Miguel kicked off the Grammys-week parade of performances across L.A. with an intimate private show at Create in Hollywood on Wednesday night.
Carly Simon performed “You’re So Vain” at the Clive Davis party for the first time in years. Barry Manilow also performed at the Beverly Hilton on Grammy eve.
Luke Bryan knew what everybody would be talking about after Rihanna‘s appearance at MusiCares. (Hint: Her dress.)
Lenny Kravitz and Pharrell Williams support the man of the night at Lionel Richie’s MusiCares person of the year tribute on Saturday night.
Oscar contenders like Sylvester Stallone and Michael Keaton were at Clive’s bash. Caitlyn Jenner hung with Sly; she was one of the few people who did not take “fist punch” photos with the Best Supporting Actor nominee.
Katy Perry and Ariana Grande share the Valentine’s Day love at Cicada for the Creators Party, an intimate artists and producers gathering with Spotify.
Seahawks QB Russell Wilson gets to enjoy the first month of the off season with Grammys host LL Cool J at Ysabel on Saturday night, February 13, a Hennessy V.S.O.P Privilege dinner party.
John Legend sat in with the legendary Roots crew at the Philly natives’ annual Jam Session on Thursday night.
Irving Azoff accepts a merit award from Grammys president Neil Portnow at the Clive Davis party.
Demi Lovato gets flanked by husband and wife Jordyn Blum and Dave Grohl at MusiCares on Saturday night.
Billboad’s Power 100 party at Bouchon welcomed BET Chairman/CEO Debra Lee and artist Sevyn Streeter.
George Clinton and Janelle Monae feel the love at Billboard.
Ciara on a giant Candy Crush game board at the Primary Wave party.
UMG’s Jeffrey Harleston, Lucian Grainge, and Recording Academy President Neil Portnow.
Clive Davis, Rob Stringer and No. 1 on the Billboard Power 100 list Lucian Grainge form a power huddle at the music trade’s “Power 100” Party at Bouchon on Friday.
Madison Reed and her half-sister Victoria Justice shine up a giant gramophone statuette at Delta’s Friday night party at NeueHouse.
Dubbed “Sites and Sounds,” soul-singing Texan Leon Bridges of “Coming Home” fame entertained the crowd.
Consistent social pals Kelly Rowland and Randy Jackson at Delta.
Diplo, Sarah Hyland, Abigail Spencer, Austin Stowell, Darren Criss and Machine Gun Kelly, all came to hear Brandon Flowers and Mark Ronson perform at Emporio Armani Sounds, the traveling event series.
Four days after the Super Bowl halftime performance, Ronson was in command at NeueHouse…
…and the next night, he was the guest of honor at L.A. Confidential’s pre-Grammy bash.
Questlove’s 10th Annual Roots Jam Session doubled as a launch party for Serato Pyro, a consumer version of the professional DJ software. Tech-friendly Quest got a closeup look.
Tori Kelly was just one of the surprise artists with the Roots, along with Nelly, Jeremiah, and Natasha Bedingfield.
“Let You Go” producers the Chainsmokers followed Miguel at MasterCard’s special show, opening with “Roses.”
The Chainsmokers play Coachella in April. The audience there will be a lot bigger than this shoulder-to-shoulder crowd.
Meanwhile, Essence’s Black Women in Music event took over the Avalon. Andra Day (pictured) was among the performers.
Kenna, Adam Bravin, and Scott Vener performed at this years Friends N’ Family bash. The hugely attended annual gathering was hosted by Mark Beaven and Andy Kipnes of AAM.
Over at Henry’s, Nick Jonas popped in to the DJ booth to support brother Joe, who was spinning a Conde Nast party. The unabridged title of the event was: ” ‘The Sound of Luxury Experience’, presented by Conde Nast, Lincoln Motor Company & Revel.”
Kristen Stewart pops a selfie with longtime stylist Tara Swennen in Beverly Hills at the launch of the Albright Fashion Library. Rachel Zalis, Hilary Duff, Aimee Garcia and other fashionistas mixed poolside over Svedka cocktails.
Halsey made a housecall at USC for an afternoon, posing with Tommy Trojan and turning a lecture hall in to the Samsung Music Lab. The “New Americana” singer had been mentoring USC student Lani Renaldo.
“The advice I got was, ‘It all starts with the script. The most important thing is to have a great script,’” nightlife entreprenuer-turned-actor Danny “A.” Abeckaser told TheWrap of his celeb pals’ advice for stepping in front of the camera for the comedy feature “A Stand Up Guy.” At the premiere party, Kevin Connolly, Bob Saget and producer Randall Emmett surround their new peer (bottom right).
Also debuting, Nikki Glaser’s Comedy Central series “Not Safe With Nikki Glaser.” Glaser grabbed a moment with Comedy Central’s programming guru Kent Alterman at the Feb. 8 premiere.
Inside Glaser’s screening at the London, Chris Hardwick and Jeffrey Ross were amongst the well wishers.
Watch enthusiast Joel McHale used some of his newfound free time to check in on the watchmakers at a Milk Studios event for Glashutte Originals.
Anna Kendrick and Amanda Seyfried flank former NBC Comedy executive Tal Rabinowitz at the grand opening of Tal’s the Den Meditation on La Brea. Max Greenfield, Missi Pyle and Jamie-Lynn Sigler were among the guests warming up the home of specialized classes like prenatal and fertility meditation.
