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In the upcoming episode of “Hell’s Kitchen,” titled “Winner Chosen,” viewers can expect an exciting showdown as the top two chefs prepare to face their biggest challenge yet. This episode, airing on December 23, 2024, at 1:00 Pm on Axs TV, promises to deliver high-stakes drama and culinary excellence.

The finalists will take a trip to Las Vegas, where they will meet Christina Wilson, a former winner of the competition. Christina will provide motivation and guidance, helping the chefs to refine their skills and boost their confidence before the final challenge. This visit is sure to inspire them as they prepare for the ultimate test of their culinary abilities.

Back in the kitchen, the finalists will create five impressive dishes, each one designed to impress a panel of esteemed judges. Chefs Wolfgang Puck, Nancy Silverton, Hubert Keller, Nancy Oakes, and Anna Kelly will evaluate the dishes, bringing their expertise and high standards to the table.

One neat thing about the original "Frasier" series was that it had some major guest stars we never actually got to see. In fact, it had a ton of major guest stars we never got to see. Dr. Crane's Kacl talk radio show provided the perfect opportunity to land some of the greatest guests in TV history without having to worry about getting the celebrities into the studio — although Linda Hamilton actually doubled up as a caller and an in-person guest on "Frasier." Everyone from Christopher Reeve to Carrie Fisher called the good doctor for advice over the course of the show's 11 seasons, and it wasn't just actors.

"Frasier" also played host to the voices of musicians Eddie Van Halen and Art Garfunkel, as well as tennis star John McEnroe. While the show never struggled to get big-name actors in the flesh, these "hidden" cameos made for an undeniably cool...

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The lights were up and the action was hot last weekend as Formula One returned to Sin City for the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix. Though the actual race took place on Saturday night, this year’s festivities spanned three days of jam-packed events for racing fans from all over the world.

Chief among the activations was Heineken’s return as the title race sponsor of F1 Vegas, officially...

A subject’s charm can take a documentary a long way. That’s the case in Matt Tyrnauer’s latest project, Nobu, a glowing portrait of Nobu Matsuhisa. The Japanese chef is best known for his empire of luxury sushi restaurants (and more recently, hotels), where guests can experience his medley of dishes inspired by his Japanese roots and early foray into Peruvian cuisine. In Nobu, based on Matsuhisa’s memoir of the same name, Tyrnauer (also in Telluride this year with Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid) anchors the global phenom’s name to a personality.

Nobu is a straightforward and admiring portrait of its subject. The film will likely appeal to fans of the chef (especially since this year marks the 30th anniversary of the first Nobu restaurant), but it may not completely satiate the culinary-curious. Less process-oriented and more wide-ranging than David Gelb’s glossy doc Jiro Dreams of Sushi,...

The Hotel Bel-Air is now fully in its post-Wolfgang Puck era.

First it brought on culinary director Joe Garcia, a French Laundry vet who drew acclaim at West L.A.’s tasting-menu temple Manzke, as well as noted French-born pastry chef Christophe Rull.

Now the pair, who’ve already been freshening the offerings at the property’s eponymous al fresco restaurant — look out for the composed tuna tartare — are turning their attention to two new concepts.

The Living Room, done up in the fewer-frills casual refinement currently favored by today’s understated billionaires, now offers an extravagant afternoon tea. The service, at $140 per person, includes an array of savory and sweet bites, as well as a glass of champagne.

But the main event is a hyper-seasonal dinner menu which, at the outset, consists of elegant renditions of decidedly middle-Americana classics like grilled cheese (with black truffle and shallot marmalade...

While it’s far too early to speculate on what movies will be nominated at next year’s Oscars (Dune: Part Two? Madame Web? A straight-to-streaming Sharknado sequel starring the Hawk Tuah girl?), the Academy has already been actively trying to lock down a host. Reportedly, Jimmy Kimmel and John Mulaney have been offered the gig, but both have turned it down.

This is especially disappointing news for Mulaney fans, who have been clamoring for him to host ever since he killed at the Academy’s Governors Awards and delighted the crowd at last year’s Oscars, when he presented the award for Achievement in Sound and reminded us all of the magic of the movies how downright goofy Field of Dreams really was.

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Despite the widespread push for Mulaney to host the Oscars, Mulaney himself has remained fairly noncommittal on the issue. Just last month Variety asked him...

“It’s all about high and low,” exclaimed Michael Kors. “It always has been. Isn’t that what fashion’s all about?”

Tucked into a leather-lined booth in an elegant dining room replete with ivory flowers, passed trays of rosé champagne, spicy tuna cones and caviar handed out by handsome tux-ed waiters, he peered out into the softly lit, glorious sea of ladies during cocktail hour — many boldface names — decked out in his classic slinky black and gold jersey numbers — and chuckled: “Nobody would believe we’re in Canters!”

That’s right: Canter’s Deli on Fairfax, the old school almost hundred-year-old hangout for neighborhood regulars by day, and late-night post-club hipsters by night. Known for bagels, pastrami sandwiches, fat fries and Dr. Brown’s soda, not for being a celebrity hotspot.

