Pacific Palisades is a coastal neighborhood in the Westside of the city of Los Angeles, California, located among Brentwood to the east, Malibu and Topanga to the west, Santa Monica to the southeast, the Santa Monica Bay to the southwest, and the Santa Monica Mountains to the north. It is about 9 miles northwest of the UCLA campus. The area currently has about 24,651 residents. Of those residents it is estimated that 11,799 are males and 12,852 are females. It is primarily a residential area, with a mixture of large private homes, small houses, condominiums, and apartments.
Hilary Ann Swank is an American actress and film producer. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her career, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Critics Choice Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Kate Garry Hudson is an American actress, singer, author and fashion designer. She rose to prominence for her performance in the film Almost Famous (2000), for which she won a Golden Globe and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Raising Helen (2004), The Skeleton Key (2005), You, Me and Dupree (2006), Fool's Gold (2008), Bride Wars (2009), Nine (2009), and Deepwater Horizon (2016).
The Tennis Channel was founded on court one at the tennis center by Steve Bellamy the founder of Palisades Tennis Center after he was frustrated by how little tennis was on television set against how popular tennis was at his center.
Steve Bellamy is an entrepreneur in sports and entertainment best known for the founding of niche cable television networks, including the Tennis Channel, The Surf Channel, The Skate Channel and The Ski Channel. He is also a writer/director/producer of six feature films, including Winter and The Story. Bellamy was named Kodak president of motion picture and entertainment in October 2015.
LiveBall is a game made up at the tennis center that is now used all over the world.
Vincent Spadea is a former ATP Tour professional tennis player from the United States.
Taylor Phillip Dent is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21, winning 4 singles titles.
Donald Oliver Young Jr. is an American professional tennis player.
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