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Thousands of Stories Waiting To Be Told at New York's Ace Hotel
Behind shut doors and "Do Not Disturb" signs, hotel rooms hold stories to tell, and maybe a few secrets that shouldn't be repeated. Illicit liaisons, romantic fairy tales, or just plain goofball mishaps take place on any given day and can serve as cinematic fodder.
That's precisely the idea behind a new partnership between Massify, an online network of filmmakers, actors, and crew members, production company Killer Films, and New York's Ace Hotel.
"One hotel. Thousands of stories." reads the tag line to a recent contest sponsored by Massify, Killer, and Ace. They called on members to submit creative takes on hotel stories, as they launched a search for material to be turned into "very short, very funny vignettes":
Set at Ace Hotel's New York outpost, we'll develop a collection of original, concise narratives that clock in at under five minutes in length. Avoid relying heavily on sketch comedy and take advantage of this unique location to create character driven pieces that are intelligent, artful and comedic.
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'Sex and the City' Takes Their Louboutins, Manolos and Pradas to Morocco
After "sleeping around" at several of New York's hotels for the filming of Sex and the City 2, Carrie Bradshaw and co. have moved on to Morocco. Cindy Adams reports that the cast and crew are filming at the Amajena Hotel in Marrakech.
The Amanjena is, as the name suggests, a part of Aman Resorts, a luxury hotel collection with truly exotic locations. And it's so exotic that there aren't even standard room accommodations here. Just "Pavilions and Mansions" which start at $1,050 a night (and that's before taxes.)
So we're guessing that this hotel might just be a filming location and not a place where the cast and crew are shacking up for a few weeks. After all, would SATC rather spend money on hotel rooms or the wardrobe for the gals? Sigh, it is a question we have to ask ourselves many, many, many times.
No word on how a trip to Marrakech fits into the storyline but we just hope that Charlotte doesn't have any, um, "difficulties" eating the local food here.
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Celebrate Halloween Where 'Ghostbusters' Was Filmed
'Tis the season for a parade of hotel parties. Holiday dinners in the hundred dollar range are just around the corner, but it's Halloween that precedes the hanging of tinsel from marble-tiled lobbies. Most of the upcoming events we've heard of are the standard ballroom/costume/D.J. affairs that attract crowds of 20-somethings. Raucous fun, maybe, but they also tend to bring out scenesters in droves, which leaves those looking to celebrate over classy cocktails in a lurch.
Enter L.A.'s Millennium Biltmore, who is hosting an "All Hallow's Eve" party at their Gallery Bar on October 31st from 4:00 PM to 2:00 AM, and forgoing "sexy nurse" overtures in favor of a vintage vibe. The Millennium may not have haunted hotel room lore like that of The Roosevelt, but it did serve as one of the filming locations for Ghostbusters, if that means anything to you.
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'Sex and The City' Gals Take Over Chuck Bass' Place, The Empire Hotel
As if Chuck Bass buying the place wasn't enough glitz and glamour for The Empire Hotel, the Sex and The City crew were filming in the hotel lobby (pictured above) all day Monday and a spy sent us some scoop on what was going on.
Someone saw a movie poster of Smith’s new film. It looks like an epic war film shot in the desert where he’s carrying a small boy to safety.
There were about 200 extras and Samantha was wearing a short, silver body hugging number with a cream wrap. SJP was in a floor length, black dress with a egg-shell colored wrap.
Ok, so it's not that much but it looks like Smith is in some big action movie and the gals attend the movie premiere party at the hotel. Also, we heard Chris Noth aka Mr. Big was on set too. And there is now word that Penelope Cruz will be in this scene as well.
We have to say these are all major improvements at the hotel from the Kardashians.
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Star in Your Own 'Couples Retreat' at the St. Regis Bora Bora
If you’ve seen the previews of the new rom-com Couples Retreat you might have been as mesmerized as we were—and we’re not talking about belly laughs, fine acting, or the dexterity of Jason Bateman in that yoga scene. No, we were too busy looking past the actors at the jaw-dropping scenery. Over-water Tahitian bungalows have had a starring role in our daydreams for years.
But properties like The St. Regis Bora Bora resort have always seemed out of reach, the stuff of movie sets and Hollywood honeymoons. After all, who gets to vacation like that?
You. That’s the hope of the St. Regis Bora Bora anyways. In a not-so-surprising move, the resort is debuting a new Couples Retreat package to celebrate the release of the film—which was of course shot at the super-luxurious resort.
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'Sex and The City' Filming Outside The Plaza Hotel Today
Yes, Sex and The City fervor has swept up New York City once again and much like the first SATC movie, we've learned hotels will play a part in the show. While The Bryant Park Hotel got love from the four ladies the last go-around, The Plaza, which re-opened in February 2008 after a lengthy renovations process, will make an appearance this time. And we're happy to say the legendary hotel's cameo will take us back to the Plaza's glory days.
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Tony Curtis To Check Into The Del's 'Some Like It Hot' Weekend
Fans of the cross-dressing classic Some Like It Hot can celebrate the comedy's 50th anniversary by hanging with star Tony Curtis during a weekend of film-related festivities at the storied Hotel del Coronado.
