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Welcome to From Beneath the Hollywood Sign.

If you love old movies, Hollywood history, or the golden age of filmmaking, you've come to the right place.

This is the podcast that talks about amazing stories of Tinseltown from another era and fascinating conversations with writer-producer Steve Kubine and actress writer Nan McNamara.

So Steve, did Ava Gardner and Howard Hughes have a good relationship?

Well, they did until he dislocated her jaw.

What?

Well, don't worry. She hit him back with an ashtray.

From beneath the Hollywood sign is the gin joint for you.

Well, my friends, we have another failed future megacity. Again, honestly, it feels weird

that the sheer amount of stories that I could talk about that is that exact same scenario is

simply astounding. But really, it didn't have to be that way, and it's crazy, because the start of

this sounds like a feel-good story suitable for a movie script.

Headline, Local Boy Makes It as a Musician, Gains Worldwide Fame becoming wildly rich and represents his country proudly.

Not only does he want to give back to his community, but he wants to build something big,

something the likes of which has never been seen before in the world.

Will he succeed, or will he take advantage of the trust of those who supported him when no one knew his name? It really does sound like something you would see on the back of a DVD box. Except in this instance, it's not a movie storyline. It's actually happening. Or it has happened, I guess you could say. So sit back, my friends, and relax, and let me tell you the story of Senegal's favorite son and how his big dreams would disintegrate into more empty promises in a continent that is sick of these sorts of things happening, because, oh dear God, are they way too frequent? Yeah, that's right. We're talking about the plans for Acon City, and why it will always remain just a dream made in 3D concept art. But first, we're going to have to go back in time and explain some context in order to build this story in the first place. Now, from the beginning here, my friends, Acon's name is not simply Acon. He has a much, much, much longer name, which I probably am going to fail to pronounce, have pulled up specifically the pronunciation of this here in order to try and say it right.

So please bear with me, my friends from Senegal.

Aliyuna Damala, Bugatim, Puru, Naka, Lululu, Badara, Acon Cham.

Did I do it? I think I did it. Please, Google. Please have not failed me now.

Either way, this individual, more commonly known as Acon, is a Senegalese singer who came to fame by initially performing as part of refugee camp, part of the extended musical family of the Fugees.

As early as 1996, Acon was involved in the music scene and made some powerful connections in the hip-hop and R&B industry, which led to his debut solo album, Trouble, being released in 2004. He scored a top 10 hit with a single

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