Places that inspired scenes in Oscar-nominated movies

NEW YORK - 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.

Part of “Moonlight” was shot in Jimmy’s Eastside Diner in Miami. Scenic spots around Los Angeles featured in “La La Land” included the Hermosa Beach Pier. And in Pittsburgh, “Fences” was filmed in a house that perfectly evokes playwright “August Wilson’s world,” according to his widow.

Other movies with connections to real places include “Manchester by the Sea,” filmed in coastal towns near Boston, and “Hidden Figures,” about African-American women who worked for NASA in Virginia, where several attractions may be of interest to fans.

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This musical love letter to Los Angeles includes shots of many recognizable destinations around the city. Among them: Griffith Observatory,

“La La Land”:

AP The Route 66 Casino west of Albuquerque, N.M., along historic Route 66, was among the locations featured in “Hell or High Water.”