Bow Wow Beverly Hills Goes Vegas for The Amanda Foundation

The four-legged friends were even more decked out then their human minders at a festive event benefiting The Amanda Foundation in Beverly Hills on Sunday night. The canine guests were on their best behavior for Bow Wow Beverly Hills Presents Vintage Las Vegas, held on Via Rodeo. Guests packed into the annual Halloween-themed fundraiser that honored animal advocate Tina Sinatra, the recipient of the foundation’s “Worthy of Love” award,...

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Comedy Legends Mel Brooks and David Steinberg Bring Down the House at the Wallis
Oct08

Comedy Legends Mel Brooks and David Steinberg Bring Down the House at the Wallis

The black and white clip rolled, and in short order the audience at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills was rolling in the aisles with laughter. The segment was from “The David Susskind Show” and the guests were comedians David Steinberg and Mel Brooks, who each tried to outdo each other with jokes about their Jewish mothers. The lights came up to reveal Steinberg and Brooks, comedy legends who 47...

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Revving Up Car Fans at the Jalopnik Film Festival
Sep27

Revving Up Car Fans at the Jalopnik Film Festival

Hitting the road west to Los Angeles for its third annual edition, the Jalopnik Film Festival got off to a festive start at its opening gala event Friday night at Santa Monica Airport’s Barker Hangar.   We’ve been to many events at Barker, but never a screening, and the massive screen set up for the enthusiastic audience was a perfect way to view “Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman,” a feature length documentary written and...

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Rob Lowe Honored at Brent Shapiro Foundation Summer Spectacular
Sep15

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...

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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...

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