Lions, Tigers, and Lana Del Rey Oh my! MULBERRY takes Bungalow 1 at Chateau Marmont

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New Josh Hartnett / Demi Moore film ‘BUNRAKU’ tries an artistic approach to publicity at Chateau Marmont

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Director Guy Moshe looked to LA artist Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell to complete a series of artwork for the LA premiere party of his new martial arts / adventure film BUNRAKU. Instead of your usual premiere and rote after party, a unique approach was taken to translate the film into an artistic experience. And where better to host an art show than Room 64 of the Chateau Marmont, loosely called the Penthouse although more the observing guest will notice it is not on the top floor.  Click to Continue Reading

Notes from Last Night … Art of Elysium at Eveleigh, Alexa Chung at Chateau Marmont, Maria Cornejo at Frederic Fekkai, and more …

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Alexa Chung x Madewell at Chateau

Cool chicks and festive tunes set the tone for the Alexa Chungfor Madewell Fall 2011 launch fete at the Chateau. Co hosted by InStyle; guests mingled poolside and got mani’s c/o fave air brush master. Those who partook included Dianna Agron, Amanda Seyfriend, Kate Bosworth, Busy Phillips and Elle Fanning … honored guest Alexa spent most of the evening rocking out to DJ Tennessee Thomas‘ spinning….officially a grand starry night in LaLa Land!

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Art of Elysium x Lucky Brand at Eveleigh

Art of Elysium and Lucky Brand brought down the house at Eveleigh on Sunset last night - the somewhat still new restaurant is perched across the street from Il Sole with stilts holding up the dining room like a treehouse. The HL Group packed the grassy front yard entrance and country farmhouse inside to fete the charity and denim maker. Inside we spied publicist RJ Rousso with Lindsay Albanese and Taylor Dane (DJ Mia Moretti and violinist Caitlin Moe played ‘Tell it to My Heart’ in her honor), Teymour Boutros-Ghali with Nic Bini who has designed some the Lucky Brand stores and a friend of Patrick Herning, VP of the HL Group who was tapped to run PR for the fete. Also spotted … Art of Elysium founder Jennifer Howell, Lucky Brand CEO Dave DeMatteiJoe Kapsch editor of the Hollywood Reporter’s website THR.com, Creative Director Patrick Wade & Style Director Karin Cole from Lucky Brand, David Blogett of the HL Group, Amy Smart, Modern Family star Sarah Hyland, and Bill McComb, the CEO of Liz Claiborne which owns Lucky. Adorable Lucky Brand jeans came in gift bags. Paparazzi swarmed outside waiting for indecent exits.

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Maria Cornejo x Supper Club @ Frederic Fekkai

Maria Cornejo previewed her fall line for Supper Club members at Frederic Fekkai on Merlrose Place, just a few doors down from Zero + Maria Cornejo (Maria ‘s store). The salon is located on the second floor of their retail space, with a colonial style balcony; wood floors and uniformed maids add a chic touch. Supper Club members Tava Smiley, Sean Stone, Gol Moeini were recruited to model the clothes as a surprise to guests – they spent the day in hair and make-up at Frederic Fekkai for their ‘show.’

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Artspace Warehouse x Hanna Cousins

Artspace Warehouse opened a new show tonight for LA artist Hanna Cousins whose artworks reflect the fusion of her Swedish-American upbringing. Hanna’s mother runs Sous next door to Artspace Warehouse owned and operated by Claudia Deutsch. Hanna brought along friends Vanessa Senning (LA native, Marlborough) and Jane Abzug; Hanna is also starting a clothing line.

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MORE …

Summit Entertainment hosted an early screening for the Seth Rogen/Joseph Gordon-Levitt flick ’50/50′ which opens this weekend. George Kotsiopoulos was tapped by Escada to present their fall/winter ’11 collection at the SLS Hotel last night too …  PS ARTS was the charity attached. Ink and Osaka restaurants both opened last night and this week respectively as well.

