Rob Lowe Honored at Brent Shapiro Foundation Summer Spectacular
It was a hot and beautiful night – perfect for the 2015 Brent Shapiro Foundation’s Summer Spectacular under the Stars, held on the spacious grounds of a private Beverly Hills estate. About 1,000 guests were on hand September 12 for the 10th annual edition of the event for the foundation, which was formed by Robert, Linell and Grant Shapiro in honor of their son and brother Brent– whom they lost a decade ago when he was a USC...
Livin’ La Vida Loca with Ricky Martin at PaleyFest
The excitement was palpable and there was not an empty seat in the house as Ricky Martin took the stage at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills on the second night of PaleyFest, a celebration of the best in television. Martin was there–his first time at the festival– as the executive producer and one of the three judges of Univision’s upcoming musical competition show “La Banda,” which premieres Sunday, September 13 at...
The Incomparable Taste, SoCal’s Deliciously Diverse Food Festival
It’s become the gold standard of food festivals in Southern California. The Taste, held over three days of Labor Day weekend, is the place to go not only to enjoy food and beverage favorites from some of L.A.’s top places and prestige vendors, but to sample and savor new items from up-and-coming restaurants and other purveyors. The popular festival is held on the backlot of Paramount Pictures Studios— with much of the action taking...
Tres Chic: Dîner en Blanc Returns to Los Angeles
It was the pop up dinner and all pop-up dinners—the second Diner en Blanc, also known as the White Dinner, hit Los Angeles with 2,400 revelers dining downtown under the stars on a beautiful summer night. Two years ago, the event made its debut with about half that number of participants taking over Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills for a très chic picnic. The hallmark of the event—aside from its all-white elegance– is that the...
Miley, Kanye, Taylor and Beyonce Head For MTV VMAs
Even as the stock market was crashing Monday, Van Toffler’s spirits were heading in the other direction. “This is my favorite week,” he told me by phone from New York, referring to the days leading into MTV Video Music Awards this coming Sunday. Toffler is an executive producer of the show who has worked on the VMAs since 1987, just three years after its inception, when Madonna set the standard for opening performances with her...
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