Beverly Hills

PHOTOS: 5 Of The World's Most Expensive Hotel Suites

Oyster | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Travel, Hotels, Travel Blog, Hotel Suites, Travel News, Washington D.C., Hotel News, Beverly Hills, Presidential Suites, Barcelona, Slidepollajax, New York City, Dallas, Travel News

You can only imagine our heart palpitations when we see the nightly rates of these hotels' top-of-the-line suites.

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Catching Up With 9021Pho's Chef Kimmy Tang

Greg Boose | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Kimmy Tang, Pho, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Taste of Calabasas, Vietnamese Food, 9021pho, La Around Town, Los Angeles Restaurants, 9021pho Restaurant La, LA Food Scene, Los Angeles News

Because of her Crayola-bright red highlights and permanent smile, it's easy to spot Chef Kimmy Tang of 9021Pho in a crowd. Over handmade pot stickers, mini pork bao and her famous pho, I briefly caught up with her.

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Is It True That Becoming A Parent Changes You?

Dan Bucatinsky | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Dads, Kids, Raising Children, Beverly Hills, Parenting, Gay, Los Angeles, Gay Marriage, Swearing, Parenting Wisdom, Parents News

Is there a natural shift that occurs when we realize we're responsible for more than just ourselves?

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Love Letters: Marlo Thomas's Beverly Hills

Love Letters | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Slideadbigshot, That Girl, Edward G. Robinson, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Aaron Spelling, California, Marlo Thomas, Patricia Neal, tavel_love_letters, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Travel News

Some houses had glamour, some had laughs, some had secrets and some had the worst of it. That was my neighborhood.

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Beverly Hills' Concours d'Elegance Is a Wonderful Auto Show!

Jay Weston | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Beverly Hills, Town Cars, Vintage Cars, Auto Shows, Car Shows, LA Events, La Around Town, Concours D'Elegance, Los Angeles News

On early Sunday morning, my friend David Rapoport and I were among the first visitors to the 3rd Annual Concours d'Elegance, which the City of Beverly Hills held at its beautiful Greystone Mansion.

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Beverly Hills Super-Rich Ditch Increasingly Worthless Mansions

Reuters | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Video, Shadow Inventory, Housing Market, Housing Bust, Foreclosure Crisis, Countrywide Home Loans, Freddie Mac, Strategic Default, Housing Boom, Reuters, Fannie Mae, Beverly Hills, Realtytrac, Business News

* Record number of defaults in Beverly Hills * Many wealthy owners could still pay but walked away * Only 12 of 180 dist...

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Money-Loving Woman Has Surgery to Look Like a Million Dollars

Mark C. Miller | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Beverly Hills, Money, Comedy News, Plastic Surgery, Comedy News

Gould just prior to her operation. Photo: Getty Images/Eric Dreyer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- All her life, publicist Sandra Gould received complime...

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Puck Goes Back to His (Ginger) Roots

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Wolfgang Puck, Asian Cuisine, Beverly Hills, Singapore, Asia, Restaurants, Gourmet, Food News

"The title of celebrity chef is sort of bogus. Do we have celebrity shoemakers, celebrity butchers? The good news about showcasing chefs and the TV shows is they've attracted a lot more smart kids to the profession than 30 years ago."

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Inside The Home Of Dreamworks' Jeffrey Katzenberg

HuffingtonPost.com | Ann Brenoff | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: La Real Estate, Dreamworks, Beverly Hills Real Estate, Katzenberg Lists His House, Luxury LA Real Estate, Luxury LA Real Estate for Sale, Beverly Hills, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Los Angeles News

Who says the recession was an equal opportunity slammer? Clearly not so for DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, who just listed his current B...

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The King and I

Carrie White | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Carrie White, Hair, Beverly Hills, Elvis, Hollywood, Beauty, Birthday, December 8, Entertainment News

Elvis liked to tell me stories. But there was one story that will be a tattoo on my heart. We were in his Holmby Hills house. I had just finished cutting Elvis's hair and he told me to stay and finish my drink.

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Hello Kitty's Lavish Hotel Suite in Beverly Hills

Pandora Young | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Hello Kitty, Beverly Hills, Sephora, Sanrio, Style News

In honor of Hello Kitty's latest cosmetic collection, Hello Kitty Noir, the famous feline teamed up with Sephora to create the world's most adorable h...

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Occupy L.A. May Branch Out To Occupy Beverly Hills, Skid Row

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Video, Occupy Pasadena, Occupy Wall Street, Rodeo Drive, City Hall, Occupy La, Occupy Venice, Occupy Long Beach, Beverly Hills, LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, Lapd, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- After a tense all-nighter with the Los Angeles Police Department, Occupy L.A. activists and their tents outside City Hall have been give...

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Fault-y Towers: Don't Mention the Core!

John Mirisch | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Overdevelopment, Beverly Hills, Puente Hills Fault, Century City, Westside Subway, Alquist-Priolo, Los Angeles Faults, Santa Monica Fault Line, Los Angeles News

The initial Metro Century City seismological studies were released in October. To nobody's surprise, they showed that it would be "impossible" for Metro to build a station along Santa Monica Boulevard.

