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TIL Paramount Pictures and city officials faced backlash after erecting a 75 ft-tall cutout of Holli Would, main character from the film Cool World (1992), atop the Hollywood Sign; Mayor Johnny Grant said, "This is the last time the Hollywood sign will ever be used for commercial purposes. "

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