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“Spago and Canters! That’s all you need to know!” laughed Kors. “I started a trend! But...

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 preview some of the world’s most luxurious listings coming to market.

“This is fun for me because usually I’m sitting in the audience where you’re sitting looking at a performance,” Carolwood’s Linda May noted, “so it’s really nice to look out and see so many friends here enjoying the theater.”

Despite a few technical Av hiccups, the Upfronts ran like clockwork, with exuberant presenters giving succinct pitches to an involved audience about new-to-market skyscraper penthouses in NYC, $100 million-plus mansions in L.A. and even Hollywood production studios. After his presentation, Fredrik Eklund even joked,...

Many celebrity chefs have come along throughout the years. Whether introduced to the public through their popular restaurants or best-selling cookbooks, celebrity chefs and their food build a positive reputation among eaters, leading them to more and more opportunities to teach, inspire, and cook for people worldwide.

Chef Profiles Navigation 1. Kimbal Musk – $500 Million 2. Gordon Ramsay – $220 Million 3. Jamie Oliver – $200 Million 4. Nobu Matsuhisa – $200 Million 5. Wolfgang Puck – $120 Million 6. Rachael Ray – $100 Million 7. Emeril Lagasse – $70 Million 8. Bobby Flay – $60 Million 9. Ina Garten – $60 Million 10. Guy Fieri – $50 Million 11. Jose Andres – $50 Million 12. Ree Drummond – $50 Million 13. Julia Child – $50 Million 14. Thomas Keller – $50 Million 15. Vikram Vij – $50 Million 16. Levi Roots – $45 Million 17. Marco Pierre White – $40 Million 18. Curtis Stone – $36 Million 19. Giada De Laurentiis – $30 Million 20. Rick Bayless – $30 Million 21. Mario Batali – $25 Million 22. Alice Waters – $20 Million 23. Charlie Ayers – $20 Million 24. Christopher Kimball – $20 Million 25. David Chang – $20 Million

Cooking isn’t always lucrative, but some have broken through the threshold to earn millions during their career.

These chefs are so rich...

Keep Memory Alive honored Blake Shelton at the 27th annual Power of Love gala on Friday, May 10 at MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton perform at the 27th annual Keep Memory Alive Power of Love gala in Las Vegas

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An esteemed lineup of entertainers came together to celebrate the country music sensation including Gwen Stefani, Jay Allen, Colbie Caillat, Kristin Chenoweth, Andy Grammer, Mickey Guyton, Gary LeVox, Cassadee Pope and Jay Pharaoh.

The Power of Love gala is a vital platform to generate funds to enable the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health to find, fund, and facilitate the most effective and innovative research, treatment, and educational support programming for patients and their families affected by brain disorders, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, multiple system atrophy and multiple sclerosis.

Other notable guests in attendance included Lisa Vanderpump,...

Fresh off the success of her at-home cooking show, “Selena + Chef” superstar singer and actor Selena Gomez is back in the kitchen… of some of the hottest restaurants in Los Angeles. “Selena + Restaurant” follows Selena and her best friend, Raquelle Stevens, as they enter top-end restaurants across LA and work with famous chefs like Chung, Keith Corbin, Stephanie Izard, Andrew and Michelle Muñoz, Wolfgang Puck and Marcel Vigneron, to see if the girls have what it takes to create a dish good enough to get a spot on the menu. Each week, the celebrity chef will also highlight a charity of their choice that will see a donation on behalf of the show. Selena + Restaurant debuts with two episodes on Thursday, May 2 starting at 7 p.m. Et on the Food Network and Max. You can watch Selena + Restaurant: Season 1 and Food Network with a 7-Day Free Trial of Philo.

Selena Gomez is leaving her home kitchen behind and heading out into some of Los Angeles’ hottest kitchens in a new Food Network show.

Selena + Restaurant, premiering May 2 on Food Network, will take viewers into the kitchens of six buzzy L.A. restaurants.

The cooking skills Gomez gained during her Max show Selena + Chef — where master chefs help the pop star and actress learn to cook — will be put to the test by some of L.A.’s best chefs including Shirley Chung, Keith Corbin, Stephanie Izard, Andrew and Michelle Muñoz, Wolfgang Puck and Marcel Vigneron.

Over the course of six episodes, the Only Murders in the Building star will be tested by the chefs in the hopes of creating a new dish for each restaurant’s menu. Gomez’s best friend Raquelle Stevens, a contestant on Selena + Chef, will accompany her throughout the show.

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Get ready to embark on a delectable culinary journey with pop sensation Selena Gomez as she stars in the premiere episode of “Selena + Restaurant.” Airing on Food Network at 7:00 Pm on Thursday, May 2nd, 2024, this exciting new series kicks off with Episode 1, titled “Selena + Cut Steakhouse.”

In this thrilling debut, Selena’s culinary adventure takes her to the glamorous Beverly Hills, home of Chef Wolfgang Puck’s renowned Cut steakhouse. Upon arrival, Selena faces two kitchen initiation tests from Wolfgang himself, setting the stage for an unforgettable culinary challenge.

