| VENUE NEWS 10.06.09 2:57 PM |
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Esquire Names the Bazaar at SLS Restaurant of the Year
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The Bazaar by José Andrés in the SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills continues to amass accolades, with the latest big acknowledgment coming from Esquire magazine, which selected the venue as its restaurant of the year.
“That Esquire would give this award to the Bazaar demonstrates that Spanish cooking, both modern and traditional, really has a place in America. This kind of restaurant could only have succeeded in a city like Los Angeles, one of the most creative places on earth,” said chef José Andrés in an announcement. “It is an amazing honor for everyone on the team that worked so hard to realize this project.”
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Esquire, José Andrés, Philippe Stark, Sam Nazarian, SBE |
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| EVENT REPORT 10.20.08 5:47 PM |
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Jaguar Celebrates Anniversary at Custom-Built $13 Million Esquire House
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For the third iteration of the Esquire House in Los Angeles, the men's magazine took an unusual approach to decor in its temporary base for events with advertisers and charities. Rather than hire event designers to evoke the target Esquire reader's luxury lifestyle in an existing home, the 2008 house really represents an upscale reader's high-end digs. That's because Esquire associate publisher Stephen Jacoby collaborated with his friend, L.A. designer Xorin Balbes, to custom design and build a 7,400-square-foot palace to the good life in the Hollywood Hills—in the hope of selling it to one of the magazine's well-heeled guests.
“It's a masculine house with a little bit of outrageous in it,” said Balbes, who's asking just under $13 million for the home, completed just a month ago. “I thought the Esquire man would be entertaining a lot.”
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| TED KRUCKEL 06.12.07 1:12 PM |
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Red Carpet Crimes and Misdemeanors
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The absolute best commentary on le monde noir of celebrity appearances and endorsements was an episode a few seasons back on The Sopranos, when Christopher kept getting dissed at a celebrity gifting suite while he was in Beverly Hills pitching his Godfather knockoff. So incensed that he wasn't granted access to the free electronic gizmos and leather goods, he belted Betty Bacall (that's Lauren, please, if you don't know her personally) in the kisser and made off with her haul bag. Since no amount of embarrassing media coverage has dimmed the shameless behavior of greedy celebrities and the sycophants who surround them, I thought it was time to create this little primer. Hope this helps.
How do I decide which celebrity is best for my event?
Good news! It apparently makes no difference at all who you get, which saves lots of tedious brainstorming. My favorite pairing: Tara Reid, at the height of her falling-down-drunk/baring-breasts period, promoting a Colin Cowie J.C. Penney line. Seems to me the proverbial bull in the china shop would have been safer.
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Dealing With Celebrities, Esquire, Costume Institute |
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