‘L.A. NATIVES & NOTABLES’ Archives
How 7 LA natives celebrate in Las Vegas for Labor Day
What do you get when 7 girls have a hugeee suite in Sin City? (too bad you won't find out !) Normally, I wouldn't EVER go to Vegas on a holiday weekend, but this was an exception, as one of my best friends is basically the Eloise of the Palazzo and Venetian Hotels.... a.k.a we are royally hooked up ! Most pictures taken aren't for our eyes only ......but below is a mini photo diary! Friday First time ever driving to Vegas...Ms. Lerman got us there in under 4 hours! Dinner at [...]
Ron Burkle’s House on Foursquare
Every good Angeleno has wound up at Ron Burkle's house for one thing or another rather it's an impromptu private Prince concert or just another after party. I love that the location is on Foursquare, amazing L.A. moment #30,094,932,922. Green Acres Drive Benedict Canyon Beverly Hills, CA, 90210 http://foursquare.com/venue/6513147
Required Reading: The Vanity Fair 100 – Out NOW!
Some noteables: #6 BERNARD ARNAULT of LVMH #8 LARRY ELLISON of ORACLE who owns 20+ house in the Colony and who's son David has been getting into film #14 BOB IGER at DISNEY who's wife Willow Bay runs the Huffington Post L.A. page where we (The Daily Truffle) have a bi-weekly column #15 LARRY FINK of BLACKROCK just cuz BlackRock is the company that PC's (from NYC Prep) grandfather founded #17 FRANÇOIS-HENRI PINAULT of PPR is married to Salma Hayek #20 JOHNNY DEPP #21 BRIAN ROBERTS of [...]
The List: Week of 8.30.10
We are trying something new ... each week we will post the top people on our radar ... this isn't a good or bad list. It's just names we are hearing repeatedly this week ... If you are out and about in L.A. these lists should make sense to you. If they don't, look through this blog a little more and it shall become clear ... So far this week starting from last Friday... Frank McCourt & Jamie McMcourt Adrienne Maloof Jimmy Fallon Rain Phoenix Lynda & Stewart [...]
Louis Vuitton Santa Monica Store Opening, Heal the Bay After Party at the Annenberg Beach House, Lauren Bush FEED event, E! / Kardashians launch party at Trousdale, Carly Steel’s Birthday!!
Gabrielle Reece, Eva Amurri (Susan Sarandon's daughter and budding actrix with appearances on "Californication", "Mercy", "House M.D.") and Rachel Zoe (with husband Rodger Berman and assistant Brad Goreski in tow) and Young and the Restless producer and fellow Malibu Colony dweller Maria Bell hosted the new Louis Vuitton store opening in Santa Monica Place tonight with an after party benefiting Heal the Bay down the street on PCH at the Annenberg Beach House. Guests include: Friends of [...]
Ashlee Margolis, Nico Mizrahi & Max Winkler Birthdays at the Avalon Hotel!
Wednesday night this week L.A. natives and friends turned out for Ashlee Margolis (The A List) & Nico Mizrahi (hedge fund manager), who went to Oakwood and Crossroads in L.A. respectively, had double birthday at Oliverio at Avalon Hotel in Beverly Hills. Natives include Kidada Jones (Buckely), Jenni Kayne (Crossroads), Anita Ko, Irene Neuwirth (Harvard Westlake), Darren Romanelli (Brentwood, FYI - he also has a cool new collaboration in stores in London and Japan), Erin Foster [...]
Will Rogers Ranch Foundation’s “Dog Iron Polo Match & Champagne Brunch”
I spoke with Jennifer Rogers this week - she is the great-granddaughter of Will Rogers (actor and Beverly Hills' first mayor). This weekend she will host, along with Dennis Quaid, Barneys New York, Veuve Clicquot and Max Studio, a polo tournamnet to raise money for the Will Rogers Ranch Foundation which provides extra funds for her great grandfather namesake park and polo fields in the Palisades - where I, and many of my friends, learned to ride. EVENT UPDATE!! The WRRF’s 1st Annual [...]
L.A. Native Cameron Silver, Owner of Decades Boutique: Shoe Closet Tour
We at The Daily Truffle are VERY into shoes. We have even considered launching a dating site called Shoesme.com where people could just browse through photos of perspective mate's shoes to determine a true match. Who better to help us launch our newest column "IN THE SHOE CLOSET" than Cameron Silver, Owner of DECADES, boutiques in Los Angeles and London, and Christos Garkinos, co-owner of DECADESTWO boutique on Melrose. Cameron Silver, who grew up in Beverly Hills, shifted the dress code [...]
