Blind Item #12
Do you care? Probably not. However, it is a war. The vast majority of photocalls for movies in LA are done in one hotel. This high end hotel makes a ton of money renting out the conference rooms, suites and food and beverages for the army that descends multiple times each week for these sessions. Now though, a different hotel decided it wanted in on the bidding. It's main claim to fame has been the flagship LA restaurant of this foreign born celebrity chef who spends a ton of time on television. The hotel is offering 70% discounts compared to the hotel that currently has the monopoly and studios and networks are taking notice. The thing is though, the actors and actresses prefer the hotel chain that currently has the monopoly and don't care about costs.
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You're right IDGAF. It's called doing business.
Who outside if the industry gives a shit where photocalls are held?
Think it's the Hotel Bel Air/Wolfgang Puck(Spago is the restaurant)(new one) bs The Beverly Wilshire or The Peninsula
Versus *
The Beverly Hilton as the mainstay & The Ritz trying to one-up.
Do you mean these hotel beds function as casting couches?
Could be the 4Seasons BH as welll- any which way--pretty funny*Beverly Hills Hotel Wars- the new reality show coming to E! *
I would watch it! @Trucia
I want to guess the Hyatt on the Sunset Strip.
30 years ago I was one of the producers a TV/Film screenwriting panel and a TV/Film producing panel at their hotel. It wasn't cheap but we did make some money.
They have the best views of the LA Basin from there.
Competing hotel? Not a clue!
Bel air hotel Vs Chateau Marmont ?
I as well:)
That hotel is Legend David. I stayed there once too(for myb30th bday) and as I turned to get in my car at valet a bottle of wine came crashing down 5inces from me(where I was standing) from like the 30th floor.Its the hotel alluded to in Almost Famous as well
The mainstay is the Four Seasons on Doheny. #peopleGetItTogether
What a weird blind.
Chateau Marmont and another
Four Seasons and the London Hotel (Gordon Ramsay) for the upstart.
And now I know why a trade magazine (Variety) bothers having its own section for property...
I learn something new here everyday. Fascinating.
The Beverly Hilton is the mainstay. When Merve Griffin died, it was supposed to be torn down and a new hotel to take its place on those legendary cross-streets of Wilshire and Santa Monica Blvd. It never happened. The hotel is used for Golden Globes and endless TV and photo shoots etc.
The Four Seasons / The London
I prefer this to the stupid reality blinds
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