Navy Beach kicks off summer 2012 with a sunset photo contest starting Memorial Day weekend, Friday, May 25. Entries will be accepted through

Living Proof, the award-winning beauty brand, favored by A-Listers such as Blake Lively and Carrie Mulligan is bringing its Restore the Love Bus to New York City for three full days of events.

One sign of summer's imminent arrival particularly cherished by New Yorkers is the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's rooftop exhibition. The Met unveiled the latest installment of its seasonal sculpture program on Tuesday.

Sacha Baron Cohen left his role in Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film Django Unchained due to scheduling conflicts, as was Kurt Russel for unknown reasons.

Mark Zuckerberg will lead an all-night hackathon will be conducted by Facebook that will end when Zuckerberg rings the NASDAQ’s opening bell from Facebook’s Menlo Park campus.

On Sunday, May 20, owners Beau Laughlin, Brett Cranston and Mike Jay of The Hudson will host the 2nd ANNUAL HUDSON BLOCK PARTY in West Hollywood, a 10-hour festival co-sponsored by the City of West Holly & The Chamber of Commerce in association with Table Manners, The Churchill and Black Banditz.

Tripel, the gastropub based in Playa del Rey, will be celebrating American Craft Beer Week with a special dinner on Monday, May 21 at 6:30 p.m. They’ll team up with Smog City Brewery, a craft brewery from Tustin. The night will feature unique brews and a special four-course tasting menu by Brooke Williamson and Nick Roberts.

Cast your votes for the first annual Haute Living Hotel Madness San Francisco.

The James New York has a luxurious pool deck on the 18th floor of the hotel that showcases skyline views of the city. The pool deck features an outdoor shower and chaise lounges, as well as hotspot JIMMY, opened at night for delicious cocktails

On May 15, luxury Swiss watch brand OMEGA hosted a star-studded golf outing at the Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles.

Europe is at risk of becoming nothing more than a tourist attraction for wealthy Chinese if it does not reform, CEO of luxury goods group Richemont Johann Rupert said.

Welcome to Haute Living Hotel Madness! Our curators have carefully selected the most luxurious hotels in New York, Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco. In our haute spin on March Madness, 16 top-rated hotels in each of the four markets will compete against each other within their own market.

Haute 100 lister Dr. Phillip Frost is a Miami Beach entrepreneur and billionaire whose Gamma Trust recently acquired 1 million shares of Prolor Biotech for $5 million as part of its public offering.

The world’s largest shopping and leisure centre, the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, is adding another 93,000 square-meters of luxury to its already-massive space. The goal of the landmark shopping centre this year is to surpass the 36 million visitors of it saw last year.

Fendi’s Fall 2012 handbag collection features super-modern medium-sized bags inspired by “modern femininity without references,” according to designer Karl Lagerfeld.

The posh Halekulani is undergoing a multimillion-dollar makeover to its guest rooms, suites and restaurants.

Patek Philippe Ref. 2523 “World Time” led the auction by selling at 1,190,500 CHF, over twice its estimated value.

Hosted by Travel Channel’s “extreme eaters” Adam Richman and Andrew Zimmern and organized by the Columbus Avenue Business Improvement District, the New Taste of the Upper West Side event will benefit the Columbus Avenue BID’s street beautification project, the New York Sun Works Greenhouse Classroom Project and Citymeals-on-Wheels.