She’s been promoting Barack Obama’s re-election for months, and Eva Longoria’s hard work has finally paid off. In fact, the Desperate Housewives star was so overcome with the results of Tuesday’s election that she broke down in tears.

Santa Barbara’s Bacara Resort + Spa is about to become one haute spot on November 16. Nigel Lythgoe and Katy Perry are among the celebrities who are going to descend upon the stunning resort as honorees of the 11th Annual Celebration of Dreams Gala.

A three-story, $31 million apartment-building conversion downtown is about to become the City of Angels’ newest ‘secret garden’ hotel. The LA Times reports that a group of developers are ready to move on the property and turn it into a 44-room ‘park-like’ hotel.

Katie Holmes has been kissing a new man…but it’s all in the name of work. Tom Cruise’s ex-wife locks lips with Josh Hamilton in the Broadway play Dead Accounts.

Jessica Alba was honored at a gala presented by none other than Harry Winston on Monday evening. The philanthropist and eco-entrepreneur was the recipient of the first ever Baby2Baby Giving Tree Award.

Where in LA should you get your culture and arts fix? Look no further than these five haute galleries!

A slew of glamor girls came out on Saturday night in support of Liz Goldwyn. ‘It’ girls Dita von Teese and Chloe Sevigny arrived at the historic Hearst Suite of the Los Altos Apartments in support of Goldwyn’s short film, “The Painted Lady.”

MusiCares has set up a fun to help survivors of Hurricane Sandy. The organization’s President/CEO Neil Portnow said in a statement: “Hurricane Sandy has been devastating and life-altering for its victims, their families and their communities.”

Though she was involved in the cheating scandal that rocked the world earlier this year, Kristen Stewart was fully supported by on-again boyfriend Robert Pattinson over the weekend. The British heartthrob turned up at the Saturday evening premiere of Stewart’s latest film, “On the Road”.