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Why Ryan Serhant Returned to Real Estate Reality TV With Netflix’s ‘Owning Manhattan’
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 Dollar Listing: New York 2.0, or a spinoff of Selling Sunset, which has its own […]
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Indie Rockers AJR Spotlight Sustainability on Their Summer Tour
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 opposite career paths, for Met they complement each other perfectly. “They really go […]
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Would You Turn Over Your Home to a Hollywood Film Crew for $5,000 a Day?
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 front of the house and we were kind of anthropologists in a way,” she […]
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Oscar De La Hoya on His New Life in Las Vegas: “I Should Have Done This a Long Time Ago”
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, sports broadcaster Holly Sonders, moved into their luxurious five-bedroom, seven-bathroom home, which they reportedly […]
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L.A.’s Real Estate Upfronts Reveal Penthouse A at Rosewood Residences Beverly Hills
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 Goldsmith Theater, the confab saw L.A.’s biggest power brokers gather to […]
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How Hollywood Is Helping Homeless College Students in L.A. Get Housing and Finish School
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 which we should be helping each other,” singer and The Voice vocal coach Stevie Mackey tells […]
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Star Real Estate Agents Tomer Fridman and Sally Forster Jones Link Up as Jones Fridman International
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 sales. And now, a new chapter begins. “Our partnership story is really one of organic growth,” […]
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‘100 Years of MGM Studios and the Golden Age of Hollywood’ Exhibit Opens at Hollywood Heritage Museum
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 across from the Hollywood Bowl, the event showcased the items of over 20 movie […]
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Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright Talk Their New Bravo Show ‘The Valley’ Amid Separation
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 cobwebs a little bit and get back into it,” Taylor says from his […]
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Is the Era of the Celebrity Real Estate Agent Over? Industry Reacts to Settlement That Could Slash Commissions
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 will NAR settle several lawsuits claiming artificial inflation of commissions to the tune of $418 million, but also […]
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When Basquiat Painted and Partied In L.A. (and Took Madonna to the Fox Commissary)
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 York streets,” says art dealer, curator, writer and Basquiat […]
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Robert Downey Jr. Rocks a Bucket Hat and Leonardo DiCaprio Goes Incognito at Frieze L.A. as Art Sales Are Brisk
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 for the second year running, the all-day event on Thursday, Feb. 29, […]
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