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People, November 15, 2004

As The Tide Turns

By Ericka Sóuter, Oliver Jones in Oahu. Photo by Mark Arbeit.

Ratings droopy? Need a vixen, stat? North Shore recruits Shannen Doherty–who says she's now "mellow".

It's 8 p.m., Shannen Doherty is in her Honolulu hotel, and the phone rings. It's a surfer pal with an invitation for the evening. "It's going to be a killer party on the North Shore," she promises.

And Doherty, the 33-year-old twice-divorced TV veteran and tabloid hell-cat, says..., uh, no, thanks. "I wasn't tempted," she insists. "Not even a pinch." Instead, she orders Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story on pay-per-view and jumps under the covers.

What exactly is going on here? Doherty, of course, has long been known for two things: nightime dramas (Beverly Hills 90210, Charmed) and a dramatic nightlife. Now she's taking another stab at the former, joining FOX's island-based soap North Shore as the troublemaking half sister of the show's goody-two-sandals (Brooke Burns). Off-camera, however, Doherty swears on the soul of Jason Priestley that what might be called The Shannen Doherty Show –the decade of headline-grabbing behavior that kept her steadily in the gossip columns– is on hiatus and may be –gasp!– gone forever. "I really have mellowed out," she says. "The pace has definitely slowed down in my life, which is good."

["At FOX, maybe I can find a home again," says Doherty (on 90210 with Luke Perry).]

Granted, it would have been a very hard pace to keep up. Some highlights: She impulsively married Ashley Hamilton, son of tanmaster George, in 1993, only to divorce seven months later, and in 2002 she married Rick Salomon – yes, the guy who taped and costarred in that notorious Paris Hilton video – a union that lasted nine months. Famously temperamental, Doherty was fired from 90210 producer Aaron Spelling, who rehired her for Charmed, where she clashed with costar Alyssa Milano. Reportedly, Doherty tried to run down ex-fiancé Dean Factor with her car, later telling Movieline she intended no harm: "Look, I have good aim. If I really wanted to run him over, I wouldn't have missed." And just last February she got into anasty tiff in South Beach with Tara Reid.

All in the past, Doherty says now. "When I was younger, when I was getting married for the first time, I wasn't on the best behavior," she admits. "I had married the wrong person, and it wasn't working out. It was an incredibly destructive relationship, and [Hamilton] was a drug addict and I didn't know towards the end, when I left him." The stories in the press, she says, hurt: "It was like all the kindness in the world seemed to have left."

[Doherty (with Jason Momoa) and her North Shore costars "get along famously," says producer Bert Salke.]

Doherty doesn't apologize for her past but says she has changed. "After a while you get so sick of going out, seeing the same people, doing the same thing," she says. "I have done all that, and it's not much fun anymore." As for men, "I know now that I won't run off and get married after two weeks–men are still on their best behavior at that point." Lately she has been dating Manhattan-based hotelier Jason Pomeranc, 33. "My taste has definitely improved, and I definitely won't be repeating the same personality types," says Doherty. That said, she adds, "I'm human. I still have the right to marry the wrong guys."

Regarding her newfound peace of mind, location probably helps. "How could anyone feel down here?" asks Doherty, who's living in Hawaii while North Shore tapes. She has taken up surfing and says she's often up at dawn for the cleanest and least crowded waves. "Whenever I get stressed, I go jump in the ocean. It purifies and cleanses me. It really does change you. It's like everything melts away." Out of the water, "if I encounter people with a bad attitude or bad energy, I don't let it seep into my own," says Doherty. "I know I sound like such a freak right now talking about all this energy stuff, but it's so true. You get back what you put in."

"I live by the beach, and my life is all about my dogs, my horses and my friends," says Doherty (in Oahu). "It forces you to look at the brighter side of things".

The North Shore casting would seem to provide an excellent opportunity to test her new resolve. In 2001 Doherty had a brief romance with her Charmed costar Julian McMahon–who at the time was married to, but said to be estranged from, Brooke Burns– who now costars with Doherty on North Shore. Doherty adamantly denies that she had anything to do with the couple's marital problems. "I come from a strong, moral Southern Baptist family," says Doherty, a Memphis native and–a rarity in young Hollywood–a diehard Republican. "For anybody to say that I could be a home wrecker is hurtful." The triangle, says Doherty, has not caused any bad blood on the Honolulu set. She and Burns "laugh together," she says. "She gave me tips on how not to show sweat stains when I'm shooting an outdoor scene wearing silk. Our relationship has been fine despite what people have tried to make it out to be. There have been no catfights."