As the episode unfolds, viewers will witness Selena’s passion and determination as she strives to impress Chef Wolfgang with her culinary skills. With Wolfgang’s guidance, Selena gets the opportunity to create her own spicy seafood dish for the prestigious Cut menu, showcasing her creativity and flair for flavor.

Don’t miss out on the excitement of “Selena + Restaurant...

Host Selena Gomez with her dish “Selena Ceviche”, as seen on Selena + Restaurant, Season 1. Photo Credit: Food Network Global megastar Selena Gomez is fearless in the kitchen! After four brilliant seasons of the Emmy-nominated series Selena + Chef, she’s upping her culinary game in the all-new ‘Selena + Restaurant’. Premiering Thursday, May 2nd with double episodes at 7 pm and 7:30 pm Et/Pt on Food Network, Selena and bestie Raquelle Stevens will face off against LA’s top chefs. Can Selena master new skills fast enough to create a dish impressive enough for some of the city’s most exclusive menus? And there’s more at stake than pride – each episode supports a charity close to the featured chef’s heart. The pressure’s on from the start! In the premiere, Selena and Raquelle head to Wolfgang Puck’s iconic Cut Steakhouse. Can she master one of Puck’s signature...

A new paramedic is joining the Chicago Fire rotation.

Jocelyn Hudon (When Hope Calls, Acapulco) will recur in Season 12 of the hit procedural, currently airing Wednesdays on NBC, Deadline reports.

More from TVLineChicago Fire Casts Michael Bradway to Play New Firefighter in Season 12 Following Rome Flynn ExitConan O'Brien to Return to The Tonight Show for First Time Since His Unceremonious ExitTVLine Items: The Circle's A.I. Catfish, Love on the Spectrum Renewed and More

This comes after Kara Killmer departed as beloved paramedic Sylvie Brett in the season’s sixth episode, marrying Jesse Spencer’s Matt Casey (who left...

Get ready for a new show starring Selena Gomez!

Following the success of Emmy-nominated series Selena + Chef, the 31-year-old Only Murders in the Building actress will be heading out of her home kitchen and into the professional kitchens of some of L.A.’s hottest restaurants in the new Max and Food Network series Selena + Restaurant.

Keep reading to find out more…In the new series, Selena will be accompanied by best friend, Raquelle Stevens, “as her cooking skills are put to the test by the best in the business. Over six episodes, chefs Shirley Chung, Keith Corbin, Stephanie Izard, Andrew & Michelle Muñoz, Wolfgang Puck, and Marcel Vigneron will teach and test Selena to see how quickly she can learn the ropes with the ultimate goal of creating a dish good enough to make each restaurant’s menu. Each chef will also highlight a charity that is meaningful to them during each episode,...

Selena Gomez is staying in the kitchen, except it will be a slightly more professional kitchen, for her next series.

The pop star and Only Murders in the Building Emmy nominee, who hosted four seasons of Selena + Chef for Max as well as four-part series Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays for Food Network, is launching Selena + Restaurant.

The series will premiere May2 on Food Network. It will see her head out of her home kitchen and into the kitchens of some of L.A.’s hottest restaurants.

Gomez will be joined by best friend, Raquelle Stevens, with chefs Shirley Chung, Keith Corbin, Stephanie Izard, Andrew & Michelle Muñoz, Wolfgang Puck and Marcel Vigneron teaching and testing Gomez to see how quickly she can learn the ropes with the ultimate goal of creating a dish good enough to make each restaurant’s menu.

Related: ‘Only Murders In The Building’ Season 4 Production...

On Hollywood’s biggest night, an exclusive viewing party in Beverly Hills brought together wall-to-wall reality television stars that gathered at Wolfgang Puck’s legendary restaurant Spago.

DirecTV Streaming With the Stars was an intimate affair for nearly 200 guests that was hosted by Rob Lowe. The event served plates of sautéed scallops and beet salads from the restaurant’s signature menu, along with specialty cocktails. And during a commercial break the DJ played “Happy Birthday” as staff wheeled out cakes and pies to celebrate Lowe turning 60 on March 17.

The host grinned with gratitude before turning his eyes to see the delivery of the Best Supporting Actor category on a screen in the middle of the lounge.

Watching his old friend Robert Downey Jr. take home the Oscar for “Oppenheimer” was a highlight of the evening for Lowe, who said he has known the Oscar winner since sharing a sophomore history class in Santa Monica.

It’s the day of the 2024 Academy Awards and we’ll be bringing you all of the red carpet photos right here!

Hundreds of celebs are expected to step out for the biggest night in entertainment on Sunday (March 10) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The show will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and there are so many incredible stars expected to present throughout the show. Oppenheimer leads with 13 nominations and we have the full list of nominations ready for you to see!

Make sure to keep checking back all night long as we’ll be updating this post live as the red carpet arrivals continue throughout the evening.

Head inside to check out photos of every celeb on the red carpet…

Keep scrolling to see every celeb on the red carpet and check out the full guest list…

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Oscar Sunday is almost here! American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest – these are the Best Picture nominees for the 96th Oscars.

