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Super expensive new private members club hits Koreatown - but is it worth the money?

It’s hard to think of a time when Korean culture had a bigger share of the global zeitgeist than it does right now. 

Iconic Hollywood media hub faces wipeout — 67-story tower replacement to reshape neighborhood

Now, a new Miracle Mile project is proposed that would dwarf all of them.

Furious meeting throws reopening of iconic Hollywood theater up in the air

The fate of Hollywood’s Cinerama Dome remains a sore spot among Angeleno cinephiles.

Battle of the bashes: Ex-Vanity Fair boss Graydon Carter’s Cannes Film Festival party to upstage the glossy mag’s ‘downsized’ approach under Mark Guiducci

Forget the movies! The biggest buzz at the Cannes Film Festival so far centers on dueling parties between Graydon Carter and his former magazine, Vanity Fair.

Story of iconic LA restaurateur who served Leo DiCaprio and Frank Sinatra coming out in June in posthumous memoir

Stage names in Hollywood are legendary from Issur Danielovitch becoming Kirk Douglas to Maurice Micklewhite turning into Michael Caine, and Frances Ethel Gumm magically morphing into Judy Garland. But in the...

Longtime Dem power player spotted at private event for California GOP gubernatorial frontrunner Steve Hilton

Is Nicole Avant, a stalwart supporter of the Obamas and longtime LA democrat changing her political stripes?

Inside the battle for Casey Wasserman's agency: 'It's all anyone in Hollywood is talking about'

Insiders say that the deal for Wasserman's firm, now known as "The Team," could wrap up in the next two weeks.

Barry Diller slams Irving Azoff as an 'infidel' as moguls' feud still simmers 15 years after Live Nation spat

There's still bad blood between industry giants Barry Diller and Irving Azoff, 15 years after Azoff, 78, pushed Diller, 84, out of Live Nation.

Shamed Hunter Biden sets tongues wagging in exclusive California enclave after being spotted back on his old stomping ground

Malibu has become a hotbed for Democratic party refugees, it seems.

Furious scenes at WHCD party with journo thrown out before threatening to fight Trump hating Jim Acosta

When the Secret Service locked down a group of revelers inside a Substack party next to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner for hours, things quickly turned into “The Hunger...

Who's winning the LA mayoral campaign’s hotly contested fundraising race, revealed

Although former reality star Spencer Pratt may have bested his rivals with his $539K fundraising haul in the Los Angeles mayor’s race, city council member Nithya Raman emerged as the preferred candidate of Hollywood’s...

High-stakes gambler who took down Jeff Shell drags UTA’s Jim Berkus and his son into legal mess

First Ari Emanuel. Now UTA co-founder and senior partner Jim Berkus has been dragged into the RJ Cipriani-Jeff Shell legal drama.

David Geffen's incredible 8-figure penthouse featured in upscale magazine after his bitter divorce from toyboy

David Geffen doesn’t like seeing light switches or electric outlets. The tycoon’s design hangups are revealed in an Architectural Record piece profiling his multimillion dollar spread,...

Alex Cooper’s bitter feud with Alix Earle intensifies as her co-CEO husband faces barrage of press exposés following Bloomberg bombshell

Last week, Alex Cooper bemoaned her feud with fellow podcaster Alix Earle, saying she was tired of her former Unwell Network colleague creating “fake drama.”

A-list Michael Jackson fans ignore star’s scandals and pack out 'Michael' premiere

If anyone in the room cared about the King of Pop's past scandals, there was no indication of it during Monday night’s LA premiere of the Michael Jackson biopic.

Screenwriter for Leo DiCaprio's 'Captain Planet' surprised to find he's listed as an advisor to Ryan Kavanaugh-backed SuperFile

On Tuesday, we told you about an eyebrow-raising tech startup dubbed SuperFile that has attracted Hollywood investors Patricia Heaton and Jason Derulo and with Ryan Kavanaugh at the center of the intrigue. 

‘Baywatch’ goes back to the beach after overcoming infamous LA red tape

The decision to shoot the reboot of “Baywatch” in Los Angeles was hailed as a major victory for local efforts to keep film and television production in LA.

Inside shamed Eric Swalwell's extraordinarily close relationship with Hollywood — and how he was paid by 'spy' company

In 2024, Eric Swalwell was vacationing in Thailand and visited the set of HBO’s “The White Lotus” Season 3.

See LA pizzeria owner's brilliantly crusty reply to CPK's saucy 'cease and desist' over BBQ chicken pizza

California Pizza Kitchen got a bit crusty when the chain learned a hot new LA pizzeria has a BBQ chicken pie on its menu.

Ari Emanuel hit with subpoena from high-stakes gambler who just took down Paramount boss Jeff Shell

The busiest mogul in Hollywood might need to carve out some time on his schedule.