WEDNESDAY - MAY 01, 2013

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With the temperatures rising, it was a really exciting month for dressing up in Los Angeles and celebs seemed to enjoy showing a little more skin with their fashion choices (hi, Gwyneth). We've poured over our favorites from the past several weeks and narrowed it down to the best of the best of the month. See our picks for the top 10 looks of April in today's edition of L.A.'s Best Dressed Guests.

Bob Saget emcees a night of laughs with comedians Jack Black, Jeff Garlin, Kevin Nealon and gourmet cuisine by celebrity chefs for the Scleroderma Research Foundation; Catt Sadler and Tara Swennen host a dinner for Akvinta Vodka; Zooey Deschanel, Hannah Simone and costars of "New Girl" attend a special screening Q&A event; Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Kate Becksinsale and more celebrate yoga master Mandy Ingber's new book—get the rundown on Tuesday's top events in this installment of Last Night's Parties.

As mentioned yesterday, Mother Nature has brought Los Angeles some nice "summerlike" weather in which to bask this week and through the weekend. With the sun out and the temperatures in the 90s (!), it will make for some ideal beach day conditions and we hope you take advantage. While you're out there, you're probably going to want to grab some drinks and food to round out the day and we're here to help with those plans. So whether you're already scouting out a spot on SoCal's famous coastline near the shore or just want to admire it from afar but don't actually want to make contact with sand, here's a guide to eight of L.A.'s best beachside restaurants and bars from Marina Del Rey to Malibu that are GofG L.A.-approved.

TUESDAY - APRIL 30, 2013

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With rampant FOMO this past weekend over the nearly impossible-to-get-into unbelievable show at the Echoplex by one and only rock legends, The Rolling Stones, you my need a little boost and we have just what you're looking for. With a Stones show at The Staples Center to kick off their "50 and Counting" tour, you can get your fill of Mick, Keith, Charlie and Ronnie in the flesh. And the fun doesn't end there, with many other shows featuring artists like The Killers, Pyyramids and and Little Boots to see this week to cover your live music fix.  We've gathered all the best ones happening in the area for you in this handy guide, so grab a friend, a lover, or just roll solo and go see a show!

Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, and Natalie Zea walk the red carpet at a screening event for "The Following"; Portia de Rossi, Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and the rest of the Bluth clan celebrate the Season 4 premiere of "Arrested Development" (!!!) and we could not be more excited; Judd Apatow, Carl Reiner, and Mel Brooks kick off #ComedyFest; Roxane Mesquida, Josephine de la Baume, and others hit a special screening for Kiss of the Damned; Princess Alexandra Von Furstenberg, Angella Nazarian, and more attend the Women A.R.E. Salon event—get the rundown on Monday's top events in this installment of Last Night's Parties.

It may not be summer just yet, but "summerlike" is the colorful word Accuweather is using to describe L.A.'s delightful forecast for the week, so we'll take it. As far as we are concerned, if it's shorts-and-sandals weather with the sun staying out well past the workday, aside from the absence of Lakers games since they put their historically horrendous season out of its misery in the first round of playoffs, there's almost no difference between the real thing. We strongly encourage you maximize these gorgeous days through one of our favorite pastimes in an open-air setting: happy hour-ing. After you've put in a full day's work (or even if you're funemployed), hit up one of L.A.'s seven best bars and restaurants for patio and rooftop happy hours where you can enjoy the summerlike air under the sunset with food and drinks for totally reasonable prices. More>>

MONDAY - APRIL 29, 2013

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A celebration of Paris and L.A.'s top culinary masters and turntablists took over The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA over the weekend for Le Grand Fooding Crush Paris-L.A. 2013. Presented by French dining guide Le Fooding, the ticketed two-day event kicked off on Saturday with a champagne-filled urban picnic of delicious cuisine by superstar L.A. and Paris chefs for local gourmands and foodies.

Selena Gomez, Bella Thorne and a bunch of other young stars hit the Radio Disney Music Awards and Minnie Gifting Lounge; Jim Carrey and Eva Longoria step out for Jane Fonda's handprint ceremony at the TCM Classic Film Festival; Joe Manganiello, Karina Smirnoff, and more play in a charity poker tournament; Kate Bosworth and Michael Polish premiere Big Sur in San Francisco; Rachel Zoe, Molly Sims, Selma Blair and other famous mommies and daddies bring their little ones to a charity garden party; Gwen Stefani, Johnny Depp, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Skrillex and other huge names roll out for a surprise Rolling Stones concert—get caught up on the weekend's top events in this edition of Last Night's Parties.

To the heartbreak, dismay, and in some cases unbridled outrage, of thousands (including yours truly) who had waited for hours in a line they would learn was meaningless when it was revealed ticket winners would be drawn from a lottery, The Rolling Stones played a surprise show Saturday night at the Echoplex for an incredibly lucky 700 or so fans. For a measly $20/ticket, guests including Johnny Depp, Gwen Stefani, Bruce Willis and the Olsen twins enjoyed the greatest rock band of all time play an intimate hour-and-20-minute set of blues covers and hits just ahead of Friday's "50 and Counting" tour kickoff show at STAPLES. Although strict rules explicitly prohibited cell phones and photography of any kind inside the venue, several were smuggled in and we have the photos of the band rocking to prove it.