Hier Soir … Carrera Escape pool party at the Chateau Summer 2011

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Time for one of our favorite truffles of the year … Carrera sunglasses sponsors this summer soirees around the country – most notably in Los Angeles, New York and the Sundance Film Festival. Spotted this weekend at Carrera escape: Robert Downey, Jr., Nur Khan, Rumor Willis, Samantha Ronson, Riley Keough (Elvis Presely’s granddaughter), Billy Zane with his new daughter Eva Katarina, Tommy Alastra, Filippa Svensson (of LBF Media Group), Rosario Dawson, Jaime King & her husband director Kyle Newman, Mischa Barton, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Jena Malone, Tom Arnold, George Kotsiopoulos and Har Mar Superstar.

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#WeeklyJuice – Jeff Vespa soft opening of PICI, our friends Alexi Yulish + Jason Soppa + Evan Volk + Walter McCready are starting a few nights at Library Terrace at Redbury opens, and more

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New Clubs: The Redbury Hotel has converted their upstairs private dining room into a cute bar called Library Terrace and our friends Alexi Yulish, Jason Scoppa, Evan Volk and Walter McCready – THE Walter from Chateau Marmont and Palihouse – are teaming up to host a couple nights.

Nightlife News: New Cirque du Soleil show IRIS opens next week on July 21, 2011 at the Kodak theater in Hollywood

New Restaurants: Jeff Vespa, founder of Wireimage, is softly opening his first venture in the restaurant business with Chef J (aka Jason Harley). PICI Enoteca in Beverly Hills opens at the end of the month but if you know Jeff personally, u can get in on their early friends & family resies. PICI 212 S. Beverly Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Beverly Hills news: Rodeo Drive-area merchants gathered at Spago to discuss strategy to oppose the would-be metro stop near Wilshire and Beverly Drive - LINK

Food News: Culina Four Seasons monthly cooking classes on the 2nd Saturday of each month from now on [Price $85] - LINK

Food News: Adolfo Suaya will open Osaka next month with a team from Peru, his biggest resto yet and 4 years in the making

Food News: Taberna Mexicana restaurant now open in Beverly Hills in the former Luau space - Taberna Mexicana 369 N. Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills (310)858-7070

Food News: Los Angeles Times and Food & Wine’s THE TASTE (formerly known as Taste of Beverly Hills) is coming again for the second year this Labor Day weekend [Sept 2-5, 2011, Tickets available now‏]

Food News: Angeleno Magazine continues it’s cooking class series at Synder Diamond next week with guest Chef Haru from Chaya Brasserie – LINK

Food News: FIG & OLIVE Melrose Place celebrate Bastille Day (this Thursday, July 14) from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. with a special Provençal wine tasting, live music, and commemorative prix-fixe menu crafted by Executive Chef Pascal Lorange.

Food News: Ramen BULL is back at Breadbar on 3rd Street Monday – Saturday from 5-10pm and will be running through September 30. If you are looking for an easy dinner that is a little bit different, we highly recommend this ramen pop up right here on 3rd Street in Beverly Hills / West Hollywood!

Food News: Pressed Juicery – the clease concept and storefront started by Hedi Gores, Hayden Slater and Carly Brien - now has a truck. Find it via their Twitter feed

LA Natives: Kate Hudson is no longer pregnant, she gave birth to a little boy over the weekend with rocker fiance Matt Bellamy

LA Natives: LA Native and Crossroads grad Zooey Deschanel battles LA Times reporter after being called a snobby cow for saying downtown was dismal http://hellogiggles.com/an-open-letter-to-los-angeles-times-writer-patt-morrisson #teamzooey

LA Natives: Jonah Hill twas looking goooooood at the BAFTA and then an after party at the Chateau Marmont this weekend

LA Natives: Amy, Kelly and Jack Osbourne’s parents have listed their Cape Cod-inspired mansion in the celeb-heavy enclave of Hidden Hills for $12.99 million – the six bedroom, ten bathroom home was featured in the June 2011 issue of Architectural Digest. LINK

TV News: “Sweet Home Alabama” series premiere on CMT Thursday, July 14, 9/8 Central – this is basically like the Bachelorette only she is a southern belle and 10 men are charming southerners and the other 10 are from LA, and NY.

