Hollywood is used as a means of control. People like their entertainment, movies are entertaining. A mere few decades ago there was not TV 24/7 with hundreds of channels but instead just a few channels.

People would have to find normal things to do like go outdoors. Tom Hanks has made some movies I like but I so rarely watch movies in recent years that it won't bother me to not watch them.

Most movies I watch are more likely indie films, lower budget but sometimes surprisingly good. TV and movies have only been around for mere decades, less than 100 years probably. Humans have been around for many thousands of years just from recorded history.

During those thousands of years people must have found things to do for entertainment, just saying.