A random selection from the site

  • The Canadian Ambassador’s Residence from “Argo”

    The Canadian Ambassador’s Residence from “Argo”

    ‘ Last week, while scanning through Argo to make screen captures for my post on the Veterans Affairs Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center in North Hills, which stood in for the Tehran American Embassy in the flick, I got completely sucked in and had to force myself to turn the thing off.  Then, the Grim Cheaper…

  • The “Ghost Dad” House

    The “Ghost Dad” House

    ‘ Long before I ever moved to Southern California, I purchased the Ultimate Hollywood Tour Book and was absolutely mesmerized by what I found inside.  One whole chapter of the tome is dedicated to filming locations in Pasadena and its environs and when my family and I did relocate to the Crown City in 2000,…

  • Shannen Doherty’s Former Mulholland Drive Rental

    Shannen Doherty’s Former Mulholland Drive Rental

    ‘ Another locale that I found thanks to Hollywood Death and Scandal Sites, the fabulous book written by my buddy E.J. of The Movieland Directory, was the house at 13459 Mulholland Drive that was once rented by my girl Shannen Doherty and that was also the location of her ill-fated 1993 nuptials to Ashley Hamilton,…

  • Hollywood Tower

    Hollywood Tower

    ‘ “The next time you check into a deserted hotel on the dark side of Hollywood, make sure you know just what kind of vacancy you’”‘”‘re filling.  Or you may find yourself a permanent resident… of The Twilight Zone.”  So says Rod Serling at the end of Disney World’s popular The Twilight Zone Tower of…

  • The “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” Apartment Building

    The “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” Apartment Building

    ‘ A couple of weeks ago, fellow stalker Owen set out upon a mission to try to track down the Spanish-style apartment building where Peter Bretter (aka Jason Segal) lived in the 2008 romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall.  He emailed a few screen captures of the building to me and to the rest of “the…

  • Noodles’ House from “A Star Is Born”

    Noodles’ House from “A Star Is Born”

    ‘ News outlets are reporting that Lady Gaga can’t seem to let go of her A Star Is Born character.  Well, I am apparently having a hard time letting go of the movie’s locations because here I am yet again with yet another site from the film (you can read my other ASIB posts here,…

  • Where Music and Passion Are Always the Fashion

    Where Music and Passion Are Always the Fashion

    ‘ I can now die a happy woman because on Valentine’”‘”‘s Day I got to hear “Copacabana” sung live and in person by none other than Barry Manilow himself!! My boss had Valentine’”‘”‘s Day tickets to Barry’”‘”‘s “An Evening of Music and Passion” at the Staples Center in Downtown LA, but his wife ended up…

  • Rye Playland

    Rye Playland

    ‘ Another location that fellow stalker Owen visited a few weeks back while spending the day in Rye, New York was the amusement park featured at the very end of the 1988 Tom Hanks movie Big.  Rye Playland, which is also called Playland Amusement Park or just simply Playland and is run by Westchester County,…

  • Pasadena’s “Big Bang Theory” Way Sign

    Pasadena’s “Big Bang Theory” Way Sign

    ‘ God is in the details, as they say.  And it truly is the details, aka the little things, that I miss about living in L.A.  For example, while perusing Instagram recently, I came across an image posted by amylove33 of a street sign in Old Town Pasadena reading “Big Bang Theory Way.”  I was,…

  • New “L.A.” Mag Post – Happy Birthday, Hef!

    New “L.A.” Mag Post – Happy Birthday, Hef!

    ‘ Be sure to check out today’s Los Angeles magazine post – about the Playboy Mansion’s many appearances onscreen and the 89th birthday of its famous owner.  My articles typically get published in the late morning/early afternoon hours. ‘