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first christian church of north hollywood
from what about bob? posted in movies by pete_nice
Bob Wiley (Bill Murray) marries Dr. Leo Marvin's sister, Lily Marvin, (aka Fran Brill) in this church at the end of the 1991 film, What About Bob?
view full location details...drug checkpoint on i-10
from snoop dogg, willie nelson, fiona apple posted in music by pete_nice
On Interstate 10 near the west Texas town of Sierra Blanca, the border patrol has set up a quasi-legal checkpoint with drug-sniffing dogs that has been a boon to the local economy. Lawyers in the area specialize in defending drug arrests.
Among the celebrities to have been arrested in Sierra Blanca for marijuana possession include Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Fiona Apple, and the first guy to hack the iPhone and the PS3, "geohot" (aka George Hotz).
view full location details...hank and marie schrader’s house
from breaking bad posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
Hank and Marie's adobe abode in Breaking Bad is in an expensive and elevated neighborhood in Albuquerque just west of the Sandia Mountains.
view full location details...old lee county courthouse
from elvis presley posted in music by donkeyoti
From an Elvis plaque outside the courthouse:
"In 1946, Tupelo radio station WELO broadcast weekly music jamborees from the Courthouse. Mississippi Slim, who had his own show on WELO, arranged for Elvis to perform at the jamboree. Elvis' dream was to become as famous as Mississippi Slim and to have his own radio show some day."
view full location details...221b baker street
from sherlock holmes (bbc) posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
Because of traffic on Baker Street and the fact 221B Baker Street houses The Sherlock Holmes Museum, the exteriors for the Sherlock Holmes flat in the Benedict Cumberbatch BBC version of Sherlock were shot next to Speedy's Sandwich Bar & Cafe on North Gower in London a little over a mile from the address made famous in the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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