Will Oppenheimer take home the most gold statuettes? Does Barbie win for Best Costume Design? Can Paul Giamatti pull an upset over Cillian Murphy and win the Best Actor Oscar.

Check out Deadline’s and The Hollywood Reporter’s predictions Here and Here.

See the full list of nominations here: https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/2024-oscars-nominations-full-list

Emily Blunt, Cynthia Erivo, America Ferrera, Sally Field, Ryan Gosling, Ariana Grande, Ben Kingsley, Melissa McCarthy, Issa Rae, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg, Mary Steenburgen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlize Theron, Christoph Waltz and Forest Whitaker will present at the 96th Oscars®, executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producers Molly McNearney and Katy Mullan announced this week.

It is crunch time for Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan, and Molly McNearney, the three Executive Producers of the 96th Annual Academy Awards. As they are putting final touches in place for what they hope will be a show that honors not just this year’s crop of movies but also Hollywood’s and Oscar’s rich history, the trio are planning a ceremony that excites viewers to the point of keeping the recent post-pandemic ratings rise rising.

All indications are good that this could be a banner year, ratings wise, for the Oscars, particularly with the potency and popularity of this year’s Best Picture contenders, most notably the dual phenomenon of summer blockbusters Barbie and front-runner Oppenheimer (aka Barbenheimer) which have 21 nominations between them. As host Jimmy Kimmel told me earlier this week, viewers will have actually seen this year’s movies and have a rooting interest in the outcome.

The red carpet officially rolled out today at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood for the 96th Academy Awards, kicking off the final stretch of Oscar pre-parties and events as Hollywood gears up for March 10th.

Chef Wolfgang Puck and Wolfgang Puck Catering are set to curate the menu once again for this year’s Governor’s Ball. Nominees, winners, and guests can anticipate an array of tray-passed dishes crafted by a team of 120 chefs. From smoked salmon Oscar’s matzah and Wp signature pizzas to decadent Noir Reserve chocolates by Valrhona Chocolate. The pastry team will create many of the desserts using this special chocolate, including the chocolate Oscar statues.

Events this week include South Asians At The Oscars Pre-Oscars Party, Vanities: A Night for Young Hollywood, The Green Carpet Fashion Awards, Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards, Beyond Words, Gbk Brand Bar’s Pre-Oscar Luxury Lounge, Women in Film Academy Awards,...

Glad-handing is a competitive sport, one that’s all but impossible to win with both paws buried in a seafood tower. Such is the eternal conundrum of the awards season party circuit. These are celebrations, sure, yet the pressure to network, posture and kiss any proverbial ring that may be offered so often undermines that most basic of human urges: to cobble together a meal from passed hors d’oeuvres — especially after enduring a three-hour screening or even longer awards show on an empty stomach. It shouldn’t be so hard! And, thankfully, it needn’t be. By keeping a few helpful tips in mind — and, when the moments arise, in hand — any industry party can be professionally productive and filling.

The Smaller the Bite, the Better Sunset Tower, a perennial venue choice for studios, platforms and brands, likes to shrink standards from its Tower Bar menu — eliminating surprises for familiar clientele.

In an idle moment, I kinda, sorta, half-thought that it might be fun to leave the pros behind and spend March 10, Academy Awards night, with some real fans at the annual “one-of-a-kind” viewing party at the Academy Museum.

So I did some window shopping on the museum web site. Wow.

Officially sponsored Oscar fun doesn’t come cheap. A single non-member ticket to the five-hour, black-tie optional affair goes for $250. For the arithmetically challenged, that’s $500 per couple, in exchange for which you get hors d’oeuvres and tacos, complimentary wine from European Oscar sponsors Clarendelle and Domaine Clarence Dillon (many of whose bottles are modestly priced), access to the museum galleries and store, and a shot at unreserved seating wherever.

For another $200, or $400 per couple — that’s 900 bucks in all — they’ll throw in dinner, free beer and cocktails, plus reserved seats in the Tea Room.

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“This Is Oscar Night!”

On Sunday, March 10 the 96th Oscars will be held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC.

Wamg will be in the press room once again and will be bringing you all the behind the scenes coverage and the backstage interviews.

Hollywood’s biggest night is a month away and we’ve got your latest Oscar news.

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has announced “Oscars Season at the Academy Museum,” running now through March 31, which invites the public to celebrate the 96th Oscars® and immerse themselves in Academy Awards® history through rich and expansive one-of-a-kind Oscar®-centered events and activities.

“Oscars Season” will see the Academy Museum campus activated for visitors to experience Oscar-winning film screenings, family workshops, in-gallery tours, Oscars Nominee Programs, exclusive store merchandise, and special pricing for the Oscars Experience...

David Beckwith, the veteran publicist whose crowning achievement was his work representing Elvis Presley’s Graceland museum since it opened more than four decades ago, has died. He was 67.

Beckwith died Friday in Phoenix after his hip replacement surgery was followed by sepsis, fellow publicist Lynn Weiss announced.

