In this April 26, 2015, file photo, daffodils grow on Mount Washington overlooking the skyline of downtown Pittsburgh, at the confluence of the Monongahela River, right, Allegheny River, left, to form the Ohio River. FILE – In this Feb. 10, 2017, file photo, a student walks past “Dippy the Dinosaur”, a life-size statue of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s first dinosaur find, a Diplodocus carnegii, in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh.
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Real places that inspired scenes in Oscar-nominated films
Part of ‘Moonlight’ were shot in Jimmy’s Eastside Diner in Miami, ‘La La Land’ had the Hermosa Beach Pier in Los Angeles Places that inspired scenes in Oscar-nominated films Part of ‘Moonlight’ were shot in Jimmy’s Eastside Diner in Miami, ‘La La Land’ had the Hermosa Beach Pier in Los Angeles Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/2lxGtt8 A pedestrian walks past a street mural in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles that was featured in the musical “La La Land.” A diner in Miami, a house in Pittsburgh and a pier in Los Angeles: All of them are real places where Oscar-nominated movies were filmed.
2Do this week, Jan. 22-28: Cultural events around Pittsburgh
New York Times best-selling author Chris Bohjalian appears at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland, at 7 p.m. as part of the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures New & Noted series. Mr. Bohjalian, best known for the thrillers “The Guest Room” and “Midwives,” will be discussing his latest book, “The Sleepwalker” – the mesmerizing story of a wife and mother who vanishes from her bed late one night.