Category: Fashion

The folks at CheapOair are offering travel deals to cities where this year’s Oscar-nominated movies for “Best Picture” were filmed, and I thought that idea was just creative enough to post. Destinations include New York City (Wolf of Wall Street), London (Philomena), Boston (American Hustle), Los Angeles (Her),  and New Orleans (Dallas Buyers Club), where fans can visit and tour the exact locations where major scenes were filmed in some of this year’s most stimulating movies.

Los Angeles (Her)

Los Angeles is the base-setting for this futuristic love story. During your stay, head to Dockweiler State Beach which is the location where Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) and Samantha (Scarlett Johansson) shared a romantic date. Afterwards, go to San Pedro Harbor, where Theodore sails to Catalina Island in the movie. CheapOair is offering a vacation package to Los Angeles, California for a 4 night/5 day stay at Omni Los Angeles starting at $613 per person.

Sample rate listed is for travel from Chicago to Los Angeles between March 6, 2014 and March 10, 2014, based on availability. Additional dates and locations available. Taxes and service fees included. For reservations, visit HERE.

Boston (American Hustle)

Begin your vacation by purchasing tickets to a live dance or music performance at Boston’s Wang Theatre, which is home to several of the film’s casino scenes. The theatre is also where Rosalyn Rosenfeld (Jennifer Lawrence) and Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) fought over Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) after discovering the love triangle he had gotten himself into with his wife and mistress. CheapOair is offering a vacation package to Boston, Massachusetts for a 4 night/5 day stay at the Boston Omni Parker House Hotel starting at $802 per person.

Sample rate listed is for travel from Las Vegas to Boston between March 6, 2014 and March 10, 2014, based on availability. Additional dates and locations available. Taxes and service fees included. For reservations, visit HERE.

New York City (Wolf of Wall Street)

When vacationing in New York City, make sure to catch lunch at Top of the Sixes, a skytop restaurant on the 41st floor of 666 Fifth Avenue, the actual building in which the LF Rothschild firm was housed. This is the location where the famous scene in which Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) gets taken out to lunch by his boss, Mark Hanna (Matthew McConaughey) on his first day on the job and is taught the “key” to being a successful and powerful investment banker. Afterwards, head over to the World Financial Center overlooking the water, to see the backdrop of where Belfort’s yacht was docked in a scene where he was getting investigated by the FBI. CheapOair is offering a vacation package to New York, New York for a 4 night/5 day stay at the Hilton Manhattan East starting at $824 per person.

Sample rate listed is for travel from Los Angeles to New York between March 6, 2014 and March 10, 2014, based on availability. Additional dates and locations available. Taxes and service fees included. For reservations, visit HERE.

New Orleans (Dallas Buyers Club)

Movie buffs across the country should add New Orleans to their list of desired locations. Known for being a city used in various Texas-set films, including the Oscar nominated “Dallas Buyers Club.” Producers made the “Big Easy” look like the “Big D” in many scenes. CheapOair is offering a vacation package to New Orleans, Louisiana for a 4 night/5 day stay at the Le Pavillon Hotel starting at $601 per person.

Sample rate listed is for travel from Dallas to New Orleans between March 6, 2014 and March 10, 2014, based on availability. Additional dates and locations available. Taxes and service fees included. For reservations, visit HERE.

London (Philomena)

As you begin your adventure to London, fly into Stansted Airport where they filmed several emotional scenes between Philomena (Judi Dench) and Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan) at a number of locations around the terminal. CheapOair is offering a vacation package to London, UK for a 4 night/5 day stay at the Park Plaza County Hall London starting at $1,380 per person.

Sample rate listed is for travel from New York to London between March 6, 2014 and March 10, 2014, based on availability. Additional dates and locations available. Taxes and service fees included. For reservations, visit HERE.

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Late Night with David Letterman band leader Paul Shaffer shared an endearing video of his adopted canine cuties in honor of National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month. The video is an extension of the Humane Society’s larger Shelter Pet Adoption campaign, meant to alter people’s awareness about shelter animals and increase pet adoptions. Watch Paul Shaffer and his daughter below.

“I believe if you’re meeting someone for dinner, you dress smartly to show that you respect them. I absolutely think that dressing well is an expression of manners. I think dressing well on an airplane is an expression of manners, too.” Tom Ford, on his reasons for never wanting to see me on an airplane.