The rainy Oscar-week weather didn't deter haute Hollywood from heading to the beach to attend the 2014 Independent Spirit Awards. On Saturday, March 1, Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, handed out top honors to 12 Years a Slave, Dallas Buyers Club and Nebraska at this afternoon’s 29th Film Independent Spirit Awards.

New York-New York Hotel & Casino and Nine Fine Irishmen raised more than $112,000 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation this past Saturday, March 1, tripling last year’s amount. Guests came out to show their support and cheer on fellow head-shavers in barber chairs at the property’s new outdoor plaza on the Brooklyn Bridge. All of […]

The best and most philanthropic bash of awards season was, as usual, the Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar viewing party.

Rí Rá Las Vegas raised more than $21,000 at its third-annual head-shaving fundraiser for St. Baldrick’s Foundation, which funds the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and help survivors lead long and healthy lives, on Saturday. During the fundraiser, celebrated seafood chef Rick Moonen and local food critic Al Mancini both braved […]

The acrobatic spectacular Zarkana by Cirque du Soleil unveiled its amped up production, including an artistic transformation and a remastered soundtrack to a packed audience Friday at Aria. The show capped off its reimagined return today with the introduction of the show’s new aerial straps act. Aerialists Andrew and Kevin Atherton thrilled spectators as they […]

Cast members from Chippendales and X Rocks attended Hash House A Go Go’s grand opening celebration inside the Rio on Saturday. The two casts, along with Penn & Teller, have created signature pancakes that will be on sale for the month of March. The pancake with the highest grossing sales will have proceeds donated to […]

Valerio Morabito and Ugo Colombo’s Beach House 8, a new development featuring eight luxury beach homes in the sky, has just signed up with Luxury Attaché. The high-end concierge service will provide future residents with an array of services that run the gamut from getting hard-to-score reservations at the hottest restaurants, to packing and moving […]

Audrina Patridge took the stage inside Mandalay Bay’s Crossroads at House of Blues as part of the Hell Bent For Vegas Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp on Sunday. Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp provides music fans the opportunity to jam with legendary rock stars, write and record original songs, participate in master classes and perform […]

Women and Film threw its annual intimate cocktail party feting the female Academy Award nominees to kick off Oscar weekend on Friday evening. The event was co-hosted by WIF President Cathy Schulman and award-winning actress Helen Mirren at luxe West Hollywood eatery Fig & Olive.

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One of our favorite mansions in Miami Beach is on the market.  It’s a sprawling Greek Isle-style home that was built in 2003 by developer John Turchin. The developer built the over-the-top spec home after an Aegean vacation and who found a buyer by throwing a series of unforgettable parties on the property. The home […]

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