Iowa, Illinois, and Nebraska are the liguistic center of America?

The dialect spoken in Hollywood is the de facto American English, the way the dialect spoken in London is de facto UK English: purely because of influence.

Among older generations, yeah, that claim seems right.

>>78071017
American English spoken in Hollywood is not General American?

>>78071228
No it isn't

It's a west coast accent, not like the sort of things you'll find the in Middle America

>>78070914
>General American
no such thing

Yes, midwest is probably the most standard

>>78073087
>every Hollywood actor is originally from California