To a young generation, The Standard — which closed on Jan. 22, 2021 — was where they all came of age in Hollywood. They spent all their 20s at the pool and then they spent their 30s or 40s at Giorgio's.
They grew up with that hotel. On opening night in 1999, I helped with the door for [then-owner] André Balazs, and I'm not a door-person.
Monica Lewinsky showed up with a camera crew and I knew exactly who she was. I guess she was doing a documentary. I looked at the list and she was not on the list and I told her firmly that she needed to go away.
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