Picking five of the hautest locales in any city isn’t easy. But Haute Living is making it a little easier, selecting the best spots in New York, from mid-day meals to standout sushi to the liveliest locales after dark.

Former Playboy Playmate of the Year Jayde Nicole celebrated her birthday with friends last night at Gallery Nightclub at Planet Hollywood Resort.

It was a jam-packed night at Sugar Factory American Brasserie inside Paris Las Vegas on Saturday. Playboy Playmate and reality television siren Jayde Nicole celebrated her birthday, music sensation and actress Samantha Mumba held her engagement party and rock legend Slash picked up some sweet treats. 

John Varvatos talks his eponymous fashion lines, his rock ‘n’ roll aesthetic and igniting the spark in the next great designer

Last night, LAX Nightclub at the Luxor welcomed the reality star and face of “Night School 4 Girls” Laura Croft as she transformed the Las Vegas hot spot into an adult playground.

Our much-anticipated Haute 100 list is a compilation of influential individuals in business, entertainment, technology, fashion and other top industries. We don’t have to search far for the 100 most intriguing, trendsetting, and successful people in New York; their influence is all around us. But with these movers and shakers constantly producing new products, shaking hands on new deals, and, yes, tapping on groundhogs’ front doors—a yearly update is simply not enough. This month we proudly re-launched Haute100.com—a wealth of up-to-the-minute information on the most influential people in the world.

The Weinstein Company with The Cinema Society and Forevermark Host W.E. Screening After-party at The Standard

Sean "Diddy" Combs, Lenny Kravitz and Common performed an impromptu live set of songs at 1 OAK Las Vegas at the Mirage on Saturday night.

Saturday night marked the official grand opening celebration for Lily Bar & Lounge, The Light Group's newest lounge at the Bellagio.  

Last night, Audrina Patridge celebrated the launch of curve appeal for men, a new fragrance by Elizabeth Arden, a Pure Nightclub at Caesars Palace.

It has been 3 days since New York City's Mercedes-Benz has come to a conclusion and people are still talking about one of the hottest shows by popular up and coming designer Prabal Gurung.

Last night, actress and singer Amber Riley celebrated her 26th birthday at Tabú Ultra Lounge at the MGM Grand. The actress is best-known for her role as Mercedes Jones on “Glee.”

Chopard, Dewar’s and the A-List Celebrate the Premiere of Coriolanus

Jay-Z has had much to celebrate in the past month. The rap superstar, along with his equally talented and stunning wife Beyoncé, became a parent to Blue Ivy Carter in January. He debuted his song dedicated to his baby to great fanfare, put on a much-acclaimed series of concerts at New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall for his foundation and reopened the New York City installment of his 40/40 club after $10 million in renovations. Yes, celebrations were certainly in order.

AS THE TACTICAL MASTERMIND behind New York hotspots The Dutch and Locanda Verde, restaurateur Luke Ostrom knows a thing or two about how to keep an eatery haute. He names great food, hospitality and intuiting guests’ needs as key, but we’re betting that partnerships like that with Robert De Niro on Locanda Verde can’t hurt either.

Sibarth Villa Rentals offers a suite escape from reality.

These steakhouses put the New York in NY Strip.

Hong Kong Is A City That Warrants An Extreme Dose Of Sensory Overload.