You'd think being one of the world's most famous celebrities would get you access behind any and every closed door imaginable, but you'd be wrong. Los Angeles' Soho House turns five years old this year, and some members of the private club's management are spilling secret details about who has been allowed in and who hasn't. "We denied access to every Real Housewife who applied," Tim Geary, the former membership director, told The Hollywood Reporter. And the no's didn't end there… "Kim Kardashian has unsuccessfully tried numerous times. Kobe Bryant showed up and chose not to join. We didn't let him up. There was debate over Britney Spears. Not sure how...
- 3/27/2015
- E! Online
This story first appeared in the Sept. 26 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Is this the end of Soho House's Hollywood monopoly? Manhattan's year-old NeueHouse, a private social club and workspace set to open an L.A. branch in the spring, already has taken on its would-be competitor by poaching its former membership director Tim Geary, THR exclusively has learned. "We're very excited to have him as a colleague," says NeueHouse co-founder Joshua Abram, who notes that Geary will help NeueHouse "very quickly" expand into Soho House's other global bases, including London. Of more immediate
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- 9/18/2014
- by Gary Baum
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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