David Geffen has has made another massive monetary donation in the name of charity this year. In addition to pledging $30 million to the MPTF, he has now made a donation that establishes a $100 million scholarship fund that will cover the cost of education for the best students attending UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine.

Six of LA’s finest chefs came together this week for a unique gourmet food fest in Hermosa Beach. Abigaile restaurant will open its kitchen each month to top toques from around Los Angeles, and Wednesday night was its inaugural Kitchen Takeover session.

It came as no surprise that Steven Spielberg was the leader of the pack when the 70th annual Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning. The Oscar-winning director’s Lincoln earned seven nods, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Daniel Day Lewis) and Best Supporting Actress (Sally Field).

Susan Sarandon’s kitschy and cool ping pong club has finally arrived in LA. The Oscar winner and André Balazs hosted the grand opening of SPiN on Tuesday evening at the Standard Downtown.

Mark Wahlberg has logged on to a new project for the dot com generation. Along with Stephen Levinson, the Oscar nominee will produce an untitled hacker film at Universal Pictures loosely based on a recent GQ article entitled “The Hacker Is Watching.”

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.

Jennifer Klein’s haute annual holiday party was the go-to destination for celebrity couples on Saturday. Christina Aguilera and Matthew Rutler, Chris Evans and Minka Kelly, Christina Hendricks and Geoffrey Arend as well as Lauren Graham and Peter Krause all enjoyed the seasonal festivities at Klein’s private home.

Chris Crary, Haute Living’s pick for rising chef of 2012, is making major moves in the food industry. The Viceroy’s chef de cuisine will not only be the head chef at Santa Monica’s newest members-only club, 41 Ocean, but he’ll be a partner in the business, as well.

George Lucas made headlines when it was announced that, not only was he selling Lucasfilm to Disney, but that a seventh Star Wars film was about to be made. But how did this hush-hush deal manage to remain a secret in Hollywood? According to Disney chief Alan Horn, the formula was quite simple. “We threatened everybody with a blast from the Death Star!” he joked at a recent party in Beverly Hills.