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The Oscar Parties Keep LA Hotels Kickin'
Last week we asked why the Sunset Tower was still in business. Or rather, we asked what was so special about the Sunset Tower that made the celebs go there so often — and what was so not special that we never heard anything about the hotel besides reports of the famous faces that surfaced there.
Since we asked and nobody answered, we are forced to conclude that celebs and celeb-studded parties just may be keeping the Sunset Tower afloat. This weekend, Graydon Carter's famous swanky Vanity Fair Oscar party was another slam dunk for the property, with more famous faces than just the same ol' JA crew showing up to give the hotel another publicity boost.
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Get All Gussied Up For The Oscars at NYC's Carlton
Still working out your plans for watching the Oscars? You do know that it's on Sunday night, right? If you imagined a refined evening of hors d'oeuvres and toasting the winners but only have enough time to muster up chips and dip, then we recommend taking a gander at the the Oscar Night package at New York's Carlton Hotel on Madison Avenue.
For $199 only on the night of February 22, you get to stay in one of the Carlton's David Rockwell-designed rooms, who also happens to be the designer for this year's Oscars, as well as enjoy gourmet popcorn and optional in-room dining from Country, the hotel's restaurant.
Should you wish to don some black-tie apparel and rub elbows with leaders in fashion and design, you can join the private Academy Awards viewing party in Country’s Champagne Lounge. The Carlton explains the inspiration and guest list:
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Bar 10 at Westin Times Square Will Serve 'Oscar Drinks'
The Oscars are here! Um...wait does anyone care about the Oscars? No. We're living in some depressing times what will all the layoffs, the house foreclosures and plummeting personal fortunes. Why should we care about which overpaid celeb was wearing what fancy $3,000 gown as she collects or gets denied a gold statue? The thing is we don't.
But we do like to drink. And Bar 10 at the Westin Times Square encourages us to drink while watching the Oscars with their latest Oscar-themed specialty cocktails.
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Who's Keeping the Sunset Tower in Business?
Time to get serious about the Sunset Tower in West Hollywood. We know, we know: we've been known to dish the occasional eye-roll in its direction due to the hotel's biggest fan (Jen Aniston, obviously) and the rest of the restaurant's celeb clientele.
The hotel's name surfaces all over the gossip rags for the Oscar party reports and the famous faces lurking about the property — in fact, People just reported spotting Madonna, Anne Hathaway, Penelope Cruz, Lily Allen and ol' Aniston there (not all together, obvs) — but what's the deal with the hotel itself? Why don't we hear anything about it? Does this place exist solely to please Jennifer Aniston and her friends, to ban paparazzi from bothering famous people and for highly-publicized Oscar parties?
Back in '06, HotelChatter's MarkJ stayed at the Sunset Tower and loved it. Great views, sunny rooms, an interesting old building with modern touches, and free WiFi — what's not to love? Well, we don't know: we have gotten zero reader reviews of this place, and over at TripAdvisor, the hotel is ranks #12 of 17 West Hollywood hotels — pretty middle-of-the-pack.
So we want to hear from you: what's the Sunset Tower like nowadays? Is there anything to it besides its celeb-infested restaurant?
If you've stayed there recently, we want to hear about it.
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LA Hotels Begin Rolling Out the Red Carpet for the Oscars
It's officially Oscar season: the 2009 Oscar Nominee luncheon happened on Monday at the Beverly Hilton, and the stars turned out in fancy clothes to answer press questions and take photos with a giant Oscar, as is tradition.
In the past, the Bev Hilton's legendary hallways have been seen all the starpower in the world (just recently, the hotel again played host to the Golden Globes), and this luncheon was no exception: Anne Hathaway, Kate Winslet, Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr. and Mickey Rourke were among the dozens of big names attending the luncheon — and the event officially marked the beginning of Oscar promo time for LA hotels.
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Kick It Poolside During The Oscars At Viceroy Santa Monica
Get out your calendar. It's going to be February in a hot minute. And you already know that February is full of important dates and celebrations that you need to start planning out: the Super Bowl is on Sunday. There are viewing parties to go to, and there are "celeb"-studded hotel parties you need to hit up. But let us not forget that right around the corner from the Super Bowl is Valentine's Day — and you're going to need to start either making plans with your honey or making plans with your liver.
Think you've got it made once you've covered those two? Think again: it's Oscar season, babycakes.
