Solution: Web and TV broadcast about celebrities - NYT Crossword

This is probably not a very obscure reference, although it is not exactly what I think of when I think of the gossip website and broadcast that comprise the TMZ franchise — I leaned toward “TMZ on TV” before TMZLIVE. I did not know that TMZ stood for “thirty-mile zone,” an imaginary circle around an intersection in Hollywood that is used to denote local (rather than on-location) cinematic and TV productions. It’s not something I ever thought about, but for decades movies and shows have been produced in this zone, as studios and unions agreed that work done within this circle would be local and therefore tons cheaper, which is really critical to the continued centralization of Hollywood. It is also why a lot of exterior shots probably seem familiar, if you are good at noticing that kind of thing (“Avatar,” which features the Navi of 5D, was filmed on a sound stage in the TMZ — and in New Zealand).