When Miranda Priestly, the fictitious Runway editrix in The Devil Wears Prada 2, needs to get somewhere — a meeting, a photo shoot, a Met Gala-like ball — she is chauffeured in a vehicle befitting her Wintourian status: a $300,000 Mercedes-Maybach S-Class. This is no coincidence.
Mercedes-Benz teamed up with a passel of Hollywood A-listers–including Brad Pitt, Kevin Hart, Jacob Elordi, Finneas, and Kourtney Kardashian–to turn L.A.’s iconic 6th Street Bridge into an extension of the German Autobahn. Why? Read and find out.
Would you buy a classic vehicle from this man? Jason Momoa, Justin Bieber, and Tyler, The Creator did.
The Rolls-Royce Phantom has been around for 100 years, and in that time, it has proven itself to be wildly popular with two core constituencies: famous entertainers, and autocratic despots. I tell you exactly why in the latest print issue of The Hollywood Reporter, but present a link to the digital version here, for you Chintzy Bltches.
In Los Angeles, a car completes the look. It’s the last article of clothing that we put on before heading out, an accessory, like shoes, that is at once intensely personal and a functional necessity. Nowhere is this truer than in the entertainment industry, where everything in L.A. is distilled to its essence. So what do A-listers and top execs in Hollywood drive?
“The smoke from burning buildings and cars is much more toxic than burning wood,” says Anthony Wexler, director of the Air Quality Research Center at the University of California, Davis.
CLICK, and SCROLL DOWN below this story on vile MAGA actors to read my investigative piece on how roasted EVs are creating additional challenges in containing the horrifying LA fires.
Andrea Iervolino has produced starry biopics of the founders of Italy’s most famous supercar makers: “The life of all of these guys is like ‘Rocky.’”
The new Ferrari 12Cilindri owes a clear debt to the iconic Ferrari Daytona, coveted by movie stars and rock gods, and star of ‘The Long Goodbye,’ ‘A Star Is Born’ and Miami Vice.’
As Musk has continued his vile trajectory into the MAGA-verse — pledging allegiance to right-wing conspiracies, amplifying racist and antisemitic messages, disparaging trans people, including his own daughter, and endorsing brain-addled authoritarian Donald Trump — his stock in Hollywood, and that of his brand, has plummeted.
“I thought, ‘This car is so specific looking, it doesn’t look like anything else, and you don’t have to do anything to reap the benefits. And everyone who sees you in it will know that you care about the environment,’” Levin says. “I said, ‘I think I can get Hollywood to love this car.’”