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Zouk Los Angeles Nightclub Opens Doors With Three Night Celebration

Zouk Los Angeles Nightclub Opens Doors With Three Night Celebration

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Zouk was ground zero for Los Angeles nightlife last weekend. The new nightclub, located at 643 N. La Cienega Blvd. in the space formerly occupied by Nightingale, toasted its long awaited arrival with a three-night opening weekend celebration that kicked off Thursday with notable names like Marc Anthony and Zouk insiders. Zouk Los Angeles is a joint venture between Sam Nazarian’s sbe and Hui Lim’s Singaporean nightlife entity Zouk Group. Both were in the building on Thursday for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony and preview party that featured light bites and live performances like a traditional drum ritual. The action continued Friday with a headlining performance by DJ Politik and guests like influencer and entrepreneur David Dobrik. Metro Boomin took the reins for Saturday night by jumping behind the decks for a 40-minute hip hop performance in front of a packed crowd. Those spotted on the scene during the weekend included the Chainsmokers, Selling Sunset star and real estate mogul Jason Oppenheim, Marshmello, Paul Oakenfold, Vice, Steelo Brim, Ross Naess, nightlife guru Dean May and more. …

Rapper A$AP Rocky found not guilty in Los Angeles felony assault trial

Rapper A$AP Rocky found not guilty in Los Angeles felony assault trial

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The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Rapper A$AP Rocky has been found not guilty of felony assault, following a high profile trial in Los Angeles. A jury returned the verdict on Tuesday afternoon after deliberating for just three hours. Upon hearing the verdict, he hip-hop star, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, turned and ran to embrace jubilant supporters behind him – falling over as he did so. “Thank y’all for saving my life,” Mayers told jurors as they left the courtroom. The rapper, 36, was charged with two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. If convicted, he could have faced up to 24 years in prison. On the eve of trial, Mayers turned down a prosecution offer of just six months in jail, along with probation and other conditions, if he would plead guilty to one count. open image in gallery Rapper …

Marketplace Los Angeles Founder Charlie Shanfeld Shares How He Sources High-End Vintage Clothing for Celebs

Marketplace Los Angeles Founder Charlie Shanfeld Shares How He Sources High-End Vintage Clothing for Celebs

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On the hunt! Marketplace Los Angeles has become a designer vintage haven for celebs like Chris Brown, DDG, Gunna, and more, and founder Charlie Shanfeld sat down with ET to share exactly how he tracks down their conversation starting styles.  To begin, the stylist, 26, focuses on gathering a mix of luxury, pre-loved, and exclusive coveted items at his Los Angeles, California based shop, which opened in 2023.  “The store blends high-end fashion with ’90s vintage aesthetics. … It’s almost like walking through an art gallery, but instead of paintings and sculptures, the space is filled with carefully curated, one-of-a-kind clothing pieces,” he shares.  “I want to ensure that my inventory not only reflects current trends, but also carries a sense of nostalgia and authenticity,” Shanfeld continues.  Think: Statement clothes and accessories from Chrome Hearts, Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton, Enfants Riches Déprimés, Carhartt, and Marketplace Los Angeles’ own branded collection all set in an atmosphere that blends fashion, culture, and art together.   And the business owner is determined to get ahold of these rare treasures that come …

Watch 950 Weather Reports Presented by David Lynch, Straight from His Los Angeles Home

Watch 950 Weather Reports Presented by David Lynch, Straight from His Los Angeles Home

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Los Ange­les is hard­ly a city known for its var­ied weath­er, but if one lives there long enough, one does become high­ly attuned to its many sub­tleties. (Grant­ed, some of the local phe­nom­e­na involved, like the noto­ri­ous San­ta Ana winds, can pro­duce far-from-sub­tle effects.) The late David Lynch, who spent much of his life in Los Ange­les, was more attuned to them than most. For a time, he even post­ed dai­ly YouTube videos in which he talked about noth­ing else. Or rather, he talked about almost noth­ing else: much of the appeal of his weath­er reports, 950 of which you can watch on this playlist, lies in his unpre­dictable asides. In addi­tion to announc­ing the date (in a slight­ly eccen­tric form, e.g. “June one, two-thou­sand and twen­ty”), read­ing the tem­per­a­ture in both Fahren­heit and Cel­sius, and remark­ing on the pres­ence or absence of “blue skies and gold­en sun­shine,” Lynch would some­times men­tion what was on his mind that day. “Today I’m think­ing about tin cans,” he declared in his weath­er report for Octo­ber 11th, 2020. …

Los Angeles’ Ash Problem

Los Angeles’ Ash Problem

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When my family returned to our home in Santa Monica last Sunday night, we breathed a sigh of relief. Our house was fine, and the air quality was in the “good” category. Schools would reopen the next day. But as we unpacked, I noticed what looked like salt-and-pepper snow delicately dancing over the street. Ash from the Palisades Fire, burning just five miles north of us, was descending all around, coating the car we had left behind. In the backyard, it gathered over the small patch of turf we played on and in small clusters all across the garden, where my kids had recently planted carrots. The next morning, we walked to school, talking about the blue sky. My 8-year-old pointed out the piles of windblown ash by the curb. That day, the kids would stay inside so the school could clean the debris from the playground equipment and yard. As I walked the four blocks back home, a city-owned street sweeper buzzed past. When the truck’s bristles hit the pockets of ash, they kicked …

