Room 100 Website Upgrades—Rave On!

Room 100 Website Upgrades—Rave On!

Check out our makeover of the best hotel blog out there (we’re sticking to that). For the past two years, we’ve provided our readers and guests with our sophisticatedly rebellious takes on what matters “out there” in entertainment, arts, style, … Read More

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Happenings

Eight Days of Turn-to-the-Left, Turn-to-the-Right

From ‘Fashion’s Night Out’ to Mercedes-Benz’s Fashion Week, a runway primer (with 9/11, aptly, in-between). Now in its third year, Fashion’s Night Out: a city-wide street party for the style set sponsored largely by Vogue, proved that it was more … Read More

Straw Dogs has its day
Out There

‘Straw Dogs’ Has Its’ Day (Again)

Be afraid. The original torture-porn film gets a remake. “Every man has his breaking point” was the tagline of Sam Peckinpah’s creepy-ass “Straw Dogs,” released in 1971. And doesn’t that still hold true today in our wimpy world of laptop-obsessed … Read More

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Art

Talk About Auto Erotic!

Thompson Beverly Hills debuts L.A.’s first Camilo Pardo Solo Art Show As then-chief designer of Ford Motor Company’s Living Legends Studio, pop artist Camilo Pardo led the creative evolution of the timeless GT40. In 2005, the iconic super car had its … Read More

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Happenings

BlackBook Turns 15!

The magazine of culture, nightlife and photography will not be ignored. Full disclosure: I was the Manhattan-based glossy’s editor for several years, and it’s a testament to BlackBook that it still exists, let alone, remains relevant in the social-networking cult-chuh. … Read More

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Lit

‘Model’ Makes Comeback

Michael Gross’s ’90s exposé on the rise and fall of the supermodel gets re-issued Remember those singularly-named stiletto-ed Amazonians (Cindy, Naomi, Claudia, Linda, Iman), Times Square’s Model Cafe (ha-ha) and that amazing, rousing, vogue-ing music-video for George Michael’s “Faith”? Remember … Read More

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Food & Drink

Prepping for Autumn’s Home-Party Season?

Room 100′s picks of tasty tomes on culinary yummies and comestible cocktailing coming this fall. By all means, reserve in advance. Some of these recipe and history books are hitting in the coming weeks. Others are out next month, most … Read More