hooray for Hollywood

English

Noun

hooray for Hollywood (plural hoorays for Hollywood)

1. A celebration of the US filmed entertainment industry.
   • 1970 October 28, “After The Blaze.”, in St. Petersburg Times:

     Kirk Stan founding artist member of the Contemporary gallery and Edward L. Carroll the Church Drama guild pitched a hooray for hollywood costume party

   • 1987 March 30, “FINAL COUNTDOWN TO ACADEMY AWARDS The Ratings Envelope, Please”, in Los Angeles Times:

     For the last three years, despite its high drama and hoorays for Hollywood, Oscar night has been sliding in the TV ratings

   • 1994, Nina Mikkelsen, Virginia Hamilton, page 86:

     […] and the hooray-for-Hollywood mentality of Americans generally.

   • 2001, New York Times Staff, The New York Times Book Reviews 2000, page 2176:

     Gottlieb and Kimball feature those songs that became the lullaby of Broadway, a hooray for Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley bullion.