We asked Ariel Ashe, co-founder and interior-design counterpart of New York's architecture and design firm ASHE + LEANDRO (the duo was named One to Watch by Architectural Digest in its AD100 issue this year), about what's happening this holiday. Here's what she had to say: More

We asked rising celebrity trainer Anna Kaiser, founder of dance-cardio studio AKT INMOTION, for the skinny on her holiday plans.  Here's what she said:   MORE: Amy Smilovic Fills Our Our Holiday Questionnaire Rande Gerber Fills Out Our Holiday Questionnaire Jennifer Meyer Fills Out Our Holiday Questionnaire More

Tucked behind a hair salon and a Pilates studio on L.A.'s Echo Park Avenue, the workplace of artist Peter Shire hides in anything-but-plain sight. His metal gates are painted chartreuse and topped by brushed stainless-steel angels and a mermaid whirligig; beyond them, a paint-splattered staircase leads to the studio, once ... More

Tucked behind a hair salon and a Pilates studio on L.A.'s Echo Park Avenue, the workplace of artist Peter Shire hides in anything-but-plain sight. His metal gates are painted chartreuse and topped by brushed stainless-steel angels and a mermaid whirligig; beyond them, a paint-splattered staircase leads to the studio, once ... More

As if the film’s seven Golden Globe nominations weren’t enough, here are six more reasons to see David O. Russell’s American Hustle over the holidays. The Hair. You’ll inevitably find yourself mesmerized by the hair in American Hustle, the styling of which can only be described as “so awesomely bad, ... More

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We asked L.A. jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer, who was just tapped by The Los Angeles County Museum of Art for its latest Wear LACMA collection, to shed some light on her musings for the season. Here’s what she said:   MORE: Rande ... More

You know a lot about Disney, Hollywood's most renowned dream machine. But try naming a few facts about Walt, the man behind it all. Drawing a blank? The folks at his eponymous empire won't blame you. John Lee Hancock's new film Saving Mr. Banks, a backstage tale of Walt ... More

Bérénice Bejo was ready to roll. For two months, she'd been rehearsing to star as Marie—a Frenchwoman juggling an estranged Iranian husband, a younger new boyfriend (with a comatose wife) and children from different relationships—in The Past, the new film from Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation). And ... More

We asked business tycoon and former model Rande Gerber—co-founder of Caliche Rum, founder of hospitality company Gerber Group and husband to Cindy Crawford—about his thoughts on the season. Here's what he said: MORE: The 2013 Luxury Gift Guide Cherry Bombe's Fantasy Dinner Party 10 Essential Holiday Spirits More