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On Saturday, the Global Poverty Project (GPP) hosted the Global Citizen Festival on the Great Lawn of New York's iconic Central Park. The festival celebrated achievements made towards ending extreme poverty in this generation. There were featured performances by Neil Young with Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, Band of Horses and K’naan, and a surprise appearance by John Legend. More»

As L.A. residents, our relationship with the Bay Area and those who call it home has always been complicated. It's a heady brew of rivalry, occasional collaborative success, and, dare I say, a sprinkling of legit jealousy that runs both ways: us for their functioning transportation system, and them for our largely feces-free streets and sidewalks. We'd be lying, however, if we didn't confess that our jealousy of the San Francisco area has never been higher than it was this weekend, as the Outside Lands music festival celebrated its fifth anniversary with a weekend-long party that, by all accounts, may have surpassed even our beloved Coachella as 2012's festival to beat. More»

As L.A. residents, our relationship with the Bay Area and those who call it home has always been complicated. It's a heady brew of rivalry, occasional collaborative success, and, dare I say, a sprinkling of legit jealousy that runs both ways: us for their functioning transportation system, and them for our largely feces-free streets and sidewalks. We'd be lying, however, if we didn't confess that our jealousy of the San Francisco area has never been higher than it was this weekend, as the Outside Lands music festival celebrated its fifth anniversary with a weekend-long party that, by all accounts, may have surpassed even our beloved Coachella as 2012's festival to beat.MORE>>

Last night in NYC, Jessica Stam joined June Ambrose at the American Ballet Theatre's Spring Gala, Santigold performed at Irving Plaza with surprise guests Pharrell and Andy Samberg, Rihanna and Neil Young kicked off the Robin Hood Foundation Benefit, Ricky Martin hosted an intimate fundraiser for President Obama, and more. Last night's parties were all about the performers! More»

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards takes over the Staples Center; Paris Hilton and Afrojack attend EMI's Grammy after party; Tony Bennett and Diana Krall perform at Clive Davis and The Recording Academy's Pre-Grammy Gala; Ne-Yo and Compound Entertainment throw a Pre-Grammy midnight brunch; Kelly Clarkson and John Legend attend Sony Music Group's Grammy Reception at Cecconi's; Bruno Mars performs at Warner Music Group's Grammy Celebration hosted at Chateau; Jay-Z's Roc Nation holds a pre-Grammy brunch at Soho House; MusiCares honors Paul McCartney as person of the year and raises $6.5 million for artists; Cash Money Records holds their 3rd annual pre-Grammy Awards party with Lil Wayne and Drake; Flo-Rida and Pia Toscano rock the house at OK! Magazine's pre-Grammy event—Los Angeles was alive with music this weekend and we've got your inside scoop on all the festivities and the celebrities who attended them in this edition of Last Night's Parties! More»

Over the weekend the House of Waris rocked out with Spank Rock and Blood Orange at the Boom Boom Room, The Kills partied at the Electric Room, Purple Magazine held a dinner at Super Linda and celebrated fashion with Lindsay Lohan, Yigal Azrouel toasted at the Gramercy Park Hotel, Tavi Gevinson sang a Neil Young song and more. Last night's parties were all about style. More»

Tavi Gevinson, the wunderkind of fashion reporting and editor of the new teen mag Rookie, adds two more gold stars to her already stylish resume: acting and singing. This Sunday, the tween queen is set to sing Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" at The Standard East Village, promoting her first voice acting role in CADAVER, a short animated film starring Kathy Bates and Christopher Lloyd. We spoke with director Jonah Ansell about his upcoming film, working with Tavi, and his fondness for food and Chicago.

[Photo: Jonah Ansell, Tavi Gevinson] More»

We've all had a chance to examine the official lineup for Coachella 2011, and therefore a chance to marvel at how we more or less nailed it with our early predictions. While some websites would be content to pat themselves on the back, we are not. Which is why I'm delighted to announce our next big scoop: early information and analysis on some huge special unannounced acts for each day of the festival. More»

Left: Official Coachella 2011 lineup flyer; Right: Our lineup predictions flyer

After all the speculation, teasing games and false alarms (thank you, @IGGNASTYY) over the last few days as we all waited with baited breath, the official lineup for Coachella 2011 has been released! And we were prettttyyyyy, prettyyyyyy, prettyyyyyy, pretty close with our predictions. Now let's breakdown the official Coachella performers and take a look at which acts we guessed right and the ones we missed. More»