Beckwith for many years also represented Wolfgang Puck, his annual Governors Ball dinner at the Academy Awards and Spago. With the chef and agent Swifty Lazar, he arranged a fine dinner at Spago for industry heavyweights who were not at the Oscars, complete with a large-screen TV for them to watch the show.

When Presley’s home in Memphis, Tennessee, was first opened to the public in July 1982, Beckwith helped manage the 700-plus members of the media there for the opening news conference with Priscilla Presley. He continued his work with Graceland and Elvis Presley Enterprises until his death.

Born on April 28, 1956, in Albion,...

In Santa Monica — where Wolfgang Puck’s stalwart Asian fusion restaurant Chinois on Main is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and other acclaimed places to dine include Rustic Canyon, Citrin, Cassia, Michael’s, Pasjoli and Crudo e Nudeo — a quartet of new spots have opened this year for great eating not far from the beach.

Bar Monette Bar Monette chef-owner Sean MacDonald serving his take on Portuguese egg tarts.

Chef Sean MacDonald’s Bar Monette tapas spot, which bowed in April in a beautifully lit, emerald-walled space, is a magnet for its pizzas, such as truffle and aged cheese; pesto and dungeness crab; and a vegan option with fig, sunflower seed cream cheese and pistachio. Macdonald’s and chef de cuisine Jeff Whitaker’s small plates include house-cured cabacero (pork neck) and potato agnolotti. In January, MacDonald plans to open a burger spot, Burgette, next door. 109 Santa Monica Blvd., barmonette.

Wolfgang Puck’s now-iconic Chinois on Main, which pioneered what came to be known as Asian fusion or Pacific Rim cuisine, has turned 40 this year. An entertainment industry haven since the day it opened in Santa Monica at the address of a former New Wave punk club, it’s since gone from radical to old guard. The restaurant’s starry clientele has ranged from Tom Selleck and Mike Ovitz to Gwyneth Paltrow and Frank Gehry (who is now designing Puck’s planned replacement of the oceanfront Gladstone’s restaurant along Pch).

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Back in 1983, Angelenos first got a streetside sneak peek of Chinois in the months before its arrival, when the chef was buying a dozen ducks at a time from Chinatown wholesalers and blowing them up with a compressor at a gas station a few blocks down from Spago, the Sunset Strip restaurant that had earned him renegade...

The American Film Market’s new home base gives everyone a fresh orientation towards Santa Monica’s vibrant dining scene.

Looking for a quick bite? To the right of AFM headquarters at Le Meridien Delfina Santa Monica, it’s a five-minute walk to plentiful fast-food outlets on Lincoln Boulevard. To the left, it’s 10 minutes to Main Street. Begin the day at Dogtown Coffee serving breakfast burritos and on-trend acai bowls. Le Meridien Delfina’s Longitude Bar + Restaurant has grab-n-go readymade fare. AFMers can count on fruit parfaits, crisp salads and espresso drinks at the bar and coffee stations throughout the venue.

For those with time for an elevated repast, these restaurants are close and anticipating attendees.

Main Street in Santa Monica is home to an eclectic mix of restaurants, from comforting standards at the Library Ale House (2911 Main St.) to Wolfgang Puck’s refined, Asian-influenced Chinois on Main (2709 Main St.

Tracy Morgan paid tribute to his longtime business manager Mark Landesman on Wednesday, admitting, “I don’t know where I’d be without you, bro.”

Landesman was recognized with THR‘s Business Manager Icon Award at its annual Power Business Managers breakfast, where Morgan, his client of 20 years, presented him with the honor.

At the podium, Morgan joked, “Whenever I want to buy a new Ferrari, Mark is always here to say, ‘No, Tracy.’ If it wasn’t for Mark, I would’ve had 26 Ferraris and a terrible tax problem.” He also teased he’s previously asked if he could buy the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building and the Staten Island Ferry — the last of which he was told, “No Tracy, my other client Pete Davidson already owns it.”

Though the Ml Management founder has a long list of star clients, the two have a particularly deep bond, as...

Facing tight budgets and continued uncertainty in the entertainment sector, buyers at this year’s MipJunior are expected to largely stick to tried and true IP, but many still see opportunities for exciting original content.

In addition to presenting the hottest new kids’ shows from around the globe, MipJunior, which runs Oct. 13-15, will examine the latest developments and trends that are redefining the market, such as the state of co-production and financing amid audience fragmentation, consumer use of multi-platform media, the growing role of gaming and the emergence of disruptive technologies like AI.

“Given the current uncertainties in the sector around streamers and broadcasters, we see less appetite for risk and thus more interest in established brands and IP with built-in audiences,” says Bernd Wendeln, COO of Munich-based Your Family Entertainment (Yfe).

A subsidiary of Beverly Hills- based Kartoon Studios, Yfe’s recent hit titles include “Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten,...

The annual California Spirit Food and Wine Event celebrated its 39th year of support for the American Cancer Society on Sunday.

