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Inside The Hollywood Roosevelt's Tower Rooms
While off about the world, staying in everything from bed-and-breakfasts to five-star hotels, don't forget that you need some transportation to reach these places. Over at Jaunted, we've been covering the launch of Jetblue's inaugural LAX routes, and the airline was kind enough to put us up at the good old Hollywood Roosevelt, conveniently around the corner from their afterparty at the club MyHouse.
Since we've already been to this hotel previously, staying in a cabana-level room, we'll make this review of our night in a tower-level room short and sweet.
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Jimmy Kimmel and Ben Affleck Do It at the Hollywood Roosevelt
It seems that hotels are the best places to film fake break-up movies.
Last month, Sarah Silverman and Matt Damon put out a hilarious video/song called, "I'm F-ing Matt Damon" which was filmed at Miami Beach's Delano Hotel.
For a while now we heard Jimmy Kimmel would do a video response called, "I'm F-ing Ben Affleck" and here it is. This video was filmed at the Hollywood Roosevelt..
We still love the original, but this is pretty funny. Brad Pitt appears as a FedEx man, and there's a "We Are the World" type of scene that has tons of celebs and musicians from Cameron Diaz to Robin Williams to Joan Jett, Macy Gray, Perry Farrell, Don Cheadle and well, you should watch it to see the others.
We almost lose it when we see Huey Lewis but then Josh Groban comes on playing the piano. Also we learn Harrison Ford has a "Honk If You're F-ing Ben Affleck" bumper sticker.
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Jessica Simpson Brings Latest Conquest Tony Romo to Hollywood Roosevelt
What does Jessica Simpson do when she has a new man in her life? Well, she makes sure that she is photographed with him at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
JSimp and Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo hit up VIP club Teddy's to help celebrate her ex-assistant Cacee Cobb's 30th birthday on Saturday night. Since Jess is such a frequent visitior, perhaps would care to comment on our OpenThread about service at Thompson Hotels?
[Photo: People Magazine]
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Inside the Hollywood Roosevelt
We spent Saturday night at the Hollywood Roosevelt and we picked probably the biggest night of the year at the hotel to stay there---the night of the Hollywood Roosevelt Halloween party.
The entire hotel--from the lobby to Teddy's to Tropicana--was transformed into one big Halloween party. Funny enough, we were headed to a different Halloween party at Social Hollywood (also attended by a certain scary but famous clown.)
Security was tight on every front of the hotel but fortunately for us, once we let them know we were hotel guests (each security outpost had a list of guest names) we were ushered inside.
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Prince's First Concert at Hollywood Roosevelt Doesn't Include You and Your Friends
While we skulked around Hollywood Boulevard just as Prince's first show at the Hollywood Roosevelt was about to start, the LA Times was inside, walking the purple carpet amongst "200 beautiful people" and sitting three feet away from Prince as he jammed throughout the night. And it was a long night.
The paper reports that Prince didn't show up for the later, more intimate jazz session until 4am. But despite some sound problems (the LA Times blames that on the hotel's Blossom Room which was "expected in a room that's also been used for bar mitzvahs"), the night went off without a hitch.
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The Incredibly True Adventures of Emailing Hollywood Roosevelt for Prince Tickets
With the announcement of Prince's intimate concerts at the Hollywood Roosevelt yesterday, we are sure the email hotline they released (3121HRH@ThompsonHotels.com) has been burning up with ticket requests.
A good Friend of HotelChatter, who is a bit naive in thinking that she will actually be able to acquire these coveted tickets without any sort of celebrity attachment, emailed her request for Prince tickets yesterday. We're live on the scene with her story.
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Prince To Start Performing at Hollywood Roosevelt June 23
UPDATE: Since we wrote this story at around 5:45am PST, we got the dates wrong. Prince starts this weekend, the 23rd and 24th. He will have three more shows next weekend as well, June 28-30.
The time has come. Prince will indeed be performing at the Hollywood Roosevelt, starting June 28.
Called "Prince Intimate Shows", the concert will only allow 200-people in for a glimpse at Prince, along with dinner and a jazz session. As we predicted last week, ticket prices are combo's of Prince's favorite numbers--with standing-room-only tix going for $312.10 and the ones with actual seats, and we presume dinner, are selling for $3,121 for two people.
Prince will do two shows at the hotel this weekend and three more concerts the following weekend. After that he goes off to Europe for some other scheduled concerts. So as a Thompson insider says, "It's kind of a big deal."
Email 3121HRH@ThompsonHotels.com to book the show.
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Teddy's Target Age Demographic: Older than 21 But Not That Much Older
The NYT Styles Section recently checked in on the go-to spot for young Hollywood, Teddy's inside the notorious Hollywood Roosevelt.
As we have documented for nearly three years, the hotel's nightlife has been home to many celebs, most of them not of legal drinking age. (cough, Lohan, cough.) But now that the California alcohol board is cracking down on underage drinking in the clubs, the Grey Lady wants to know how Teddy's is coping.
So far they seem to be abiding the rules. The bouncer turned down a "local internet celebrity", 17-year-old Corey Kennedy, probably because of Lindsay Lohan's Memorial Day weekend meltdown.