USC news: USC has a wine club called the Trojan Wine Society

Carmegedon: 405 closure this weekend between Wilshire Blvd and Mullholland starting Friday night at midnight until Monday morning at 6am. Everyone chill-lax. This wont be a big deal. There are also no ‘day time’ closures on the Mullholland segment.

 

 

Tales from Will & Kate’s Polo Match & After Party at Chateau Marmont

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Remember when people use to say “let’s do lunch” … ? Well, I think tonight I heard the replacement phrase for that while at an after party for the Foundation Polo Challenge played today in Santa Barbara. The after party was held in Room 64 at the Chateau, more commonly known as the penthouse even though it’s not the top floor.  ON his way out, a friend I’d not seen in ages came flying by at the elevators, without stopping, grabbed me, kissed me, pointed his finger and said “I am SO calling you tomorrow” …

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Katie Nehra’s ‘Simone’ Summer Soiree at Chateau Marmont

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LA Confidential's Sari Tuschman, KatieNehra, Cameron-Silver

Nothing beats a room full of lovely ladies, yummy refreshments and covetable fashion … ! So the scene was set for Katie Nehra‘s ‘Simone’ collection gathering at the Chateau Marmont. The ladies included Katie herself to help fans select and design their own leather jacket; long known as a staple in each of the Simone collections, guests had the choice of choosing from different skins and embellishments … Voila! Your own custom piece de resistance!

Uber stylist Jessica Pastor chatted up with ubiquitous man about the globe Cameron Silver- looking super summer ready in a crisp cotton short suit paired with a fuchsia shirt and Jil Sander oxfords … ooh lala …

Amanda Luttrell Garrigus, formerly of “The Daily 10″, dodged inquiries regarding her stilletos (Hollywood Blvd!) whilst trying on an ombre cropped moto jacket. Lucky for all, we had plenty of professional fashion help to guide us through the Fall 2011 collection that was also on rack for pre order: long time Simone supporter Fashion Police’s George Kotsiopoulos!

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Hier Soir … Charlotte Ronson Party at Spare Room, True Blood Season 4 red carpet premiere, Jeffrey Deitch x MOCA host Guess store re-opening for Art in the Streets exhibit

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The chalk board at Spare Room - usually where you sign up to bowl

PARTY #1 …

On the list … Charlotte Ronson (the designed of the JC Penney line “T Heart Ronson”) and her sister, DJ Samantha Ronson, and their friends including several LA natives: sisters Kidada Jones and Rashida Jones, sisters Nicky Hilton and Paris Hilton, Monet Mazur. Other attending friends include like nightlife guru Brent Bolthouse, Hollywood’s most notorious “plus one” Carlos Lopez, publicist Rembrandt Flores, actor and DJ Danny Masterson, actor Zac Efron and more … Last year, Charlotte’s party for I Heart Ronson was front-lined by her step-father Mick Jones’ band Foreigner at Milk Studios in LA.
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Weekly Juice – JC Penney x Charlotte Ronson party, LACMA hosts the opening of Restoration Hardware new store, Jeff Best and JT Torregiani new club in the works, Chateau Marmont mini-series from HBO

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We’ve noticed a new trend in Hollywood this week … LA’s biggest museums are hosting back to back parties this week for retail store openings. Restoration Hardware teams with LACMA for their new store opening on Beverly Blvd. … Meanwhile on the other side of town MOCA is helping Guess re-open their new flagship store on 3rd Street Promendade, as part of their ‘Art in the Street’ exhibit. The Bumbys are expected to preform their usual honesty’s-the-best-policy routine …

Pilot news: Aaron Sorkin and John Krasinski team up with HBO for a Chateau Marmont miniseries based on the book, Life At the Marmont by the former co-owner of the establishment,  Raymond R. Sarlot and Fred Basten.

