Jaunted - Hollywood

The Hills Travel: My Victory Face, Let Me Show You It

egw — 2008-08-26T08:45:17-05:00

Visit our Hills Season 4 Map to figure out where to take the balloon bouquet.

Previously: The pool party sucked, Whitney worked and She-Pratt used to be good.

It's Stephanie She-Pratt's birthday! She's having a party at Boulevard3 and invited LC at school and her second question (after "Can I bring a guy?") is, "Are you inviting Spencer and Heidi?" Foreshadowing!

Speidi appear, briefly, as if they actually won't go to the bash, thus nearly draining the drama from this episode. Out for a date at Don Antonio's, a familiar Season 2 and 3 haunt, they once again express how betrayed they feel, but Heidi insists that for the sake of family unity, they should go and then cut her out of their lives forever.

So Spencer shows up late with a giant balloon bouquet--Huh?! She's not four!--and says, while LC and Lo are sitting on Stephanie's other side, "Can you get these obnoxious chicks away?" Master of subtlety!

To Do in LA: See Dead People with Freddy Krueger

juliana — 2008-08-07T11:00:06-05:00

Hollywood Forever, the cheesily-named cemetery housing some of the nation's most famous dead thespians and cinematic employees, is not some sort of sacred quiet place where people go to mourn the long lost.

Nope. Like most places in Hollywood, this is a place to party. At least it's a place to party in the summer when the cemetery hosts movie screenings. And who better to party with in a cemetery than Freddy Krueger himself?

That's what's going down on August 12 when Robert Englund is attending the premiere for his newest horror-comedy movie, Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer.

Unlike most Hollywood parties, this one is open to all. The open lawn screening begins at 7:30 pm. We're saving our seat near our favorite Golden Girl, Estelle Getty, who was recently buried here.

Related Stories:
· Hollywood Forever Cemetery [Official Site]
· Summer Travel coverage [Jaunted]

Hiatus Travel: "Hills" Iraq Junket Hits Bratty Snag

egw — 2008-07-28T09:30:24-05:00

The world may yet be spared a Spencer Pratt-Heidi Montag Iraq tour attached to John McCain's presidential campaign. Whatever Heidi and McCain daughter Meghan discussed at lunch a few weeks ago, they may not have covered the simple fact that Spencer refuses to fly coach and won't pony up for first-class seats. Let's all impress this on our memories so in 20 years when he runs for president, we can create "Coach Passengers For Truth."

Maybe he's just saving for his gigundo mortgage: The "Hills" couple we love to hate was spotted shopping for a more permanent abode in Malibu this weekend. Something is wrong with a universe when Ed McMahon is facing foreclosure but these TV twits can afford to buy.

[Photo: Celebitchy]

Kelly Rowland, Travel Reporter?

egw — 2008-07-25T09:00:22-05:00

Stars... they're just like us! Kelly Rowland is trying to muscle her way into the travel-media field with a TV pilot. The show, tentatively called "Around the World," hasn't been picked up yet, but will supposedly show the best in hotels, restaurants and shopping around the globe.

Rowland seems like a grounded enough girl not to pull a "Taradise," but she needs a specialty like Tara Reid's. (Getting drunk and falling down in exotic locales is not a specialty.) Since she's a singer, maybe she can do a little ditty at the end of each episode?

Related Stories:
· Kelly Rowland To Host Travel Series [ICYDK]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: BlackVoices.com]

Celebrehab Travel: From DUIs to Passenger Sides

egw — 2008-06-13T09:45:01-05:00

If he weren't married, they could be Gibspears! Or Melney! We have no way to account for the friendship (mentorship?) between Mel Gibson and Britney Spears, but they were spotted at a cigar bar in Hollywood this week.

As you can see, Britney arrived at the event being driven instead of driving herself--well done! Not that there is a ticket process for Cigar Smoking Under the Influence, but a little prevention goes a long way.

Clearly, whether it's due to Mel's tutelage or not, Britney's summer is looking up: Her appearance on "How I Met Your Mother" was submitted to Emmy voters, and Spears is reportedly at work on a follow-up to last year's "Blackout."

Related Stories:
· Would You Go on Vacation with Mel Gibson? [Jaunted]
· Britney Spears Commutes by Private Plane--Jealous? [Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: IDLYITW]

Inside the Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood

juliana — 2008-05-21T15:00:01-05:00

Yesterday we spent the afternoon bumming around Universal Studios in Hollywood. Our first (and pretty much only) order of business was to check-out the brand-new Simpsons Ride.

You may remember that this ride replaced the Back to the Future ride which we were sad to see go. But have no fear, next to the Simpsons gift store--aka the Kwik-E-Mart--Doc Brown still lives on in his Doc Brown's Fried Chicken Stand.

Then again, Doc Brown is positively dwarfed by Krustyland, the pseudo-amusement park in which the Simpsons Ride takes place.

What's Inside the Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios?

juliana — 2008-04-09T15:43:16-05:00

It's kinda hard for us to get excited about the Simpsons Ride opening at Universal Studios on May 17 because to open this ride meant closing down the totally awesome Back to the Future ride.

Still, we should be happy that replacement is something equally iconic. (We just wouldn't go for, say, a Snakes on a Plane experience.)

The LA Times' Daily Travel and Deal blog has some deets on the ride which is housed in the old BTTF ride structure and has the same motion simulator concept.