Mark "the Cobrasnake" Hunter

Key, top to bottom: L.A. videographer Mike Morin and Rachel Smith last Monday at The Bar; Bai Ling, who says she was cut from Star Wars III — Revenge of the Sith because of an upcoming Playboy photo spread (Lucas reps say her scene was cut for unrelated reasons), licked......

Key (top to bottom): Courtney Love and Dim Mak Records’ Steve Aoki at the M.I.A. and LCD Soundsystem show at the El Rey Sunday night; Claire Kutsko at Sunday Fundays on the roof of the Standard downtown; Beauty Bar founder Paul Devitt and Jonny Nixon at their new Vegas branch......

Key, from top: The fists flew (and Kinky played) when Mr. Cartoon and Nike hosted the art-, music- and boxing-filled Promise Land at Union Station two Thursdays ago; Jeaneen Lund celebrates her birthday in Los Feliz; Gary Powell of the Libertines at Cinespace Tuesday; Sarah Bryan, birthday girl No. 2,......

KEY: from top, The Raveonettes at Urb magazine party; guests at Jaguar/DKNY house party; Carlos D of Interpol; Rick Rubin and friend Amanda; Alison Mosshart of The Kills; Kele Okereke of Bloc Party; Nick Zinner of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Kevin Haskins of Bauhaus at the Spin magazine party......

Key: From top, showing her colors at the Red Lion; Dirty Preston meets his cardboard match at the Vapors magazine photo-issue party; Chris Holmes at the Vapors party; our vote for the Sylvia Miles of L.A., at the Roosevelt Hotel for Paper magazine’s Beautiful People Issue party; the view on......

Key: Clockwise from top: three muses, left to right, Luci Glitoris (Sisely Treasure), Lazer Bunny (Leah Fitzgerald) and Minxie (Marisa Garcia), looking amazing at Cinespace; a wet Shayne Eastin, post-bubbles, at a Hollywood Hills party Saturday night; and more bubble fun; Har Mar Superstar’s Dirty Preston, rolling around on the......

Key: Sin City’s Devon Aoki at Cinespace with Dim Mak Records founder Steve Aoki, a.k.a. DJ Kid Millionaire; sipping Satan’s nectar at the opening party for the new Built by Wendy shop on Third Street; Velvet Hammer’s Bobby Pins works her magic; Marissa at “The Bar”; Alf makes a special......

Key: Johnny Knoxville outside Cinespace; Australia’s Cut Copy at Club Moscow at Boardners; Thomas H. Walsh outside Jay Leno’s Tonight Show studio; members of the Goldie Lookin’ Chain posse at Cinespace; Cassie Hamilton and two fine dressers at the Mobile station on Sunset and Bronson; Lisa Katnic hooked in a......

KEY: (from top) Hollywood bikers Stryder Bartow and Jerzey Bamberger; at the Maroon 5/Phantom Planet after-party in Studio City, Gia Coppola; the Like’s Charlotte Froom; the Icarus Line’s Joe Cardamone; model posing at Arcade “Threadless Fashion Show” at the Vanguard; short skirts outside Club Moscow......

Key: (from top) Flava Flav and Kimi at Adidas’ 35th anniversary party and fund-raiser for the Jam Master Jay Foundation; director and artist Andre Hyland at New Image Art on Fairfax; Grant Drag’s Annie Hardy at Cinespace; David Cross, twice bitten by Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Nick Zinner and Har Mar......