The Oscars are airing on February 22nd. Viceroy Santa Monica is urging you to plan ahead (and so are we) and they're already getting the word out about their Oscar Viewing Party, which is apparently going to be a big to-do for West Coasters (or those who may be West Coast-bound). The viewing party is going to be poolside, and you can bet the scene will be as ritzy as the awards show itself (well, perhaps that's a bit of an exaggeration since there is a pool involved here).
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Raffles L'Ermitage: The Ultimate Oscar-Dumping Hotel
"Does everyone who stay at the L'Ermitage Hotel win an Oscar?"
This is what one reader asked us after snapping this pic at the Raffles L'Ermitage Hotel on Burton Way (better known as the Angelina Jolie Kinky Sex Hotel). Here's what said tipster wrote in:
Got this picture at L'Ermitage in Beverly Hills around midnight on Oscar night.
Girl at the front desk told me they had tons of Oscar winners staying there and some simply dropped off their awards and went out to party.
I begged her to tell me who and just then Tilda Swinton showed up with her gold man in tow.
Hmm...we thought most Oscar nominees shacked up at the Four Seasons on Doheny. So we have to ask: if anyone working at the Four Seasons knows how many Oscar winners stayed there, give us a tally.
Now onto a much more important question. Was Tilda Swinton paryting with her old husband or her boytoy lover or both? Hmmm...looks like it was the boytoy.
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The Oscars Are Good Business for Los Angeles Hotels
Our favorite Oscar win...
We wonder what Los Angeles-area hotels would have done this past weekend if the Writers' Strike had forced the Oscars to be skipped. But thankfully for hotel owners, general managers, and sales/marketing teams, that didn't happen!
Celebs and their entourages as well as media, wannabes and paparazzi flooded the hotels once the award show let out. Let's just say, we would have hated to been on either Sunset or Wilshire Boulevards last night.
In case you need to know who was where, here's a handy list:
· Page Six runs down the Oscar gossip. The Four Seasons on Doheny had a viewing party attended by Paris Hilton's parents; Earlier in the day, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban ate lunch there; EW held their annual NYC viewing party at the Carlyle; the Sunset Tower hosted a "Glamour Girls" party during Oscar Week; Josh Hartnett hit up Chateau Marmont; Also, Amy Winehouse trashed a hotel in the UK. [Page Six]
· Harrison Ford and George Clooney hit up the Sunset Tower [TMZ]
· Josh Brolin and Diane Lane cuddled at the Miramax party at Bar Marmont in the Chateau Marmont [People]
· 300 journalists fill the ballroom at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel to question winners and nominees [EW]
· The anticipated smackdown between Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston at the Beverly Hills Hotel sadly didn't happen. [The Bosh]
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Where to Shack Up in Beverly Hills for The Oscars
Note: Deals they be 'a changing. We scoped these out on Wednesdsay, February 20th and the prices listed here are subject to change.
There aren't many hotel deals to be found in Beverly Hills this weekend when the Oscars come to town but there are rooms available.
We checked our trusty rate finder and found five hotels in Beverly Hills that have rooms open. We checked for February 23-25 and most surprisingly the celeb-fave Peninsula Beverly Hills has rooms open for $625 a night. Maybe Britney Spears' pre-mental ward antics wreaked too much havoc on past guests. That or people are just balking at paying $600+ a night. Afterall, the industry is still recuperating from the writer's strike.
Also surprisingly, the Beverly Hilton, which has long been host to the Oscars, Golden Globes and Grammy parties, is open at $375 a night.
The rest of the options are pretty decent since they are all within a mile of Rodeo Drive. Just remember that the Best Western Beverly Pavilion Hotel has been reincarnated as the Thompson Beverly Hills Hotel.
Not a 90210 type of ho? Los Angeles proper has some decent rates like the Standard Hotel on Sunset for $283 a night. But then again you are staying at the Standard on Sunset.
Insider Tip: The Tower Hotel has rooms at $199 a night with a queen bed (king bed costs $229) and is about a mile south of Rodeo Drive. The hotel used to be a Loews and was recently renovated. It's also across the street from a Ralph's supermarket in case you want/need to save on grub.
We're still suspicious of hotel in Beverly Hills that would charge under $200 during Oscar weekend but if you are on a budget, you can try it out.
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