Held on the Fox Lot, the event — of which The Hollywood Reporter is a media sponsor — welcomed top chefs from across Los Angeles for an afternoon of eating and drinking, while also celebrating the American Cancer Society’s progress in the fight against cancer and kicking off the start of Breast Cancer Awareness month. Chefs from A.O.C., Mozza, Badmaash, Shake Shack, Salt & Straw, Yangban, Slab, Here’s Looking At You, Jitlada, The Lobster, Tacos 1986 and Fox Studios chef Kyle Nelson dolled out bites for the event’s 500 guests throughout the course of the party.

California Spirit was co-founded by Wolfgang Puck and Sherry Lansing in 1984, and has raised more than $18 million for the American Cancer Society since its inception. Lansing and Phil Rosenthal currently serve as honorary co-chairs, as...

Celebrity Chef Wolfgang Puck holds an annual Sip & Savor wine-and-dine event to support Keep Memory Alive.

Charities & foundations supported

Wolfgang Puck has supported the following charities:

American Cancer SocietyBest Friends Animal SocietyBoys & Girls Clubs of AmericaCharlize Theron Africa Outreach ProjectChildren's Hospital Los AngelesCure DuchenneFulfillment FundKeep Memory AliveMotion Picture and Television Fund FoundationPancreatic Cancer Action NetworkThe Hollywood CookbookTourette Syndrome AssociationUNICEFUS Doctors for AfricaWildAid Read more about Wolfgang Puck's charity work and events. Related articles The Hollywood Cookbook Launch PartySiegfried And Roy's Magical ReturnLint Roller Party Picks Up Big NamesCelebrities Join African First Ladies At Health ConferenceCharlize Theron Hosts Charity Dinner For African Outreach

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Editor’s note: This report has been updated with more information from Los Angeles County officials.

After a half-century, the landmark Gladstone’s restaurant in Pacific Palisades apparently is ending its run.

The oceanside restaurant on Pacific Coast Highway is expected to close in October, a source told Deadline. The State of California owns the land and leases it long-term to Los Angeles County, which has entered into contractual agreements with Pch Beach Associates LLC. That group was selected in 2018 after a request for proposal went out. That deal calls for the construction of a Frank Gehry-designed, Wolfgang Puck-operated restaurant on the current Gladstones site, the County rep said. That vote was not unanimous, however.

Update: As the Pacific Palisades location dies, another rises to take its place. A new Gladstone’s will take possession of the Edgewater Grill space in downtown San Diego’s Seaport Village early...

Over at Disney+, nearly everything developed under former CEO Bob Chapek is out, including dozens of movies and TV shows that are being pulled from the streamer.

“Willow,” “The World According to Jeff Goldblum” and “The Mysterious Benedict Society.” Also, say goodbye to Disney+ Originals movies, including “The Princess” with Joey King and “The One and Only Ivan” with Bryan Cranston, as well as “Wolfgang,” a documentary about celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck.

And even content that debuted earlier this year, such as “Marvel’s Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever,” will be gone soon.

At press time, Disney had not yet decided whether to yank “Howard,” a doc about the Oscar-winning lyricist behind ’90s classics “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Little Mermaid.”

Here’s what’s being pulled from the service on May 26.

America the Beautiful (2022)

Among the Stars (2021)

Be Our Chef (2020)...

Two days into the Writers Guild of America’s first strike in 15 years, union leadership gathered members for a “rowdy” and “raucous” meeting at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium on Wednesday night.

The venue, which previously was home to such events as the Academy Awards and Grammys, drew more than 1,800 WGA members who gathered to hear from leaders about what led to the breakdown in negotiations between the guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers — and ended up becoming something of an inter-union solidarity rally, with representatives from six different entertainment unions in attendance. (The Shrine has a capacity of 6,300.)

“I’ve been around 25 years and have never seen all the unions this united or on the same page,” one showrunner who was in attendance told THR after hearing leaders from each of the guilds speak. “They are all getting variously screwed by these companies and they...

Each MasterChef judge brings something unique to the television show. They provide expert-level critiques and personalities, while acting as the face of the series. The U.S. iteration started with Gordon Ramsay, Graham Elliot, and Joe Bastianich, but there was only one permanent female judge on MasterChef in Christina Tosi. The most recent panel includes Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez, and Bastianich. Here’s a list of four excellent chefs that would make great judges on the show.

L-r: Gordon Ramsay, Aarón Sánchez, and Joe Bastianich | Fox via Getty Images Alex Guarnaschelli Alex Guarnaschelli | Amanda Edwards/Getty Images for Discovery, Inc.

Alex Guarnaschelli is no stranger to television, as she’s a personality starring on an array of Food Network shows, including The Kitchen, Chopped, and Iron Chef America. She’s on Iron Chef America as an Iron Chef herself, alongside fellow heavy hitters, such as Wolfgang Puck and Masaharu Morimoto.

The Champagne carpet officially rolled out at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood for the 95th Academy Awards, kicking off the final stretch of Oscar pre-parties and events as Hollywood gears up for March 12.

The food, beverages and décor of this year’s Governors Ball, the Academy’s official post-Oscars celebration, was revealed Tuesday at a press conference by Wolfgang Puck, who crafted this year’s menu with Eric Klein, VP of culinary at Wolfgang Puck Catering.

