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  • The “All of My Heart” Farmhouse

    The “All of My Heart” Farmhouse

    ‘ It seems that every time I turn around lately, I come across someone who is obsessed with Hallmark Channel made-for-television movies. First it was my grandma, who couldn’t stop talking about them at Christmas.  Around that same time, I started hearing about the flicks from my uncle’s girlfriend, who binge-watches them like crazy, much…

  • Sara’s House from “Grandfathered”

    Sara’s House from “Grandfathered”

    ‘ I always find it amusing when the exterior of a home is changed between a television show’s pilot and its subsequent episodes (which happens often, as I have mentioned numerous times on this site), but the interior is kept the same.  Such was the case with the ranch-style residence where Sara (Paget Brewster, who…

  • New “L.A.” Mag Post – The “Malcolm in the Middle” House

    New “L.A.” Mag Post – The “Malcolm in the Middle” House

    ‘ Don’t forget to read today’s Los Angeles magazine post – about the Malcolm in the Middle house – here.  My columns typically get published in the late morning/early afternoon hours. ‘

  • All Marilyn, All the Time!

    All Marilyn, All the Time!

    ‘ I dragged my mom to Hollywood last Friday to do a little Marilyn stalking. She wasn’”‘”‘t too keen on the idea, but I was absolutely dying to do something I had yet to do in all the years I have lived in LA – I wanted to put my hands in Marilyn Monroe’”‘”‘s handprints…

  • Lana Turner’s Former House -The Johnny Stompanato Murder Site

    Lana Turner’s Former House -The Johnny Stompanato Murder Site

    ‘ My grandma, who loves reading Hollywood biographies just as much as I do, recently gifted me with a book about the life of legendary film idol Lana Turner, authored by the star’s only daughter, Cheryl Crane.  The ginormous tome, which must weigh at least twenty pounds (not kidding!), is named LANA: The Memories, the…

  • The Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead House

    The Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead House

    ‘ Thought I’d take a little break today from writing about New York filming locations as there is a movie house that Mike, from MovieShotsLA, and I stalked a few weeks back that I am just dying to blog about – Christina Applegate’s home from fave movie Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead!  I swear,…

  • The Silent Movie Theatre

    The Silent Movie Theatre

    ‘ I am very excited to announce that I recently started writing for the L.A. Tourism & Convention Board website, Discover Los Angeles.  I have done two posts for the site so far – one on iconic horror movie locations and another about area hotels that have been immortalized onscreen.  Before I was given my…

  • Whitey Bulger’s Former Apartment

    Whitey Bulger’s Former Apartment

    ‘ It is finally that time of year again – October 1st, the start of my Haunted Hollywood postings.  And I could not be more excited, so let’s get to it!  The October 2013 issue of Los Angeles magazine featured an absolutely enthralling article about the arrest of the infamous Boston mobster James “Whitey” Bulger. …

  • The “Never Been Kissed” Prom

    The “Never Been Kissed” Prom

    ‘ A couple of weeks ago, thanks to fellow stalker Chas, I was able to stalk the location of South Glen South High School’”‘”‘s prom from the 1999 movie Never Been Kissed.   Chas and I both knew that the prom interiors had been filmed at the Ebell of Los Angeles – a women’”‘”‘s educational and philanthropic club which has a long and storied film history…

  • Mr. Big’s Church

    Mr. Big’s Church

    ‘ One New York location that I have long been wanting to stalk is the church featured in the Season One episode of entitled “Oh Come All Ye Faithful”. In the episode Carrie, while doing some research on religion for her weekly column, stumbles upon Big and his mother coming out of a church one…