes while the middle class dissolves into a pool of serfs, I say FUCK YOU! There are good hard working US Citizens that deserve healthcare and union jobs. It isn't Socialist. It is the right thing to do. All the trillions of our dollars that we Americans accept our government using in our name to fight endless and imaginary wars is a shame and a sham. Sunday Bloody Sunday. Why don't we cut at least 1/4th of Military Spending? And why don't we make sure U.S. Corporations are paying their taxes? Those are two simple suggestions that could help fund healthcare.

Exclusive Rex Smith On Hollywood Blvd

The very talented and gracious Rex Smith who has worked steadily in TV, stage and film was seen on Hollywood Blvd. I was engrossed in a conversation and promptly dropped it to say to him, "I Know You" and the rest is history. Rex was a great sport and really sweet. Currently he is in production of a new play at the Stella Adler Theatre.

Adam Murby of Australia's Got Talent Works His Magic On Hollywood

A new young rock star type of illusionists are making magic here is a new one from Australia, Adam Murby...