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Anndra Neen Wins 2011 Dorchester Collection Fashion Prize

Natalie Pace | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Paris, Natalie Pace, NataliePace.Com, Accessories, Mexico, Hotel, Anndra Neen, Beverly Hills, Fashion, Jewelry, Style News

What made the sisters stand out among three other finalists? Consistent wow factor.

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Dr. Phil On Love, Life And Happiness After 50

Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Dr. Phil Foundation, Litigation Consultant, Dr. Phil, Best Advice, Youth Is Wasted on the Young, Dr. Phil Show, Beverly Hills, Psychologist, Phil McGraw, Greatest Regret, Fifty News

Dr. Phil McGraw needs little introduction. He's the famed TV psychologist who enters our living rooms every afternoon with real advice. He's a certifi...

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The New Streisand Effect?

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: ELLE's 18th Annual Women in Hollywood Tribute, Editor-in-Chief of ELLE Robbie Myers, Jennifer Aniston, Michelle Pfeiffer, Women in Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Elle Magazine, Barbra Streisand, Viola Davis, Naomi Watts, Elle Women in Hollywood, Fifty News

LOS ANGELES — Nine women were honored at the annual Women in Hollywood event, yet two ladies in particular stole the show. Viola Davis surprise...

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PLAN ForYourArt: October 13-19

Bettina Korek | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Foryourart, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Downtown Art Walk, High Desert Test Sites, Subliminal Projects, PLAN ForYourArt, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, Larry Bell, Sol Lewitt, La Around Town, Los Angeles News

Ulysses Jenkins' Black Gold Fever, a multi-media performance ritual utilizing video projections, dance, music and spoken word, is a reinvention of Columbus Day: a doggerel, which was originally performed at LACE in 1980.

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SLIDESHOW: Heroic Pups Earn Awards At 'Top Dog' Ceremony

Danielle Cadet | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Carson Kressley, World Trade Center, Beverly Hills, Video, Betty White, September 11th, American Humane Association, Hero Dog Awards, Impact News

The American Humane Association held its annual Hero Dog Awards on Saturday in Beverly Hills to honor canine's finest. The awards, sponsored by Cesar ...

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The U. S. Government's Largest Means-Tested Anti-Poverty Program Has Severe Problems

Robert Auerbach | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Milton Friedman, Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Douglas Schulman, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, John Kennedy, Nina Olson, University of California Los Angeles (U.C.L.A., Beverly Hills, George Mcgovern, Lyndon Johnson, Watts), Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Barack Obama, Politics News

During these dire times for millions of people, many of whom have been unemployed for long periods, the nation's safety net is mangled and inefficient.

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Beverly Hills School Ignores 5th Grader's Year-Long Battle With Bullying

Patch | Marie Cunningham | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Bullied, Beverly Hills, John Gibb, El Rodeo, Bullying, Los Angeles News

In April, single mother Robina Gibb and her 10-year-old son, John, moved to California. Originally from London, they had lived briefly in Massachusett...

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PHOTOS: Hollywood Producer's Home For $1.5 Million

Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Silver Lake Real Estate, Beverly Hills, Casper, Jurassic Park, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, La Real Estate, Despicable Me, Ghostbusters 2, Silver Lake Spanish Hacienda, Casa De Las Fuentes, Silver Lake, Shark Tale, Producer Janet Healy, Los Angeles News

Janet Healy, a longtime Hollywood movie producer, is selling her Silver Lake Spanish hacienda for $1.549 million. The 3,923 square-foot home was b...

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Hooray for Hollywood's Dearly Departed

Jane Minogue | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Shirley Temlple, Michael Jackson, Jack Cassidy, Jane Russell, Sharon Tate, Bela Lugosi, Bugsy Siegel, River Phoenix, Larry Edmunds Bookshop, Beverly Hills, Marie Prevost, Lupe Velez, El Coyote, Hollywood, Dearly Departed Tour, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin, Murders, George Michael, John Belushi, Menendez Brothers, Charles Manson, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Brian Donnelly, Scott Michaels, Travel News

The tour included the drug overdose sites of Janis Joplin, John Belushi, Michael Jackson and River Phoenix.

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Growing Up With The Help: Esmus

Holly Palance | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: The Help, Beverly Hills, Women News

The Help surprised some people that Southern whites could treat their servants with so much inhumanity. I was shocked by a few incidents, but not surprised. I saw it close up as a child. Not in Jackson, Miss., but in my hometown of Beverly Hills.

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Can LA Save Richard Neutra's Historic Kronish House?

latimes.com | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Modernist Architecture, Art, Landmarks, Houses, Richard Neutra, Kronish House, Architecture, Foreclosed, Foreclosure News, Real Estate, Foerclosed Famous Homes Homes, Los Angeles Architecture, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Arts News

Bowing to community pressure, the owners of Richard Neutra's Kronish House in Beverly Hills have agreed to postpone its demolition until at least Oct....

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Weekend Recommendations -- July 28-31

Girl at a Bar | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: La Around Town, Best of La, Los Angeles, Getty Museum, Hollywood Bowl, Hammer Museum, Kcrw, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Lacma, Wine, Los Angeles News

Always wanted to do some self-inspired Irish step-dancing in the middle of Culver City? Now is your chance. Celtic band Molly's Revenge with vocalist Christa Burch provide the music for this week of the Culver City Music Festival.

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