L.A. Native Ahmet Zappa – King of Disney’s Kingdom Comics
Original post date: 8/31/09 Friend and fellow L.A. Native, Ahmet Zappa (Country School, school of life '92) introduced the concept of Disney's first graphic-novel-to-film division to studio head Bob Eiger and thus "Kingdom Comics" was born ... Friend and fellow L.A. Native, Ahmet Zappa (Country School, school of life '92) introduced the idea of developing a graphic-novel-to-film division to Disney's studio head, Bob Eiger. Eiger, understanding the studio's need for such an entity, allowed [...]
So, What Does the “Pink Card” Get You at the Beverly Hills hotel??
Last Thursday, the Beverly Hills hotel sent my dads yearly Summer time present; Beverly Hills Hotel towels. Why do we get them? I do not know. We also get salad bowls filled with the Macarthy Salad* inside about twice a year. *(most Beverly Hills natives know what that is - but for those who don't - it is the hotel's massively famous version of the Cobb, named after 3rd generation LA native, businessman and polo player Neil McCarthy) When I asked my dad why the BHH sends him towels [...]
LA Native Katharine Karabian (Beverly ’97) & Luca Giovanardi wed in Capri
My friend Katharine Sabine Karabian wed Luca Giovanardi at the Grand Hotel Quisisana in Capri this weekend. In a bold move, Katharine (who graduated from Beverly Hills High school, class of 1997) and Luca one-upped the Sultan of Brunei, who shut down his newly purchased Hotel Bel Air last year with no warning to jilted brides (Katharine found out the news from her trainer), and moved the entire wedding to Italy. Note to Bel-Air, Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Chambers of Commerce. The next [...]
LA Native Spencer Pratt (Crossroads) crashes ‘The Hills Finale’ in disguise
Publicity Whore #1 aka Spencer Pratt (Crossroads) strikes again I apologize for putting this on the DT, the last thing I want to do is condone or support this fool, but this time I am actually highly amused. Apparently, Mr. Pratt was not invited or allowed to come near the premise of the Finale, today at The Roosevelt Hotel. Spencer doesn't do well with NO, so he showed up in a disguise, which was Perez Hilton's idea? I've never seen an episode of the Hills, but I used to know Spencer, [...]
Hollywood Children – Lorraine Nicholson, Francesca Eastwood, Rashida Jones – step out in Beverly Hills for Vanity Fair / Louis Vuitton party
It was far too crowded up on the patio of Louis Vuitton to take any pictures last night but I saw tons of celebs, tons of agents like Jeremy Zimmer from UTA, an entire batch from CAA's TV and reality dept, Nate Ament (Brentwood) who is now at Paradigm, a fleet of male model servers in white buttondowns. By the end of the night, they restricted access to the rooftop patio, with a prodigious line forming at the bottom of the stairs. The picayune size of the appetizers drew derisive comments, [...]
RIP Beverly Hills Hotel Tennis Courts | Constructions on the new bungalows begins :(
Is there anyone reading this with a 90210 zip code who hasn't taken a lesson or made out on one of these two courts at some point in their lives? After a few too many in the Polo Lounge, who hasnt tried to find a dark spot on Bungalow trails to make out - only to wind up lost on the pink and green tennis courts of the Beverly Hills Hotel?? Of course, with everything recorded on camera, security teams would come out and shew you back into the hotel. Half the kids in Beverly Hills take [...]
In Defense of Hollywood Children: Meet Newest Mailroom Trainee: Sam Grey
There is nothing more we love here at The Daily Truffle when one of our own gets those mailroom jobs all of America goes to ultimate battle to get and keep. Nikki Finke (my idol!) is reporting that Brad Grey's son, Sam Grey, has just started in the mailroom of Management 360, one of the best management companies for talent in Hollywood, and the world. Brad Grey is chief of Paramount. Back in my CAA and Maverick ("Twilight," Full Moon," "Eclispe") days, I dealt intimately with the 360 team and [...]
Jeff Murad (Harvard-Westlake ’94): The New Face of Murad Skincare
Original post date Nov 2009 Along with becoming the hot new model for Murad Man, Jeff Murad, fellow L.A. native and son of renowned dermatologist Dr. Howard Murad (pictured above with Jeff), stepped up as Vice President of Product Development in January 2008. This L.A. based father-son team, along with their team of medical experts and scientists, have the new and old components to keep a classic fresh. Jeff (Harvard-Westlake '94) was my prom date when we at Harvard Westlake and [...]
