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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: DCPatriot on May 09, 2014, 12:25:26 pm
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Beverly Hills Hotel Boycott: Polo Lounge Nearly Deserted (Except for One Actor)
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On any ordinary weekday, every table at the Beverly Hills Hotel’s iconic Polo Lounge is filled to capacity with industry movers and shakers like Steven Spielberg, Ari Emanuel and Jeffrey Katzenberg, all regulars at the 73-year-old power spot.
But these days, the room is a ghost town.
Caught in the middle of the ballooning Beverly Hills Hotel boycott -- a direct response to a decision by its owner, the Sultan of Brunei, to institute Sharia law in his country, which calls for the stoning to death of gays and adulterers -- a Hollywood Reporter field trip on Wednesday for the midday meal found 1 p.m. to be as busy as 1 a.m.
more at: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/beverly-hills-hotel-boycott-polo-702362 (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/beverly-hills-hotel-boycott-polo-702362)
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