The world premiere of Transformers: Dark of the Moon opened the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF) last night at the Pushkinsky Theater, Russia’s main film venue. Several stars of the film walked MIFF’s red carpet (which was green this year) for the premiere, including Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, Patrick Dempsey, John Malkovich (who received a lifetime achievement award at the opening ceremony) and Tyrese Gibson, as well as director Michael Bay and producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Ian Bryce.

The Moscow government intends to auction luxury 5-star hotel National, a historic landmark in the heart of Russia’s capital and one of its most famous hotels, the city’s government said earlier in a week. National hotel has once numbered Vladimir Lenin among its guests (Lenin lived here in 1918, after the Bolsheviks seized power and moved from St. Petersburg).

Legends of Tennis, a show competition featuring Safin, Kafelnikov, Ivanisevic, Moya and Bjorn Borg took place over the weekend at the Samaranch Tennis Center in Moscow. As any sporting occasion of such scale, the event drew a huge nod of recognition and gathered Moscow A-listers at courts watching the action and later at the reception celebrating the Cup.

Cameron Diaz has come to shed some starlight on Moscow, in promotion of her new movie Bad Teacher. She jetted in for the Moscow premiere and accompanying press conference sharing her views on life lessons, the role and her co-star Justin Timberlake.

Chinese and Japanese restaurants aside, the other Asian foods are sorely under-represented in Moscow. When it comes to cuisine such as Korean, your options are very limited. However, there are some very good restaurants that do specialize in Korean cuisine and offer very plausible Korean BBQ.

Young art entrepreneur Dasha Zhukova, known for being oligarch Roman Abramovich’s girlfriend, yet again heated the headlines of European media. And the reason for it is that Russian society beauty hosted of the hottest party at the Venice Biennale over the weekend.

The annual Monte-Carlo radio grand-prix horse racing has taken place at the central Moscow hippodrome. It might not be exactly the Royal Ascot with its long history and robust traditions, but Monte-Carlo horse racing has already become a traditional meeting place for the whole Russian beau-monde since its launching in 2004.

Russians who love their veal chops can never understand the merits of being vegetarian. But luckily for them meat restaurants in Moscow are some of the best in the world. They offer a wide range of meat from veal to pork and cooked by the chef to your exact requirements. Haute Living selection of the best meat restaurants in Moscow are located across the capital and provide a welcome treat for meat carnivores.

Yesterday Moscow’s most glamorous haunt Tatler Club was celebrating its 1st anniversary. An establishment is located on two floors of Radisson Royal Hotel. Although last night it was not easy to get to the entrance, as myriads of Tatler Club famous friends and fans came to celebrate the occasion causing an appalling traffic in the area.