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Andy Warhol Surfaces on the Lower East Side

There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.

· Andy Warhol is on His Way to the LES: Curbed scored some shots of the Thompson LES pool, which is developing nicely and looks like it just may be finished by the time the weather climbs above 70 in NYC again. [Curbed]

· Detroit Hotel Gets a New look: The 84-year-old Westin Book Cadillac Hotel in Detroit just got a huge makeover and restoration to the tune of $200 million. [NY Times]

· Eminem Gives the Greenwich Hotel What it Deserves: In NYC to promote his new book, rapper Eminem stayed at the Greenwich Hotel and was a total diva to the staff -- they were "under no circumstances allowed to make eye contact with him and absolutely not to speak to him at all." Ha. [Freep]

· Hilton Messed with the Wrong Dude: A Hilton HHonors member (and frequent business traveler) was told that, though there were rooms available at a Washington, D.C. Hilton, he couldn't check in at all on the day he wanted to come because the front desk agents would be busy with a big group. He then proceeded to write into the NY Times. Yup. [NY Times]

· Anne Hathaway at the W French Quarter?: We're 99% sure this (sorta unflattering) photo of Anne Hathaway was snapped at the W French Quarter in New Orleans. [Perez Hilton]

[Photo: Curbed]