Tuesday was Carole King’s night, but it was Katy Perry who very nearly stole the show. The pop singer looked so gorgeous in her emerald green Yves Saint Laurent dress and sang King’s “So Far Away” so beautifully that Jack Nicholson couldn’t help but give her a kiss — on the cheek — by the end of her performance.

Wolfgang Puck doesn’t cry over spilled milk (or sugar, as it were); when longtime pastry chef Sherry Yard broke the news she was leaving the Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group after almost twenty years, he simply found a replacement. That replacement is Della Gossett of Charlie Trotter’s who moonlights as a pastry chef instructor at the award-winning French Pastry School in Chicago.

When Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux decide to trim a tree, they do so with a little help from their friends. Only, their friends are of the A-list variety. The newly engaged couple hosted Demi Moore, Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Meyer at their Beverly Hills rental.

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Mel Gibson is showing off his soft side. The Academy Award winning actor attended a celebrity poker tournament benefitting Mending Kids International just after taking two girls from Honduras who have undergone intensive facial surgery on a dream shopping trip earlier in the month as part of his work with the organization.

A select few were lucky enough to preview Fisker’s upcoming 2014 model, The Atlantic, last week during LA Auto Week. An elite crowd gathered at the Santa Monica home of Lisa Ling and Paul Song to take a sneak peek at a $1M prototype of the eco-friendly automobile.

One of Venice Beach’s most famous residents flipped the switch on its iconic holiday sign: none other than Robert Downey Jr. The Iron Man star gave a brief speech as he celebrated the completely laid-back, SoCal ceremony.

A rainy Thursday evening doesn’t stop from coming out to raise money for the Children’s Action Network. Kelly Wearstler hosted the event at the Beverly Hills residence she shares with husband Brad Korzen, of the Kor Group.

Pushpa Basnet of Nepal was awarded the highest honor last night at CNN Heroes: An All Star Tribute in LA after she was named “Hero of the Year.” Though host Anderson Cooper announced the award, earlier in the even Susan Sarandon had presented Basnet $50,000 in recognition for her work with her nonprofit organization, the Early Childhood Development Center.