The American Masters Dinner presented by Mercedes-Benz took Friday night as part of the second annual All-Star Chef Classic. An event space located on the L.A. Live campus was transformed into Restaurant Stadium, “a state-of-the-art venue [that brought] over 300 fans ‘kitchen-side’ in an intimate VIP setting, where they [were] as close to the action as possible without being in the heat of the kitchen. “
On Saturday the Los Angeles LGBT Center held its 45th Anniversary Gala & Vanguard Awards presented by Wells Fargo at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza. The night featured “awards presentations to influential people and companies in the LGBT movement, a seated dinner, silent auction and special celebrity appearances.”
The theme for the evening was “Celebrate our Superheroes.” And celebrate we did! George and Brad Takei were the International Vanguard Award Honorees, Cort Lane accepted the Corporate Vanguard Award on behalf of Marvel, and Zev Yaroslavsky received the Rand Schrader Distinguished Achievement Award. Holland Taylor and Tab Hunter were on hand as presenters.
This past weekend the Longines Los Angeles Masters took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center. This event which was created by EEM World is “a unique global event concept created to bring Equestrian Show Jumping to the forefront of the international sporting and social scenes.” This was the first time that The Masters Grand Slam which includes events in both Paris and Hong Kong came to LA. The Masters’ competition offered class formats that were designed specifically with grabbing the attention of both equestrian aficionados and those that are new to the sport in mind. The most prolific riders and Show Jumping horses in the world competed for prize money that equaled one million dollars during the four day competition.
Over the weekend in Beverly Hills, Children Mending Hearts hosted their 6th annual fundraiser, “Empathy Rocks: A Spring into Summer Bash,” at a private residence. Sal Masekela emceed the event and guests enjoyed performances by The Negotiators and Ava Cardoso Smith.
Hollywood’s top stars, including Katy Perry, Lea Michelle, Julianne Hough, Miles Teller and more partied over the weekend at the Lacoste Beautiful Desert Pool Party with Moet & Chandon Ice Impérial. For the first year, guests at the iconic, star-studded LACOSTE party sipped on Moët & Chandon Impérial Ice– the first ever champagne crafted to be enjoyed over ice.
Roc Nation their annual Roc Nation Grammy Brunch. The coveted event, which took place at a private residence and was presented by M?A?C Viva Glam, saw a slew of Roc Nation’s brightest stars, friends and family, including Rihanna, Rita Ora, Calving Harris, Kelly Rowland, Ne-Yo, J-Cole, Kevin Hart and more.
Last night, jcpenney launched their new partnership, Joe Fresh at jcp, with an official opening soiree for the three day pop-up shopping experience. The kickoff celebration featured a special performance by Paul McDonald and Nikki Reed and live sets by DJ Ana Calderon and DJ Ruby aka Rumer Willis. Guests were the first to shop the fresh new line from the popular Canadian brand, which will be available in nearly 700 jcpenney stores on March 15.
Last month, Grey Goose Rising Icons hosted a Jam Session with a endless amount of musicians. Luke James serenaded us with his hit song “I Want You ” and a rendition of Mint Condition’s “Pretty Brown Eyes.” We also enjoyed performances from the talented Marsha Ambrosius, Anthony Hamilton, Goapele, JoiStaRR, Dawn Richard, Mateo, Bilal, Melody Thornton and Gary Clark Jr.