Who needs a tired old pub crawl when gourmet food can be involved? Bon Appétit and Belvedere Vodka are partnering to host LA’s Grub Crawl next weekend, an interactive food tour that allows Angelenos to experience the best restaurants in the city in a unique and non-traditional way.

Steve Nash is the latest MVP to sign with the LA Lakers and he’s finally revealed his reasons for doing so. Though he said just a few short weeks ago that it “would be hard” to don a purple and gold jersey, he decided to head for the Hollywood Hills for family reasons.

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival has called Indio, California home for the past 13 years, but come 2013 change is in the air. Goldenvoice, the company that produces the celebrity-favorite two-week festival, has reportedly decided to move out of Indio after the city proposed an $18 ticket tax for 2014.

The romance is over for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his longtime girlfriend, Lu Parker. Parker’s rep confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that the two have parted ways.

Byrdie Bell has said bye bye to the whirl of Manhattan and has moved to Los Angeles to become an actress. The socialite and model has lived in London, Chicago and New York City before moving to Hollywood, but says she couldn’t be happier with her decision.

His personal life may be in shambles, but professionally, Tom Cruise is at the top of his game. According to Forbes, the Rock of Ages star is the highest paid actor in Hollywood.

Women around Los Angeles broke into happy dances when they heard that Toshop was finally making its way to LA earlier this year. Sir Philip Green’s haute UK store has committed to opening its first Los Angeles location at The Grove, but may first make its debut in the form of a pop-up shop.

Thanks to shows like “Top Chef” and “Hell’s Kitchen”, chefs with fiery personalities far too big for the kitchen have found their way onto our TV screens. Talk can be cheap, but you’ll definitely want to put your money (and mouths) where these gourmands create their haute cuisine.

With one push of a silver lever on a box labeled ‘Aspire’ last week, Magic Johnson’s new TV network went live. His new venture is aimed at bringing black families enlightening and positive programming.