Brad Pitt’s production company is moving on. After eight years, Pitt’s Plan B is slated to make an exit when its deal expires with Paramount at the end of 2013.

Mptv Images celebrated the 75th anniversary of founder Sid Avery’s first celebrity photo at Design Matters Gallery in Los Angeles last week. Attending tastemakers were treated to an exclusive viewing of over 30 of Avery’s iconic photograph, including rare pictures of legends like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Sophia Loren.

The innovative Los Angeles County Museum of Art has launched a haute new collaboration in conjunction with SpaceX and Google. Its new Art + Technology Lab is an experiment in bringing artists and technologists together to develop cutting edge projects for the museum.

Benjamin Millepied is about to add “designer” to his repertoire. The French choreographer and dancer has been tapped by Van Cleef & Arpels to create a piece for the opening party of its redesigned New York flagship.

Just because he’s decided to embark on a 22-day “plant-based” lifestyle cleanse, Jay-Z still managed to spend his 44th birthday in style. He and wife Beyonce Knowles headed to Cafe Gratitude in Larchmont for his birthday lunch to nibble on a menu that’s rapidly becoming one of the hautest spots around for Tinseltown’s A-list.

Kristen Stewart has a haute new role: she’s been named Chanel’s new spokesperson The 23-year-old Twilight star will be the face of Chanel’s 2013-14 ‘Metiers d’Art’ Paris-Dallas collection.

The ever-green Leonardo DiCaprio is indulging two of his passions at once, and has entered a team into the first-ever electric race car championship. The Wolf of Wall Street star announced on Monday that he’s partnering with Venturi Automobiles and will enter a team in the FIA Formula E Championship.

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Asia De Cuba will be replaced this January by Herringbone, a restaurant courtesy of Top Chef alum and The Taste judge Brian Malarkey. James Brennan of the Enlightened Hospitality Group will join Malarkey to open the new space inside West Hollywood’s Mondrian hotel on the Sunset Strip.