Astronomers arguably made the most accurate measure of the distance to Polaris in the mid-1990s. The star, five times as massive as the sun, is a so-called Classical Cepheid: a rapidly aging giant star that has used up its hydrogen fuel and is now burning helium in its core.
Dallas-based Studio Movie Grill has grown from two locations to 24 theaters located in nine different states. By the end of 2018, Schultz plans to open another eight locations. This month, the company announced new locations opening in 2017 in Bakersfield, California, Marietta, Georgia and Seminole, Florida.
The greatest studio in the history of Hollywood was never really in Hollywood. The vast studios of Metro Goldwyn Mayer (M-G-M) were actually located in humble Culver City, some seven miles southwest of Hollywood & Vine, closer to Marina Del Rey than to Hollywood. The studios were born in 1915 as Triangle Pictures. The first building on the lot (the huge edifice fronting Washington Street, with its classical colonnades) was built before M-G-M even owned the lot. The studio became Metro Goldwyn Mayer in 1924, and the rest is Hollywood history.