Billionaire founder of Farallon Capital Management LLC Thomas Steyer and his wife, Kathryn Taylor, recently made a generous $25 million donation to Yale University to help open the school’s Energy Sciences Institute.

With the upcoming 2012 Olympics, London is positively abuzz with anticipation. Adding to the excitement is the opening of an installment of Wolfgang Puck’s celebrated CUT steakhouse in London, marking the famed Austrian chef’s debut of a restaurant in London and Europe as a whole.

President Barack Obama will be in the Bay Area as the guest of honor at the homes of two of Silicon Valley’s biggest names – Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Symantec CEO John Thompson.

Brad Pitt and his Plan B Entertainment have signed on to produce The Normal Heart, ‘Glee’ creator Ryan Murphy’s new film adaptation of the semi-autobiographical play by Larry Kramer. With Pitt backing him up, Murphy is finally picking up steam with this project, the first after his last directorial role in 2010’s Eat Pray Love.

The Rally For a Cure golf tournament is set to take place this October 1 at Maysville Country Club in Maysville, KY for the 15th year running to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Founded in 1982, the Susan G. Komen Foundation was created as Haute 100 Miami member Nancy G. Brinker’s promise to her dying sister, Susan, to work towards a cure for breast cancer.

Tory Burch’s highly anticipated Madison Avenue flagship store opened its doors as scheduled last Thursday, September 8, on Fashion’s Night Out. The dazzling new shop embraces a homey feel, evocative of a 19th Century townhouse, making the shopping experience one of added luxury.

Latin music sweetheart Paulina Rubio has seen her share of emotional events this year – the death of her father, the birth of her son, and other problems that had threatened to set her back on her new album’s progress. The Mexican singer persevered, however, and is now finished a new album “with a lot of energy” that is “all about rhythm.”

Russia’s Renaissance Group – jointly owned by Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov and New Zealand’s Stephen Jennings – is planning elaborate investment plans in Africa, which would fortify the company’s foothold across the continent and strengthen its potential economic renaissance.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has announced plans for their inaugural Art + Film Gala on Saturday, November 5, 2011, which has been made possible with generous support from Gucci. The premiere event will honor actor Clint Eastwood and artist John Baldessari with a glamorous celebration of the art of the moving image.