The summer sun’s blazing high over Hollywood all day, but it’s just as dazzling at night as the city’s earthbound stars shine at an endless array of swanky soirees.
Here at Hollywood.com, we’ve kept up with all our RSVP cards and gotten past all the velvet ropes to bring you along to everything from Hilary Duff‘s poolside party at the legendary Hollywood Roosevelt to a major reality check at the “Average Joe” fete at Le Dome.
We’ve shopped ’till the stars dropped, with Ellen Pompeo getting pampered by Allure, Sheryl Lee Ralph’s tiara trackdown trip on Rodeo Drive and Kelly Preston launching her cousin’s brand new boutique.
And we’ve peeked at naughty photos of Rebecca Romijn and Paris Hilton alongside the sexy stars themselves (for charity, of course) in to cocktailed with Courteney Cox Arquette‘s at her high-class charity bash.
The heat index is off the hook, so slip into your coolest club clothes-mentally, at least-and check out all the action.
Duff Goes Nuts over Squirrelly Party Crasher
by Scott Huver
When Hilary Duff hosted a party at the new hot spot Tropicana Bar at the legendary Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to celebrate being named the latest Candie’s girl, she went nuts when a squirrelly guest crashed her bash… (Read full story here)
Courteney and David’s Party is a Perfect Museum Piece
by Scott Huver
The party came with an abundance of “Cs”-culture, charity, cocktails, celebrities and Courteney Cox Arquette–but it was A-List all the way. Courteney and her husband David Arquette hosted a chi-chi-but kid-friendly-cocktail soiree at L.A.’s stately Hammer Museum in the heart of Westwood for a cause that was close to Courteney’s heart… (Read full story here)
“Four Inches” Away from Naked Celebrities
by Scott Huver
Even for the most confident, red-blooded straight single man, approaching the stunning (and towering) actress and supermodel Rebecca Romijn for a conversation can be a bit daunting. So try doing it while the beautiful blonde is standing underneath an enormous black and white photo of herself. Naked. Clutching a live chicken in front of her bare breasts…. (Read full story here)
My Reality Check with the Average Joes, Dr. 90210 and Ashton’s Beauties
by Scott Huver
Unlike most of the Hollywood bashes I roll through, this little soiree at the ever-so-chic Sunset Strip restaurant Le Dome wasn’t exactly overflowing with “beautiful people.” In fact, most of them were decidedly…average. But then I knew that going in, considering the party was celebrating this television season’s edition of the geek-filled fantasy date-fest Average Joe: The Joes Strike Back… (Read full story here)
“A” Is for Allure and “A” List
by Jenny Peters
Once a year, the beauty mag’s editor-in-chief Linda Wells treks across the U.S., leaving New York behind to spend an evening in Los Angeles wooing a bevy of Hollywood’s “A,” “B,” and even “C” list beauties into remembering that the pages of Allure are the place to be seen. It didn’t seem to be a tough sell to get the glamour girls out on the town for a dinner at the ultra-chic West Hollywood restaurant Dominick’s…. (Read full story here)
Out of the Closet With Desperate Housewives
by Mike Szymanski
A few months after she faced erroneous international reports that she was coming out as a lesbian, Desperate Housewives actress Marcia Cross attended a closing night panel of the Los Angeles gay and lesbian film festival Outfest to talk openly about how she reacted to those rumors and the upcoming season of the hit show, which has just earned 15 Emmy nominations…. (Read full story here)
Mikimoto Gives Sheryl Lee Ralph a Crowning Touch
by Scott Huver
Every woman wants to look like a princess on her wedding day, so when actress and TV personality Sheryl Lee Ralph–from TV’s Moesha, Broadway’s Dreamgirls and dozens of those kitchy E! specials on celebrity and pop culture–wanted to add a regal touch to her upcoming nuptials with Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes, she went straight to the corner of Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive… (Read full story here)
Kelly Preston’s Cuz and Her Cause at the Skyla Boutique
by Heather Newgen
How hard is it to open a trendy new boutique that attracts Hollywood’s hottest celebs and has the trendiest new styles? No problem at all-at least when you’re related to Mrs. John Travolta. Just ask Sky Reynolds, the owner of Skyla and cousin to Sky High actress Kelly Preston. .. (Read full story here)