Frieze Los Angeles 2025 Proceeds Despite Wildfires

Frieze Los Angeles 2025 Proceeds Despite Wildfires

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Frieze Los Angeles will hold its sixth edition from February 20 to 23, 2025, despite the devastating wildfires that have impacted the city and its surrounding communities.  In an email sent to those on the Frieze VIP list Friday, the organizers said that while the fair has always played a “key role as a place for creativity, connection, and resilience…[this edition] also serves as an opportunity to stand with the community in its time of need.” The event has received support from city officials and local tourism agencies, who are working to ensure a smooth experience for participants and visitors. Frieze has also partnered with local hotels to accommodate attendees, encouraging collaboration across sectors to bolster the city’s recovery. Related Articles As part of its commitment to Los Angeles, Frieze is a founding contributor to the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund, which provides financial aid to artists and art workers affected by the wildfires. Additional initiatives to support recovery are in development, with more details expected in the coming weeks. “Your presence at Frieze Los …

Watch Design for Disaster, a 1962 Film That Shows Why Los Angeles Is Always at Risk of Devastating Fires

Watch Design for Disaster, a 1962 Film That Shows Why Los Angeles Is Always at Risk of Devastating Fires

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“This is fire sea­son in Los Ange­les,” Joan Did­ion once wrote, relat­ing how every year “the San­ta Ana winds start blow­ing down through the pass­es, and the rel­a­tive humid­i­ty drops to fig­ures like sev­en or six or three per cent, and the bougainvil­lea starts rat­tling in the dri­ve­way, and peo­ple start watch­ing the hori­zon for smoke and tun­ing in to anoth­er of those extreme local pos­si­bil­i­ties — in this instance, that of immi­nent dev­as­ta­tion.” The New York­er pub­lished this piece in 1989, when Los Ange­les’ fire sea­son was “a par­tic­u­lar­ly ear­ly and bad one,” but it’s one of many writ­ings on the same phe­nom­e­non now cir­cu­lat­ing again, with the high­ly destruc­tive Pal­isades Fire still burn­ing away. Back in 1989, long­time Ange­lenos would have cit­ed the Bel Air Fire of 1961 as a par­tic­u­lar­ly vivid exam­ple of what mis­for­tune the San­ta Ana winds could bring. Wide­ly rec­og­nized as a byword for afflu­ence (not unlike the now vir­tu­al­ly oblit­er­at­ed Pacif­ic Pal­isades), Bel Air was home to the likes of Den­nis Hop­per, Burt Lan­cast­er, Joan Fontaine, Zsa Zsa …

Far-Right Extremists Are LARPing as Emergency Workers in Los Angeles

Far-Right Extremists Are LARPing as Emergency Workers in Los Angeles

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Extremists including white supremacists and border livestreamers have descended on Los Angeles in the midst of the wildfires there to gain followers, juice social media engagement, solicit donations and, experts claim, recruit new members, while in some cases LARPing as emergency workers. This past weekend Ryan Sánchez and three other members of his Nationalist Network group set up shop at the entrance to Santa Monica Pier. Sánchez, who was caught on video giving a Nazi salute during last year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, and his crew had driven overnight from Arizona, where they live. Sánchez, who was a member of the now-defunct white supremacist fight club known as the Rise Above Movement, is an ally of white supremacist Nick Fuentes and is sometimes known by his online moniker “Culture War Criminal.” Sánchez, who did not respond to WIRED’s requests for comment, claims on his social media accounts that his group “got much more support than anticipated” and said that all of the donations were given to the Bob Hope Patriotic Hall, a building said to …

Los Angeles Fires Destroy More Artists’ Homes, Shutter Galleries

Los Angeles Fires Destroy More Artists’ Homes, Shutter Galleries

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The devastation of the wildfires in Los Angeles continues to grow, impacting galleries, artists, and art professionals across the city. Hurricane-speed winds and several months without much rain have contributed to the fires, which have damaged thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people. So far, parts of the grounds of the Getty Villa have burned, and many artists, gallerists, and other art professionals have evacuated the city. The blazes have consumed homes, studios, and even museums. Several fundraisers have been started to help with recovery efforts. Related Articles On January 11, the footprint of the Palisades fire grew to the point that the location of the Getty Center was also part of a mandatory evacuation zone. But a day later, with the mandatory zone altered, the museum reported that it was “safe and stable.” Artist Kathryn Andrews, who lost her home in the Pacific Palisades, has been continuing to collect names of other artists and art professionals whose homes were also destroyed as a result of the fires. They include artist Alec Egan, …

Deadly Wildfires Devastate Los Angeles Art Community

Deadly Wildfires Devastate Los Angeles Art Community

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Flames approached the Getty Villa in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on January 7, 2025. Source: Mike Blake/Reuters.   Fast-moving fires broke out in Los Angeles last week, destroying thousands of structures, forcing mass evacuations, and killing at least two dozen people. The L.A. fires, which remain only partially contained, have also devastated the city’s vibrant art community.   L.A. Fires Destroy Cultural Landmarks and Museums The L.A. fires destroyed the iconic Bunny Museum in Altadena. Source: Christina House/Los Angeles Times.   According to the Los Angeles Conservancy, over 30 culturally and historically significant properties had been destroyed by the L.A. fires as of Friday, January 10. “It is a mass erasure of heritage,” Adrian Scott Fine, chief executive of the Conservancy, told the Los Angeles Times. “We haven’t seen anything like this before.”   In the heavily-hit Altadena neighborhood, the L.A. fires burned the Bunny Museum to the ground. The Bunny Museum, which gained a cult reputation and appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records, housed a 50,000-piece rabbit-themed collection. The …