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With dozens of TV shows and movies, including One Tree Hill and Iron Man 3, having been shot there recently, Wilmington, N.C. has become one of Hollywood’s favorite filming locations!

Now, you can find out for yourself why filmmakers love Wilmington by entering to win “Wilmington, N.C.’s Historic River District and Island Beaches Sweepstakes” through May 31, 2013.

The sweepstakes’ lucky winner will tour Wilmington, NC’s Historic River District and Island Beaches, including a visit to the boutiques, pubs, and cafes along the nearly two-mile-long Riverwalk and stops at the aquariums, boardwalks and surf spots of Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, and Wrightsville Beach.

Here’s a look at everything included in the sweepstakes package:

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Chicago Fire didn’t just film its first season in Chicago, it made the city another character on the show by featuring many of the city’s landmarks and lesser known neighborhoods in each episode.

One of the locations Chicago Fire used again and again throughout season one was Lottie’s Pub, located at 1925 W. Cortland St. in Bucktown.

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AMC’s reality show Freakshow is giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at Todd Ray’s Venice Beach Freakshow, where he brings together all things bizarre and unique, including two-headed animals, strange artifacts, eccentric performers and human wonders.

The series largely focuses on the famous attraction, which is located at 909 Ocean Front Walk in Venice, CA and open to the public daily.

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Pilot season is in full swing which means there are more than 80 potential new shows going into production this month. It also means there are more chances to attend the filming of some of these pilots and be among the first to see what may be one of next season’s big hits.

Currently, Audiences Unlimited is providing free tickets to several pilots shooting in Los Angeles including the Untitled Sean Hayes Project starring Sean Hayes and Echo Kellum (Ben & Kate), Friends With Better Lives starring James Van Der Beek, Brooklyn Decker, and Kevin Connolly, and Mom starring Allison Janney Anna Faris.

To get tickets to see the taping of these pilots and others, visit http://www.tvtickets.com/pilots.htm.

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We called it!

With The Veronica Mars Movie filming (presumably) in San Diego this summer, an appearance by the cast at Comic-Con would be a no-brainer.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the movie will shoot between mid-June and mid-July and creator Rob Thomas is already planning on bringing some footage to SDCC!

“We’re hoping to go to Comic-Con, maybe have some footage to show at Comic-Con,” he said. “We have a documentary following the making of the movie.”

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The highly anticipated movie Divergent is expected to begin filming in Chicago on April 1st so we thought it would be a good time to recap what we know about the shoot so far and set up a post where fans can discuss the latest.

- Movie is based on Veronica Roth’s young adult novel about a teenage girl living in a dystopian Chicago.

- Shailene Woodley will play the lead character Tris.

- Theo James will play Four.

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With the Oscars taking place this weekend, it seemed there was no better time for cities across Virginia to come together to create a Lincoln Movie Trail.

The trail will give visitors the opportunity to take a self-guided tour of locations used in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated film Lincoln.

The trail includes landmarks, hotels, and restaurants in Richmond and Petersburg that were either used as filming locations or visited by the cast and crew.

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