http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-15T02:45:51Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hollywood%20Hotel%20Reviews http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/6/11/121030/312 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/sopranos_cast.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco and some of the rest of the Sopranos cast chose (i.e. were paid) to watch the series finale of their hit show at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Seminole+Hard+Rock+Hotel+and+Casino/local/200"><b>Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &amp; Casino</b></a> in Hollywood, Fl. Ironically, this is where <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/8/16159/87685/hotels/Anna+Nicole+Smith+Dies+at+the+Seminole+Hard+Rock+Hotel">Anna Nicole Smith died</a> thus ending, in a way, her own show.<p>However you want to interpret the show's ending**, the series is over and the cast celebrated its passing with a bang.<blockquote><p> The elaborate dinner, featuring a cocktail area which re-created scenes from the program, huge overhead screens to show the final episode, and special touches like a cannoli tree for deserts and cakes decorated with bullets and guns, was off limits to the average juliana 2007-06-11T12:22:48-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/23/94341/2190 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/prince_concert.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>The details on <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/22/94123/8574/hotels/Prince_To_Set_Up_Shop_at_the_Hollywood_Roosevelt">Prince's performance contract</a> at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hollywood+Roosevelt+Hotel/local/11"><b>Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel</b></a> haven't been finalized but already, reports are swirling that the musical superstart will get about $3 million for his seven week concert series set to begin on June 15. Page Six reports:<blockquote><p>"He's getting paid $3 million for the gigs - $1.5 million is coming from a clothing company, Verizon is chalking up $750,000, and the rest is covered by the hotel. Prince will also get comped rooms, food and beverages." A rep for Prince didn't return calls.</blockquote></p><p>The concerts will take place in the hotel's Blossom Room on Friday nights starting at 11pm and will run until 4 in the morning with food served at juliana 2007-05-23T09:47:36-05:00 34.100677 -118.34242 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/16/143858/009 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/freshprince_hotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>With all our favorite shows on hiatus til the May sweeps, we're stuck watching crazy old reruns of ridiculous shows from our youth. Like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fresh_Prince_of_Bel-Air">The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.</a><p>In the episode we watched last night, Will struggled with taking a very cool, but overweight girl (Queen Latifah) to the school dance.<p>What caught our eye, aside from the fact that we first watched this episode over 15 years ago, and that Queen Latifah is still as bad of an actor now as she was then, is the place where the dance was "held."<p>There's a quick exterior shot (pictured above) of a well-known hotel on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood. Although, back in the early 1990s it wasn't quite juliana 2007-03-16T14:40:57-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/12/1/101452/270 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/renaissance_hotel_hollywood.jpg"><p><br> A couple weeks back we found ourselves at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Renaissance+Hollywood+Hotel/local/112"><b>Renaissance Hollywood Hotel</b></a> at Hollywood and Highland.<p> The rooms are run-of-the-mill Marriott rooms--bed and linens on the older side, and definitely not high end. <p> The common areas are clean and make a perfect conference setting and the hotel is attached to the <a href="http://www.hollywoodandhighland.com/">Hollywood &amp; Highland Center</a>, which includes a multitude of shopping locations and a Lucky Strike.<p> However, the Hollywood &amp; Highland center also includes the David Rockwell designed, 3,500 seat Kodak Theatre. Why is this important? Well you never know who might be sharing your hotel awaiting their turn on stage at the Kodak. Who exactly? Glad you asked. While we were at the Renaissance, markj 2006-12-01T10:19:12-05:00 34.103160 -118.33877 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/11/29/112510/68 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/icon_small_hell.gif"><b>[Ed. Note: Our fearless Jaunted editor <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/user/djk/stories">Davie</a> recently had a terrifying experience with the mini-bar sensors at the <a href="http://www.renaissancehollywood.com/">Hollywood Renaissance Hotel</a> in Hollywood. The good news is she's lived to tell the tale.]</b><p>I encountered my first touch-sensitive minibar this weekend at the Renaissance in Hollywood. The sneaky element of it is concealed well. On top of the fridge is an average-looking small shelf with chips and chocolate on it. I'm not sure about the inside of the fridge because I did not dare look inside of it.<p>I was tired and hungry and picked up a package of M&Ms, contemplating whether or not I was going to eat it, and I hear a BEEP. So I looked juliana 2006-11-29T15:43:17-05:00 34.103160 -118.33877 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/