Memorial Day is nearly upon us, and you know what that means... Summer has finally arrived! The forecast is creeping up towards 90, and come Friday afternoon, most New Yorkers will flee the heat in one of many popular weekend destinations along the East Coast. Whether you're headed north to Cape Cod, south to Miami - or somewhere even closer to home, I've got your packing list of summer essentials! Click through to see 5 summer looks, curated by city. Happy Memorial Day weekend! More»

Getting suspended from your basketball team during the playoffs is a tricky situation. You want to appear contrite for your actions and supportive of your teammates, but you're not allowed on the sidelines (or actually, in the building) for the games themselves. So if, as in Lakers forward Metta "Ron Artest" World Peace's case, you're sitting out first round of the playoffs for delivering a pro wrestling style flying elbow to the side of James Harden's dome, what should you do on game night to show the world that you're itching to get back on the court? I'm guessing "go clubbing in Hollywood" is not in the top 10. More»

Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson rock out on stage at the 4th Annual Revolver Golden God Awards at Club Nokia; Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans grace the red carpet for the premiere of The Avengers at the El Capitan Theatre; Nicole Scherzinger and Jessie J step out for the 3rd annual ELLE Women In Music Event at Avalon in Hollywood—Wednesday night in Los Angeles was filled with superheroes, rock gods and celebrities, and we've got the details on where they partied in this installment of Last Night's Parties! More»

Neil Patrick Harris and Missi Pyle step out to support Alan Cumming's foray into photography in West Hollywood; Josh Hutcherson, Busy Philipps, Perez Hilton and many more attend Logo's "NewNowNext Awards" show hosted by Kelly Osbourne; an extraordinarily random array of celebrities including Jennifer Lopez, James Caan and Tommy Hilfiger celebrate the grand opening of Planet Dailies and Mixology 101; Jessica Lowndes and Paul Sorvino hit the premiere of their new short horror film—get your final rundown of who partied in L.A. before for the weekend in this edition of Last Night's Parties. More»

We've certainly gotten plenty of mileage over the years making fun of stuffy, expensive, overblown awards show outfits. God knows, after yet another overdone golden gown, we've begged celebrities to make red carpets casual and fun again. Note to celebrities: whatever you would call what went down on the carpet for the Logo "NewNowNext" Awards last night is absolutely NOT what we meant. More»

With Grammy Weekend now officially upon us, Awards Season has kicked into high gear. And while that's the closest we get to business time out here, don't stress it– after all, our definition of "business" is pretty interchangeable with "open bar." And this may be the biggest open bar week of all, so for your, um, business needs, we present our Official GofG L.A. 2012 Grammy Weekend Party Guide, your one-stop resource for all the parties, after-parties, hotel lobbies, and everything in between. More»

• After protesters erupt in outrage at Hosni Mubarak's announcement that he would not cede his presidency, he resigns quietly and leaves military in control of Egypt as Cairo rejoices [HuffPo]
• Lakers have biggest win of the season last night beating the Celtics, still salty from losing to them in last year's championship, on their own Boston turf [LATimes]
• Jamie Foxx gets into a little scuffle with another guy at last night's private Usher performance at Avalon [TMZ]
• A Newport Beach man who claims to have a permit to grow marijuana calls the cops to report 25 pounds (pounds!) of weed worth an estimated $50k stolen from his home [KTLA]
• Lady Gaga's much hyped single "Born This Way" (off the upcoming album her producer bills as the Thriller of the 21st century) is released today [PE]

[Photo via] The city of L.A. takes a backseat when an award show comes to town and it's too bad for you if you're not invited or don't know how to crash. So everyone grab your Sean Jean cologne and nipple pasties because we're about to take a look at what went down when the entertainment industry took time out of its busy schedule to pat itself on the back with last night's lavish AMAs after parties! More»

On Friday, the electro/house duo L.A. Riots had a show at Control, Avalon's weekly club event and afterhours, in Hollywood. Composed of Daniel LeDisko (that can't be his real last name, can it?) and Jon Pegnato, originally from North Carolina, the L.A. Riots formed here in the city of angels back in 2007 and have since made a steady name for themselves in the club music world. More»