lalate Posted December 22 Report Share Posted December 22 For Immediate Press ReleaseLALate.com | NY Late.com | TeenLate.cominfo@lalate.comMissy Elliot and Pearl Nightclub Top the 2003 LALate Best of LA AwardsLA's Biggest Nightlife Company, LALate, Announces the Best of LA Covering Los Angeles NightlifestyleDECEMBER 22, 2003 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. Singer/Producer Missy Elliot and Pearl Restaurant and Nightclub top the 2003 LALate Best of LA Awards announced today in Santa Monica. The LALate Awards name the top in LA nightlifestyle in 2003 from music to venues to parties. LALate.com, the most successful company on nightlifestyle in LA, with spinoff sites NY Late.com and TeenLate.com, is the preeminent authority on nightlifestyle with one of the fastest growing followings of clubgoers in the United States. In a word, as Zagat's is to restaurants and Frodor's is to travelling, LALate is to nightlifestyle. LALate is the first ever one-stop websites for residents and travelers to LA to get into the most exclusive VIP-only parties listing several dozen events sometimes per night featuring top A+ celebrities, from mansion parties to top LA venues, to secret thousand person warehouse parties with acts that rival major stadium performances. With one of the largest memberships of clubgoers in Los Angeles, LALate has built its nationally reported success upon the happiness its service brings its patrons night after night, publishing the most talked about weekly newsletter in Los Angeles. LALate is featured in this week's Los Angeles Times.From its launch, LALate began publishing to its readers a weekly and often bi and tri-weekly newsletter providing details never before seen in the nightlifestyle scene. But with so many events, nearly four dozen events on its calendar per week, LALate reduces in its newsletter those events to three of the most talked about charts in LA nightlifestyle: its online nationally syndicated and branded "LALate 7-Day Planner Chart" and "LALate Hot @ 9 Chart" and "LALate New2Watch Chart", giving up to the minute information about what's hot and what's not.Today's LALate Best of LA 2003 names the best in nightlifestyle in LA in 2003 out of an estimated 2,000 parties carried by LALate throughout the year. The Awards give nods not just to venues but also to events, music, clothing and automobiles that topped nightlifestyle in LA in 2003.About LALateWith a market saturation of readers estimated at over 85% of VIP clubgoers in Los Angeles, more LA residents look to LALate for its opinion on nightlifestyle than any other authority. LALate's newsletter recently celebrated its 100 edition. LALate's newsletter doesn't just review the crowd at the venue, it reviews the decore, the floorplan, the door operations, and that was just the beginning. Many have acclaimed LALate as "the Martha Stewart of the bling bling". "Ironically, nightlifestyle is a look a feel that is anything but bling bling; it is captured and embodied by the people who live it, from Hollywood A list executives to up-in-coming performance artists. Whether it's an unusual hat worn by a guy or a certain boot worn by a girl, it's a look and feel that represents an otherwise very intelligent crowd that knows what they like and know how to do it right," says LALate.com.In 2003 LALate covered trends in nightlife fashion, featuring clothing line Von Dutch months before its recent height in LA popularity; automobiles, featuring the Porsche Cayenne months before it ever arrived in U.S. showrooms. LALate, in short, quickly gained in popularity by having a keen eye to not only report, but also predict, trends in nightlifestyle, constantly endeavoring to capture trends, not fads, reporting on everything from Ralph Lauren accessories to men's cologne. "We didn't just tell you what went on in White Lotus; we told you how people looked, dressed, what they drove. And what readers loved is how we reported from a mass cross section of venues, from red carpet warehouse parties in the dark empty streets of Downtown LA to A+ venues in Beverly Hills, to present everything that is bursting to the forefront, not just in one scene, but across the nightlifestyle arena", says LALate.com.Through 2003, LALate had an unmatched entry to LA's exclusive nightlife, for example carrying first number one venue White Lotus Tuesdays through Thursdays and now carrying Lotus' successor for the number one spot, Pearl, Wednesdays through Saturdays.Award WinnersIn a year with countless new venue openings through LALate, choosing the best. To be a #1 venue either for the year ending or overall for the year as a whole, a venue needed a combination of many factors all working at once: a) extreme exclusivity, city wide buzz and reputation, c) attendance at capacity levels, and d) high percentage of repeat patronage. This year's winners are the following:a) Venues LALATE BEST VENUES of 2003 LALate's Top 10 Current Venues in LA as December, 2003This is based upon how venues ranked on LALate's charts ending the year 2003.1. Pearl2. Cinespace3. Avalon4. Vertigos5. Stock Exchange6. Highlands7. Nacional8. Barfly9. White Lotus10. ShelterLALate's Top Overall Venues in 2003These rankings considers all venues throughout 2003 and is based upon how they ranked on LALate's charts throughout the year.1. White Lotus2. Pearl3. Cinespace4. Avalon5. Vertigos6. Stock Exchange7. Highlands8. Nacional9. Barfly10. Shelter11. 