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American International Group Inc.

  • Film

    November 4, 2010

    The Governor's Balls

    Investigating Eliot Spitzer's own worst enemies

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    Rage Against The Machine at the Hollywood Palladium Over The Weekend

    Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​Check out our slideshow here!Rage Against The Machine and Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley BandHollywood PalladiumJuly 23, 2010In 1992, I witnessed some band called Rage Against The Machine open for Pearl Jam at the Hollywood Palladium. It was an intensely riveting perfo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    Aloha, AIG Effect?

    ​We've blogged previously (including here and here) about the "AIG effect"--the booking-erasing phenomenon hotels and resorts suffered after 100 top American International Group salespeople were wined and dined for a week in September 2008 at the swanky St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach--just da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Hotel Site's Connection to Boom Boom Room to be Preserved

    ​We told you here that even though the Laguna Beach Planning Commission in May approved a plan to build a garage where part of the Boom Boom Room once stood, officials were still concerned that nothing concrete was included on the future boutique hotel site to pay homage to the legendary gay night ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    They Paved Over the Boom Boom Room, Put Up a Parking Lot

    Photo by Janine KahnSaying goodbye to the Boom--through tears and wet undies.​The Laguna Beach Planning Commission last week unanimously approved a plan to build a 13-space parking garage where the legendary gay bar the Boom Boom Room once stood. But the city's desire for a public display depicti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    The AIG Effect Be Damned! St. Regis Monarch Beach Has New Owner

    ​The infamous Dana Point resort where American International Group (AIG) sponsored a luxury retreat just days after accepting a federal bailout reportedly has a new owner.

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    OC Phenomeon Blamed for Ritz-Carlton Las Vegas Closure

    Dealer goes bust!​The 338-room Ritz-Carlton Las Vegas opened in 2003 in then-fast-growing South Nevada community of Lake Las Vegas, 17 miles from the Strip. The AAA Five Diamond, Mediterranean-styled, $170 million hotel boasts vine-covered trellises and balconies, balustrades, shaded loggias and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Swanky St. Regis Resort Could Go on Auction Block

    Monday we told you about Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc., a San Clemente-based real estate investment trust, walking away from its mortgage for the swanky, 258-room W Hotel in downtown San Diego. R. Scott Reckard and Roger Vincent over at the Los Angeles Times report today that one of Orange County's ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    [Summer Guide] Proposed Theme Park Celebrates OC's Part in Bringing the Global Economy to Its Knees

    Monday we told you about Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc., a San Clemente-based real estate investment trust, walking away from its mortgage for the swanky, 258-room W Hotel in downtown San Diego. R. Scott Reckard and Roger Vincent over at the Los Angeles Times report today that one of Orange County's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    OC Politicos Harsh San Mateo County's Bailout Mellow

    Campbell, financial cock blockerSan Mateo County officials who went to Congress Tuesday seeking a federal bailout of funds lost in its investment portfolio with Lehman Brothers, which the Bush administration allowed to fail in what would become the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, got the financi ... More >>

  • News

    April 16, 2009

    [Newport Beach Film Fest] You Don't Want to Miss These Films, Documentaries and Shorts

    Campbell, financial cock blockerSan Mateo County officials who went to Congress Tuesday seeking a federal bailout of funds lost in its investment portfolio with Lehman Brothers, which the Bush administration allowed to fail in what would become the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, got the financi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2009

    Broccoli, er, Barack Obama Remarks Are Best Served Prepared

    Prepared remarks for a town hall meeting? Isn't that why they used to unload on Bush? No, it was because ol' Dubya's questioners seemed even better briefed than he was. Observers say President Obama truly chose folks at random during his first presidential visit to Southern California and Orange ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    Believe the Investment Advice From the Man With No Mustache

    In mock congressional testimony, Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer of Newport Beach-based Pacific Investment Management Co. (PIMCO), said today the U.S. should only nationalize banks as a last resort, that focus should instead be placed on shoring up lending and staving off foreclosures a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Great Park to World: Crisis? What Global Economic Crisis?

    You'd think the dotcom crisis was just a bad dream, the housing bubble never burst and we'd mysteriously been time traveled back to the halcyon days of the Clinton economy considering the bullish way the Orange County Great Park Corporation is pushing the financial envelope. &nb ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 20, 2008

    Hunger Artists' 'Beyond Convention' Is the Theatrical Crack You've Been Pining For

    You'd think the dotcom crisis was just a bad dream, the housing bubble never burst and we'd mysteriously been time traveled back to the halcyon days of the Clinton economy considering the bullish way the Orange County Great Park Corporation is pushing the financial envelope. &nb ... More >>

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