Bottle service: How hard is it to get a table around Hollywood these days? Well bottle prices or at least minimuns are on the rise. We at the Truffle don’t do bottle service but we sometimes hear from others what it takes to be granted access if you don’t know someone (who likes you). The bottom line is … you must add to the clubs bottom line. You can do that in a number of ways – our personal favorite is to make their club fun by dressing well and having a good time. That way it’s fun for others, you make the club look good, and the promoters & owners invite you back (yes, my friends, there is more to having an active social life than being hot). For others who have yet to master that art, we hear $450 is a new acceptable rate to charge for a single bottle at some places in Hollywood but that you can still find a $250 bottle rate at places outside that area like The Wilshire hotel in Westwood. If you want a table and you want to sit down at places like Beacher’s Madhouse, if you are a group of men … a 4 bottle minimum can be standard.

New Clubs: Happy Birthday to long time friend of the Truffle Jason Scoppa who had his birthday at newly opened “The Sayers Club,” which he opened in collaboration with Sam Nazarian of SBE last week. He is teaming up again with Alexi Yulish to handle Tuesdays, Friday and Saturdays – the same two who made Green Door and Bardot cool.

New Clubs: We hear Jeffrey Best (of Best Events) and JT Torregiani (formerly of Dolce Group) have a new club in Hollywood cooking for an August opening … more to come on that.

New Clubs: Redbury Hotel will open it’s upstairs bar this week (Thursday). Alexi Yulish, Jason Soppa and Walter Macredy (who was the former host at Chateau Marmont and then Palihouse) are teaming up on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Parties: JC Penney x Charlotte Ronson event tonight for their collaboration line I Heart Ronson

Parties: MOCA will also be lending its support to OMEGA this week at the Beverly Center for a soiree

Food News: Culina Four Seasons kicked off their monthly cooking class last weekend, and the Truffle was there to partake – these will continue on the 2nd Saturday of each month from now on [Price $85].

Food News: Mr. C restaurant is now open with a bright exciting interior and a packed house every night.

Food News: La Foccaceria Tra di Noi now open in the old Prego space in Beverly Hills.

Food News: Adolfo Suaya will open Osaka next month with a team from Peru, his biggest resto yet and 4 years in the making.

Food News: Tebarna opens in Beverly Hills this month on June 27th in the former Luau space.

Food News: Los Angeles Times and Food & Wine’s THE TASTE (formerly known as Taste of Beverly Hills) is coming again for the second year this Labor Day weekend [Sept 2-5, 2011, Tickets available now‏].

Weekly Juice: Harvard-Westlake & Brentwood Proms, The Kills at Chateau, Jessica Alba to host new Rimowa Store Opening on Rodeo Drive with Donovan Leitch

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PRIVATE PARTIES IN L.A.

  • Harvard-Westlake & Brentwood had their proms this weekend at the Renaissance Hotel and the Fairmont Hotel respectively
  • The Kills performed last night (Sunday) at Harry Morton‘s tequilla company Deleon’s 2nd anniversay at Chateau Marmont
  • Jessica Alba to host new store location of luxury luggage brand Rimowa on Rodeo Drive with Donovan Leitch – The new Rodeo Drive store consists of more than 2,000 sq. ft. and resembles the clean, modern aesthetic of RIMOWA cases and their signature grooves. Rimowa Flagship Store 313 N. Rodeo Drive,  90210 Beverly Hills, CA +1 310-888-8686 www.rimowa.com
  • LACMA Costume Council luncheon for Judith Leiber making a rare West Coast appearnace
  • Annenberg Space for Photography new exhibit opening
  • Over the weekend The Bash, a charity for Children’s Hospital run by Bosilika An (whose parents owned Crustacean in Beverly Hills) and her friends held an annual fundraiser in Hollywood

CANNES (UNDER DEVELOPMENT)

