Hollywood Roosevelt

As it is located just across the street from the Dolby Theater, the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel is one of the best places to spot celebrities prepping for the Oscars red carpet. The hotel is also one of Los Angeles’s grand dames, and Hollywood heavyweights Clark Gable and Carol Lombard stayed in the property’s 3,200-square-foot, three-floor […]

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Hollywood Roosevelt

Photo: Courtesy Hollywood Roosevelt

Hollywood Roosevelt

Photo: Courtesy Hollywood Roosevelt

Hollywood Roosevelt

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As it is located just across the street from the Dolby Theater, the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel is one of the best places to spot celebrities prepping for the Oscars red carpet. The hotel is also one of Los Angeles’s grand dames, and Hollywood heavyweights Clark Gable and Carol Lombard stayed in the property’s 3,200-square-foot, three-floor penthouse (which is now named after them) the night before the very first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929. Ninety years later the hotel is still a favorite of celebrities, with Reese Witherspoon checking into the stylish, Yabu Pushelberg–designed Roosevelt Suite to prep for ceremonies in years past.