'As the Chateau Turns 100, André Balazs Won’t Be Naming Names - The other night at the Chateau, Mitch Glazer told me a quintessential André Balazs story. During the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes in 2023, a down-and-out fifty something actor pal of his asked for help in getting waitstaff work. Mitch reached out to a dozen restaurateur friends; each said business was in an awful slump, try us in a few months, blah.
André hired the man sight unseen. He told Mitch, “I always find openings for exactly this thing,” meaning not just for casual acts of compassion but to loyally honor an old friend’s request. That anecdote is a grain of colored sand in the mandala of the Chateau Marmont —André Balazs’ immoveable feast, his sanctuary, an impresario’s permanently impermanent design for living.
The mythical hotel's centenary comes next year, which is a helluva run for a sand mandala. The modest tale won't find its way into The Chateau, the eight-part series Mitch and I are writing for Netflix, though so many other fables, twice — and never — told will. I sat down with André for a colloquy about the dream castle that's embossed on the collective consciousness of Hollywood,' writes Bruce Wagner for Interview Mag.
André Balazs was portrayed for his feature by Charlie GRAY c/o LGA MGMT.
André Tomas Balazs (born January 31, 1957) is an American businessman and hotelier. He is President and CEO of André Balazs Properties, a portfolio of hotels in the USA and residences in New York, particularly in New York City.
The jewel in his collection is undoubtedly the Chateau Marmont hotel, located on Sunset Boulevard, which he bought and renovated in 1990. The hotel is known as both a long-term and short-term residence for celebrities—historically "inhabited by people who were either on the way up or on the way down"—as well as a home for New Yorkers in Hollywood. The hotel complex features 63 rooms, suites, cottages, and four bungalows.
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