  • Playboy pop-up Mansion on the Cannes Riviera
  • Finch’s Quarterly Annual Party at Cannes

ENTERTAINMENT

  • Seth MacFarlane & 20th Century Fox TV, where McFarlane is based, earns rights to reboot The Flintstones as a TV and film property from Warner Bros Television, which owns the rights to the series via The Flintstones’ original producers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
  • BET might revive ‘Showtime At The Apollo’ with Jamie Foxx & Don Weiner
  • Donald Trump won’t run for President , will keep producing ‘Apprentice’

Many are at work on the Truffle to make it great. Guest author, send blind items, tell us about a party — trufflehunters@dailytruffle.net

Happening Now: The Kills perform at Deleon Tequila’s 2nd Birthday party at Chateau

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Rock God and Goddess: Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart

The Kills killed it for me twice this weekend, and as corny as it sounds, you KNOW it’s true! Deleon Tequila‘s 2nd Anniversary soiree is happening now in the lobby of Chateau Marmont (we LA folk normally just say Chateau). How cute being that their first anniversary party was also heldin LA at Chateau last year. Click to Continue Reading

Oscar Week Parties Day 6: Pierre Jouet hosts Women in Film at Soho House, QVC Takes over the Four Seasons, Gucci + James Franco + Gus Van Sant + Gagosian Art Opening, Vanity Fair Parlour at Palihouse, Purple Magazine Oscar Party at Le Baron Los Angeles

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James and brother David Franco - pic from Billy Farrell

James Franco + Gus Van Sant + Gucci + Gagosian Art Opening – ok so, in addition to being cast in the new Wizard of Oz (according to Perez Hilton), opening his own bar this weekend in L.A. (according to Showbiz44), James Franco has being doing unusual art shows lately. We all saw the random Three’s Company art installation he did at Sundance and now this new art exhibit which officially opens today is all outtakes and never seen before b-roll of River Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho, which was directed by Gus Van Sant, who also directed Good Will Hunting, Milk and had a cameo appearance in one episode of Entourage. More details about the exhibit at the Los Angeles Times here. Attendees: Larry Gagosian, Ron Howard with his daughter, actress Bryce Dallas Howard, Terry Richardson, James Franco’s parents Doug and Betsey Franco ,a children’s book author, James Franco’s brother Dave Franco who appears with Emma Roberts in a new music videoBill & Maria Bell, MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch, Ed & Danna Ruscha, artist Casey Spooner, artist Ricard Prince, Q.E.D. gallery owner David Quadrini, director Harmony Korine, MOCA’s publicist Lyn Winter, publicist Nadine Johnson, Derek Blasberg, Dasha Zhukova, Alessandra Balazs (Andre’s daughter), The Hollywood Reporter’s Degen Pener, Robert Duvall, Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland), designer Jeremy Scott, jewelry designer Loree Rodkin, L.A. native and author Bret Easton Ellis and more. See pictures on Billy Farrell’s website here. Click to Continue Reading

Awards Season: Oscar Week (Day 5) – Tom Ford Store Opens on Rodeo, The Hollywood Reporter + Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa Oscar Party, Fox Searchlight + Vanity Fair at Bar Marmont

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Valentino at Tom Ford store opening on Rodeo Drive - pic from Wireimage

Tom Ford Store Opens on Rodeo Drive! The belle of the ball hier soir was none other than designer Valentino Garavani who comes in town every year during Oscar week. We saw him earlier yesterday shopping at Barney’s and Prada in Beverly Hills. Guests include: Lisa Eisner (photog), Derek Blasberg (blogger), Joe Zee (Elle mag), Terry Richardson (photog), Rita Wilson & Tom Hanks, Anthony Kiedis, model Natalia Vodianova, Milla Jovovich & Paul W.S. Anderson, Graydon Carter, Norman Lear, Harvey Weinstein, Gus Van Sant, Glee producer Ryan Murphy, Bradley Cooper, Lisa Eisner (photog), CAA’s Bryan LourdRichard PrinceJacqueline Bisset and more. See pics here on Wireimage.

