Hollywood in 2025 is a city caught between nostalgia and reinvention—where the Walk of Fame glimmers under LED billboards and old studios wrestle with streaming-era disruption. The big productions have thinned, but the passion hasn’t; indie creators, influencers, and AI-driven storytellers now share the spotlight. It’s still a place where dreams go to make it—or break—but the rules are being rewritten in real time.