“Now everybody, every single person at this festival, I want you to turn to each other and embrace each other,” said Florence Welch, of Florence and the Machine, during her performance on Saturday, May 28, at BottleRock Napa Valley, held at the Napa Valley Expo grounds. “Tell each other that you love each other, because you do,”…

“This is kind of insane, even by our standards,” said San Francisco-based interior designer Ken Fulk about the bustling honeybee hive vignettes he conjured up for the New York Botanical Garden’s preview party and plant sale held on Thursday, April 28, during the organization’s 2016 Antique Garden Furniture Fair. “I hadn’t been to the Botanical Garden until…

“The Mayan was amazing,” said Alison Mosshart about a recent show she played at the downtown Los Angeles venue alongside her bandmate, The Kills‘ Jamie Hince. “It sounded perfect, the lights were heavenly, I never felt my legs, not even once,” she added, while speaking with KCRW‘s Jason Bentley before a live set The Kills…

After a grand tour to multiple international locations for fashion weeks held in various cities, Francesco Ragazzi, art director of Moncler and creative director of his own skate-inspired line, Palm Angeles, recently arrived in Los Angeles for a visit. His men’s sportswear line, this spring in its second season, was originally inspired by a photograph…

“John never made a suggestion, but as soon as I came up with an idea, he had three alternatives for me to choose from,” says James Goldstein about reworking portions of the his residence, built in 1963, with the structure’s original architect, John Lautner. Goldstein, discussing the Beverly Crest house—originally commissioned by Helen and Paul…

“I was at the ready because once again I have chosen form over function,” said Cate Blanchett, who emerged quickly from backstage wearing a black Atelier Versace gown to accept the Lacoste Spotlight award at the 18th Costume Designers Guild Awards held at the Beverly Hilton on Tuesday, February 23. “A lot of actors get…

The holiday countdown clock has nearly run out, but dedicated givers are still hunting for unique presents that will delight and inspire recipients both near and far. Procrastinator’s tip: head to Karyn Craven’s Burning Torch boutique in Venice for a trove of coffee table books on such diverse topics as the scene in Los Angeles…

Can anyone around your dinner table explain credit default swaps in a remotely entertaining manner? Doubtful. That’s why director Adam McKay brought in a spray-tanned Ryan Gosling, playing banker Jared Vennett, to narrate the film version of Michael Lewis’ nonfiction book, The Big Short. The movie, which premiered at AFI Fest Presented by Audi on…

“One hundred percent beauty doesn’t exist. Beauty is only about imperfections,” says filmmaker and photographer Sonia Sieff, daughter of French lensman Jeanloup Sieff (known for his portraits of Catherine Deneuve, Yves Saint Laurent, as well as shot of dancers in motion) in a short work she shot this fall for Tod’s. In the film, Sieff turned…