Hollywood Hotel Hollywood and Highland complex Dolby (formerly Kodak) Theatre Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood
Multiple accounts exist for the origin of the star concept. According to one, the historic Hollywood Hotel—which stood for more than fifty years on Hollywood Boulevard at the site now occupied by the Hollywood and Highland complex and the Dolby (formerly Kodak) Theatre—displayed stars on its dining room ceiling above the tables favored by its most famous celebrity patrons, and that may have served as an early inspiration. By another account, the stars were "inspired ... by Sugarman's Tropics Restaurant drinks menu, which featured celebrity photos framed in gold stars".
