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

News flash. Lamborghini is holding a pre L.A. Auto show party this Wednesday night — as anyone who reads the Truffle knows – the events surrounding events, are often better than the events themselves. L.A. Auto Show much like Coachella or Super Bowl is all about the private off-site party. Last year Lotus was the big ticket – this year it’s Lamborghini. We expect to see the regular LA car crowd of local potential buyers who the dealers invite and then a wave of Italians sent from Lamborghini headquarters in Italy and all their L.A. friends. Mercato (newly opened, formerly The Lounge, via MI-6 and Lobby) is catering the party. Lamborghini is unveiling something new as well — we’ll report back with details.

The L.A. Auto itself show runs Nov 18-27, which we will might also check out. However the best night to go is opening night when guests can drive through the exhibits in golf carts  http://www.laautoshow.com

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Also tonight, a certain marriage between Google and T-Mobile is being celebrated — !! We like to get our info from invites rather than the news, but we had to do a quick google search on this one. Could be a new device, but more likely a music deal they have going, or who knows, there’s also been talk of a merger since AT&T fell out. Many a musician were on the invite making us think it’s music related. We’ll report back soon. PS – Google has been in L.A. for merely a month and has already had two parties proving our point that tech people know how to party (think Sean Parker). We already know T-Mobile knows how to throw a good party, so we’ll see what two massive brains (and Brent Bolthouse) can do together. Welcome to L.A. Google! Click to Continue Reading

This week is all about the private dinner party. Add Dolce & Gabbana x Terraferma, Hedi Slimane x MOCA, Guess x Marie Claire, Nylon magazine, and Vanessa Bruno to your list of dinner appointments this week.

Some new venues to keep on your radar this week are Greystone Manor, Caulfields, and the Sherbourne.

Some new products and services either #trending or about to #trend are Rose Apodaca’s new bio on Fred Hayman, Mercedez Benz new driving school on 3rd Street next to Toast, and Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim video game out tomorrow.

Watch out for Cinema Italian Style in L.A. starting this Friday, the MOCA gala on Saturday and the MOCA PDC Hedi Slimane exhibit, and parties surrounding the L.A. Auto Show next week.

If you are not on the Costume Council at LACMA, it’s good time to join – they are gearing up programming again for the season and kicked it off Wednesday with Met Curator Andrew Bolton who flew in to explain the entire Alexander McQueen exhibit to our favorite ladies.

Special shout out to Tristan Patterson’s film Dragonslayer opening this Friday, November 11 at the Downtown Independent..

Mark Ronson in candy cane for his wedding to French model Josephine de la Baume - pic from Daily Mail

Mark Ronson married his girlfriend, model, Josephine De La Baume, in a lavish ceremony in the South of France. Guest include Lily Allen, Kate Moss, Charlotte Ronson and more … They began dating in 2009.

Friend of the Truffle Michelle Kath has begun a work on a new doc about her dad Terry Kath (1946 – 1978), the original guitarist and founding member of the rock band Chicago. The film ‘Searching for Terry: the documentary about guitar legend Terry Kath‘ has a Facebook page where you can follow the filmmaker, his daughter, as she pieces together the tale … You can help her piece the puzzle together by joining her Facebook page for the doc and chiming in, help her collect pictures and share tales …

L.A. newcomers and formula one heiresses and sisters Tamara and Petra Ecclestone (who bought Candy Spelling’s house earlier this summer) were shopping this afternoon on Robertson Blvd. w their respective significant others.

MTV VMAs have come and gone  … Stay tuned for New York Fashion Week, Emmys, and Fashion’s Night Out next week. This weekend started the Telluride Film Festival, meanwhile the Venice Film Festival started late last week and Toronto Film Festival will start this week.

Tyler Shields is in the news again for a domestic violence series featuring “Glee” star Heather Morris sporting a fake black eye. The photo ignited a major controversy when it was released on the Internet a few days ago — with some critics saying it glamorizes violence against women. Even tho it’s to be auctioned, with the proceed going towards a domestic violence charity … TMZ

The Taste (formerly Taste of Beverly Hills) is back this weekend with a Saturday night party on the Paramount lot, back to back block parties on Rodeo on Sunday with a brunch theme in the morning and dessert them at night.

Restaurant sightings …

Cafe Habana: Rande Gerber’s Café Habana is en fuego these days … not that we didnt already know this New York favorite would land large here too … Their Wednesday Karaoke night has been scarily addicting. Gary Busey, Nicky Hilton, Luke Wilson and Jeremy Piven were in last week.

Madeos: Blake Lively, Leonardo DiCaprio and Blake’s dad  for his birthday.

Madeos: Rod Stewart hosted a large group at Dan Tana’s as his daughter Kim Stewart & Benicio del Toro welcomed their new child into the world. Rod, mom Alana, stepmother Penny, brother Sean and half-siblings Ashley, Ruby, Renée, Liam and Alastair – all went to visit the newborn the following day.

Leo DiCaprio was the first to take delivery of the new Fisker Karma with Al Gore and Colin Powell supposedly in line next.

Sofia Coppola marries Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars at the Coppola family villa in Italy. Sofia was formerly married to director Spike Jonze, ending in 2003.

Levis showroom just had a make-over! The petite chic chalet discretely located one block from the Chateau has just gone and re-done themselves. The one story house has a grassy backyard perfect for cocktails, a double drive way for valet, three showrooms and an attic with a pitched roof where the Levis’ team works. In the showroom they house a sample of all their collections from their regular jeans to their vintage, to the collaborations come and gone with the likes of Pendleton and Opening Ceremony.

A new “StrEAT menu” has been put into place at the Four Seasons bar on Doheny – the hotel has been taking steps to youth-en their night time clientele by phasing out their piano player in favor of a DJ and creating this new bar menu which also features a salad designed by and named after FS-resident and ‘friend of the truffle’ RJ Williams called the Young Hollywood salad, which is the name of his celeb-intv website. The Young Hollywood studio is located in the hotel.

Rossano Ferretti Hairspa opens at 345 N Canon Dr in Beverly Hills