What’s hotter than getting engaged? What’s far sweeter and easier for us all to endure than an enormously publicized wedding?

The Trumps are in Mar-a-Lago for, I assume, the golf season, and Sunday night they attended the resort’s annual New Year’s Eve party. I hope it was as fun as it looked.

Paul Ryan, a big boy who just stifled a tiny, little yawn, is insisting that he is not yet ready for bed, even though the party stopped being fun like an hour ago after the guests stopped pretending to think his peek-a-boo game was charming.

Each year the National Book Foundation asks authors it has previously recognized as outstanding in their field to select five debut fiction writers under 35 to be hailed as the organization’s “5 Under 35.” This year, the selectors picked five women who were honored at a reading and cocktail hour on Monday night at…

In March, several outlets reported that the Los Angeles Police Department was investigating That ’70s Show actor and longtime Scientologist Danny Masterson for rape. The three women who had made rape claims against Masterson were all reportedly fellow Scientologists who said they’d been pressured by the Church not to…

One of the perks of our jobs is that we occasionally get invited to various kinds of cocktail hours. Recently, we accepted an invitation to a celebration of the Fifty Shades Darker DVD release, not knowing what to expect. Below, Madeleine and Kate attempt to parse their night.

When George Michael died late last year, a big talking point in the ensuing internet tributes was the pop icon’s sex positivity. Many people pointed to his refusal to apologize to the public after being outed as gay when he was arrested for masturbating in a Beverly Hills public bathroom in front of an undercover cop…

GQ hosted a Men of the Year party in Los Angeles on Thursday night and, lo and behold, WOMEN also attended. Instead of boring vanilla suits, the men heeded GQ’s style tips and showed off in thrilling experimental prints, a la the standouts above: Mr. Robot’s Rami Malek in a blazer that looks like a cool oil painting, …

Airbnb has added a so-called “Animal House button” for neighbors to complain about overly lit guests.

Today in extreme bummers: a group of friends vacationing just south of Paris found a rotting corpse on the property they rented through Airbnb.

Figuring out where to be when the ball drops is a daunting task, even for the most seasoned New Yorkers. You want to be someplace where you’ll be part of the action, but not harangued by masses of clueless tourists who only want to be able to spot themselves behind Ryan Seacrest on the jumbotron. You want a venue that…

Late last week, New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez found herself in hot water after an audio recording of her trying to end a noise complaint became public. Police were called to the hotel where Martinez was hosting her staff holiday party after the front desk complained about noise and someone throwing bottles from…

Someone Actually Invited Me is a new column in which Kara Brown accepts the invitation to just about any open bar event she is invited to. She mostly wants to see if people will keep inviting her to fancy parties.

Like any city, Los Angeles has its upsides and drawbacks. One major benefit of living in Los Angeles, I’m learning, are the pretty fancy and very free cocktails parties that accompany film screenings.

Some daughters are very close with their mothers. They talk on the phone at least once a day, share secrets, and when it’s time to get married, these daughters want their mothers to be involved, very involved, right down to attending their raunchy bachelorette weekend. Wait, what? Whaaaaat?

This has nothing to do with style and beauty... or does it?

Dear Fancy,