Ari Emanuel, Brian Grazer, Kate Beckinsale, Pharrell Williams‘ “Pink Beach” and Kate Hudson top the party circuit in the third week of May, 2016.
“The Voice” lovebirds Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani went public at Blake’s private show at the iHeartRadio Theater on the former NBC lot in Burbank.
In Hollywood, “Coach Snoop” attended the TCL Chinese premiere of his new AOL docu-series about his off-stage life leading the Snoop Youth Football League.
Even DJ superstar Martin Garrix needed the “F Cancer” t-shirt to get in to the F Cancer LA benefit on Thursday night, May 19. The “Now That I’ve Found You” and “Animals” producer headlined the event where your t-shirt was your ticket. The message: obvious.
Near CBS Television City in Los Angeles, at the new Buca di Beppo at the Farmer’s Market, current and former “Dancing with the Stars” cast members celebrated having one more week left in their season. Mark Ballas and alum Rumer Willis got hip-to-hip, as host Tom Bergeron offered a taste of the Mirror Ball Trophy.
Before Amazon and Roadside’s “Love & Friendship” debuted on May 13, Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny toasted the film with Lena Hall and Paul Haggis at new spot Vandal in New York City.
Tireless supporter of Operation Smile Jennifer Salke managed to wedge in a gala in NYC with pals Brooke Burke and Kate Hudson before NBC’s upfront on Monday.
Meanwhile, back in LA, the MOCA gala brought out big guns…and finger guns. From left: Nick Stevens, Ari Emanuel, and Brian Grazer.
Emanuel splices in between artist Mark Bradford and Ivan Wurt.
MOCA honoree Ed Ruscha gets the Grazer glad-hand.
Maggie Kayne, Lizzie Olsen, Rosetta Getty, and Patricia Arquette at the gala, which raised $3 million.
Over at the Lot in West Hollywood, Pharrell Williams unveiled his new “Pink Beach” collection with Adidas. Big Sean and Tyler the Creator flanked the hyphenate designer at the late-night party.
Samantha Ronson revealed her political bent at the fully pink-hued studio bash, next to Mrs. Pharrell, Helen Lasichanh.
ASAP Rocky eyed the collection of shoes, jackets, and summer wear, which has already sold out. Pharrell promised a “second drop” is coming.
Snapchat master DJ Khaled turned up without “turning up,” as he had to open for Beyonce the next night at the Rose Bowl.
Jessica Simpson‘s father Joe unveiled his photography art at a gallery show in Culver City, and unveiled new bottle-blonde head grooming. Daughter Ashlee and son-in-law Evan Ross went cheek-to-cheek.
Back in New York, Kate Bolduan, Emmy Rossum, and Alysia Reiner took their seats at the first “Women of Substance Supper Club” with Of Mercer. Reiner’s Wall Street drama “Equity” debuts at the L.A. Film Festival on June 8.
East of Manhattan, Insomniac’s Electric Daisy Carnival New York took over the parking lots around the Mets’ stadium for two massive days of music.
While the main stage Kinetic Field is a normal-enough sight at EDC in the desert outside Las Vegas, rebuilding this stage in metropolitan New York was an engineering feat.
Breakouts like Marshmello and Yellow Claw played the Cosmic Meadow stage alongside Zedd and Madeon.
Back in LA, young Hollywood flooded Hyde in droves for Nylon’s aptly named Young Hollywood Party. From left: Bailee Madison and Jaden Smith, “Star Wars” actress and Bryan Lourd/Carrie Fisher offspring Billie Lourd, and Nylon chief Mark Luzzatto and Quincy Brown (Diddy’s son) at the West Hollywood hotspot.
Arden Cho and Katherine McNamara had bracelets that allowed “rummaging” through the offerings at Nylon. Many of the female talent wore BCBGeneration.
Justine Skye performed, while Amber Rose, a Jenner and a Disick occupied the table at stage right.
As she launches her Netflix show, Chelsea Handler helped yogi pal Mandy Ingber debut her book “Yogalosophy for Inner Strength” in Santa Monica.
In the midst of Emmy for-your-consideration season, Liev Schreiber spoke at the Actors Fund’s Edwin Forrest Day celebration in Sherman Oaks on Sunday afternoon.
The teams from this season’s “Amazing Race”, plus host Phil Keoghan and creators Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri went around the world last fall, but reunited at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City to watch the finale together at a party hosted by the winners…
…dancers Dana Alexa (2nd from left) and Matt Steffanina (far right, next to Tyler Oakley). “It’s been the hardest secret I’ve ever had to keep. I felt like such a liar, I felt so guilty,” Alexa told TheWrap of keeping the million dollar win to themselves. Of their tense moments on the show Alexa called the edit fair. “I am aggressive, and those things happen.” Alexa said. “Those are real parts of the way we interact. We would probably do it the same way if we did it again so we’re not too sorry about it.”
Ludacris performed for his lawyer, Fox Rothschild’s Darrell D. Miller at the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s annointment of Miller as the Entertainment Lawyer of the Year at a Beverly Hilton dinner on Tuesday night, May 17.
NeNe Leakes, Michael Colyar, and Shaun Robinson at the Beverly Hills Bar Association Dinner.
Before Jane Fonda, Sidney Poitier, David Foster, and Sherry Lansing take honors at October’s Carousel of Hope Ball, Alana Stewart and Melanie Griffith attended the group’s kick-off luncheon this week in Beverly Hills.
Earlier in the week, Ashley Greene and Tanner Beard engaged in a shootout at the “6 Bullets To Hell” Mobile Game Launch Party at Union in K-Town, tied to a spaghetti western film of the same name.
Producers Jane Wu and former AMPAS president Sid Ganis (far right) talked up their short “A Children’s Song” at LA’s Museum of Tolerance on Sunday. The story centers on two girls in a songwriting composition whose research on the origin of their competing works leads them back to a true story of Jews escaping to Shanghai during the Holocaust.