Nominees, winners and guests will be treated to a variety of tray-passed dishes, created by 120 chefs in the kitchen, from smoked salmon Oscars matzah and Wp signature pizzas to crispy Moroccan lamb cigars.

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Elton John returned to hosting his annual 31st Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party on Sunday, March 12th and will be by joined by Eric McCormack and...

This year, instead of hiring a movie industry stalwart like recent Oscar show producers Steven Soderbergh or Will Packer — who separately oversaw Academy Awards broadcasts over the past couple of years that were, shall we say, memorable for all the wrong reasons — the Academy has turned to awards show and live TV veterans Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner. In going for experience rather than take a chance on someone who is not known for putting together a massive television production for Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, AMPAS returned to the days of Gil Cates, who reliably produced 14 Oscar shows and could be counted on to try new things but also uphold tradition.

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As branded residences continue to take off in Los Angeles — such as the Pendry Residences on the Sunset Strip and the new Mandarin Oriental Residences on Wilshire Boulevard — the in-development Rosewood Residences Beverly Hills is making moves to open next year.

Nahla Capital and Gpi Companies, the developers of the Rosewood Residences, have announced that top L.A. real estate agents Sally Forster Jones and Tomer Fridman of Compass have been tapped to exclusively lead sales for the luxury project, which broke ground in June of last year and is expected to open near the end of 2024.

Located on South Santa Monica Boulevard and across Charleville Boulevard from the Peninsula Hotel, the project includes four floors encompassing 17 residences, each of which has a unique design. They range in size from around 3,000 square feet and go up to around 7,500 square feet at the penthouse level. The starting price of the residences,...

Tonight on “Next Level Chef,” the contestants are challenged to make a dish from the most popular cuisine across the United States. They will have 45-minutes to create a next level Chinese-inspired dish. Which team will take the top kitchen and who will be eliminated in the all-new “Rice Guys Finish Last” episode of “Next Level Chef” airing Thursday, March 2 (8:00-9:01 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox. Follow our live blog below for a full recap.

Joined by two elite names in the food world, chefs Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blais, Gordon Ramsay and his co-mentors leave no stone unturned, as they’ve scoured the country and hand-picked the best home cooks, social media chefs and professional chefs who will be on each of their teams. The winner will receive a $250,000 prize and a one-year mentorship.

Here is the remaining roster of contestants (or scroll through the gallery above...

Rebecca Halpern’s latest documentary “Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie” examines iconic Chicago chef Charlie Trotter, who developed micro-greens and helped make vegetarianism mainstream. The chef, who died in 2013, was also known for his cookbooks, which featured groundbreaking food photography, which earned him the title “godfather of food porn.” Trotter’s first namesake restaurant, located in a Lincoln Park townhouse on Chicago’s North Side, opened its doors in 1987 and remained a famed establishment for 25 years. While considered a trailblazing chef whose restaurants helped transform American fine dining, Trotter was also known for his temper and controlling behavior.

“He was the puppeteer,” Grant Achatz, a chef who worked for Trotter and went on to open his own restaurants says in the film. “He figured out a way to get what he wanted from all of us.”

In the first few moments of Halpern’s docu, Trotter states,...

A new crop of prestige titles plant a flag at the arthouse in limited release this weekend from Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All to Jerzy Skolimowski’s Eo, to Elegance Bratton’s The Inspection. Greenwich Entertainment opens doc Love, Charlie: The Rise And Fall Of Charlie Trotter IFC Films presents Bad Axe and Cohen Media Group is taking a swing at Fernando Trueba’s Memories Of My Father.

A host of other specialty releases are holding over even as She Said from Universal Pictures and The Menu from Searchlight Pictures open wide. Juggernaut Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is in week two. It’s getting crowded here. Sony Pictures Classics just said it will push a November 25 release date for The Son back to Jan., citing “a marketplace that appears to be getting more overcrowded daily.” (It’s keeping the Nov. date for a one-week only qualifying run.)

But that...

Groundbreaking Chicago chef Charlie Trotter didn’t invent abusive behavior, but his star cameo at the height of his culinary fame, in the 1997 Julia Roberts comedy “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” certainly helped normalize it. In the scene — referenced twice in Rebecca Halpern’s documentary about him, “Love, Charlie” — the bespectacled Trotter, overseeing a frantic kitchen and hoping to please Roberts’ star restaurant critic, barks at a cook, “I will kill your whole family if you don’t get this right! I need this perfect!”

We don’t learn if he ad-libbed this line (that would have been a telling detail), but judging from the life story Halpern has to tell, it encapsulates what he was ultimately known for: drive, dedication to high standards and not always the best behavioral instincts. Trotter — who died in 2013, one year after he’d closed his legendary eponymous restaurant at the 25-year mark — proves more...

