At the celebrity hideout Chateau Marmont, the room service star is Carolynn Spence, who popularised the US gastropub trend at New York City's much-heralded Spotted Pig restaurant.

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Deals get done at The Ivy and Chateau Marmont.

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This was certainly the case on Tuesday at the Chateau Marmont, where Dolores and Carmen Chaplin threw a dinner to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Honorary Academy Award received by their grandfather, Charles Chaplin.

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Johnny lives in the Chateau Marmont, on Sunset Boulevard, where, in scenes of maddening duration, he sits on his bed or on a couch, smokes a cigarette, holds a bottle of beer, falls asleep when two identical blond pole-dancers entertain him, and falls asleep again while nuzzling the crotch of a girl he picks up at a party.

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