Author Si Si Penaloza

Ah, awards season is dominated by cocktail parties by night, and posh hospitality lounges by day. Best to stay hydrated to get through it all with aplomb. Lifestyle brands colonize LA’s hotel eventing sp...

On the town with Eddie Redmayne, Idris Elba, Jessica Chastain and Emma Stone Ask any Hollywood insider, the best part of the Oscars is the lead up. The hot anticipation, the jittery nerves, the feeling that ...

Celebrating Oscar Night with Piper-Heidsieck Look out ladies, Leonardo DiCaprio is taking his victory lap. Such was the scene in Hollywood last night, as the newly minted Oscar winner sprinted from party to ...

Actors Amber Heard (L) and Johnny Depp attend The Art of Elysium 2016 HEAVEN Gala presented by Vivienne Westwood & Andreas Kronthaler at 3LABS on January 9, 2016 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Jason...

The Tastemakers Lounge is a coveted gifting suite at TIFF, featuring celebrity favoured lifestyle sponsors, giving festival talent a chance to “go dark” and have a proper cocktail away from the paparazzi. ...

Each year the Toronto International Film Festival attracts hundreds of celebrities and top industry pros who come to the city to promote their latest projects. TIFF (celebrating 40 years) and NKPR’s IT Loun...

For TIFF’s first four hedonistic days, Variety sets up portrait studio at Holt Renfrew’s Bloor Street location. As every star at the festival needs the support of Variety heading into Awards Season, a stop ...

No one does smouldering eye contact quite like Gerard Butler. At an intimate dinner for the cast of Septembers Of Shiraz, I melted under the intensity of Butler’s gaze as we compared notes on Iranian archit...