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Taking place in Hollywood (8,2)

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I believe the answer is:

standing in

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'taking' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with ownership as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'place in hollywood' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'place' could be 'stand' (stand is a kind of place) and 'stand' is located in the answer.
'in' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'gin' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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