Deck the halls with … stars of Swarovski? Sure! This Christmas, Rockefeller Center is sparkling for miles with its beautiful annual tree that has been adorned with a 550 pound star with 25,000 crystals and 1,000,000 facets.

While determining a sushi restaurant to be “the best” is certainly all about perception, there are usually some lesser known sushi spots that deserve more love than they’re getting. Kiyokawa is one of Los Angeles’s sushi hidden treasures, and we’d like to introduce you to what could be your new favorite spot.

Accomplished chef, Marcus Samuelsson, has been invited to cook at the White House tomorrow evening, November 24, for President Obama and First Lady Michelle. If you’re stressing about how your Thanksgiving turkey is going to turn out, imagine how Samuelsson is feeling!

The Bill & Melina Gates Foundation will be donating more than $300 million towards training teachers and conducting research based on figuring out what components actually make a good teacher.

Three yachts, including the pictured “Bull” yacht, belonging to Bernie Madoff have just been sold and generated more than a million dollars for victims of his $65 billion Ponzi scheme.

Maison Ventury Paris’ Divine Collection has just reached a new level of luxurious comfort. This season, the brand’s products will include a revamped Divine Collection Millesime 2010 that includes beautiful furniture including a lounge chair that sparkles with 24 carat gold and crystals.

Have you ever driven around in your Porsche and thought to yourself, “Hmm, if only this car was armored…” Well, for anyone out there who may need a little bit of luxury protection, this may be the car for you.

Grab your lingerie-buying shoes and hit the streets of Malibu because the La Perla shop has officially opened!

South African native, and one of Forbes Magazine’s richest people, Johann Rupert, has recently been appointed the new CEO of the Richemont Group.