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Wilmington, arguably North Carolina's most prominent coastal city, is the home of the largest film and television production studio outside of California, the EUE/Screen Gems facility[[note]]yes, as in the Creator/ScreenGems owned by Creator/SonyPictures, EUE was an independent commercial production firm Creator/ColumbiaPictures bought into during the 1960s, resulting in a rename to "EUE/Screen Gems", even after the SG name was phased out from television; in 1982 longtime Columbia exec George Cooney bought the company after Columbia was sold to Coca-Cola. They continue to use the name and "S from Hell" logo even after Sony resurrected the name for movies in 1999[[/note]][[note]]As for the studio facility itself, it was constructed in 1984 by Italian director Dino de Laurentis, for his American company DEG; it was out of business by 1987 thanks to several high profile flops, resulting in Creator/CarolcoPictures buying the lot; they met the same fate as DEG, going out of business in 1995, with EUE/Screen Gems buying the facilities the year after[[/note]] (though it's not 'East Coast Hollywood' just yet), which produced ''Series/DawsonsCreek'', ''Series/OneTreeHill'', ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'', ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace'', and ''Film/TheCrow''.[[note]]So yes, Brandon Lee died here.[[/note]] Wilmington is also notable outside entertainment as the hometown of UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan.[[note]]Although he was born in Brooklyn while his father, an [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks Air Force]] veteran who grew up not far from Wilmington, was attending trade school; Michael arrived in North Carolina as a toddler. Nowadays, his highest-profile Carolina links are to Charlotte as the principal owner of the NBA's Hornets.[[/note]]In recent years, Winston-Salem has also become a popular site for filmmakers, especially up-and-comers, thanks to being home to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and its School of Film. Colonial-era capital city New Bern is considered to be the birthplace of Pepsi-Cola, though the company only seems to care about that when marketing the beverage to this particular state. Asheville, nestled in a river valley in the middle of the UsefulNotes/{{Appalachia}}ns, has gained a reputation in recent years as a UsefulNotes/NewAge mecca, and is also a major center for Appalachian folk art.
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Wilmington, arguably North Carolina's most prominent coastal city, is the home of the largest film and television production studio outside of California, the EUE/Screen Gems facility[[note]]yes, as in the Creator/ScreenGems owned by Creator/SonyPictures, EUE was an independent commercial production firm Creator/ColumbiaPictures bought into during the 1960s, resulting in a rename to "EUE/Screen Gems", even after the SG name was phased out from television; in 1982 longtime Columbia exec George Cooney bought the company after Columbia was sold to Coca-Cola. They continue to use the name and "S from Hell" logo even after Sony resurrected the name for movies in 1999[[/note]][[note]]As for the studio facility itself, it was constructed in 1984 by Italian director Dino de Laurentis, for his American company DEG; it was out of business by 1987 thanks to several high profile flops, resulting in Creator/CarolcoPictures buying the lot; they met the same fate as DEG, going out of business in 1995, with EUE/Screen Gems buying the facilities the year after[[/note]] (though it's not 'East Coast Hollywood' just yet), which produced ''Series/DawsonsCreek'', ''Series/OneTreeHill'', ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990'', ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace'', and ''Film/TheCrow''.''Film/TheCrow1994''.[[note]]So yes, Brandon Lee died here.[[/note]] Wilmington is also notable outside entertainment as the hometown of UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan.[[note]]Although he was born in Brooklyn while his father, an [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks Air Force]] veteran who grew up not far from Wilmington, was attending trade school; Michael arrived in North Carolina as a toddler. Nowadays, his highest-profile Carolina links are to Charlotte as the principal owner of the NBA's Hornets.[[/note]]In recent years, Winston-Salem has also become a popular site for filmmakers, especially up-and-comers, thanks to being home to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and its School of Film. Colonial-era capital city New Bern is considered to be the birthplace of Pepsi-Cola, though the company only seems to care about that when marketing the beverage to this particular state. Asheville, nestled in a river valley in the middle of the UsefulNotes/{{Appalachia}}ns, has gained a reputation in recent years as a UsefulNotes/NewAge mecca, and is also a major center for Appalachian folk art.
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One of the original [[UsefulNotes/TheThirteenAmericanColonies Thirteen Colonies]], the State of North Carolina supplied one-third of the soldiers and much of the industrial resources during the period of the Confederacy, and still has a strong industrial base. Geographically, North Carolina includes many types of terrain across its 560-mile (901-km) width--from beaches, coastal plains, and swamps in the east, through the rolling hills of the Piedmont and the Uwharrie Mountains in the center, to the highest peaks of the Appalachian Mountains in the west. It borders 4 states: UsefulNotes/{{Virginia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Tennessee}}, [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA Georgia]], and its fellow namesake, UsefulNotes/SouthCarolina.
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One of the original [[UsefulNotes/TheThirteenAmericanColonies Thirteen Colonies]], the State of North Carolina supplied one-third of the soldiers and much of the industrial resources of the Confederacy during the period of the Confederacy, [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]], and still has a strong industrial base. Geographically, North Carolina includes many types of terrain across its 560-mile (901-km) width--from beaches, coastal plains, and swamps in the east, through the rolling hills of the Piedmont and the Uwharrie Mountains in the center, to the highest peaks of the Appalachian Mountains in the west. It borders 4 states: UsefulNotes/{{Virginia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Tennessee}}, [[UsefulNotes/GeorgiaUSA Georgia]], and its fellow namesake, UsefulNotes/SouthCarolina.
