In celebration of the re-opening of the historic New York City Center this October, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has agreed to pick up the baton as an honorary maestro for the Encores! Orchestra, as Fiorello LaGuardia once had.

This year’s “Zo’s Summer Groove” event hosted by Alonzo and Tracy Mourning was a huge success and raised $600,000 of well-needed funding for the Alonzo Mourning Charities, which will this year benefit the Overtown Youth Center and Honey Shine Mentoring Program.

On Saturday, July 30, Hollywood bombshell and supermom Angelina Jolie was honored at the 2011 Sarajevo Film Festival in Bosnia’s National Theatre. The known humanitarian – who has served as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador since 2001 – was given the Heart of Sarajevo award for her generous philanthropic efforts as well as for her directorial debut with the film In the Land of Blood and Honey.

After treatment for pancreatic cancer in 2004 and a liver transplant in 2009, Steve Jobs of Apple has been on a medical leave of absence for nearly six months now. Jobs remains the mega-company’s CEO and is still involved deeply in its major strategic decisions, but perhaps his medical leave has a plus side for the famous micromanager.

There’s a reason why Haute 100 New York member Jennifer Lopez was chosen for the coveted seat on American Idol’s judging panel – she’s gorgeous, charming, has the talent to back up her words, and she works hard. So maybe that’s the reason the star is also getting a hefty raise to stay on the show to over $20 million – that’s over $8 million more than she was paid for her debut season.

After leading many to think he may run for President, Haute 100 Miami member Donald Trump revealed that that would not be the case by declaring on May 16, “I am not ready to leave the private sector.” Regardless of his previous statements, however, it looks more recently like Trump might actually be serious about his position in the White House.

Haute 100 Los Angeles member Arnold Schwarzenegger has been honored in many ways but, most recently, it is through his childhood home in Austria that he is being celebrated. The icon’s home, in which he was born, in the village of Thal opened its doors on Saturday, July 30 as a museum housing several pieces indicative of every aspect of Schwarzenegger’s 64 year life thus far.

Celebrity designer and Haute 100 New York member Donna Karan hosted the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund’s (OCRF) annual fundraiser on Saturday, July 30, along with TV personality Kelly Ripa and actress Emma Roberts in the Hamptons. The Super Saturday event was the 14th annual, and was successful in raising a well-needed $3.5 million to fund research for ovarian cancer, which causes over 15,000 deaths a year in the US alone.

Pharrell Willims, Haute 100 Miami member and most recent inductee into the hip hop figure-turned-liquor maker group, has been asked by famed British DJ and producer Mark Ronson to collaborate with him on Ronson’s upcoming single Record Collection 2012.