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Roosevelt Hotel (Hollywood)

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    December 29, 2011

    Hollywood Roosevelt Gay Bashing Attack Reported: Four Said to Have Been Injured by Gangsters

    The website WeHo Confidential says that as many as four people were injured in a gay bashing attack at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel this month. The victims were returning to rooms at the hotel about 2 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 19 (following a Saturday night outing) when they were attacked by a group of 10 ... More >>

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    October 20, 2011

    Fish Tale: The Never-Ending Story of Fishbone Gets Another Chapter with a New Documentary

    Steve Appleford​The oracle came to Angelo Moore in 1989. It was during a tour with his band Fishbone, as they waited to cross the U.S.-Canadian border in the misty, early morning hours. Moore suddenly found himself face-to-face with the great bluesman B.B. King, who had a profound message for ... More >>

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    July 28, 2011

    Bob Gray and the New Cellphone That Made Him a Celebrity. Sort Of.

    Impostor Bob with girlfriend Liza, top left, and Andy Dick, bottom left​ There are people who kinda love their cellphone service, and then there is Bob Gray. A refreshingly friendly and stoutly built Cleveland native, bursting with the unfiltered enthusiasm and tendency for "straight talk" ass ... More >>

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    July 7, 2011

    And the Photoplay Goes to ...

    Impostor Bob with girlfriend Liza, top left, and Andy Dick, bottom left​ There are people who kinda love their cellphone service, and then there is Bob Gray. A refreshingly friendly and stoutly built Cleveland native, bursting with the unfiltered enthusiasm and tendency for "straight talk" ass ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Top 10 Pool Party Hotel Restaurants: Welcome to Summertime in L.A.

    Jeff KirshbaumSmall plates from Gordon Ramsay's kitchen at The London WeHo's pool​ Despite the June gloom, summer is officially here and that means Los Angeles hotels go a bit Vegas when hosting poolside parties. Although people don't always go into the pool (and there's no European-style sunb ... More >>

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    May 19, 2011

    3 Tasty Fundraisers for Taste of the Nation

    ​Taste of the Nation LA, which raises money for hungry children in Los Angeles, returns to Culver City on June 12th, but local restaurants are getting in on the act with fundraisers before then. Why? Because approximately 1 in 4 children in Los Angeles go hungry every day. Chef Kerry Simon wi ... More >>

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    January 31, 2011

    January Roundup of Restaurant & Food Truck Openings And Closures

    Anne FishbeinRIP Beacon​ For those of us who've kept our New Year's resolutions, bravo ... and for the other 99 percent, we hope our favorite food spots continue to serve the stuff we love. Sit-down restaurants are nice, but who has the time (or money) for three-martini lunches anymore? Good ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    The Spare Room Opens in Hollywood: Aidan Demarest Talks Cocktail Program, Hollywood, and More

    N. GalutenThe bar, cocktail menu, at The Spare Room​Last night marked the debut of The Spare Room, a new cocktail lounge and Hurst-esque gaming room, located at the mezzanine level of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. It is the joint brainchild of Downtown L.A. cocktail pioneer Aidan Demarest (Se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    Meet Your Bartender: Q & A with Brady Weise of Library Bar and 1886 (Part 1)

    N. GalutenBrady Weise, behind the bar at Library Bar​ We came across Brady Weise about a month ago, while doing some "research" on the Old Fashioned. He was working at Library Bar (at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel) and made us a rather good one then went on to impress with his knowledge of Ame ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    A Good Old Fashioned Cocktail Fight: Never Mind, Library Bar Wins

    N. GalutenOld Fashioned at Libary Bar in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel​ We had planned on trying two different versions of the Old Fashioned, from two different bars, and pitting the cocktails against each other. We were going to crack a few pithy jokes, maybe throw in some Don Draper referenc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Aqualillies Mash-Up Old and New Hollywood with Water Ballet Performances

    Tonight at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, TCM Classic Film Fest opens with a poolside screening of Neptune's Daughter, a 1949 musical featuring Esther Williams, Betty Garrett and Ricardo Montalban. In the spirit of Williams' famed water ballet scenes, the screening will feature a performance from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    The Giving Tree: dineLA Restaurant Week 2010 and L.A. Chef "Family Tree"

    Start putting your restaurant wish list together and get ready to dial reservation lines. The restaurants participating in the winter '10 round of dineLA have been announced and getting all your ducks (hopefully confit) in a row to take advantage of the semi-annual deal can be a frenzied process. Re ... More >>

  • Music

    December 24, 2009

    Eve of Destruction

    Start putting your restaurant wish list together and get ready to dial reservation lines. The restaurants participating in the winter '10 round of dineLA have been announced and getting all your ducks (hopefully confit) in a row to take advantage of the semi-annual deal can be a frenzied process. Re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Patrick Swayze Flower Tribute Today

    ​Patrick Swayze's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be the site of a flower-laying tribute this morning. The event, celebrating the star of Dirty Dancing and Ghost, is sponsored by the Hollywood Historic Trust and takes place 10:30 a.m., at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard, near the Hollywood Roosev ... More >>

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