Versace hosted a brilliant charity event over the weekend, an event at which celebrities could shop until they dropped — for a cause. A slew of stars turned up at the Staples Center to buy designer duds as well as to show their support of the Lakers Youth Foundation and STAPLES Center Foundation.

Though you might not expect it, Los Angeles is to be the home of the first American Gland Slam this fall.

Leonardo DiCaprio is putting his money where his mouth is. The Wolf of Wall Street star’s self-named foundation has made a $3 million donation to international ocean conservation and advocacy organization Oceana.

Oyster lovers, your day of delight is imminent. To celebrate the 9th anniversary of his Hollywood hot spot, The Hungry Cat, Chef and owner Daniel Lentz has come up with a truly innovative idea — and that is Oysterpalooza.

Even if stars like Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams and Matthew McConaughey don’t take an Oscar home this year, they can console themselves with the plethora of goodies to be found in their well-stocked, $80,000 goodie bags.

Judd Apatow has been making people laugh for over two decades, and which is the reason he’s being honored by the Paley Center for Media with its PALEYFEST Icon Award.

This week we’ve featured Suite 100’s project director, Susan Manrao, and her insider’s guide to Los Angeles.

The creme de la creme of restaurants are toasted at the James Beard Awards, and this year, Los Angeles boasts 23 semi-finalists. Three LA eateries are up for the Best New Restaurant award, including Ludo Lefebvre’s Trois Mec, Connie & Ted’s and chi Spacca.

Ed Ruscha is continuing to link the worlds of art and film with his latest work: the Pop artist has designed the poster for the 20th Los Angeles Film Festival, which will run from June 11-19.