They never showed this at the Oscars: After all the A-list glamour, a look at life on the streets for Tinseltown's forgotten homeless

After the red carpet is rolled away and the likes of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt retire from clinking their glasses, the vision of Hollywood at once remains the place where dreams are made.



In reality, the underbelly of the city tells a very different story from the fairytale ending of Oscar night.

In view of the Hollywood and Highland Center, where Meryl Streep and Jean Dujardin thanked the Academy for their golden statuettes, a homeless man makes his way down the street before sunrise, while others worse for wear beg for change on the Walk of Fame.

Down and out: Homeless men sitting on Hollywood Walk of Fame stars on Hollywood Boulevard beg for money to buy beer in Hollywood, California early February 21

Sleeping through sunrise: A homeless man sleeps in a doorway in the early morning hours along Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 22

Down Hollywood Boulevard, Oscar host Billy Crystal joked: 'Nothing can take the sting out of the world's economic problems like watching millionaires present each other with golden statues.'

It was an apt description if the enormous gulf between the glamour of the Academy Awards and the lives of some Hollywood residents.

According to the L.A. Times, the median household income in Hollywood is $33,684 - far under the annuals of the city's A-list.

Until next year's crop rolls in, these are the residents hoping for their next big break.

Down the street: A portion of Hollywood Boulevard is closed for the annual Academy Awards as crews build the red carpet arrival area on February 22

Underbelly: The El Capitan Theatre, across the street from the site of the 84th Academy Awards, is reflected in graffiti-covered windows on February 21

Cloaked: A homeless man makes his way down Hollywood Boulevard before sunrise in Hollywood, California on February 22

Tinseltown: Store front metal doors on Hollywood boulevard depict the image of film director Alfred Hitchcock as a man in a wheelchair sips on a drink on February 22

Strut: A man wearing women's clothing walks down Hollywood Boulevard on February 22

Shocked: A homeless man who goes by the name of Super Tweeker shows a ring he says is encrusted with diamonds on Hollywood Boulevard on February 20

Getting by: Josh Douglas, 19, left, and Dawn Taylor, 22, sit on a bench on Hollywood Boulevard as the sun rises near the site of the 84th Academy Awards on February 23

Ticketed: People line up inside a multiple services business that also assists people with tickets for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol on Hollywood Boulevard on February 20

Emergency: A victim of an alleged assault is taken to an ambulance near Hollywood Boulevard on February 21

Bizarre: A man with an unknown medical problem is wheeled to an ambulance past a Hollywood superhero impersonator wearing a Bumble Bee costume near the site of the 84th Oscars, on February 20

'STDs Suck': A billboard offering testing for sexually-transmitted diseases is seen above an Oscar billboard on February 23

Hollywood Blvd: A homeless man begs for money to buy marijuana on February 20, left, and a Scientology building is shown along the busy street on February 22, right

Passing by: Pedestrians walk past closed shops along Hollywood Boulevard on February 22

Moving on: A skateboarder pushes past a closed store front along Hollywood Boulevard on February 22 Eerie: A person enters a door next to an image of horror movie actor Vincent Price on the security door of a business on Hollywood Boulevard on February 20

Early morning: A shop displays its wares on its window along Hollywood Boulevard on February 22 Glamour: A wig store shows off its products in a store front window on Hollywood Boulevard

Intersection: A street sign lights Hollywood Boulevard, where the rich and famous clash with the homeless