"The Grand" is a pretty much a straight-to-video movie starring some big names like Woody Harrelson, Ray Romano, Cheryl Hines, Richard Kind David Cross, and Chris Parnell.
Despite its limited theater presence, the Grand is actually pretty funny if not a little too long. Woody stars as a fuck-up heir to an old-school casino, The Rabbit's Foot, and due to his excessive drug use and poor management style, the casino is in peril.
A mega-Vegas hotelier/developer named Steve Lavisch (hah, get it?), played by Michael McKeen, wants to demolish it and build One Lavisch Plaza. One Lavish Plaza is actually a skyscraper hotel that consists of just one room, available for for $10 million a night. Hah.
Technically, Boston's Nine Zero Hotel wasn't used as a set for the new Steve Carrell movie Get Smart, but the hotel has put together a wicked package for the fumbling spy enthusiast in all of us.
Making good use of the tech-laden penthouse suite, Cloud Nine where an iris check is essentially your room key, the Get Smart Weekend Package includes:
· Two nights of luxury in Nine Zero's Cloud Nine 19th floor penthouse suite featuring 1,200 square feet of luxury and comfort · Two tickets to Get Smart starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway ·
Two Spy Kits
Before we get on to the price of this package, we had to inquire--what is included in the Spy Kits? However, our efforts at cracking the code were confounded. Apparently, the Spy Kits are top-secret and are for hotel guests only to find out.
As for the price, well you might have to have Steve Carrell's paycheck for such a whimsical weekend. Total cost is $3,999.
The Get Smart Weekend package is available from now through September 30. Call (866) 906-9090 and use code PSMT to book.
It seems the hills are alive again with the Sound of Music with the home of the famed von Trapp family singers being refashioned into a new 14-room hotel named Trapp Villa
Located on the outskirts of Salzburg and once filled with all of the family's favorite things, the property hasn't changed much over the years. But there's no call for major alterations with the conversion, just some new paint, rewiring of the building and guest room furnishings. In a perfect world, they'll have wi-fi access, too.
The hotel will open July 25th with a big reception, where fans of the Trapp family singers and the movie can tuck themselves in for the night in the very same rooms as the Baron, Maria and their seven kids, who by the way were really named Rupert, Agathe, Maria, Werner, Hedwig, Johanna and Martina. For real, no Liesl.
Just don't try turning the new draperies into lederhosen, okay.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is back in theaters on May 22 and boys and girls aged 25+ are getting geeked out about the return of their favorite adventurer.
And what better way to emulate Indy then take an adventure of your own that goes beyond building a fort in the family rec room?
Expedia is making it easy with their new Indiana Jones promotion, having created custom tours to 10 locations that either appeared in or were inspired by the Indy movies. Here's a few:
Horseback riding in Petra, Jordan (like in "The Last Crusade"); Elephant safari in India (like in "Temple of Doom"); visiting Incan ruins in Peru (like in the new movie, "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull")
If you somehow weren't totally freaked out as a little kid by the "pulling-out-the-beating-heart" scene in "Temple of Doom" (we were) and want to go to India, here's what's in store for you.
Judd Apatow's newest man-child comedy, "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," comes out today, and a bunch of it was filmed at the Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu. Supporting actress Mila Kunis even plays a Turtle Bay desk clerk in the film.
The resort turns into a romantic ground zero when Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) and his newly ex-girlfriend Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell) both drop in to get away from each other. Fortunately the hotel has a few bars that lead to some choice Apatow comedy moments for Peter.
Turtle Bay has plenty of beach, plus pools, golf courses, tennis courts and a surf school. But if you're willing to head further afield, Jaunted has some movie set travel ideas for ya.
The San Francisco hotel chain recently acquired two hotels last year, the Maxwell and the York. The latter was famous for being the site of the Alfred Hitchcock film, Vertigo thus when the hotel finishes its renovation this August, it will sport an entirely new look (see rendering above) but still pay tribute to the movie. Indeed, its new name will be the Hotel Vertigo.
The new look has been designed by Thomas Schoos, the man who recently redid the Huntley Hotel in Los Angeles.
Bathed in a playful palette of bright white, striking orange and French aubergine, guestrooms boast special surprises such as European porcelain white horse head bedside lamps, custom wing back chairs in vibrant orange glossy leather stitched with the word "Vertigo" on the seat and sheer curtains that cast a warm orange glow.
Celebrity chef Tyler Florence will open his first-ever restaurant inside the hotel. And of course, the hotel will offer free showings in-room of Vertigo. Rates will range from $169 to $399 a night. The hotel is currently still open as the York Hotel with bargain rates of $89 a night. But remember, you might be paying for a room amid construction.
More on the Maxwell's renovations plans after the jump.
The new movie 21, which is based on the book Bringing Down the House which is based on the true story of a bunch of MIT grads who swindled Vegas casinos for millions (got that?), filmed most of its Sin City scenes at the newly renovated Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, formerly the Aladdin.
The movie's worldwide premiere was also held at the Planet Hollywood where Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, and Jim Sturges walked the red carpet.
Of course, you can't just swindle one casino in Vegas. The movie was also filmed at other hotel-casinos such as the Red Rock Casino Resort Spa, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, The Palms, and Riviera.
The PH does get top billing in the trailer so we're guessing most of the stuff goes down here. Let's hope the cast and crew got better room views than we did.
Our first clue that The Bristol in Panama City, Panama is the hot place to stay was the brand new Masarati parked out front. Our second clue was sitting down to check in and finding ourselves chatting with Judy Dench, who was checking out.
The famed actress was in town for a week shooting her Q role for the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. (Funny enough, that portion of the film is actually supposed to take place in Haiti, so the Panamanians are not too thrilled.) Being the Oscar-winning lady she is, Ms. Dench won raves from the staff for her graciousness and lack of midnight diva demands.
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