Paws for the cause (of pet adoption)
Dogs once again took centre-stage at the Secret Room’s pre-smash bash for the 2014 Emmys, but cats and kids grabbed the spotlight with a flourish. In the ballroom at Beverly Hills’ Montage hotel, there were a lot of well dressed children in tow enjoying the latest toy trends from the US and Germany, and […]
Crown Princess Victoria visits Team SCA, the all-women team in the Volvo Yacht Race
HRH Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden visited the all-women SCA team, which plans to embark on the nine-month round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race, at its HQ in Stockholm. She has become the godmother of the Team SCA crew’s 65 ft yacht. The team, which sees itself as a role model for women, says Princess Victoria’s […]
Igor Spektor Above Amy Malin gives her powerful speech on being a survivor of rape, assault and torture; actor Corey Feldman looks on. Amy Malin, AnnaLynne McCord, Corey Feldman, all of whom have suffered serious sexual assaults, joined Rani Hong, a survivor of slavery and child trafficking, at an event on Friday in Los Angeles, […]
Tim P. Whitby/AmFAR Dominique Charriau Pascal Le Segretain/AmFAR We had posted our video from the arrivals at the Cinema Against Aids gala from the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc at Antibes earlier, but this morning, hosts AmFAR, the Foundation for Aids Research has announced the total raised last night: a whopping, record-breaking US$35 million. The money, […]
At Cannes: Nicole Kidman in Francesco Scognamiglio; and our other highlights
The hijinks of the Festival de Cannes begin today and we’ve already caught actress Nicole Kidman in a Francesco Scognamiglio dress (above) on the Riviera. We’ll have more highlights later today as we begin filing our reports from the world’s most famous film festival. In the main part of the Lucire site, don’t forget […]
We still want our MTV: the Secret Room celebrates the great outdoors
A decade ago, the MTV Movie Awards was Young Hollywood’s kick-off party to summer. In more recent years, it became the unofficial Oscar season “after-party” with its strategic move to April. That said, the pre-MTV Movie Awards festivities planned by Rita Branch and Amy Boatright of the Secret Room (which made the SLS Hotel’s Garden […]
Top of the world and top of the Beverly Hilton with top beauty finds
So many suites, so little time. However, one that was literally head, shoulders and eight storeys above the rest was the TMG International Red Carpet Ready Luxury Suite, which was very international in its products and its welcoming vibe for a carefully curated guest list of celebrities, VIPs and media. The set up atop the […]
A Montage of luxury, invention and indulgence
The venue (the Contessa Ballrooms at the lavish Montage Hotel Beverly Hills) may be new for the Secret Room, but the approach to pre-Oscar Primping is the same. In the case of the event, that’s a very good thing, as far as successful Hollywood formulas go. The headlining charity, once again, was the SPCA LA, […]
A good day well spent for a million better nights
By selecting the Taglyan Complex, just across the street from the Motion Picture Academy Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study, planner and fellow journalist Kathy Duliakas assured her pre-Oscar gathering would be a hot ticket for celebrities and journalists. However, with a mix of intrepid entrepreneurs, a civilized lunch, a relaxed atmosphere and a significant […]
Wounded Warrior Project Style & Beauty Suite: a true-blue salute
Karen Ray In a way, it was fitting that the turnout for the Wounded Warrior Project Style & Beauty Suite at the historic Avalon Hollywood on February 28 was most impressive, even with biblical flooding and other karmic payback for the too-nice weather southern California enjoyed. However, by the looks of things, it would take […]
