Eavesdropping In: Volunteer Deputy Arrests L.A. Arson Suspect; Russell Brand To Divorce Katy Perry; Beverly Hills "Housewife" Shotgun NYE…

After days of an aggressive, full-scale manhunt by a five-agency unified task force, it was a reserve deputy, Shervin Lalezary, a real estate attorney, who apprehended the prime suspect in the rampant L.A. arson fires while working well past his shift. Unbelievable..

Meet The D-List Of "Celebrity Fight Night" AKA The White Trash Olympics

When life hands you lemons, at least you can still laugh at each of these dreadful individuals to feel better about yourself and whatever misfortunes that may have befallen you. Despite the physical altercation between two of Long Island’s finest, Joey Buttafuoco and Amy Fisher’s husband Lou Bellera , that broke out last night when a motley crew of the worst of the worst got together in Beverly Hills, it was only the press conference to promote a boxing event god’s embarrassed of called “Celebrity Fight Night” . “White Trash Olympics” would have made much more sense considering who’s on the bill, but I guess the term “celebrity” was a misguided attempt to keep it P.C.

Last Night’s Parties: Hollywood Steps Out For Cirque Du Soleil, Teen Vogue, The Hammer’s Gala In The Garden & More

Hailee Steinfeld , Sarah Hyland Chord Overstreet and other young stars party with Teen Vogue at the New York City lot at Paramount Studios ; Olivia Wilde , Demi Moore , Annette Bening and several other powerful figures in Hollywood do lunch in Beverly Hills; Aaron Paul , Cindy Crawford , Vanessa Hudgens and more hit the world premiere of the new Cirque Du Soleil show; Jon Hamm , Christina Hendricks and the rest of the “Mad Men” cast host a brunch for The Rape Treatment Center; half of Hollywood steps out for the Hammer Museum’s famous Gala in the Garden; Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer attend the Point Honors Los Angeles Gala hosted by Joel McHale —it was a fully-loaded weekend of high end events we’re getting exhausted just thinking about and we have all the important details on what went down in this edition of Last Night’s Parties. [Gala in the Garden photo via ]

Last Night’s Parties: Hollywood Steps Out For Cirque Du Soleil, Teen Vogue, The Hammer’s Gala In The Garden & More

Hailee Steinfeld , Sarah Hyland Chord Overstreet and other young stars party with Teen Vogue at the New York City lot at Paramount Studios ; Olivia Wilde , Demi Moore , Annette Bening and several other powerful figures in Hollywood do lunch in Beverly Hills; Aaron Paul , Cindy Crawford , Vanessa Hudgens and more hit the world premiere of the new Cirque Du Soleil show; Jon Hamm , Christina Hendricks and the rest of the “Mad Men” cast host a brunch for The Rape Treatment Center; half of Hollywood steps out for the Hammer Museum’s famous Gala in the Garden; Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer attend the Point Honors Los Angeles Gala hosted by Joel McHale —it was a fully-loaded weekend of high end events we’re getting exhausted just thinking about and we have all the important details on what went down in this edition of Last Night’s Parties.

Eavesdropping In: "Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills’" Russell Armstrong Commits Suicide; Stolen Rembrandt Found; Coco Chanel, Nazi Spy;…

After filing for divorce from him last month with claims of physical abuse, Russell Armstrong, estranged and husband of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’” Taylor Armstrong commits suicide, found hanged in his Mulholland Drive bedroom. [ TMZ ] Authorities recover $250,000 Rembrandt drawing stolen over the weekend from the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey at an Encino church after a tipster calls in. [ LATimes ] New biography by Hal Vaughan claims Coco Chanel was fiercely anti-Semitic, worked as a spy for the Nazis during German occupation of France.

Salahis Take Beverly Hills: The House + Steps To Wannabe Social Climbing In L.A.

[Michaele Salahi, Tareq Salahi via ] Here in L.A., despite how much we don’t want to admit it, this town tends to not only embrace but actually breed tacky people and their tacky behavior. Of course this doesn’t apply to all Angelenos but if L.A.-based shows like “Million Dollar Listing”, “The World According To Paris”, and anything “Kardashian” were a direct representation, everyone here would have bedazzled cell phone cases, take out second mortgages in order to take two-week vacays to Maui and have personal healers, but the truth is only some of us do. My point is, the move from Virgina to Beverly Hills makes perfect sense for D.C.’s shamed social pariahs, Michaele and Tareq Salahi , also known as those freaks who crashed the White House state dinner and hosted half-assed polo matches on vineyards they pretended to own on “Real Housewives of D.C.”  If any place is willing to tolerate that level of gauche they’ve managed to hone, it’s LaLaLand

Remembering Elizabeth Taylor: Her L.A. Destinations

[Vanity Fair cover 2010 via ] The world lost one of its most famous and prolific leading ladies this morning with the passing of Elizabeth Taylor at age 79. The face of the Hollywood’s Golden Age and an icon of American cinema, Taylor personified Hollywood glamor as much in her career as a screen siren as her personal life, with eight marriages (to seven different men), most outrageous jewelry collection, famous friends including a very special bond with Michael Jackson, charity work, early association with Kabbalah (before Madonna and Demi), and legendary purple eyes

Agent Provocateur Lands On Rodeo Drive

Go HERE for more photos by Steven Meiers and tag yourself and your friends! Lingerie and nipple pasties probably aren’t quite what you envision when you think of Beverly Hills cocktail parties, but that’s exactly what guests found themselves surrounded in Thursday night. This was not the Barbara Davis crowd’s sort of affair but the opening of the new Agent Provocateur store on Rodeo Drive, because the one on Melrose wasn’t enough. Models filled the store wearing its risque designs as guests tried their damnedest not to stare, and mostly failed