Emmy season has officially descended upon Los Angeles and we are pleased to say that it kicked off in an incredibly haute way on Sunday night. Audi and designer Derek Lam were joined by Emmy® nominees Julie Bowen and Melissa McCarthy at Cecconi’s in West Hollywood yesterday.

She may have been snubbed at the 2012 Emmy Awards this year, but Lea Michele still had reason to celebrate. The “Glee” star hosted a party on Saturday in honor of her cover girl status in Nylon magazine’s September TV issue.

Eva Longoria’s overwhelming success was evident on Saturday night as she hosted a dinner for her charity, the Eva Longoria Foundation, at her own Hollywood eatery Beso. The Desperate Housewives star looked stunning in a white Emilio Pucci creation with Christian Louboutin shoes; she carried a Salvatore Ferragamo clutch.

Sumner Redstone has made a massive charitable donation to Boston University’s School of Law. The Boston native has given $18 million to the school to expand and improve its current facilities.

It raked in $47 million in ticket sales alone, and now the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival could stand to triple that amount. A new report in The Desert Sun reports that Goldenvoice, the company behind the Coachella and Stagecoach festivals in Indio, has proposed to add an additional three weekends of music.

If tourists were eager to see a celebrity while visiting LA on Wednesday, they didn’t have to look very hard: it seemed as if every celebrity in Hollywood was at the Pantages Theatre. Why? The award-winning Broadway musical, “The Book of Mormon”, had finally arrived in LA.

The Beverly Hills Hotel, which celebrated its 100th birthday this year, has become the first historical landmark of Beverly Hills. Grammy Award winner Dionne Warwick was the guest of honor at the commemoration ceremony held inside the Crystal Ballroom, where she opened the hotel’s most recent time capsule and created a new one.

Paddy Spence shares his Los Angeles secrets with Haute Living.Find out where Spence — the founder and CEO of the all-natural Stevia-sweetened soda company Zevia — shops, dines and who he thinks has the best dessert in the City of Angels.

Paddy Spence shares his Los Angeles secrets with Haute Living.Find out where Spence — the founder and CEO of the all-natural Stevia-sweetened soda company Zevia — shops, dines and who he thinks has the best dessert in the City of Angels. Like Haute Living Los Angeles? Join our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter @HauteLivingLA. Want Haute […]