LOS ANGELES

Sushi Nozawa is closing after 20+ years. The Studio City sushi hot spot that is infamous for its no cell phones, no children, no send backs policy has provided scant details as to why. Speculation abounds. Get it before it’s gone – Feb, 29. via LA Eater

Philippe vs Mr. Chow — the million dollar stolen recipe goes to trial - The Wrap

In a resolution that ends a story that arguably started years ago, WME has reportedly been ordered to pay somewhere between $20-30M in damages for the leasing fiasco regarding the 6-story office building over on Beverly Drive - Nikki Finke

It’s official - Hillary Rush is leaving LA for the East to set up shop in the Berkshires. Sales in LA will run throughout February and the last store will be fully packed up by March – with everything else shifting to web until the Berkshire store officially opens.

ENTERTAINMENT

Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning have both signed on as clients with WME (see image right).

It has also been announced that the Bridesmaids cast, including Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig, will present at the 84th Academy Awards.

Other talent announcements include the cast of “Lovelace” which will include Sarah Jessica Parker (who will replace Demi Moore), Amanda Seyfried and Peter Sarsgaard (Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedmen to direct).

P. Diddy has announced he has teamed up with old-time MTV programmer Andy Schuon to produce Revolt which will offer simply music news and music- like the MTV of old. Comcast will distribute and the current plan is to launch on 12/12/12. via Perez Hilton

The advertising world has taken extreme to new heights by posting a teaser for an ad. Yes, an advertisement teaser. Fortunately, it seems like the ad will feature Matthew Broderick in a homage to his role as Ferris Bueller. Say what you want about a teaser for an ad, but if it involves Bueller it’s hard to be mad. Let’s just hope Broderick, who, at 44, is clearly not the sweet teenage child he once was, won’t instantly age us viewers and remind us of our own crows feet. – NY Mag

HBO’s Girls has a premiere date – Lena Dunham’s new comedy series Girls, executive produced by Judd Apatow, debuts April 15, 2012 at 10:30pm – HBO

WORLD

Prada has also announced this week the grand opening of the “24 h Museum” which Francesco Vizzoli designed along with AMO. An invite only dinner on January 24 marked the opening of the museum. - New York Times

Quite possibly our favorite event on the annual social calendar — the World Economic Forum in Davos each year attracts more businessmen and decision makers than any other event on the planet — Your guide to Davos: Financial Times & UK Gauradian

Last but not least, if you are female and went to high school (or watched Mean Girls) you have made or seen a ‘burn book’ …. we caught wind of this genius tumbrl which surfaced regaling readers of how Suri REALLY feels about all the other Hollywood offspring — no one if safe, not even the royals! http://surisburnbook.tumblr.com/

Set up for the McLaren party tonight

Tonight marks their grand opening of the new McLaren Beverly Hills showroom — we’ve been eyeing their new Wilshire location for over a year now, as they’ve been prepping the store. As one of the only McLaren dealers in North America, this new showroom is part of the Auto Gallery network in L.A. who also have dealerships for Porsche, Maserati, Ferrari and Lamborghini. Some friends of the Truffle happened to be shopping at McLaren last night and sent in this pic of the party set-up. Tonight they will host a presentation and after party for Auto Gallery former and prospective clients — so basically the entire L.A. car community.

Here’s something: Trousdale is closing this week … the lounge has been open for 22 months (March 2010 — Jan 2012) which in L.A. club years is like being 160. Trousdale’s closing party will be held later on this week.

#TruffleNotes: most LA clubs have a planned 18 months lifespan

Honor Fraser can levitate

Apparently former model and LA gallery owner Honor Fraser can levitate. We were at the opening of her latest art show on Saturday night where she was hanging quite literally in her office for hours, 8 ft up.

There’s a Grace Kelly film coming! ‘Grace Of Monaco’ — Olivier Dahan (La Vie En Rose) is set to helm this rather overdue biopic — according to Nikki Finke — The film covers a half-year period in 1962 when French leader Charles De Gaulle and Monaco’s Prince Rainier III were at odds over Monaco’s standing as a tax haven. France gave Monaco six months to reform its tax laws, and the situation escalated. By that time, Kelly (then 33) had given up her acting career to become a full-time princess, and the film details her political maneuvering behind the scenes to save Monaco. VERY excited to follow the casting for this film!

Here’s a name you’ll start hearing — We recently met actor Geoff Stults at the Churchill (new place on 3rd) over the holidays and have some notes: He dated Stacy Keibler for two years, is starring in the new Bones spin-off called The Finder (premieres this Thursday on Fox) and plays a fixer of sorts who finds bad guys.

Jake Gyllenhaal is now with Patrick Whitesell at WME

International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) started yesterday — it runs til Friday in Las Vegas