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  • Caliente Tropics Resort from “Alpha Dog”

    Caliente Tropics Resort from “Alpha Dog”

    ‘ Another location that I dragged the Grim Cheaper out to stalk while visiting the Palm Springs area two weekends ago was the Caliente Tropics Resort which appeared in the ultra-disturbing 2006 movie Alpha Dog. I found this location thanks to fave stalking book Hollywood Escapes: The Moviegoer’s Guide to Exploring Southern California’s Great Outdoors,…

  • Afton Arms – “The Boys Next Door” Apartment Building

    Afton Arms – “The Boys Next Door” Apartment Building

    ‘ A couple of months ago, Mike, from MovieShotsLA, informed me of a location that he thought was right up my alley due to its vast and storied Hollywood history – the Afton Arms apartment building from the movie The Boys Next Door.  After Mike mentioned it, I attempted to watch the 1985 flick –…

  • Audrina’s New Pad!

    Audrina’s New Pad!

    ‘ I have to admit that I shed a little tear during Monday night’”‘”‘s episode of The Hills as Audrina’”‘”‘s moving truck pulled away from the home she formerly shared with Lauren and Lo. With both Whitney and Audrina seemingly moving on from The Hills, I really hope this doesn’”‘”‘t signal the end of the…

  • Franklin Library from “Beautiful Girls”

    Franklin Library from “Beautiful Girls”

    ‘ The final Beautiful Girls filming location that I stalked while visiting Minnesota this past May was the library where Tommy “Birdman” Rowland (aka Matt Dillon) met up with his married girlfriend Darian Smalls (aka Lauren Holly) and her daughter, Kristen (aka Sarah Katz), towards the end of the flick.  I found this location, once…

  • Hall of Justice

    Hall of Justice

    ‘ In the early hours of August 5th, 1962, screen star Marilyn Monroe was found dead in the bedroom of her Brentwood home.  Later that same day, her body was brought to the Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles for an autopsy.  I only learned that factoid a couple of years ago and immediately…

  • Scully’s Bar from “Parks and Recreation”

    Scully’s Bar from “Parks and Recreation”

    ‘ I thought I would take a break today from Behind the Candelabra/Liberace locations to blog about a spot that I spent what seems like forever trying to track down – Clancy’s Crab Broiler in Glendale, the Irish-style bar that has appeared a couple of times on fave show Parks and Recreation.  I can’t actually…

  • Beverly Hills, 90210!

    Beverly Hills, 90210!

    ‘ If you lived out your high school years sometime during the nineties, I am sure you were as obsessed with as I was. Big houses, fancy cars, expensive clothes, Luke Perry – what was not to love about the teen soap opera? The Walsh Family’s Spanish Style Beverly Hills home was the very first…

  • Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace from “Ingrid Goes West”

    Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace from “Ingrid Goes West”

    ‘ Ingrid Goes West is perhaps the most topically poignant movie I’ve ever seen!  Centering around Ingrid Thorburn (Aubrey Plaza), a fragile young woman who picks up and moves from Pennsylvania to L.A. in the hopes of ingratiating herself into the life of influencer Taylor Sloane (Elizabeth Olsen), the 2017 black comedy highlights the pitfalls…

  • Nakatomi Plaza from “Die Hard”

    Nakatomi Plaza from “Die Hard”

    ‘ Because we are currently knee deep in the middle of the Christmas Season – which just so happens to be my favorite season 🙂 –  I decided to focus my next few blog posts on locations featured in holiday movies.   And what better way to start off those Christmas posts than to blog about…

  • The Witch’s House from “Clueless”

    The Witch’s House from “Clueless”

    ‘ One of my favorite sites to stalk in all of Beverly Hills is known simply as “The Witch’”‘”‘s House” and it just so happens to fit in perfectly with this month’”‘”‘s Halloween theme. Although not really a filming location, the house is a Beverly Hills landmark of sorts. Known formally as “The Spadena House”,…