BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti Upgrades to Los Feliz Modern

By Ted Johnson

Having upgraded late last year to a family-sized home in a celeb-packed pocket of the Hollywood Hills — bit more on that in a minute, recently married “Glee” star Darren Criss now has his starter home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles, Calif., up for sale at not quite $1.7 million.

Bonnie Raitt took to the stage tonight during the 2020 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles’ Staples Center, where she performed a tribute to country folk singer-songwriter John Prine. She performed his song “Angel From Montgomery,” which she turned into a hit upon recording it 1974. Prine, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2019, was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award this year. Watch Raitt’s tribute performance below.

Kirk Franklin,DJ Khaled,John Legend,Meek Mill,Roddy RicchandYG came together to posthumously honor Nipsey Hussle at the 62ndGrammy Awards on Sunday.Hussle was killed outside of his South Los Angeles clothing store in March 2019. The musician was shot multiple times and was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend arrived together at the 2020 GRAMMYs. 

Oscar-winning producer John Battsek (One Day in September, Searching for Sugar Man) has left Passion Pictures after two decades to help launch Ventureland as a Los Angeles and London-based film and TV company.Kerstin Emhoff, Ali Brown and Paul Hunter of indie producer Prettybird are also behind Ventureland.

Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic will join The Doors’ John Densmore and Robby Krieger for a special performance for the Homeward Bound Concert this Thursday (Jan. 23) at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. Red Light Management and Live Nation have teamed up to present the first-ever Homeward Bound Concert to benefit LA-based non-profit PATH (People Assisting The Homeless). "LA is experiencing a double digit increase in homelessness and

Jane Seymour is aging in reverse.

Two of Tinseltown’s most prolific buyers and sellers of luxury real estate in the Los Angeles and Santa Barbara areas, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, are at it again, recently and quietly adding three residential properties in California’s aristocratic seaside community of Montecito to their always in-flux portfolio.

Platinum selling pop crooner, songwriter and occasional actor Josh Groban has plunked down close to $2.3 million for a casually cosmopolitan, organic-modern residence cleaved to a steep hillside near the end of a little-trafficked, hook-shaped cul-de-sac in a coveted neighborhood of L.A.’s celeb-favored Los Feliz area.

Camila Cabello, H.E.R., the Jonas Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Rosalia, Run-DMC, Tyler, the Creator and Charlie Wilson have joined the list of performers at the Grammy Awards, which take place in Los Angeles on Jan. 26. They join the roster of already announced performers: Aerosmith, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Lizzo, Demi Lovato, and a duet from Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani.

Putting all the rumours to rest, Allison Janney has confirmed that her Mom co-star Anna Faris is engaged! The 43-year old Hollywood star has been engaged to American cinematographer Michael Barrett for a long time, according to Janney, who plays Faris’ mother in the uber-popular comedy series. The actress told Us Magazine, during the recent premiere of Troop Zero in Los Angeles, that she celebrated the good news with the couple a long time ago and had been keeping it a secret ever since.  

Monday morning’s Oscar nominations rebooted the #OscarsSoWhite conversation, reigniting discussion about representation after women were shut out of the directing category and only one person of color — Cynthia Erivo — was nominated in the acting categories.