http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T16:54:16Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Celeb%20Scoop http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/10/125434/58 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/32083/butterflies.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><i>Butterflies on the ceiling of Bar Marmont</i> <p>Cocktail culture is a different breed in Los Angeles. This is a town known for "doing lunch," after all. Aspiring screenwriters and actors usually work during the day and hit clubs late at night, and slick producers hustle deals both during afternoon meetings and after hours. Happy Hour just isn't as popular here as it is in other cities you might visit. <p>And what makes choosing a bar even more difficult in LA is the rate of trend turnaround; one week some place is <i>the</i> place to be, the next you wouldn't find a <i>Twilight</i> cast member caught dead there. <p>Recently, the erstwhile travel reporter Jen Leo tweeted <a href="http://twitter.com/HotelChatter"><b>@HotelChatter</b></a> Heidi Atwal 2009-11-11T16:51:13-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/15/12186/7592 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/ladygagamarcjacobs.jpg" class="top"><p> Fashion Week is in full force in NYC and while our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/10/13232/7485/hotels/The_Top_Three_New_York_Fashion_Week_Hotels">Top Three Hotels</a> for Fashion Week are seeing some consistent action, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Maritime+Hotel/local/13"><b>Maritime Hotel</b></a> was the scene of FW's most coveted affair, the <b>Marc Jacobs</b> show's after-party which took place inside the <a href="http://www.themaritimehotel.com/hiroBallroom.html">Hiro Ballroom.</a> Hosted by <i>V Magazine</i> and sponsored by Belvedere Vodka, the party featured a performance from <b>Lady Gaga</b> who was fresh off her Best New Artist VMA and continuing the "blood look" with a blood red lace outfit.<p> Celebs in attendance ran the gamut from serious fashion designers like Alexander Wang to respected photographers like Mario Testino, new and old divas like Estelle, Ciara, Toni Braxton and Janet Jackson to juliana 2009-09-15T12:56:02-05:00 40.7420708 -74.003869 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/9/11/17238/0824 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/jamie_gold.jpg"><p>Jamie Gold made headlines last month for several reasons. The first being that he won the World Series of Poker championship in Vegas. The second being that he may have padded his resume as a Hollywood talent agent and the third being that he allegedly promised to split his winnings with another man, who promptly filed suit when Gold didn't pony up.<p>So where's a man with all this drama supposed to seek solace? Angelina Jolie's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/4/4/175742/8246">favorite sexcapade getaway</a>, the <a href="http://beverlyhills.raffles.com"><b>Raffles L'Ermitage</b></a> in Beverly Hills.<p>Gold recently told the NY Times that his home in Malibu is not safe due to shady characters lurking outside so he hotel hops around town and the Raffles is just one of his juliana 2006-09-11T17:02:38-05:00 34.072361 -118.39571 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/9/11/123043/907 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/wyclef.jpg"><p>The Toronto Film Festival has caused Hollywood's hottest celebs to head to the North and rile up the paparazzi from Maple Leaf Land.<p>Photographers had to hold back heart attacks during Brad Pitt's conference at the <a href="http://www.suttonplace.com/"><b>Sutton Place Hotel</b></a>. His star quality pushed those Northerner's to a new level of frenzy as <a href="http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/index.html">Canada's National Post</a> reported:<p> <blockquote><p>This is a real movie star we're talking about here. Rat-a-tat-a-tatta go the camera shutters every time the maler half of Brangelina makes the slightest move. It gets to the point where Henri Behar, the Toronto International Film Festival's stalwart press conference moderator, tells the photographers to "please calm down."</blockquote></p><p><p> Penelope Cruz was at the <a href="http://www.toronto.intercontinental.com/"><b>Intercontinental Hotel</b></a> while Matt Damon talked Courtney 2006-09-11T13:22:24-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/8/23/15150/0254 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/swag_suites.jpg"><p>The IRS might be cracking down on the infamous Swag Bags handed out at such events like the upcoming Emmy Awards but product promoters are still determined to hand off their freebies to celebs.<p>Starting today at the <a href="http://www.sofitel.com/sofitel/fichehotel/gb/sof/0937/fiche_hotel.shtml"><b>Sofitel Los Angeles Hotel,</b></a> a band of swaggers, GBK productions, will be opening up their "swag suite" which will give selected celebs free stuff like Lasik eye surgery and a $22,000 Caribbean cruise. But of course, they will be abiding by the new IRS rules demanding taxed be paid on all the free goods: <blockquote><p>Tax forms will be available at the Emmy "swag suites" too. "We'll be giving them the necessary paperwork for what it's valued at," said Gavin Keilly of juliana 2006-08-23T09:20:01-05:00 34.076385 -118.37882 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/