Viper Room
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The Viper Room is a nightclub located along the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California. It was opened in 1993 and was partly owned by actor Johnny Depp until 2004. The club is well known for having been the site where actor River Phoenix died of a drug overdose on Halloween morning in 1993.
Even following Phoenix's death, the club remained a hang-out for Hollywood hottest young actors. Regulars included Jennifer Aniston and Sean Penn.
In Oliver Stone's film The Doors (1991), the Viper Room was used as a filming location for scenes depicting the London Fog, a lesser-known nightclub next to the Whisky a Go Go where The Doors had their first regular gig for four months in early 1966.[1]
As part of the settlement of a lawsuit involving the disappearance of co-owner Anthony Fox in 2001, Depp relinquished his ownership of the Viper Room in 2004.[2] The nightclub is now owned by Darin Feinstein, Bevan Cooney, and Blackhawk Capital Partners, Inc.
A nightclub located in Cincinnati, Ohio was formerly called "The Viper Room". The club changed its name to "The Poison Room" on January 1, 2006, after they were told by the West Hollywood Viper Room to stop using the name.[3] Another "Viper Room" in Portland, Oregon has also been told to stop using the name under threat of a trademark lawsuit, with owner Darin Feinstein claiming "Every dollar they make is the result of using our name".[4]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Filming Locations for The Doors
- ^ "A Christmas Murder In Hollywood, Part Three: Another Tragic Anniversary" by James Ridgway de Szigethy, published December 2004 on AmericanMafia.com
- ^ "Viper Room Changing It's Name Jan. 1..." on CincyMusic.com (December 2005 forum post by club owner/manager)
- ^ "Nightclub coils to strike in trademark infringement suits" by Amanda Bronstad, Los Angeles Business Journal November 21, 2005
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