Paul Sevigny (NY club owner, and Chloe’s bro) & Andre Saraiva (Le Baron club) are in town to open their pop-up club for 6 weeks only called “Paul+Andre”. After hosting an after, after party for Rodarte on Wednesday, their “official opening” was last night. Guest, dealers, natives, New Yorkers, models include: Sam Ronson, model Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Chateau Marmont’s Dalia Ermann, Rodarte’s Kate Mulleavy, Maggie Kayne (L.A. native and sis of designer Jenni), etc. See pics from Oliver Zahm here. Click to Continue Reading

Awards Season: Oscar parties (Day 4) – Dior + Weinstein dinner, Rodarte / Black Swan Exhibit Opening, Purim Ball Beverly Wilshire, Christie’s auction with Art of Elysium

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Rodarte + MOCA + InStyle + Swarovski + Mr. Chow: Rodarte designed Black Swan tutus were on display last night to welcome new exhibition of “Rodarte: States of Matter” opening next week in L.A. at MOCA. Kate and Laura Mulleavy (Rodarte design sisters) hosted the event where the tutus twirled – much like Amanda Demme’s and Miuccia Prada’s fun skirt party held on Rodeo a couple years ago. Dinner followed at Mr. Chow after the reception at Pacific Design Center. Friends, family, L.A. natives, celebs, wives of celebs, New Yorkers, models, art people, and members of the Chow family include: Jeffrey Deitch (MOCA director), Peter Morton (of Hard Rock fame), Ellen von Unwerth (photog), Alan & Susan Casden (L.A. real estate developers), Dasha Zhukova (L.A. native turned art world royalty), Eva Chow and China Chow (current host for a Bravo show too), InStyle’s Hal Rubenstein, André Saraiva (club owner, Le Baron), Patrick Herning (HL Group), Jen Maguire (Tobey’s wife), Andre Balazs (owner of the Chateau and on/off bf of Courtney Love), designer Diane von Furstenberg, Lisa Love (Vogue editor), Jenny Lewis (L.A. native, actress), Maria Bell (Malibu Colony neighbor, music center doner and former soap star), Cameron Silver (Decades), Olivier Zahm (Purple magazine), model Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Black Frame’s Brian Phillips, Arianne Phillips (costume designer), etc. Lovely pics of the costumes from the exhibit from fashion writer Khanh T.L. Tran here and amazing pics from the dinner were taken by Billy Farrell here. An after party was held at new pop-up club Paul+Andre afterwards. Paul+Andre as in Paul Sevigny (New York club owner and Chloe’s brother) and André Saraiva (of Le Baron club). The two officially open the joint tomorrow night and will host the Purple magazine Oscar party on Friday. Click to Continue Reading

Weekly Juice – Awards Season Speacial: SAG Awards, NBA All Stars, Super Bowl, Golden Globes, Grammys and more!

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Sunday:
:: Golden Globe Awards with after parties hosted by Weinstein/Relativity Media/Marie Claire, Fox Searchlight, InStyle/Warner Bros, and HBO all at the Beverly Hilton w
:: CAA After party at Sunset Towers
:: Milan Menswear Fashion Week Continues

Saturday:
:: Paramount party at Chateau
:: Art of Elysium/Relativity/Vogue party
:: HBO Luxury Lounge at the Four Seasons
:: InStyle Beauty Lounge at the Four Seasons
:: BAFTA Tea Party at the Four Seasons
:: Access Hollywood Gift Lounge at Sofitel

Friday:
:: CAA Golden Globes party at Soho House
:: W Mag/Dom Perignon Golden Globe party at Chateau
:: Access Hollywood Gift Lounge at Sofitel
:: Critics Choice Awards & after party

Thursday:
:: Bulgari / Save The Children party
:: Griddle pancake mix launch at Kitson

Wednesday:
:: Craig’s soft opening on Melrose

Tuesday:
:: No Strings Attached Premiere in Westwood
:: Animal Tuesdays at MyStudio

