This capital of Slovenia has 2 sets of "LJ"'s in its name
Ljubljana
NBA:
Utah
Jazz
This 5-letter word for anything bad also means to be infested with parasitic insects
lousy
2-word term for the principal female singer in an opera; some can be temperamental
prima donna
College professor & counselor Sean McGuire in Good Will Hunting
Robin Williams

Kings Canyon in this country's Northern Territory offers some spectacular views
Australia
NBA:
Oklahoma City
Thunder
This 10-letter word for evil schemes means belonging to or involving the devil
diabolical
The name of this small flute is Italian for "small"
a piccolo
Donald Rumsfeld in Vice
Steve Carell
This strategic body of water is also called the Arabian Gulf
the Persian Gulf
NHL:
Colorado
Avalanche
This word for "hateful" is related to the present-day French word "haine", meaning "hatred"
heinous
Meaning "little book", it's the words of an opera
libretto
Car salesman Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo
William H. Macy
The Pecos River rises in Mora County, New Mexico, heads into Texas & empties into this river
the Rio Grande
NHL:
Minnesota
Wild
If someone calls you this, it can mean you are inadequate (or you arouse compassion)
pitiful
A coda is a passage at the end of a work; in Italian it means this part of an animal
the tail
Speech therapist Lionel Logue in The King's Speech
Geoffrey Rush
The name of this Hawaiian island is also the Hawaiian word for a roofed porch
Lanai
MLS:
Chicago
Fire
Not "were" but this 4-letter word for dreadful comes before the name of an extinct wolf
dire
Chopin taught this style of playing with linked notes, the opposite of staccato, which he called "a pigeon hunt"
legato
German actor Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire
Willem Dafoe