Paul McCartney brought the Beatles back to life during his weekend concerts; Rock of Ages celebrated 1000 performances while somewhere, Tom Cruise channeled their energy; the Village Voice debuted the 4Knots Festival; and people partied in the Ganservoort pool to the sounds DJ NVM. This weekend's parties made a splash. More»

[Photo via] Los Angeles Magazine turns 50 and hosts a fancy party with Cadillacs and an enormous cake; Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively hit the red carpet for the premiere of their summer blockbuster Green Lantern and then celebrate after; Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros perform for VH1's Save The Music Foundation at the Billabong event on the Paramount backlot; BOA Gallery debuts its latest exhibition, Prophets & Assassins; Gerard Butler, Paul Haggis and more step out to support education in Haiti while blonde-turned-brunette AnnaLynne McCord flaunts her new hair—L.A. was bursting with events all over town, so get caught up on all that went down at last night's parties. More»

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The Notorious B.I.G once made a song called "You're Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)." While neither the song nor its author may have made it into Bob Oré & Christopher Butler's new book Prophets & Assassins, the sentiment is central to the eponymous exhibition and its opening reception last night at Oré's BOA Gallery. More»

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• Apparently L.A. does have a Walmart somewhere since that's where Britney Spears does her annual holiday shopping [TMZ]
• WikiLeaks supporters retaliate against MasterCard for freezing Julian Assange's bank account, cause its website to go down by hacking [HuffPo]
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• Oh no!  Tumblr has been down for 13 hours and counting. The error message says they'll "be back shortly." [HuffPo]
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• Strawberry fields forever. NYC mourns the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death with tributes and testimonials. [Gothamist]
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• Perfect holiday gift: Queen Elizabeth II's panties are up for sale for $9,000.  Talk about a bargain. [TMZ]