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Eat Like Elton John The Day After The Oscars

Elton John's Academy Awards Viewing Party is an annual tradition and now, if you are willing to wait a day, you can dine like the celebrity attendees. This year marks the 18th year of the party for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the party is being catered by Crumble Catering. Crumble Catering is co-owned by Vermont Restaurant chef/owner Wayne Elias. The day after the Oscars, March 8, Vermont Restaurant in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles will serve a four-course menu with items served at the fete. The LA Times reports that the menu costs $45, with $5 of each order going to the Elton John Aids Foundation. The menu includes a spring vegetable compote with red pepper coulis and arugula pesto; risotto Carnaroli with saffron licorice and king prawns; Tagliata New York steak with candied green celery and Amarone wine sauce; and crispy milk chocolate bar with bitter chocolate glaze, meringue sticks and apricot. The official winery of the party, Sterling Wines is also offering a wine pairing for $25, with $5 going toward the Elton John Aids Foundation so you can get the full Oscar experience.

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Elton John and David Furnish To Hold Large Clothing Sale

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions, Charity

Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish are cleaning out their closets for a good cause. The pair is holding a wardrobe purge in the form of a pop-up shop at Covent Garden, London, on the former site of the Theatre Museum. The pair amasses quite a bit of clothing and every so often they sell off part of their wardrobes. So far they have raised millions for the Elton John Aids Foundation. According to the London Times, thousands of items of clothing and accessories have been shipped in from the couple's properties around the world for the sale. The booty will include stage costumes created for Sir Elton by Versace and Yohji Yamamoto along with Etro shirts and ties.

Elton John has decided to part with a complete collection of vividly printed silk shirts by Gianni Versace. Other items include dressing gowns, shoes, belts, bags, sunglasses and more, all priced from £30 to as high as £750 for the suits. The shop opens on December 12 and will be restocked daily until everything is sold. On December 19 any unsold items will be marked down to clearance prices.

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Elton John's Sparkling iPod Nanos

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Filed under: Gadgets, Charity, Celebrity Design

The rainbow fourth generation iPod nanos now have an even brighter look. Elton John has created a special Swarovski crystal covered version of the music player. The nanos have his signature etched in the bank and each comes loaded with Rocket Man: The Definitive Hits. Best of all, some of the proceeds (12.5 percent) go to the Elton John AIDS Foundation. The 8GB version sells for $565 and the 16GB model is $636. Now if only they came with matching sunglasses...

[via Mobile Mag]

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Elton John's Diamond and Sapphire Brooch Up For Auction

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Filed under: Jewelry, Auctions, Celebrity Shopping

The flashy piece shown above is a sapphire-and-diamond brooch worn by singer Elton John and now up for auction. Sir Elton wore the 1930s Art Deco piece in his 1988 music video "I Don't Wanna Go on With You Like That." A photograph of him wearing this clip during the filming of the video accompanies this lot. The piece will be auctioned at Bonhams in London on Thursday, September 25 and is estimated to sell for £12,000 - 15,000.

UPDATE: The brooch did not sell at the auction.

Gallery: Celebrity Jewels at Auction

Italy's Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy

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The "Around the World in 80 Ways" Dream Vacation Package

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Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

Talk about the trip of a lifetime! The "Around the World in 80 Ways" package is, of course, a tribute to the famous film "Around the World in 80 Days," and was created by The Leading Hotels of the World Ltd. as part of a fundraiser benefiting Elton John's AIDS Foundation. The trip was created as a celebration of the coinciding 80th anniversaries of the Academy Awards and The Leading Hotels of the World Ltd., and is LHW's effort to combine film and luxury travel into an extraordinary "Oscar-worthy" experience. The package covers the globe with gourmet meals, luxurious spa treatments, and tours of the local landscapes in exotic locales like Jaipur, Dubai, and Hong Kong, plus some more close-to-home destinations like London, New York, and San Francisco. Sounds like a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience -- see the details below.

