Boom Boom Room
asks Brad and George for help

Laguna Beach, Calif., gay bar the Boom Boom Room, on the brink of being shut down, is turning to celebrity do-gooders Brad Pitt and George Clooney for help. SavetheBoom.com has issued an appeal for financial assistance from the actors, who were incorrectly identified as co-investors with the company that bought the property in 2005.

"Both of you are true leaders in human and civil rights," the Web site reads. "Over 100 years of gay history that the Boom represents is at stake in Laguna Beach."

The actual owner of the club, Emerald Financial LLC, intended to turn the property into an oceanfront boutique hotel, but those plans were scrapped. Now what is described as the second-oldest gay bar in the Western United States is back on the market, though it is scheduled to stay operational through September. Emerald Financial, owned by Beverly Hills billionaire Steven Udvar-Hazy, purchased the Coast Inn and the Boom Boom Room for $13 million. (The Advocate)