That said, she know it will be hard to change the way some people think about her. So she tries to stick to her mother's advice. "My mom always says, 'One person at a time, Shannen.' So I always have that in my head. And you know what?" she asks. "When people meet me, they know who I am."

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Sixty Hotels CEO Jason Pomeranc on the Timeless Allure of Road Trips

Sixty Hotels CEO Jason Pomeranc is also an avid car geek who appreciates a classic road trip. Sixty Hotels

Skift Take: Behold, fellow car geeks.

— Deanna Ting

Hospitality is a family business for Jason Pomeranc. In 2001, along with two brothers and his real estate mogul father, Jack, he opened a boutique hotel, 60 Thompson, in downtown Manhattan. Pomeranc has spent the past decade and a half expanding his reach, most recently through his Sixty Hotels brand, with properties in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and soon, Montreal.

But luxury lodging isn’t the only passion passed down in the Pomeranc family. “As a kid, my father would talk about coming to the U.S. [from Poland], and the cars he would indulge in as he became successful,” said the 45-year-old hotelier. “He would reference his ’59 Cadillac Fleetwood — this big boat, this symbol of American arrival.”

For guys who grew up in a certain era, Pomeranc said, “I think we’re all somewhat car guys. I see it as an aspirational, eternal youth, male sort of pursuit. And the different feel of different cars. Regular use, as opposed to racing, which has a different vibe. For many people, cars evoke emotional connections that go far beyond the technical details and specifications that others really fixate on. It wasn’t so much about this lustful need for speed; it was more the artistry of what a particular car meant at a particular period of time.”

Here, Pomeranc discusses the vehicles that have marked his own arrival — and inspired more than a few departures.

Favorite Drive

“The Pacific Coast Highway. You’ve got the mountains on one side, the ocean on the other, and this curviness in between. You can really disconnect. It’s different from taking a speed drive on the Autobahn. The interaction of the coastline is the ultimate escapism. It brings you back to Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, where the journey is everything, not necessarily the destination.”

His City Car

“The Mercedes G55 SUV is still virtually the same design since its 1970s introduction as a military vehicle. It’s still a bit rough around the edges and sits high on the road, but I like the height, the strength of the engine, and the noise, quite frankly — the roar of the engine gives the perception of complete power. It’s very tactile, as opposed to some of the newer car engines that hum like some type of spaceship. And you don’t necessarily need to go off-road or climb a mountain or cross a desert when you’re driving through New York City. But knowing that you can? That’s exciting.”

His First Car

“I bought a mildly beaten-up manual-shift Jeep Wrangler in 1988 and spent 6 months interning at what was then Bear Stearns in order to garner a loan from my father to pay for it.”

Road Trip Advice

“I prefer to have a general idea of where we’re going to end up. Don’t just start driving and see where it goes. The time and the distance become more abstract. Break it up into zones where you have things to look forward to in bite-sized pieces. And don’t over-plan it, either — stop and experience the local culture — and don’t focus on the time. It’s not about getting there faster; it’s about getting the most out of what you’re seeing. For me, scenery is important. It’s what helps me escape, so going long distances on vacant highways in order to get to great places is not as exciting as the curvy route and seeing things that, living in big cities, we don’t get to see — whether that’s nature or small towns or instances of charm that can only occur in the adventure of things.”

His Fun Car

“I have a 1989 Porsche Targa in Los Angeles, in addition to my regular car, and it’s not the smoothest and easiest car to drive, but it feels completely different with the engine and the old format. It was actually a car that my older brother had, his first major sports car, and I remember thinking as a kid: That was the ultimate cool thing to have. It’s a manual-shift, too, which is fun. It can get tiring in L.A. traffic, but when you can really rip it open, you feel like you’re much more engaged with the road.”

His Dream Car

“An original Shelby Cobra from the mid-1960s. I like the look of it. And I like the Shelby story. There’s something so fierce about it. The car represents, in my opinion, the best of Anglo-American car design: powerful, sleek, masculine, and compact. More than any other car, it captured the spirit of freedom that more mass-production cars like the Corvettes and Mustangs popularized on a much larger scale, and it had as much style as speed. It’s just a beautiful specimen and screams masculinity, open road, power — all the good stuff.”

To contact the author of this story: David Walters in at [email protected]. To contact the editor responsible for this story: James Gaddy at [email protected].

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