Overheard in LA
You can’t make this stuff up.
Iconic Hollywood record store Amoeba Music has been sold
Damn the man! Save Amoeba!
In Bed With… Emma Rose
Emma Rose is a health, lifestyle, beauty and fashion blogger from Sydney, Australia.
The best places to eat near the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
For Rams fans who don’t want to load up on typical sports fare.
Nine astonishing premiere parties
Movie and television premieres might look like glamorous nights on the town, but the stars on the red carpet and everyone behind the scenes put in a lot of work to make them look like so much fun.
Grace Jones, revisited
If you missed the “original fierce ruling diva” at this year’s FYF Fest, you messed up.
The return of DJ crates
The “vinyl revival,” as the uptick in record sales of the past decade has been named, has made its way into bedrooms and home sound systems.
‘Spectacular Illumination’ tells the story of a city that glows
These vintage photographs of LA’s Golden Age will transport you back to another age.
Halloween at The Hollywood Roosevelt
Halloween kicks off a few days early this year with a party at The Hollywood Roosevelt featuring a live performance by Big Sean on October 29th.
Los Angeles punk scene in print
A seminal era of volatile music takes a new shape.
‘My Mutant Brain’ is Spike Jonze’s wild new short film for Kenzo
Starring actor and model Margaret Qualley performing insane choreography by Sia-famous Ryan Heffington.
Guns N’ Roses partied hard at The Hollywood Roosevelt
Axl Rose and Slash were joined by a flock of models for an afterparty in the hotel’s penthouse.
Kanye West premiered his iconic new video ‘Fade’ at the MTV Video Music Awards
It’s a Flashdance-inspired video starring an oiled up Teyana Taylor and Iman Shumpert.
Frank Ocean finally drops new album ‘Blonde’
It’s an intimate, revealing, and poetic album, released in tandem with a visual mixtape and a zine.
From street tacos to bonafide Los Angeles legends: the Guerrilla Tacos story
People remember their first Guerrilla Taco.
Lupe Fiasco’s solo art show to open at Chicago’s Ed Pashke Art Center
His brilliantly colored geometric abstractions will be on display in Chicago this September.
In Bed With… Wing Ta
Wing Ta is a Minneapolis-based photographer and creative director who isn’t afraid to go outside the box to capture something truly authentic. In 2010, she launched as a digital home for her many creative endeavours. In the six years since, it’s grown into a fully-fledged business, specializing in all things lifestyle.
CARtoons: Art of America’s Car Culture opens at LACMA
Between 1959 and 1991, CARtoons magazine offered a hotted up and kitted out dose of automotive humor, hot rod artwork, and everything you needed to know about American car culture. According to CARtoons magazine, it was “the only humor magazine in the world for the lovers and owners of cars.” At CARtoons: Art of America’s
70 years of Los Angeles
Take a split-screen tour of what the same streets in downtown LA looked like from the 1940s to today, courtesy of The New Yorker.
The Museum of Broken Relationships hosts Date Night
Preserve the pieces of your broken heart.
Runyon Canyon has reopened
After a four-month closure, LA’s popular hiking trail is back.
Bon Appétit name America’s Best New Restaurants of 2016
Sure, it’s been one hell of a year and we’re only halfway through it, but at least there’s a lot of good food to eat.
Guillermo del Toro recreates his lucid dreams for LACMA
An extraordinary exhibition traversing magic, occultism, horror, monsters, life and death, innocence and redemption.
Sipping cocktails poolside at The Hollywood Roosevelt’s Tropicana
No this is not a fantasy.
Liquid Shark hits Pershing Square this week
See the silver art installation making waves over downtown LA.
Here’s what to snack on at 626 Night Market
We ate our way through the biggest Asian-themed night market in the United States.
Celebrate 25 years of Lollapalooza
Jane’s Addiction, Radiohead, Future, LCD Soundsystem and Major Lazer lead a killer anniversary lineup.
Esquivel and The Spare Room will have you bowling in style
A new collaboration between the famed shoe designer and The Hollywood Roosevelt’s bowling speakeasy launches.
Reimagining Park Plaza: An interview with interior designer Chad McPhail
Talking with Chad McPhail, the interior designer tasked with bringing new life to the Park Plaza.
Drew Baker is transforming LA’s creative industry one design at a time
We caught up with Drew to talk about why they set up shop in DTLA, how he stays creative, and where he travels to find inspiration.
50 Designers, 50 Ideas, 50 Wards
The Chicago Architecture Foundation is turning 50 and celebrating with a visionary new exhibition.
The Architecture of William F. Cody opens at the Architecture and Design Museum
The man who designed Palm Springs is the subject of a new exhibit in downtown Los Angeles.
The Spare Room is crowned Bar of the Year
According to Time Out, Yael Vengroff and her talented crew are “having a bona fide moment in LA’s current cocktail climate.”
Explore Tom Blachford’s Midnight Modern
We speak to the photographer who captures modernist Palm Springs under nought but the light of the moon.
Palm Springs International ShortFest Wraps
The prestigious festival screened 327 short films over six days. Here’s who took home awards.
Ghostbusters cast gather at The Hollywood Roosevelt for The New York Times
The daily newspaper of note asks, Who’s Afraid of Female Ghostbusters?
Yabu Pushelberg design iconic Rio 2016 Canada Olympic House
Team Canada can expect a bold, smart, and fresh space from the award-winning design team dedicated to delivering the unexpected.
Unemployed magazine release party
Sophie Tabet from the cool and creative magazine (and some famous friends) partied in the Garden Bar at The Hollywood Roosevelt to launch Issue 02.
The Bradbury creates the future from the past
It’s said the building’s architect was inspired by Edward Bellamy’s 1888 novel, Looking Backwards, which imagines a utopian society in the distant future: the year 2000.
Kendrick Lamar celebrates Grammy wins at The Hollywood Roosevelt
K Dot was joined by Timbaland, Miguel, Swizz Beats, and plenty of Moët & Chandon.
Alexa Chung launches shopping app Villoid
The British style icon launched the fashion app with a garden tea party at The Hollywood Roosevelt.
Stampd x Puma SS16 launch at The Hollywood Roosevelt
The avant-street label celebrated on the hotel’s rooftop with Diplo, Julz, Kat Graham, and Larry English.
Kristen Stewart covers Variety magazine’s latest issue
The actress was photographed by Peter Yang on the iconic Roosevelt Hotel sign for the magazine’s Cannes Film Festival issue.
FYF hits Los Angeles
Los Angeles’ homegrown music festival is back to make sure you’re summer goes out with a bang.
Interview magazine shoots Vérité at The Hollywood Roosevelt
The electro-pop musician opens up in a suite at The Cabanas.
Cindy Sherman at The Broad
Downtown Los Angeles’ newest contemporary art museum plays host to one of the best-known and most important photographers working today.
Mozart in the Jungle cast host Emmy FYC screening at The Hollywood Roosevelt
Television Academy members were privy to a special screening and panel discussion of the Amazon Original Series.
Game of Thrones premieres in Los Angeles
Season 6 of the HBO fantasy epic kicks off at The Hollywood Roosevelt.
David Hockney announces major retrospective at the Tate Britain
The artist celebrates his 80th birthday with the world’s most extensive retrospective of his work.