"The door people everywhere in Hollywood are being really strict with IDs now," said Sivan Goldstein, 24, who at 11:30 p.m. was lounging by the hotel's pool bar, known as the Tropicana. "It's changed since the Lindsay incident."
Thompson Hotels' entertainment manager, Med Abrous, said he's ID everyone except movie producer Steven Bing, because he has a "full head of gray hair."
But the NYT is quick to point out Mr. Bing wouldn't be at home here since the bar caters to 20-somethings who can afford the bar's signature drink: an $18 Millionaire Mojito, with 10 Cane Rum and Veuve Clicquot. So if you're 26 and at Teddy's, you're probably the old guy or gal in the club. Getting "old" is fun, huh?
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Prince Definitely Not Performing at Hollywood Roosevelt This Friday
UPDATE: Prince has finalized his contracts for at least five concerts, starting on June 23. The full scoop is here.
We got a bit excited, as did seemingly everyone in the music and celeb blogosphere, that Prince would be starting up a seven-week gig of Friday night shows at the infamous Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
Last we heard, the contracts were in the process of being finalized and the first show date was set for this Friday, June 15.
Yet a reliable HotelChatter tipster informed us that Prince will not be singing/cooking/playing jazz/shooting hoops with guests this Friday. Our source maintains that nothing is official in regards to Prince playing at the hotel, but everyone involved is optimistic.
Furthermore, the above photo of a marquee touting that "the Revolution was just around the corner" was actually taken over a year ago when Prince performed at the hotel during Amanda Scheer-Demme's reign--remember her?
None of this means Prince, won't do a series of shows at the Roosevelt Hotel, we still think he will, or are at least still extremely hopeful he will, however, don't get in line this Friday--there will be no show.
Meanwhile, LAist has speculated that ticket prices will contain Prince's favorite numbers 3121, like $3,121 for one ticket. We're hoping he picks the wallet-friendly price of $31.21 instead.
[Photo: Darthfabry]
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Prince To Set Up Shop at the Hollywood Roosevelt
The Hollywood Roosevelt is apparently turning into a Vegas casino hotel minus the casino but now with a live musical act.
The LA Times is reporting that Prince (who just finished a concert series at the Rio in Vegas) will begin a seven-week residency at the hotel starting sometime in mid-June.
On seven Friday nights starting June 15, the Roosevelt will close off its lobby at 9 p.m. Then, at 11:30 in the Blossom Room in front of 250 seated guests and an undetermined number of standing-room-only patrons, Prince (joined each week by special guests) will give a two-hour performance.
At 2 a.m., Prince's private chef will take over the kitchen of the Roosevelt's Dakota restaurant, which will morph into an after-hours dinner club. As part of a jazz ensemble, Prince will entertain diners until 4 a.m.
We wonder...will he then play basketball with guests after that?
The contracts are supposedly being finalized this week and tickets will also be available this week. But the Hollywood Roosevelt hasn't been singled out here. Prince will do a similar concert series in the Hamptons later this summer and in London. But you can expect Prince and his band to be shacking up at the hotel all summer long.
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Teddy's at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Still Problematic, Even for P. Diddy
Star-watching site TMZ.com is reporting that P. Diddy is being investigated for assault and battery after a run-in with an angry man who thought Diddy was hitting on his fiancee.
The fracas went down at the celeb-beleagured Hollywood Roosevelt during a post-Oscars party on Sunday night/early Monday morning.
At around 2 AM Monday morning, the 27-year-old [Gerard] Rechnitzer was on his way to the parking lot when he made a pit stop in the bathroom. When he walked out, he noticed his fiancee was surrounded by six men, including [Sean] Combs. We're told the 5'7", 140 lb. Rechnitzer watched as Combs chatted up his girl for about five minutes, and then asked his fiancee to leave with him.
Apparently, Diddy being Diddy, asked the engaged girl to come to his late-night party at which point her fiancee got mad and then the rapper "allegedly socked Rechnitzer in the jaw." Cops were called and took a report but Diddy had already left.
Of course, this is not the first time shit has gone down at Teddy's. Kid Rock infamously beat up a fan outside the hotel here. A model once lost her cool and Lindsay Lohan has been known to get pissed when any other girl stepped near a guy Lohan was thinking about liking. Ah...the good ole' days before rehab.
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Hollywood Roosevelt Security Called to Handle Model Meltdown
Looks like the Hollywood Roosevelt is still the place for celebs to demonstrate naughty behavior. Ben Widdicombe of the NY Daily News has listed this blind item in his gossip column today:
Which rising Victoria's Secret model got herself kicked off a recent shoot (for a different label) after a diva meltdown on an L.A. set? She was still acting out so badly after being taken back to the Roosevelt Hotel that management called security to her room.
Since we don't really follow up and coming Victoria Secret's models, we will be taking your guesses and probably trusting them.
Other celebs known for throwing a fit at the Roosevelt include Kid Rock, Lindsay Lohan whenever she was there before rehab, and the woman behind Teddy's--the hotel's ultra VIP club--Amanda Scheer Demme. But probably the most horrible of all, was Britney Spears and Brandon Davis when they met up in the bathroom. Alright technically that isn't "throwing a fit" but ugh, we still get shivers thinking about that one.
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