Elle Fanning and Chateau Marmont star in Sofia Coppola’s new film, “Somewhere”
This movie screams, "I'm too f%ck*g cool for school". Why you ask? First off it's a Sofia Coppola (honorary LA native) film, which guarantees amazing cinematography and original music/+ soundtrack. (I happen to love her movies, but to those who don't, at least you get the above mentioned) Sophia's boyfriend head ups the one and only, Phoenix, which did the original music along with a brilliant song by Jullian Casablancas, lead singer of the Strokes (curbside listening service available [...]
DT Kids: Crazy Bands banned in L.A. private schools! L.A. native Mary-Kate Olsen (Campbell Hall ’04) even caught sporting this trend!
A few days ago, I was on the way home from having fro yo with the lovely Nola Singer. My mom called me to tell me that I had to see these bracelets that my 2 nieces brought over to my house. My mom said something like, " These are rubber bracelets that have a shape, like a poodle or L for lakers, but when you put it on it disappears." I was expecting something like a slap bracelet ? Something that had a design on it while it was laying flat and then once it was put on the design [...]
Tails of a Hollywood stylist dog rescuer: Rescuing “BELLE” and styling “CARMEN”
As a stylist here in Los Angeles, where I was born and raised (Beverly Vista, Beverly High), I spend a lot of time at fittings, shopping and finding perfect hiding gems for my clients to wear on the red carpets. The second I am done with that, I'm at my computer checking on that Boxer in Baldwin Park shelter, networking chihuahuas or volunteering at rescue events. Here is what's gone on this week: I spent the whole day at a pet adoption at Pan Pacific park on Beverly and Gardner across [...]
MTV Movie Awards: After party time with Katy Perry and Miike Snow
Katy Perry's California Gurls Mtv Movie Award After Party at Las Palmas MTV Movie Awards Official post show after Party with Sway, Kid Cudi, and Miike Snow What we ate and drank:
New matchmakers in Town :: Talia Berman & Valerie Brennan, creators of Threedayrule.com
The site www.ThreeDayRule.com is first and only online city guide for women in Los Angeles that let's you search for bars and clubs by what kind of guys go there! I had to get to the bottom of this genius plan and so I went out to the last Three Day Rule party (they have every month) to get to the bottom of this. Here is my Q$A with founder and friend Talia Berman. Q: First of all, I use to work with a Seth Berman while I was at Quintessentially and he did entertainment marketing at [...]
LA Natives You Ought To Know: A Profile of Maurissa Tancharoen Whedon, with Q&A
LA NATIVES YOU OUGHT TO KNOW - PART III MAURISSA TANCHAROEN WHEDON Maurissa (“Mo”, “Meesa” to her friends) Tancharoen Whedon is a Thai Thumbelina -- miniature, beautiful, adventurous, wise. Heightening the bar for all Renaissance women, Maurissa has achieved more in her thirty-ish years than people do in a lifetime, providing plentiful color to feed a perseverance-showcasing memoir. She holds a tremendous beauty (the kind enabling LA’s ubiquitous handbag/barrette [...]
Kairi Scott and Jordan Rosen host ShopLikeKings.com launch party this Sunday at Kingsbury on 3rd Street
Kairi Scott (Beverly '94) and Jordan Rosen (Beverly '95) have come together to start the new online shopping site www.shoplikekings.com - this Saturday marks the launch of the site with at party at Kai's store Kingsbury on 3rd Street from 2pm to 7pm this Sunday with Alan Maman (Beverly '95) spinning, better known as The Alchemist. Here is my interview with my former Beverly buddies and Century City steps compatriots. Up to 'the vents'! (inside LA joke) KING KAIRI: 1. Why are you so [...]
Truth Counseling, meet Andrew Brin, a counselor who’s willing to tell you the truth. And buy coffee!
From Craig's List: "A new kind of session! If you tell me the truth for 30 minutes I will tell you the truth for 30 minutes. Its hard to find anyone to tell you the truth about yourself. Friends don't want to lose you as a friend, family members don't want to hurt you or lose your love, therapists don't want to lose your business. I DONT CARE! We are only going to have one session. I specialize in addiction, boundaries, and general neurotic behaviors for 11 years. $50 per session. Equally [...]
Will the real MARK HUNTER (the Cobrasnake) please stand up?
This nice gentleman *BJ Averell* asked to get me a drink at the JC Penny/ Ronson event; I did a few double takes before I realized that it was NOT Mark! He told me everyone was going up to him and saying, "HI MARK!" and he didn't know who Mark was. It might have been one of the funniest moments ever. Does he really not know who Mark is, or is he Mark's impersonator? (* If he is trying to be Mark's impersonator, he needs to give his big ol' beard a lil trim) Does anyone know who this [...]
