Courteney Cox and Cindy Crawford led the top L.A. social huddle of the week during a Revlon lunch at the Chateau Marmont.
In addition to Cox, the it-woman crew included localites-turned-socialites Erin Foster, the ubiquitous Jennifer Meyer, Shelli Azoff, Cassandra Grey, Erin Foster and Jaime King.
Rashida Jones and Peggy Lipton of “Twin Peaks” fame lunched in the courtyard of the Chateau with Revlon, who donated $1 million to UCLA Women’s Cancer Research at the event.
Nick Viall’s season of “The Bachelor” showed up to shoot a group date segment at the Backstreet Boys’ iHeartMedia promotional show at the Honda Theatre in Burbank Friday night (the old Jay Leno stage).
Few media personalities have personified the First Amendment more than the filter-free Bill Maher. It did not go unnoticed. Sean Penn presented the “Real Time” host with the “First Amendment Award” at the PEN Center’s Literary Awards Festival at the Beverly Wilshire Wednesday.
Meg Ryan spoke on an Advertising Week panel in New York on brand collaborations with Hollywood. Representing both “brands” and Hollywood: Director Robert Gordon, social media star Logan Paul, Ryan, and Ketchum marketing Exec VP Marcus Peterzell.
More of a darling show for New Yorkers than Angelenos, “Billions” has made Paul Giamatti a go-to party headliner. The series does not return until February, leaving Giamatti time for a copycat face massage from Gotham Mag Editor-In-Chief Samantha Yanks. The two toasted the “Billions”-themed September cover at Bagatelle.
Two guys who have lots of “chill” — Wiz Khalifa and 2 Chainz hit up a celebs-only preview night of video game “Gears of War 4” at the Microsoft Lounge in Venice on Thursday.
L.A. Rams player Todd Gurley (left), who was supposed to have a star-making season, at least now gets off-field party perks that did not exist in St. Louis.
Meanwhile up at the London Hotel in West Hollywood, Amazon unleashed their new David E. Kelley drama “Goliath.” Amazon Drama Head Morgan Wandell made the introduction in the increasingly popular London screening room.
Not seen on series TV since “Fargo” Season 1, Billy Bob Thornton toplines the legal show playing an ambulance chaser on the a redemption path. Diana Hopper (left) plays opposite Billy Bob.
Michelle Pfeiffer and David E. Kelley arrive at “Goliath.”
Sarah Wynter and “Goliath” EP Larry Trilling at at the London Penthouse.
With the “Fifty Shades Darker” trailer racking up mega-views, mega-producer Michael De Luca has more than just the Christian Grey trilogy to smile about. SHALVA, a charity for mentally and physically challenged children in Israel, honored De Luca at the Spirit of Hope dinner hosted by Amy Pascal (2nd from left) and Brett Ratner (3rd from left) at philanthropist Stanley Black’s house on Sept. 27. Angelique Madrid rounds out the charitable group.
“I want every guy’s girlfriend in his arms,” Lady Gaga mused on her upcoming Super Bowl gig. “I want every husband and wife kissing…every kid laughing. In my mind they’re having this really powerful family experience watching the Super Bowl.” Gaga made the comments on Radio Disney while promoting the single “Illusion” on a show airing October 7. Dropping in on the appearance, Disney’s Sean Cocchia and Phil Guerini.
Literal elbow rubbing: Jamie Lee Curtis and Fox TV Co-Chairman Gary Newman get close at the “No Kid Hungry” dinner in Santa Monica.
Before Seth MacFarlane performed a few songs (keeping it a heavy Fox-affair), John Stamos (Fox’s “Scream Queens”) emceed the night’s festivities.
Two strains of off-beat comedy get together: Weird Al and Christopher Guest at the No Kid Hungry event.
Singer/songwriter Tor Miller is one to watch, drawing an industry crowd to the Troubadour on Thursday night, hours before his “American English” album dropped. “The Troubadour is one of my favorite venues to play and I feel as if LA has been a good place for my music,” Miller told TheWrap.
“James Bay was someone who sent a congratulatory text after a show,” Miller continued. “I heard from someone, but am not 100 percent sure that [Universal Musical Publishing Group CEO] Jody Gerson showed my music to Elton John and that send me over the moon.” Don’t be fooled by Miller’s GQ sheen. He actually writes and performs. Check him out.
Up in the Bird Streets above Sunset, ASOS took over the Simon House this week to show off new collections and bring fashion influencers together for dinner.
There, Johnny Wujek and Eden XO dug into branded S’mores.
Noted not just for his cinema but his devotion to transcendental meditation, David Lynch accepted a trophy dubbed “The Namaste Award” at an event in Malibu put on by a group called Yoga Gives Back.
Wanda Sykes and Rita Wilson snap a selfie at the “Breast Cancer One” dinner hosted by Delta Air Lines at the JW Marriott at L.A. Live downtown on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, several of the 140 breast cancer survivors invited to the event arrived in L.A. from NYC on Delta’s pink Boeing 767.
Jimmy Walker, Reba McEntire, Nicolas Cage and Nancy Walker wore white after Labor Day at Andrea Bocelli’s house in Florence, Italy. The singer hosted a pit stop as part of “Celebrity Fight Night,” a roving celebrity group trip that benefits Bocelli’s foundation and the Muhammed Ali Parkinson Center.
Also having fun while doing good, hosts John Varvatos (left) and OUT welcomed pals like Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita to the Varvatos store on Melrose for a benefit for the Gay Men’s Chorus of L.A. on Thursday.
Model Mari McKinney and “How to Get Away with Murder’s” Kendrick Sampson hit private social club RVCC in downtown L.A. for The Giving Keys’ party unveiling their new Matte Black Key Necklace.
Hollywood stars mixed with the biggest names in show jumping throughout the weekend at the Longines Masters of Los Angeles. Iggy Azalea, Kaley Cuoco and her boyfriend Karl Cook were among the famous equestrians at the glamorous opening gala Thursday in Long Beach.
Cuoco and Cook were more appropriately dressed for the saddle on Sunday ahead of the Grand Prix event, which featured Georgina Bloomberg among the competitors for the 2.5 million Euro prize money (German rider Daniel Deus was the eventual victor).
Olympians Lucy Davis (who won a silver medal in Rio) and British gold medalist Scott Brash went for a ride on the beach before the competition really kicked off. Bruce Springsteen’s daughter, Jessica, also competed with the pros in the Longines Speed Challenge Friday night.
Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon hosted a pre-release screening of their Universal / Illumination film “Sing,” with Hint Water. The Santa Monica, Ca. event benefitted the actors’ respective foundations, Just Keep Livin’ and Girls inc., with nearly $100k raised.
