To be lured back from his hiatus from the reality TV universe after 10 seasons on Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing: New York, NYC-based celebrity broker Ryan Serhant knew he wanted to do something different. “I didn’t want to make Million…
Adam Met is a busy man. The 33-year-old rock star is not only the bassist of the multiplatinum band AJR, but he also holds a Ph.D. in human rights and sustainable development from the University of Birmingham. Though they may seem like…
There was a time when legendary location scout Lori Balton was like a modern-day Philip Marlowe, trolling the neighborhoods of Los Angeles, in search of the perfect private home to shoot. “We used to literally drive around and look at the…
Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya is the latest celebrity to move his family and his businesses — including Golden Boy Promotions, a major player in pay-per-view sporting events — to Sin City. On Thanksgiving 2023, De La Hoya and his partner,…
Timed to coincide with TV’s upfronts in New York, a real estate-focused event that also calls itself the Upfronts — a luxury property reveal thrown by The Society Group — took over The Wallis in Beverly Hills on May 15. Held in the Bram…
Hollywood power players are taking notice of the nonprofit group Los Angeles Room & Board, which works to provide housing, meals and support to college students experiencing homelessness in L.A. “Los Angeles Room & Board is the model by…
A new high-powered real estate group has been born. The Sally Forster Jones Group and The Fridman Group, both of Compass, are joining forces as Jones Fridman International. Both groups have storied careers, with a combined $25 billion in…
The preview opening of the new exhibit Meet the Stars: 100 Years of MGM Studios and the Golden Age of Hollywood on Thursday night was a crowded, buzzing affair. Held at the Hollywood Heritage Museum in the historic Lasky DeMille Barn…
Notorious reality bad boy Jax Taylor is back where he belongs. Four years after leaving Vanderpump Rules, Taylor is helming the new Bravo reality show The Valley, which premieres March 19. “I thought I was going to have to dust off the…
On Friday morning, March 15, star real estate brokers across the country awoke to the news that the embattled National Association of Realtors (NAR), which represents around 1.5 million agents, had made an industry-altering deal. Not only…
Jean-Michel Basquiat burst onto the New York art scene in the early 1980s and has been claimed as an NYC legend ever since. “The rap on Jean-Michel was he’s a street kid from New York and the work all comes from his experience of the New…
The V.I.P. opening day of the Frieze Los Angeles art fair felt like a family affair as Hollywood power players and art world elites met and mingled to view the best works from galleries around the world. Held at the Santa Monica Airport…
“I won’t sell,” “Malibu” Millie Decker once told a reporter. “I’ve told them that already!” Mildred Mae Meek Lewis Mandeville Decker, known as the “last of the Malibu hillbillies,” was true to her oath and kept her family’s ranch high in…
“L.A. has come of age — I’ve heard that so many times in the past decade. It has always sounded provincial and defensive,” says Dean Valentine, co-founder of the Felix Art Fair. “We’re one of the four or five global capitals of…
As interest rates soared and Measure ULA (aka the mansion tax) scared off potential sellers, 2023 became the year of the luxury rental in Los Angeles. Celebrities have hopped on the train, with Rashida Jones, Leeza Gibbons, Maria Bello,…
Coming after a huge wave of restaurant closings in Los Angeles in 2023 — including The Palm Beverly Hills, Woodspoon, Animal, Off Vine, Mohawk Bend, Kinn, Café Tropical and Craft — Hollywood has been hit with another blow: the loss of some…
Bronx-born character actor Joe E. Tata had a career that spanned decades, yet for millions of GenXers, he will always be Beverly Hills 90210’s fatherly Nat Bussichio, owner of high school hangout The Peach Pit. But Tata wasn’t just a…
“I watch a rom-com every day, even if it’s just for five minutes,” says New York Times best-selling author, poet and artist Cleo Wade. For Wade, rom-coms are just one of the many ways she connects herself with the love that she espouses in…
Three more delicious reasons to visit Century City are coming soon, thanks to a bold plan from the Reuben Brothers. “I’ve been doing this my whole life. I understand how to operate big buildings,” billionaire developer David Reuben Jr.…
The devastation of the fire that ripped through West Maui on Aug. 8 is hard to comprehend. It killed at least 97 people and damaged or destroyed 2,200 structures, and the estimated cost to rebuild is $5.5 billion. In the first few days…
Villa Collina, a Mediterranean Revival masterpiece nestled in the hills of Los Feliz in the shadow of Griffith Observatory, has a historic Hollywood pedigree stretching back almost a century. Designed by architect Henry Harwood Hewitt in…
For decades, marijuana has hardly been considered luxurious. After all, many folks were introduced to cannabis in a dingy basement at a friend’s house. But the forward-thinking city of West Hollywood is aiming to change all that. With the…
Fall is traditionally the fashion world’s busiest season, but the devastating Israel-Hamas War has changed all that, with a slew of beauty and fashion events being canceled for the upcoming weeks. However, some insiders feel that the…
The spirit of James Bond has found an L.A. home. Perched above the Sunset Strip in Hollywood Hills West, The Californication House (previously known as Stanley 2) is the latest spec mansion developed, designed and curated by the team of…
“You’ve transformed a room full of enemies into a room full of friends,” Aaron Kirman, of AKG | Christie’s International, quipped. He was surveying the scene at The Hollywood Reporter’s third annual L.A. Power Broker Awards, presented by…
“We had a 13-year run of a robust market and are experiencing a necessary cycle change,” says Rayni Williams of The Beverly Hills Estates, reflecting on the 36 percent drop in luxury home sales that hit L.A. in the second quarter.…
“We are thankful for the Californians because you are helping our market,” says real estate agent Trish Nash, of Douglas Elliman. “What started all this was COVID. We started to see people make lifestyle changes and really take a look at…
Early homeownership long has been part of the American dream. But in Los Angeles, Hollywood nepo babies are often buying more than a modest one-story ranch. “Think of them as a starter home,” says Paul Lester, a partner at The Agency. “But…
Anxiety. Anger. Frustration. As the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes roll on, folks in Hollywood are feeling it all. “The strikes are hard on everyone,” writer and producer Joe Henderson tells THR. “It’s a weird time because there’s a mix of…
As a child living in an abandoned tenement in New York’s East Village, Rosario Dawson saw goodness in the midst of extreme poverty. “People are really compassionate and really loving and really giving and show up,” she says. “I grew up…