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.

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Reese Witherspoon has received the highest honor any mother could receive: she’s been dubbed a perfect parent. The Southern belle was feted by the March of Dimes, the leading non-profit organization for pregnancy and baby health, at their 7th annual Celebration of Babies luncheon on Friday.