The Academy Awards are still many months away, but the first of its award winners has already been announced. Jeffrey Katzenberg will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

The folks at the Sofitel sure do know how to throw a party! The luxury hotel company has partnered with Laurent-Perrier to celebrate the champagne company’s 200th anniversary.

Some things in life are timeless, as three generations of women proved on Monday night. A LBD flattered the figures of Tippi Hedren and daughter Melanie Griffith at Fox’s Eco-Casino held at the Bookbindery in Culver City.

Since divorcing Tom Cruise this year, Katie Holmes has really branched out on her own. In addition to heading back to Broadway and debuting her Holmes & Yang label at New York Fashion Week, it has just been announced that Homes has become the first celebrity spokesperson for the luxury cosmetics company Bobbi Brown.

Your tastebuds will be saying “Ooh la la!” after sampling the creme de la creme of French dining in Los Angeles. So sit back, relax and treat yourself to the finest pate and escargot LA has to offer at one (or all) of Haute Living’s top five French restaurants in the City of Angels.

Beverly Hills has a brand new bag, baby. To be perfectly apt, it actually has a new bag store now that Tumi, a destination for travel, business and lifestyle accessories, has opened its flagship location on Rodeo Drive.

Dare we say that Southern California just got a little bit cooler with a new collaboration between Wolfgang Puck and KISS frontman Gene Simmons? The master chef and hard rocker have joined forces to create Rocktoberfest, an event which is to be the largest Oktoberfest celebration in SoCal.

Apparel designer Anders Bard of SOMB (Shirt Off My Back) shares his Los Angeles secrets with Haute Living. Find out where Anders — who created his eco-friendly apparel company with friends Will Bennett, James Williams, Chris Norqual and Anson Carter to provide children in Africa with clothing— shops, dines and who he thinks has the best dessert in the City of Angels.

Apparel designer Anders Bard of SOMB (Shirt Off My Back) shares his Los Angeles secrets with Haute Living. Find out where Anders — who created his eco-friendly apparel company with friends Will Bennett, James Williams, Chris Norqual and Anson Carter to provide children in Africa with clothing— shops, dines and who he thinks has the best dessert in the City of Angels.