Hosting the film's anniversary party is appropriate, since the Del appears in the flick as Miami's Seminole-Ritz Hotel. "The Del is so prominently featured in the movie, it almost becomes a fifth character," says Christine Donovan, the hotel's historian. The Del will pay homage to SLIH with a special two-day package that includes hotel digs (starting at $340 per night at the Del and $595 per night at the Beach Village at the Del), an SLIH DVD, a copy of the new book Some Like It Hot: The Official 50th Anniversary Companion by Laurence Maslon and two tickets to all of the events.
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JW Marriott Starr Pass Featured in 'Away We Go'
Guh, did you see 'Away We Go' with John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph? It looked promising and Garden-State-esque, and it definitely delivered — lots of cute moments with generous shots of John Krasinski's face, backed by some pretty acoustic music and a whole lot of scenery changes. The movie is the story of a young couple (Krasinski and Rudolph) who goes on a journey across the country to search for a place to raise a family.
And in the scene where they go to Arizona to see Verona's sister, did anyone else manage to catch the hotel the couple dropped by? You know, where they had drinks on the patio and Krasinski's character awkwardly sorta-fell off the side of the balcony? It was the JW Marriott Starr Pass. Gorgeous, no?
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KC's Hotel Phillips Semi-Unwillingly Makes An Appearance in 'Bruno'
Ha! Kansas City's Hotel Phillips is a movie set hotel now. Kinda involuntary. And they're pretty pissed about it.
According to the Kansas City Star, the hotel is a pretty significant part of a scene about halfway through Sacha Baron Cohen's (yes, the Borat dude) Bruno — and the staffers at the Phillips are notsohappy about it, because they "signed a waiver under false pretenses."
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'Twilight' Shacks Up At The Sutton Place Hotel
Tweens worth their text messaging allowances have spotted (and stalked) teen heartthrobs Robert Pattinson and Kristin Stewart all over Vancouver during the recent shoot of the cult vampire movie Twilight sequel, New Moon. The cast was seen eating, partying and shopping all over town, and the Sutton Place Hotel was the reported abode of most of the cast, including Kristin Stewart (who stayed on the 12th floor) and Nikki Reed (who was on the 9th floor).
The actors spent their days filming at various locations around town including David Thompson Secondary School (which plays Forks High in the movie) and The Ridge Theatre (in the Kerrisdale neighborhood), while Edward and Bella crazy insiders report sightings of Pattinson sneaking out of the hotel in the wee hours of the morning. And yes, Rob and Kristen are probably dating in real life too.
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Essex House Workers Stage Protest During Sean Penn's Movie Shoot
Well, this is sort of awkward timing for everyone: yesterday, workers at the Jumeirah Essex House on Central Park South (non-front-deskers, that is) staged a protest to call attention to "what they said was the hotel's failure to pay its banquet-room staff nearly $2 million in tips."
According to the New York Times, hotel workers in uniform stopped work entirely and "filled the hotel’s lobby with more than 100 red-frocked chambermaids, toque-topped kitchen workers and banquet waiters, casually chatting among themselves." A few feet away, Sean Penn and a film crew were filming a scene for an upcoming movie (we assume it was Fair Game with Naomi Watts). Yeah, kind of uncomfortable timing.
Per the Times:
...The strike was called to protest what the union said was the hotel's failure to heed an arbitrator's ruling in 2007.
The ruling required New York City hotels, bound by the union’s collective bargaining agreement, to pay their banquet-hall employees what amounted to millions of dollars in tips that the arbitrator said the hotels had improperly calculated since 2003.
Fortunately, the protest was peaceful enough that the film shoot wasn't disturbed (good thing; wouldn't want anyone going on Christian Bale on the set) and, even more fortunately, the dispute between the hotel and its workers will be settled by an independent arbitrator on Thursday.
[Photo: Patrick Andrade / New York Times]
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Julia Roberts' 'Duplicity' is One Big Movie Set Hotel
The movie Duplicity is out in theaters now, starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owens and while we'll probably check out I Love You, Man this weekend instead, hotel nerds will really dig this spy thriller. It's basically one big movie set hotel according to USA Today since the Julia and Clive's characters can only meet up during clandestine sessions in swank hotel rooms. And we do mean swank. No Hyatt Places for these "biz travelers."
Some of the hotels used in the movie include One and Only Bahamas, Atlantis Resort, and the The Ritz-Carlton Central Park, which was actually used to film a scene for the movie that's supposedly set in a London Hotel. Similarly, the St. Regis Grand Hotel, Rome was used to film a scene for the movie set in Zurich.
So how much does it cost to spend a night in some of these movie set hotels? Here's how much:
Roberts' and Owen's characters unite to discuss teaming up in Ocean Club's four-bedroom villa with infinity pool and sea view. It also had a seductive cameo in the 2006 remake of Casino Royale. In real life, it can be rented for $10,500 a night.
Hmm...we'll just have to take Julia and Clive's word for it and live vicariously through them in their movie.
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