Monday:
:: Green Hornet Premiere at Chinese/ after party at Roosevelt
:: Lucky Mag / Nicole Richie party at Soho

Sunday:
:: Audi / J Mendel pre Golden Globes party at Cecconi’s

Sunday, Feb 20:
:: Bing / 5th Annual “Two Kings” Party at CAA – LeBron James, Jay-Z, Rhianna, Beyonce, Kanye West, Leonardo DiCaprio, and more

:: Rihanna, Kanye West, Drake perform at the NBA All-Star Game halftime show

Thursday, Feb 17:
:: NBA All Star Game begins in L.A.

Sunday, Feb 13:
:: Interscope Grammys after party with Dr Dre, Gaga, Snoop at L’ermitage

Saturday, Feb 12:
:: Cash Money / Drake Grammys Pre-Party at The Lot

:: Clive Davis’s Carousel of Hope Ball at the Beverly Hilton

Thursday, Feb 10:
:: Usher Pre-Grammy party at Avalon/Bardot

Monday, Feb 7:
:: Audi & Weinstein Company Party at Chateau

Sunday, Feb 6:
:: Super Bowl

Saturday, Feb 5:
:: Art Directors Guild (ADG) Awards at the Beverly Hilton

:: 63rd Annual Writers Guild Awards in New York

Friday, Feb 4:
:: Sports Illustrated Super Bowl party in Dallas sponsored by Bacardi, Nivea and Under Armour

:: Kari Feinstein Superbowl Style Lounge in Dallas

Thursday, Feb 3:
:: GREY GOOSE Super Bowl Lounge Series in Dallas begins … last thru Sunday

Sunday, Jan 30:
:: SAG Awards at the Shrine

Saturday, Jan 29:
:: Entertainment Weekly’s 2011 Pre-Sag party at Chateau Marmont

:: 63rd Annual DGA Awards at Hollywood & Highland

Saturday, Jan 29:
:: Mark Zuckerberg Guest Appearance on SNL

Thursday, Jan 27:
:: Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2011 Opening Night at Barker Hanger (*open all weekend)

:: People Magazine Host Red Carpet Style Party at Newly Remodeled Decades Atelier

Sunday, Jan 23:
:: ‘Roommate’ Premiere at Soho House (Billy Zane Leighton Meester Matt Lanter Minka Kelly)

Saturday, Jan 22:
:: Annual Winter Fluffball at CAA’s Doc O’Connor’s


2011 Annual DGA Awards WINNERS

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The annual DGA awards usually sets the tone for the Oscar best director each year. This year best feature director went to Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech . Other winners include Charles Ferguson for best doc for Inside Job, Mick Jackson for best mini-series for Temple Grandin, Martin Scorsese for best dramatic TV series for Boardwalk Empire, Michael Spiller for best comedy TV series for Modern Family, Glenn Weiss for best musical variety for the 64th Annual Tony Awards, Eytan Keller for best reality TV series for The Next Iron Chef and Larry Carpenter for best daytime series for One Life to Live.

Attendees: Adam Shankman, Amy Adams, Andrew Garfield, Anne Fletcher, Armie Hammer, Baz Luhrmann, Bertram van Munster (The Amazing Race), Charles Ferguson (Inside Job), Christopher Nolan (Inception), Claire Danes, Clint Eastwood, Colin Firth, Dana Brunetti (producer, The Social Network ), Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), David O. Russell (director, The Fighter), Davis Guggenheim, Devin Devasquez, Dina Eastwood, Elisabeth Shue, Elliot Silverstein,  Emma Thomas, Francis Ford Coppola  (DGA Awards Co-Chair), Gale Anne Hurd, Helen Mirren, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Dancy, Jack Mcgee, James Cameron, Jenna Fischer, Jennifer Lawrence, Jim Parsons, Julia Ormond, Julia Stiles, Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy, Married with Children), Kevin Spacey, Melissa Leo, Melody Thomas Scott, Michael Apted, Michael Barker, Michael De Luca, Mick Jackson (Temple Grandin), Natalie Portman, Paris Barclay, Ronn Moss, Sebastian Junger, Sofia Vergara, Steve Buscemi, Taylor Hackford, Terence Winter, Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech), Trent Reznor and more.