Rebecca Halpern on Chef Charlie Trotter: “He loved very challenging films like Fitzcarraldo by Werner Herzog. And he loved books by people like Ayn Rand, which are not that popular frankly.” Photo: courtesy of Greenwich Entertainment

Rebecca Halpern’s revealing and savoury Love, Charlie: The Rise And Fall Of Chef Charlie Trotter features on-camera in-person interviews with Wolfgang Puck, Emeril Lagasse, Grant Achatz, Norman Van Aken, Carrie Nahabedian, Rick Bayless, Della Gossett, Michelle Gayer, David LeFevre, Guillermo Tellez, Reggie Watkins, Rahm Emanuel, Gordon Sinclair, Art Smith, farmer Lee Jones, and Trotter’s ex-wife Lisa Ehrlich.

Rebecca is also the producer of Danny Lee’s Who is Stan Smith?, executive produced by LeBron James.

Rebecca Halpern with Anne-Katrin Titze on Charlie Trotter’s: “His vegetarian dishes were beautiful and multi-layered and nuanced and remarkable.”

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Kat Coiro, the She-Hulk: Attorney at Law director-producer and director of Universal’s Marry Me, wants to see Hollywood stop showing single-use plastics onscreen. No more plastic water bottles. No more Solo cups. No more plastic baggies.

To de-normalize the depiction of disposable plastic in film and TV and encourage viewers to use reusable containers — all in the name of helping end the plastic pollution crisis — Coiro showed Owen Wilson packing his daughter’s lunch in Marry Me in a steel lunch box, while Jennifer Lopez drank from a blinged-out S’well bottle in the romantic comedy. And on the Marvel/Disney+ series She-Hulk, the show’s characters, including the Hulk, played by actor and environmental activist Mark Ruffalo, drink from Hydro Flasks, not throw-away plastic water bottles.

On Oct. 26, Coiro said she’s planning to go even further with her next project,...

Guy Fieri has recently become a thing on social media. If you haven’t perused through TikTok to see him vibing at a rock concert, you might have seen one of his mock movie posters on Instagram. In August, Fieri inserted an image of himself over Brad Pitt on a prank poster for “Burger Train”; and in September, he photoshopped himself into a poster for “Don’t Worry Diner”, with the tagline “Welcome to Flavortown” and a caption that’s a wink and a nod to star Harry Styles’ now-infamous quotable from the Venice press conference.

Despite his love for movies, Fieri is no entertainment expert. When asked to play a game of pop culture trivia at breakfast at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, Fieri is unaware of Elton John’s new single with Britney Spears, though he thinks it’s cool, and responds, “When do we get to talk about food?...

Tonight, the Top Five chefs are faced with two separate elimination challenges in the semifinals: a Baked Alaska and one of Chef Gordon Ramsay’s signature dishes, an intricate lobster tortellini. Then, the chefs who advance to the finals prepare an appetizer and entree in front of a live audience with the support of former “MasterChef” judge Graham Elliot in the special two-hour “Semi Finals/Finale Part 1 – Special Guest Graham Elliot” episode of “MasterChef” airing Wednesday, Sept. 7 (8:00-10:00 Pm Et/Pt) on Fox.

Meet the Top 20 returning cooks competing in Season 12

Season 12 of “MasterChef” is all about redemption, when All-Star competitors from the last 11 seasons return to the show to see if they have learned from their past mistakes. For the first time ever, “MasterChef” is re-opening the door to some of the most memorable and talented cooks in the competition’s history, including two “Junior Edition” cooks now competing as adults.

Three home cooks were sent packing in last week’s double episode of “MasterChef.” First, the duo of Amanda Saab and Derrick Fox succumbed to their inability to properly communicate during the wall challenge. Judges Gordon Ramsay, Aaron Sanchez and Joe Bastianich said their Crispy Skin Duck with Moroccan-Style Couscous, Romanesco and Blood Orange Gastrique tasted like cough syrup. Next, the Top 6 took over Spago for renowned Chef Wolfgang Puck. Willie Mike led his Blue Team to a loss and was eliminated for his poor effort.

In our recent poll, where we asked you to pick which chef-testant you think deserved to be eliminated, the majority agreed it was time for Willie (28) and Amanda (26) to go. But most people were upset to see Derrick leave. Instead, Shanika Patterson received the third most votes at 22. Dara Yu was next at 15 followed by Derrick at 5 and Michael Silverstein with 4.

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A triple elimination took place on “MasterChef” last night when Episode 16 and Episode 17 of Season 12 aired back-to-back on Fox. The Top 8 were paired together and tasked with communicating on opposite sides of a wall to create identical dishes with a double elimination on the line. Judges Gordon Ramsay, Aaron Sanchez and Joe Bastianich sent Amanda Saab and Derrick Fox home for poor communication and a bad Crispy Skin Duck with Moroccan-Style Couscous, Romanesco and Blood Orange Gastrique.

Next, the Top 6 took over Chef Wolfgang Puck’s kitchen at the famous Spago restaurant in Los Angeles. Willie May failed to show the leadership qualities it takes to win and was asked to turn in his apron at the end of the night. Do you think Amanda, Derrick and Willie deserved to get the boot this week? Vote below in our poll.

Amanda, Derrick and Willie weren’t the only chefs in the hot seat on Wednesday.