Last Minute Cancellation
Former celebrity guests of the Four Seasons Chicago can rest easier knowing that the tell-all book Great Reservations, written by two former concierges at the hotel, has met its death at the hands of a pesky non-disclosure type of agreement the authors failed to mention to their publisher. Luckily for all of us who get all giddy over vapid and meaningless celebrity travel news, the publisher sent advance copies to the media before Four Seasons was able to put an end to the expose, which promised to “dish about outrageous requests, celebrity encounters and guests behaving badly at a luxury hotel.”
Until I can find one of the copies that will surely make its way onto eBay courtesy of some unscrupulous book reviewer, I’ll have to content myself with reading stories by advance copy recipients about the stories that were supposedly in the book. Among the tidbits I’ve gleaned from the internets:
- Gary Busey was obnoxious enough during his stay at the hotel to earn the nickname “Abuse-y”
- Demi Moore apparently fell for the time-honored Chicago empty gas tank con
- John Cusack apparently has “fetid, stained and incredibly smelly” dirty laundry.
- Jean-Claude Van Damme really, really wanted to sleep with Madonna. She wasn’t likin’ it.
- Michael Flatley wears mascara.
- Hank Azaria apparently really, really likes young concierges.
- Harrison Ford would prefer a root canal to dinner with Brice Willis, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Bill Murray rules.
- Courtney Love is nuts.
I don’t know about you, but I personally may have to take a vacation just to recover from the shocking news about Michael Flatley’s mascara habits. Go figure.