After the awards several guests  including Darren Aronofsky, Harvey Weinstein, Tom Hooper and Sofia Vergara went from the DGA’s straight to the Entertainmetn Weekly’s pre-SAG Awards Party (presented by L’Oreal) on the terrace of the Chateau Marmont for an intimate party – 300 guests – gathering with cocktails, food buffet and passed appetizers.

2011 Golden Globes InStyle Beauty Lounge

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2011 InStyle Golden Globes Beauty Lounge

Welcome to the 2011 InStyle Golden Globes Beauty Lounge! Come one, come all (but only if your a celebrity) to be primped and pampered for all the pre-parties, post parties and red carpets!

On of the best places to be this weekend was the Four Seasons hotel on Doheny. Our friends over at ID PR were handling appointments for celebrities and press at the annual Golden Globes InStyle Beauty Lounge. L’Oreal, OPI and smartwater all had a presence with manicure stations, hair and make-up counters and bars with food and coffee and tea and cupcakes everywhere. Cara Kleinhaut from Cara Events has handled production on this event for the fourth year in a row and had just handled the CAA pre-party held with W Magazine at the Chateau Marmont the night before.

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Party List! 2011 Golden Globes Party List

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We often get a lot of flack when we post parties ahead of time … it’s our favorite thing to do but it causes a lot of PR firms, celebrity wranglers and other friends of ours here at the Truffle to get 500 extra calls checking to see if there is space left on their lists. We are always hesitant to do it, however, since our good friend Matt Donnelly – reporter extraordinaire, went and popped the cherry this morning on the L.A. Times with a full blown roster of fetes for the Golden Globes weekend (nice Matt, lol)  - we decided we could go ahead and do our usual party list as well.

We are most excited for the Access Hollywood Gift Lounge at the Sofitel tomorrow but other good parties include: In-Style Beauty Lounge, BAFTA‘s usual tea party and HBO‘s luxury lounge – all at the Four Seasons (this a step in the right direction for BAFTA who has always done their parties at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in the past which is kinda, eh. #renovateme). Weinstein‘s party is at Bar 210 (#RIPtradervics) in the Bev Hilton and the In Style/Warner Brothers Viewing Party, HBO’s after party, Fox and the NBC/Universal party are also in the hotel. The actual awards are held here in the hotel as well from 5pm to 8pm so these parties are super convenient. Other parties from Matt’s list include Paramount, W Magazine (on Friday at Chateau produced by Cara events hosted by W editor Stefano Tonchi) party and Art of Elysium / Vogue party (on Saturday).

Also of note, the Critic’s Choice Awards which is held tonight at the Palladium (and airs tonight as well) will have their party at Siren Studios afterwards. *Please check out our lists from Sundance, Emmys, Oscars, MTV Movie Awards, and MTV Video Awards from 2010 by clicking on Awards Season. Also see:

Somewhere Premiere at ArcLight & After Party at Chateau Marmont

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Premiere at the archlight Dec 7: Somewhere premiere and after party at ChateauSomewhere director Sofia Coppola, brother Roman Coppola, Somewhere actors Benicio Del Toro, Elle Fanning, Stephen Dorff, Erin Wasson and a very pregnant Lala Sloatman. Other guests were Andre Balazs (whose hotel Chateau is the film leading lady), Chloe Sevigny, Mario Testino, Derek Blasberg, Victoria Hervey, Kelly Lynch, Debi Mazar, Juliette Lewis, C.C. Sheffield (Nathalie Love also has a role in this film, Phoenix is doing the movie and Francis Ford produces) – in theatres Dec. 22 – scroll for trailer and soundtrack! xoxo Click to Continue Reading