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Feinstein opens his own club in Hollywood
Wednesday March 26, 2003LOS ANGELES (AP) Michael Feinstein has his own room in Hollywood.
The singer-pianist played winning and losing Oscar-nominated songs for a star-studded crowd attending opening night of his new club Feinstein's at the Cinegrill on Tuesday night.
``This is absolutely fantastic. This is a gorgeous room. It reminds me of a '40s set,'' Feinstein said of the 150-seat, tier-leveled supper club in the basement of the Hollywood Roosevelt hotel.
``I've always had a fantasy about having a club in Hollywood, so now I'm bi-coastal,'' he said, referring to his New York club, Feinstein's at the Regency.
``How about a Feinstein's in Memphis?'' actress Cybill Shepherd shouted about her hometown.
Elvis Costello and Diana Krall held hands as Feinstein played and sang ``Mona Lisa,'' ``Hooray for Hollywood'' and ``My Kind of Town.''
Other celebrities who cheered him were Red Buttons, Jackie Collins, Stefanie Powers, George Hamilton and his ex-wife Alana Stewart, Lainie Kazan, Lorna Luft, Mr. Blackwell and Ginny Mancini, widow of Oscar-winning composer Henry Mancini.
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