The Argyle Tuesdays at the Argyle The Scene(s): Downstairs is a kicked-back den with ’80s and ’90s rock. Upstairs is more like circusy performers, surprise Tyga shows and servers riding fake pigs drenching themselves in bubbly. Aka open format. Keywords: Stilt envy, bustier abundance, dragon-fruit-y mezcal, “better than Charlotte’s
Wednesday night’s West Coast premiere of Lionsgate-Roadside’s drama “The Skeleton Twins” at the Arclight evoked multiple memories of sibling strangeness. Director Craig Johnson allowed during the afterparty at the Argyle Hollywood that the onscreen combination of “Saturday Night Live” alums Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader as estranged twins made him think of growing up with his sister in Bellingham, Wash. Johnson said that he and co-writer Mark Heyman first came up with the idea for
The Argyle Hollywood, a new nightclub and cocktail bar hybrid is slated to open Tuesday. The venue, located in the former Tru nightclub space at the corner of Selma and Argyle, will have a nightclub upstairs, an outdoor bar and a cocktail den downstairs that serves libations and small plates. Two large mirrored Art Deco doors open from the sidewalk into a small entrance area. If you choose to go left, you enter the nightclub.
Photos by Elizabeth Daniels Construction is wrapping up at The Argyle, the swanky boutique nightclub and craft cocktail den concept being spearheaded by Travis Bass and James Anderson of Bass Anderson Management Group and George and Peter Younan of Tru Hospitality Group. The grand opening will be August 19. The historic space might have been fitted with impressive 3D LED tubes and L.A.'s first two-story V.I.P. table at the nightclub level, but it's the names attached to the
Order a cocktail. Receive a marshmallow. Man, Hollywood is getting weird. Step into The Argyle Hollywood, a new split-personality haunt with high-tech dancing above and some marshmallow-related cocktailing below, going the friends-and-family route tonight and officially opening Tuesday. (See the slideshow here.) If you’re planning an evening involving curious cocktails with an assortment of rather stunning subterranean-Hollywood-cocktailing types, this is that kind of joint. Feels like a stately old library in
It was meant to be Jennifer Aniston's week in the spotlight, with a string of talk show appearances, a twirl on the red carpet and a new movie out tomorrow. But with Thursday's news that her ex-husband Brad Pitt finally tied the knot to Angelina Jolie, the focus has shifted once again back to Hollywood's most famous love triangle of recent times. Perhaps bracing for the oncoming storm, Aniston rounded off a day
After six years of bringing together the Elmore Leonard novel-turned-indie film, the cast and crew of “Life of Crime” arrived Wednesday night for its West Coast premiere at the ArcLight Hollywood. Stars Jennifer Aniston and Will Forte displayed a strong sense of friendship on the carpet. Both largely known for their comedy, the pair tried out a new genre with “Life of Crime.” “We had a ball together,” Aniston said. “We had some great rehearsals, great dinners and fun times.” “Yeah, we broke
Life of Crime, based on Elmore Leonard's novel The Switch, stars Aniston as an unhappy housewife in the 1970s who is kidnapped by a couple of amateur crooks (John Hawks and Mos Def). Things go awry when her cheating real estate developer husband (Tim Robbins) doesn't jump to pay the $1 million ransom. Rounding out the cast are Isla Fisher, Will Forte and Sons of Anarchy's Mark Boone Junior. After the screening, Aniston and Theroux hit the post-screening party at The Argyle, where they