Madonna is the Material Girl, after all, so we’re not surprised that she opted to wear 1,000 carats of diamonds to her annual post-Oscar shindig.

Westime, the hautest watch retailer in Southern California, will debut its first location in Malibu this summer.

Whether you’re in the mood for a quick dip or a serious sun-soaking session, our picks for the top 5 hotel pools in Los Angeles and Orange County are the perfect places to have a little poolside fun in the sun. Happy swimming/dunking/tanning!

It’s been a big week of award-winning for Catherine Martin. Not only did the costume designer take home two Oscars on Sunday night for her work on the Great Gatsby, but she was also the 21st person to ever been inducted into the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style.

Giorgio Armani hosted a fashionable fete last week in honor of Oscar-nominated directors Martin Scorsese and Paolo Sorrentino at the brand’s Beverly Hills flagship boutique.

Kanye West and Jay-Z are once again becoming a dream team. West has announced that his creative design and content company, Donda, has partnered up with Jay’s Roc Nation, which will manage all of DONDA Music.

The rainy Oscar-week weather didn’t deter haute Hollywood from heading to the beach to attend the 2014 Independent Spirit Awards. On Saturday, March 1, Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, handed out top honors to 12 Years a Slave, Dallas Buyers Club and Nebraska at this afternoon’s 29th Film Independent Spirit Awards.

The best and most philanthropic bash of awards season was, as usual, the Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar viewing party.

Women and Film threw its annual intimate cocktail party feting the female Academy Award nominees to kick off Oscar weekend on Friday evening. The event was co-hosted by WIF President Cathy Schulman and award-winning actress Helen Mirren at luxe West Hollywood eatery Fig & Olive.