Van Cleef & Arpels’ South Coast Plaza boutique is showing off a haute new look for 2014. The luxury brand’s Costa Mesa location is Parisian chic, featuring nearly 2,200 square feet of custom wallpaper, gold leaf accents and a stunning crystal chandelier.

Ryan Seacrest is going to host the party to end all parties in Times Square tonight. The American Idol post and producer will co-host Dick Clark’s Rockin Eve with Ryan Seacrest alongside Jenny McCarthy and Fergie for ABC.

Etro has opened its doors on Rodeo Drive. The Italian luxury label has made its new Beverly Hills home in a 4,500 square foot space at 2 Rodeo, just mere blocks away from its former store.

The real-life inspiration for Leonardo DiCaprio’s financially-swindling playboy in The Wolf of Wall Street is a hit close to home for Angelenos: Jordan Belfort lives in the tony beach community of Manhattan Beach.

Jeffrey Katzenberg will co-host a second upcoming fundraiser in LA in a bid to defeat the Senate Republicans’ minority leader Mitch McConnell. The DreamWorks Animation honcho and wife Marilyn will throw a power event for Democratic senatorial candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes at the home of CAA managing partner Steve Lafferty on Jan. 13.

It’s a well-known fact that Kanye West doesn’t do things by halves, but he tends to go above and beyond when it comes to fiancee Kim Kardashian. The latest gift in his arsenal is a one-of-a-kind $40,000 Hermes Birkin bag hand-painted by George Condo.

Where in LA can you find a designer craft cocktail? Look no further than our top 5 picks for the best mixology bars in the City of Angels.

The highly anticipated opening of downtown LA’s Ace Hotel will occur even earlier than expected: conveniently in time for the upcoming Golden Globes. The hotel has bumped up its previously slated date of January 15 to just after the New Year on January 6; the awards ceremony is on January 12.

Tom Cruise has settled a $50 million defamation suit against a magazine that accused him of having had “abandoned” daughter Suri after divorcing her mother, Katie Holmes. In a sworn affidavit filed last month in federal court, the 51-year-old star said the claim that he had abandoned his daughter was “patently false.”