Smoke & Mirrors, that ultra exclusive lounge inside The Standard, abruptly pulled a venue change about two weeks ago and word on the street was that the split between the hotel and Smoke & Mirrors operators Paul Sevigny and Armin Amiri wasn't exactly amicable. But, The Hollywood Reporter claims that Smoke & Mirrors relocated because Sevigny/Amiri "felt lowballed by an offer to work on the Standard’s summer pool scene and also grew suspicious that hotel employees were leaking information about their celebrity clientele." Supposedly Darryl Gibson from Bar Marmont will take over the space to launch a new nighttime something. [THR]
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