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Speaking of which, sports teams come in all sizes and shapes in North Carolina between its four most prominent professional clubs and seven [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball FBS]] programs. The first of the "Big four plus one" leagues to reach the state was the UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation, with the 1988 establishment of the Charlotte Hornets. The Hornets are sort of TheUnfavourite of all the state's basketball teams, due in part to the club's byzantine official history,[[note]]In 2002, the original Hornets moved to UsefulNotes/NewOrleans due to declining popularity. After two years without an NBA presence, Charlotte was granted a new team, the Bobcats. In 2013, the New Orleans Hornets changed their names to the Pelicans, and the next year the Bobcats claimed the Hornets name and the original team's history, making them the de jure original 1988 team.[[/note]] tepid ownership,[[note]]From 2011 to 2023, the Bobcats/Hornets were owned by UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan, who was infamous for not being able to transform his skills playing for a basketball team into running a basketball team. And that's not even getting into their other owners like George Shinn (the guy responsible for moving the original Hornets to New Orleans) and Gabe Plotkin (their current owner who first made a name for himself during the [[Film/DumbMoney 2021 GameStop Short Squeeze]]).[[/note]] and for generally being TheChewToy of the NBA. Prior to the Hornets, there was the Carolina Cougars, who played in the [=ABA=] league in the late 60s and early 70s, but failed because of the popularity of the college game in the state. Charlotte is also home to the UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague's Carolina Panthers, who are also not particularly known for success (having never had back-to-back winning seasons in their history), albeit being much more successful than the Hornets.[[note]]They've reached the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl twice, losing XXXVIII to the [[Creator/TomBrady New England Patriots]] in 2004 and losing 50 to the [[Creator/PeytonManning Denver Broncos]] in 2016. Additionally, they've had noteworthy players on their roster, such as Cam Newton.[[/note]] Panthers owner David Tepper also owns the state's newest pro team, UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueSoccer's Charlotte FC. The club, established during MLS's late 2010s-early 2020s expansion push, currently plays in Bank of America Stadium, the same home as the Panthers. Up in Raleigh lies the Carolina Hurricanes, the state's UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague team. The Canes are actually both the oldest team in the region (being founded by the [[TheRival World Hockey Association]] in 1972 as the [[HollywoodNewEngland New England]] Whalers, and after the [[RivalsTeamUp NHL-WHA merger]] played as the Hartford Whalers from 1979 to 1997) as well as the most successful one, beating the Edmonton Oilers in the 2006 UsefulNotes/StanleyCup Finals for their only championship. The odd one out is UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball, who has never had a team call North Carolina its home, though expansion rumors in the early 2020s might put an end to that. Not to say that the state is devoid of baseball, as number UsefulNotes/MinorLeagueBaseball teams (such as the [[Film/BullDurham Durham Bulls]]) exist.
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Speaking of which, sports teams come in all sizes and shapes in North Carolina between its four most prominent professional clubs and seven [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball FBS]] programs. The first of the "Big four plus one" leagues to reach the state was the UsefulNotes/NationalBasketballAssociation, with the 1988 establishment of the Charlotte Hornets. The Hornets are sort of TheUnfavourite of all the state's basketball teams, due in part to the club's byzantine official history,[[note]]In 2002, the original Hornets moved to UsefulNotes/NewOrleans due to declining popularity. After two years without an NBA presence, Charlotte was granted a new team, the Bobcats. In 2013, the New Orleans Hornets changed their names to the Pelicans, and the next year the Bobcats claimed the Hornets name and the original team's history, making them the de jure original 1988 team.[[/note]] tepid ownership,[[note]]From 2011 to 2023, the Bobcats/Hornets were owned by UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan, who was infamous for not being able to transform his skills playing for a basketball team into running a basketball team. And that's not even getting into their other owners like George Shinn (the guy responsible for moving the original Hornets to New Orleans) and Gabe Plotkin (their current owner who first made a name for himself during the [[Film/DumbMoney 2021 GameStop Short Squeeze]]).[[/note]] and for generally being TheChewToy of the NBA. Prior to the Hornets, there was the Carolina Cougars, who played in the [=ABA=] league in the late 60s and early 70s, Triangle area from 1969-1974, but failed folded because of the popularity of the college game in the state. Charlotte is also home to the UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague's Carolina Panthers, who are also not particularly known for success (having never had back-to-back winning seasons in their history), albeit being much more successful than the Hornets.[[note]]They've reached the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl twice, losing XXXVIII to the [[Creator/TomBrady New England Patriots]] in 2004 and losing 50 to the [[Creator/PeytonManning Denver Broncos]] in 2016. Additionally, they've had noteworthy players on their roster, such as Cam Newton.[[/note]] Panthers owner David Tepper also owns the state's newest pro team, UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueSoccer's Charlotte FC. The club, established during MLS's late 2010s-early 2020s expansion push, currently plays in Bank of America Stadium, the same home as the Panthers. Up in Raleigh lies the Carolina Hurricanes, the state's UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague team. The Canes are actually both the oldest team in the region (being founded by the [[TheRival World Hockey Association]] in 1972 as the [[HollywoodNewEngland New England]] Whalers, and after the [[RivalsTeamUp NHL-WHA merger]] played as the Hartford Whalers from 1979 to 1997) as well as the most successful one, beating the Edmonton Oilers in the 2006 UsefulNotes/StanleyCup Finals for their only championship. The odd one out is UsefulNotes/MajorLeagueBaseball, who has never had a team call North Carolina its home, though expansion rumors in the early 2020s might put an end to that. Not to say that the state is devoid of baseball, as number UsefulNotes/MinorLeagueBaseball teams (such as the [[Film/BullDurham Durham Bulls]]) exist.
