The newly renamed Dolby Theatre, located at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Street, is the most famous one in a series of commercial buildings in the Hollywood & Highland Center.
The midday sun hung high in the sky, its golden light falling on the posters at the main entrance of the Dolby Theatre, yet it could not brighten the darkness of the Batman's backdrop.
By this time, movie fans were already converging on the center.
On this stretch of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, there were many Batmans and Jokers wandering about.
In an old warehouse on Highland Street, the lights were brightly lit, and three young men around twenty-five or twenty-six were each busily applying makeup.
They painted their faces a ghastly white and drew on exaggerated blood-red mouths, looking fierce and terrifying.
Three black Joker-themed coats were worn by them respectively.
