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Hollywood Turns Against the Famed Beverly Hills Hotel Over the Sultan of Brunei’s Anti-Gay Stance

Controversy

After the owner of The Beverly Hills Hotel, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, announced the implementation of strict Sharia Law in the Southeast Asia state—including stoning homosexuals to death—celebrities and prominent organizations have decided to boycott the establishment.

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The Daily Beast

Before Beverly Hills, there was The Beverly Hills Hotel.

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A deluge of palm trees, exquisite flowering bushes brimming with camellias, and other assorted exotic shrubbery, as well as a pronounced flagpole with Old Glory flying high, signals your arrival.

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