There are two bow-topped Mini Coopers galavanting around Tinseltown this holiday season, and it is a gift to guests of the Peninsula Beverly Hills. The Coopers are the latest bespoke additions to the fleet of luxury in-house cars at the hotel, but they weren’t just purchased for the purpose of ferrying patrons to and from the best boutiques on Rodeo Drive.

Awards season has officially begun! Hollywood’s finest filmmakers, actors and creative talents including Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts, Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jerry Weintraub, Chris Cooper, Lee Daniels and Richard Linklater were honored at the 17th annual Hollywood Film Awards Oct. 21 at the Beverly Hilton. Coldplay received the Hollywood Song Award for their […]

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Emirates longest A380 flight made its debut in Los Angeles on Monday. The new service between LA and Dubai is a whopping 16 hours and 20 minutes and, as befitting a flight to the City of Angels, offers the ultimate in Tinseltown-friendly amenities.

Brett Ratner’s RatPac-Dune Entertainment closed a $300 million credit facility that will be used to finance up to 75 Warner Bros. films.

The Saban Community Clinic bestowed its annual honor on David Nevins this year during an elegant soiree at the Beverly Hilton. The Showtime Networks Inc. President of Entertainment and Friends of Saban Community Clinic board member Eric Siegel were honored at the Friends of the Saban Community Clinic’s 37th annual dinner gala, which was hosted by House of Lies co-stars Kristen Bell and Don Cheadle.

On any given day, you’ll find the likes of Jack Nicholson, Kim Kardashian, Andy Garcia, Leonardo DiCaprio and Denzel Washington sitting courtside at the Staples Center to cheer on their team, the Los Angeles Lakers. And now, the Lakers are paying homage to their A-list fans with a new black uniform, dubbed “Hollywood Nights.”

One thing you’d be surprised to learn about Kristin Davis is that she’s an excellent camper. This wouldn’t be such a shock if Davis wasn’t best known for playing “Sex and the City’s” resident Park Avenue Pollyanna, Charlotte York-Goldenblatt, a character whose idea of roughing it is swap her trademark flouncy skirts, cardigan sets and pearls for jeans and T-shirts. But unlike the reformed WASP she played both on television and on the silver screen, Davis herself has a much freer spirit.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire set a new Thanksgiving box office record with $110 million, and naturally, the craftiest of companies are capitalizing, as it will, on the success of the Capitol. Haute chocolate company Vosges in particular has paid homage to the film’s sweet success with a collection of bonbons created specifically for those who can’t resist gobbling up everything they can pertaining to the Games.