Gallery: The "Around the World in 80 Ways" Package

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The Vacation Homes of the Stars

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Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

Very few celebrities have only one home -- owning multiple residences in locations around the world is key to keeping any sense of normalcy and routine in their lives. But although first homes are usually in cities like New York and LA to be close to work, where do celebrities like George Clooney, Johnny Depp, and Oprah choose to buy vacation homes? Where do they go when it's entirely up to them and they want to relax?

Well for Clooney it's a waterfront villa in Lake Como, Italy, for Depp it's a 50 acre farmhouse in France, and Oprah prefers her ocean-front ranch in Santa Monica. Where would you live? Check out this list of celebrity summer homes and see who's taste is closest to your own.

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Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe Sells For $1.6 Million

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

When I read about some of these auctions I get so envious! How fun would it be to go to one of these events with a flag or paddle to wave around and practically unlimited funds to play with! Case in point, at a recent charity auction to raise money for the Elton John AIDS Foundation a Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe sold for $1.6 million. Not that it's not a great car, but it's since the actual value is estimated between $400,000 and $500,000 that's a pretty big jump for charity. And these Phantom Drophead Coupes are making of habit of selling high -- back in January a couple got $2 million for theirs at the Winter Wine Festival. I guess if you gotta have one then you gotta have one!

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Sir Elton And The Case Of The Fake Gods

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Celebrity Shopping, Art

Sir Elton John is a noted art collector with an impressive collection and as, has happened to many avid collectors, he found himself in possession of some fakes. A French court has awarded Sir Elton John $500,000 in compensation for the purchase of four marble statues of Olympic gods that bore the signature of 18th century artist Luigi Grossi but were in fact, fakes. He had bought the four-foot-high statues in an antiques store in Paris in 1996 while shopping with another dedicated art and antiques collector, the late designer Gianni Versace. A valuation of John's collection turned up the fact that the sculptures were worth not genuine and worth just $20,000 (he had paid $360,000). Dealer John Renoncourt will be paying Sir Elton John the compensation.

Unfortunately, fakes, looted antiquities, and questions of provenance can be a risk when shopping for art and antiquities. I'm currently reading The Medici Conspiracy, which is a fascinating account of the story of Giacomo Medici, an antiquities dealer who illegally dealt in a wide variety of antiquities, real, fake and those that were a pastiche of real and fake elements. Often with faked works, like Sir Elton, the buyer only finds out when they have a valuation done of their collection. Unfortunately, not even the signature of a famous artist on a work proves that it is the real deal.

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Elton's Bentley On The Block

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions

A drivable piece of rock memorabilia is going on the block on May 24. That's when H & H Auctions is selling the red 1985 Bentley Continental that used to tote Elton John around. This drophead coupe was featured in the video for his song "Nikita" and is estimated to sell for £44-48000 ($81,162-$88,540). The car was sold to its current owner back in 2002 so it's not Elton-fresh although they promise it is in top condition. The car has 33,500 miles on it and has a ten-disc CD player and extra speakers. The car also has a B20 ELT registration and is offered for sale with history file and MOT certificate valid until May 2007.

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Elton John Cleans Out His Closet

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Filed under: Apparel, Celebrity Shopping

There are many legendary celebrity closets we'd like to poke around it but perhaps none as eclectic as that of flamboyant star Elton John. Sir Elton John and his husband David Furnish will be holding a a five-day public sale of select items from their closets. The sale will take place April 11-15 at Rockefeller Center in New York. One hundred percent of the proceeds will benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation. The event includes nearly 10,000 pieces of clothing and accessories from a wide variety of designers including Versace, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci, Dior by Hedi Slimane and many more. Some of the clothes have been worn a few times, others still have the tags on them. Stage pieces are expected to bring in thousands of dollars but there are many inexpensive items for sale as well.

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Matthew Perry, Real Esate God?

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Filed under: Estates

It's been all quiet on the Lenny Kravitz front for a while but it looks like there is a new real estate mover and shaker. Matthew Perry has been making a few real estate deals lately. Just a few weeks ago we mentioned that he hadsold his Beverly-Hill-area home for $6.1 million, and now Contact Music reports that Perry has purchased Elton John's Beverly Hills condo for $4.5 million.

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