Plus, inside Netflix’s ‘Beef’ premiere and The Daily Front Row’s 10th Fashion Los Angeles Awards
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After four years of no live performances, Canadian sensation Justin Bieber proved Coachella’s hottest ticket. Beliebers — some of whom paid $10,000-plus for wristbands— endured 10 hours of waiting for the megastar to take the main stage. His 90-minute headlining set included a Hailey Bieber shout-out, and cameos from The Kid LAROI, Dijon, Tems, Wizkid and Mk.gee. In addition to performing hits from his latest albums, Swag and Swag II, Bieber paid homage to the songs that made him famous— like “Baby” and “Beauty and a Beat” — by dueting with his younger self via YouTube video searches.
The previous night, Sabrina Carpenter headlined with a Hollywood-themed pop spectacle stacked with surprise guests like Sam Elliott, Susan Sarandon, Will Ferrell and Samuel L. Jackson. However, the singer suffered a hiccup when she poked fun at what she thought was a yodeling fan. “Is this Burning Man? What’s going on? This is weird,” she said to the crowd. Later, she took to X to apologize: “My reaction was pure confusion, sarcasm and not ill intended. could have handled it better! Now I know what a Zaghrouta [Arabic call] is! I welcome all cheers and yodels from here on out.”
Center Stage
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 14: Tiffany Haddish attends The Daily Front Row’s 10th Annual Fashion Los Angeles Awards at The Beverly Hills Hotel.Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images for The Daily Front Row
Colombian singer Karol G made history as the first Latina Coachella headliner, and shared the spotlight with Becky G, Cigarettes After Sex and the all-female Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles.
Also in the desert, Paris Hilton threw a party for her Parívie beauty at the Merv Griffin Estate. When Lizzo arrived, she hit the dance floor to teach Hilton how to twerk to her own hits that played, resulting in a dance-off.
Tiffany Haddish claimed that she “doesn’t do politics” upon taking the stage at the Beverly Hills Hotel to host The Daily Front Row’s 10th Fashion Los Angeles Awards, which drew guests including Gwen Stefani, Chris Paul, Hilary Duff, Chrissy Teigen, RuPaul, Zaldy and Brooks Nader. Still, Haddish joked that she was thinking of running for president. “Our campaign motto will be: ‘America, mind you rown business!’” she quipped. “And I’ll bring back all our troops.”
Seen Around Town
Carey Mulligan and Oscar Isaac Credit: Photo by Gonzalo Marroquin/Getty Images for Netflix
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Three years after the show debuted, Netflix’s anthology series Beef celebrated its second season with a premiere at the Egyptian Theatre attended by all-new cast members Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and Charles Melton— plus guests Benny Blanco and Da’Vine Joy Randolph.
Nicole Avant, Rachel Zoe, Aurora James and Juliet de Baubigny hosted a stylish book party at Funke to fête Emma Grede’s Start With Yourself — detailing how the entrepreneur came to create fashion brands with the Kardashians and make Forbes’ list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women.
LoveShackFancy founder Rebecca Hessel Cohen threw a very pink party to toast the brand’s new Sweetheart fragrance for guests, including Lori Loughlin, Bijou Phillips, Denise Richards and Nicky Hilton at the home of Kathy Hilton, who also celebrated her birthday.
Lisa Kudrow’s The Comeback made a comeback on HBO. The meta sitcom about a Hollywood sitcom star — co-created by Michael Patrick King, and released in 2005 and 2014 —unveiled its third season at the Wallis Annenberg Center. “Canceled?” joked Kudrow. “It’s a trilogy!’”
Coupled Up
Rachel Sennott and Dan Levy at Max and Helen’sCredit: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Netflix
Rachel Sennott and Dan Levy, who co-created Netflix comedy Big Mistakes, had a fireside chat before friends and tastemakers at Larchmont hot spot Max & Helen’s – a venue they admittedly picked just so they’d be able to get in. “If that’s how I get the waffle, that’s how I get the waffle!” Levy said. The pair continued to get candid regarding their new show, about two siblings (Levy and Taylor Ortega) who are blackmailed into the world of organized crime.