Thursday, January 13, 2011
- Colin Firth ("Bridget Jones", "Pride and Prejudice") receives a Walk of Fame star today at 11:30 AM at 6714 Hollywood Blvd, near McCadden Place.
- Bulgari honors Simon Fuller and Paul Haggis at a private reception benefiting Haitian relief organization, Artists for Peace and Justice. Ricky Martin will perform.
- Scrabble Night at deyermond art + books, 2801 Main Street, Santa Monica. 8-11 PM
- 2011 American Film Institute Awards ceremony at Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
- Broadcast Film Critics Association holds its 16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium.
- Claire Dederer, author of Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses, assumes the position at Vroman's, 695 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, 91101 7-8:30 PM
- W Magazine hosts a pre-Golden Globe party at Chateau Marmont
- CAA hosts pre-Golden Globe party for clients at SoHo House
Saturday, January 15, 2011
- Winners of the Filmmaker Grants announced at the 2011 Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch celebration at BOA Steakhouse in West Hollywood.
- 12th Annual RSN Renal Teen Prom occurs tonight at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks. 6 to 11 PM.
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts/Los Angeles hosts its Awards Season Tea Party at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. 2:30 PM
- The Art of Elysium honors James Franco at its Fourth Annual Heaven Gala at the California Science Center.
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association honors Paul Mazursky at its 36th Annual Awards at the InterContinental Hotel at Century City.
- Paramount fetes its Golden Globe nominees and honors Robert De Niro at Chateau Marmont.
- Sony Pictures holds its Golden Globe Nominees Party at a private location in Brentwood.
- Disney honors its Toy Story 3 team and other Golden Globe nominees at The London Hotel.
- Valley Contemporary Poets Reading Series features poets published by Red Hen Press at the Tarzana Community Cultural Center, 19130 Ventura Blvd, Tarzana at 3 PM
- Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals LA hosts Doggy Day Afternoon at Pink Taco. Noon.
- Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. 5 PM
- m.g. martin, author of One For None, reads work at Wordspace, 3191 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles 7:30-10 PM
- Free Museum Admissions Day with performance by Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra at LACMA. Noon-8 PM
- Motown founder, Barry Gordy, is the featured speaker at the Ninth Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration presented by the medical staff of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Program begins at 1 PM in the Harvey Morse Auditorium at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills.
- Linda Ballou, author of Lost Angel Walkabout: One Traveler's Tales, reads her book at Distant Lands Travel Bookstore, 56 S. Raymond St., Pasadena at 7:30 PM
- LA Stage Alliance hosts the 2011 Ovation Awards at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks. 7:30 PM
- Women's Image Network honors Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Suzanne Fleisher Roberts at its 2011 WIN Awards. Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
- Andrew Winer, author of The Marriage Artist: A Novel, reads her work at Diesel, A Bookstore, located at 225 26th Street in Santa Monica, from 5-6:30 PM
- Ron Burkle hosts the Elton John Benefit Concert fundraiser to overturn Prop 8 at his home in Beverly Hills from 6-9 PM
- Fine Art Dealers Association presents the 16th Los Angeles Art Show Gala Opening Preview(the event continues through January 23) at the Los Angeles Convention Center. 6:00 PM