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Frasier's Kelsey Grammer gave his wife Camille a 30th birthday party with a "70's disco in Malibu" theme. Kelsey sported a shaggy wig and bell bottoms. A tent outside their L.A. home housed orange and lime decor with beaded curtains, leopord skin table cloths, disco balls, and bean bag chairs. Guests included Frasier cast members.

Director Renny Harlin (Diehard 2, Cliffhanger, Deep Blue Sea) threw a 40th birthday bash at his Beverly Hills home, guests included Michael Keaton, Vin Deasel, and Michael Rapaport. He turned his gardens into a giant living room with sofas and velvet bean bag chairs.

When Joan Lunden was asked what the best part of her real-life role has been, she replied: "Staying up with my girls at night...to be able to flop down on one of their bean bag chairs and listen to Alanis Morrisette and talk about boys."

An In Style magazine writer proclaims, "Hillary Swank (actress Boys Don't Cry) has voluptuous bean bag lips."

Julia Roberts says, "Reading a book in a bean bag chair in front of my fireplace is a great luxury - to sit down with a whole day free and barrel through a book."

Fashion designer Issey Miyake plans to make a line of bean bag chairs called Mobile, with arms and legs!

While Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz read stories to kids at a benefit for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, some kids were more interested in bouncing on their bean bag chairs.

HIP HOTELS
A $335 per night kid's suite at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel in Orlando, FL boasts bean bag chairs, mini bathrobes, and kid-friendly decor. The hotel is responding to the rising number of biz trips that include kids.

The Cavalier hotel in chic South Beach Miami has bean bag chairs placed strategically under a disco ball in its grotto-like "Marlin" bar. For the hip and trendy people!

BUSINESS WORLD
Mattel, the world's largest toy maker, has a 2000 square foot think tank for employees that includes desks with wheels, chalkboard walls, and bean bag chairs to encourage spontaneous collaboration.

Buyandhold.com, an online investment firm, offers employees office decor of bean bag chairs and a giant Nerf Ball to lure young people away from big stodgy companies.

Avalanche, a web design firm, has a conference "womb" with scattered bean bag chairs instead of a conference table to encourage open interaction.

General Motor's Detroit research center reinvents their SUVs sitting in bean bag chairs in front of a giant video screen in a window-less office - reviewing new SUV concepts.

MaMa Media, a New York childrens website, plops kids on bean bag chairs behind a tinted window for weekly focus groups researching how kids learn and play online.

Wells Fargo in San Francisco makes work space homey for employees with an open-loft floor sprinkled with bean bag chairs and a pool table. Bankers on bean bag chairs!

ORLANDO, FL - a creative services company allows employees to work alongside their kids! They created a "kids office" stocked with toys, books, and bean bag chairs.

The 30 employees of the Matrix Group International in Virginia can go to their office lounge and nap on the bean bag chairs and couch - during work hours!