9000 Lounge12. Las Palmas13. AD14. Spundae @ Circus15. Forbidden City16. Sunset Room17. Club 70518. Deep19. Larchmont20. MarksTop Overall Venue in 2003: White LotusCategory WinnersTop Upscale Mega-Nightclub in 2003: HighlandsTop Discotect in 2003: Spundae @ CircusTop Lounge for 2003: NacionalCity WinnersTop Hollywood Venue for 2003: White LotusTop West Hollywood (Non Sunset) Venue for 2003: PearlTop West Hollywood (Sunset Strip) Venue for 2003: BarflyTop Beverly Hills Venue for 2003: JoyaTop Downtown LA Venue for 2003: VertigosTop Southbay Venue for 2003: Club 705Venue Nominees:White LotusPearlCinespaceAvalonVertigosStock ExchangeHighlandsBarflyNacionalShelter9000 LoungeLas PalmasADSpundae @ CircusForbidden CitySunset RoomIvarDeepLarchmontMarksThe Falls7969Vine BarEl DoradoDragon Fly7969 Garden of EdenHard Rock The GrandOrsini'sDerbySugarEl DoradoHollywood CanteenThe GateZenHereBoardnersMonte CristoJoyaSky SushiClub One SevenCasa EscobarArgyleCentury ClubMayanLatitudes Parties LALATE BEST PARTY of 2003LALate's Top 10 Parties of 2003#1. Warehouse Party - October 4th 2003This was the finest party you could imagine. Mountain climbers dancing on the side of buildings with belly dancers on stage below with walls of fire shooting sky high with video projections on a wall the size of a city block - and that's just in the first area. #2. 18 hour, 18 DJ Warehouse Party - Labor Day WeekendThis was the best music event of the year. A converted warehouse was adorned with red carpet with at least 10 security guards in yellow and black outfits looking like they are protecting the Franklin Mint with shoulder-mounted mikes and all. As you entered you saw an absolutely stunning portable bar underlit with stainless steel, the biggest black tent you can rent under-decored with white sails and ended with a big screen tv with your dj spinning mindblowing house euroebeats. To your left you entered a two floor warehouse. By the next day you heard 18 djs spinning the finest sets ever in one venue for nearly 3/4 of a day.#3. NYE Warehouse Party - January 1, 2003What made this event so great was not just the incredible fire acts, music, and light show. Rather it was people turning to you after the clock striked midnight and introducing themselves, introducing their friends, and carrying on the conversations for hours into the morning, a warm inviting way to start the New Year.#4. The Outkast - Paris Hilton Event - November"VH1 BIG IN 2003 TV SPECIAL" live, hosted by D.L. Hughley, with performances by Kid Rock, Shania Twain featuring Pharell, Outkast, Matchbox Twenty. With appearances by: Will Smith, Vivica A. Fox, the OC Cast, David Spade, Chris Kattan, Jessica Simpson, Nick Lachey, Paris & Nicky Hilton, Andy Dick…plus MANY MANY MORE!#5. The Penthouse Pet Party - September 20, 2003On Saturday September 20, TeenLate.com | LALate.com offered the biggest Penthouse Pet Party ever with special negotiated cover VIP rates for TeenLate.com | LALate.com. The vip all night party featured the incredible Penthouse Pet Teanna Kai live! If you saw her recent pictorial in Penthouse, you know why we were excited about this party. The event featured the hottest internetsupermodels, dvd , film, magazine, TV stars, andexotic dancers on earth! #6. Tie - Ludacris Live @ Highlands Party | Maya Live @ Cinespace - July, 2003In one night you saw the best of the best performing live in Hollywood, for free.#7. Block Party Featuring Raul Campos and Doc MartinThe 4th Annual Los Angeles Art & Music Festival (L.A.A.M.F) featuring Doc Martin and Raul Campos. A 2-day party for all ages. It is an approximately 3/4 - 1 mile long block party, in the style of New York City block parties, in a huge wide warehouse street in the middle of Downtown LA starting under the historic 4th Street Bridge. #8. Tie - Canoga Park Warehouse Party - November, 2003A 20 foot pilars of fire, circus acts, 200 foot tv projections of the acts, belly dancers, fire dancers, and more, totally indoors with a lingerie theme.Memorial Weekend Warehouse PartyWhen you see 50 10+ girls entering a party at 2 am you know you are at a hot spot. That's what this Memorial weekend party was in Downtown LA.#9. Tie - Chris Judd @ White Lotus - Hollywood Lil Kim Party @ White Lotus - Summer, 2003You got to see more of Chris Judd and "less" of the always hot Lil Kim.#10. Gene Simmons Open Bar party for Tongue Magazine - Summer, 2003So many celebrities and the rock in roll frontman himself.c) Nightlifestyle LALATE BEST NIGHTLIFESTYLE of 2003TOP NIGHTLIFESTYLE DESIGNER FOR 2003 OVERALL - VON DUTCHNo designer was seen more on the nightlife scene than Von Dutch.TOP NIGHTLIFESTYLE AUTOMOBILE FOR 2003 OVERALL - 2003 ESCALADENo car was seen more on the nightlife scene than the Escalade generally with those famous spinning rims.d) Music LALATE TOP ARTISTS of 2003LALate's Top 10 Most Played Artists in LA Clubs in 2003These are the artists that got the most airplay in LA clubs, bars, and lounges in 2003 based upon individual plays and longevity throughout the year.1. Missy Elliot2. 50 Cent3. Beyonce feat/ Jay Z4. Eminem5. Justin Timberlake--------------------------------------------------------------------------------lalate.com | teen late.com | ny late.com info@lalate.com © 2003 LALate.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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