Nordstrom Santa Monica is getting its Gallic on this week. The haute department store will debut its Francophile-friendly “French Fling” concept shop on the Westside this Thursday.

George Clooney was honored for his humanitarian work by the Shoah Foundation at the University of Southern California. The Oscar winner was presented with his trophy by the organization’s founder, Steven Spielberg, at the Institute’s 2013 Ambassador for Humanity Gala at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City late last week.

Ever wonder what the most powerful leaders, business execs and celebrities keep on their desks? Well, we’re about to tell you. Our biweekly “What’s on My Desk” feature will take a look inside the offices and at the desks of the world’s most influential power players.

James Cameron has succeeded in convincing a court that the Academy Award winning film Avatar was his own creation. This week in LA a judge ruled in the director’s favor when Eric Ryder claimed that the multi-billion dollar film was a ripoff of his own K.R.Z. 2068, which was described as an “environmentally-themed 3-D epic about a corporation’s colonization and plundering of a distant moon’s lush and wondrous natural setting.”

Those staying at the exclusive Peninsula Hotel are in for even more of a treat this autumn. World-renowned fashion designer Oscar de la Renta has partnered with the haute hotel to create a luxury collection of amenities including a specialty bespoke fragrance.

Rolex supported a haute evening in LA this week that simultaneously celebrated the opening night of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2013-2014 season and the 10th anniversary of the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Here is 24 Karat Etiquette author Lisa Gache’s haute secrets, her insider’s guide to t he best places to stay, play and eat (in a well-mannered fashion, of course) in the City of Angels.

Jessica Alba is just as stylish in the office as she is at home. The eco-friendly actress recently showed off the headquarters her environmentally sustainable corporation, The Honest Company.

Gucci has teamed up with Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation to restore James Dean’s classic 1950’s era film Rebel Without a Cause. The haute Italian fashion house has now worked with Scorsese’s foundation for eight years, helping to restore films by directors such as John Cassavetes, Michelangelo Antonioni and Federico Fellini.