Mary J. Blige, Colin Farrell Leave Soho Grand for W's Underbar

12/21/2007 at 10:02 AM
Tags: Soho Hotels, Celebrity Scoop, Hotel Bars, W Hotels

The Soho Grand was the site of two A-list parties the other night. According to Page Six, Mary J. Blige was holding an album release party in the Penthouse suite while the Cinema Society and DKNY were hosting a party for Woody Allen's newest movie, "Cassandra's Dream," starring Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor, on the mezzanine.

But isn't the rule never more than one A-list party at a time in the hotel? Or things are surely bound to go wrong. And that's what happened here.

Invited guests lined up for Blige's chaotic event grumbled they couldn't get in. "They're turning away so many people who've been invited," said one frustrated partygoer. And one in-the-know bystander told us the confusion was due to the folks at Blige's label, who "failed to find out how many people the penthouse fits."

Later in the evening, Blige and Farrell (whose movie was toasted by other celebs like Megan Mullally, Rosie Perez, Jay McInerny and Amy Sacco) wound up at the W Union Square's Underbar for drinks. Oh no they didn't!

[Photo via Page Six]

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60 Thompson to Get Some Competition in Soho

7/31/2007 at 2:02 PM
Tags: Hotel Hype, Soho Hotels, Jason Pomeranc, Thompson Hotels

Down by the Hipster Blog reports that a new hotel is going up in Soho on the corner of Thompson and Broome which just happens to be across from Jason Pomeranc's flagship hotel, 60 Thompson.

Given some building constraints (they can't go that far underground), the hotel will actually have a lobby located above the ground. Guests will enter a glass elevator on street level that takes them up to the lobby. Word is there are going to be some other quirky design concepts. Some subs who are involved in the planning stages are saying that the design is going to be pretty crazy and should give 60 Thompson a run for it's money.

Apparently, the group behind the hotel project is called Brock Capital. DBTH predicts a 2009 opening. We say Pomeranc better hurry up and open Six Columbus, Thompson LES and Smythe before this one opens.

[Photo: DBTH]

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