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Hilary Swank Joins The List of Super Bowl Party Hosts

Academy-Award-winning actress Hilary Swank will be showcasing her philanthropic side as the host of this year's "Big Game Big Give" Super Bowl XLV party in Dallas. The third annual event will take place on Saturday, February 5. Swank, The Giving Back Fund, and title sponsor, Starkey Hearing Foundation are rolling out the red-carpet at the five-acre estate of Phil and Lillie Romano for a Texas-themed event that will include gourmet barbecue and other eats provided by Eatzi's, cocktails by Dewar's and wine from ONEHOPE, and entertainment by top Dallas DJ Lucy Wrubel. Vacations, luxury items, sports memorabilia, and many other items will be auctioned off during the event to benefit The Giving Back Fund and Hunger Busters. The exclusive event is strictly limited to 350 people. A small number of tickets are available for sale for $1,000.

The Saturday event is night two of The Giving Back Fund's "Big Game Big Give" weekend. On Friday, February 4, Cowboy legend and NFL Hall of Famer Troy Aikman will host an evening at Samuel Lynne Galleries in Dallas. Aikman will be joined by a cast of NFL greats and the evening will include cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and one-of-a-kind artworks designed by artists and celebrity favorites Michael Kalish, JD Miller, Burton Morris and Phil Romano. Each guest who attends will receive a luxury gift bag from NorthPark Center and the gallery worth more than the cost of admission. This event is limited to 500 guests and tickets are $250. For more details on The Giving Back Fund's Super Bowl XLV events, visit www.BGBGDallas.org or call 310.649.5222.

Others hosting Super Bowl XLV events include Sean Combs and Pamela Anderson.

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Hollywood's Leading Ladies Spotted in Persol

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Filed under: Apparel, Celebrity Shopping

Persol Eyewear has long been associated with Hollywood's leading men. A pair of Steve McQueen's Persol sunglasses, which he wore in "The Thomas Crown Affair," were sold for $60,000 in 2006. They've also been spotted on Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig, George Clooney, Adrien Brody and Brad Pitt, but lately, women are getting in on the Persol action, too.

Julia Roberts (pictured), Angelina Jolie, Hilary Swank, Beyonce, Heidi Klum and Elle Macpherson have all recently donned Persol shades, and we can tell you exactly which ones. Julia is wearing #2873, and so can you -- the ladies' styles are in the $300 - $400 range.

Check out the gallery for the models spotted on our favorite celebs -- maybe you'll see the perfect pair for yourself. The sunglasses are available from ILORI, just tell them the style number (included).

Gallery: Who Wore Those Persol Sunglasses?

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Vuitton Designer Marc Jacobs Buying $13 Million
NYC Townhouse?

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Filed under: Estates

Louis Vuitton designer Marc Jacobs is said to have signed a contract to buy a $13 million townhouse (above) designed by starchitect Robert A.M. Stern in New York's West Village, the Real Estalker reports. The 4,5000-sq.-ft. townhouse, located on Bethune St., is part of the ambitious, ecologically-friendly Superior Ink development which has also attracted the likes of Hilary Swank. The townhouse features its own all-level elevator, wood-burning fireplaces, a designer garden and rooftop terrace.

The Superior Ink Condominiums and Townhouses are newly constructed structures located on the site of the former Superior Ink factory that was built in 1919. The high-priced complex's luxury amenities include a private screening room, an entertainment lounge, a fitness center with a Pilates/yoga room, a children's playroom, 24-hour valet parking, and 24-hour concierge and doorman services in the tower, pictured above at left. Buyers have a choice of luxurious custom finishes.

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Swank vs. Macpherson In A Fight For Bling

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Jewelry, Celebrity Shopping

The Daily Mail has an interesting story on a case of celebrity diamond sharing. Celebs are often loaned diamonds to wear for red carpet event but what happens when two girls want the same piece? The Daily Mail says that both model Elle Macpherson and Academy-Award-winner Hilary Swank each wanted to wear a £5million Montblanc diamond necklace to a party to launch the new Montblanc collection. What to do, what to do? The situations often provide an easy measure of star power. In this case, Elle got the gem for daytime while Hilary got the more prized night time gig. I guess those Oscars are worth something...

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Sunday Real Estate Round Up

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From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--CNN anchor Paula Zahn has moved out of the Fifth Avenue co-op apartment she's shared with her soon-to-be-ex husband, Richard Cohen. Zahn is renting a full-floor apartment at the Siena on East 76th Street for $40,000 a month.
--Billy Joel and his bride, Katie Lee, have already moved into Roy Scheider's old Sagaponack oceanfront estate, which he may have bought for $16.5 million.
--Gwyneth Paltrow is annoying her Hamptons neighbors because she has erected a very high cedar wall around her 2.2-acre gated compound along with a high-tech security system.
--The longtime Fifth Avenue apartment of the late Abe Hirschfeld has finally sold for $6 million.

From The Real Estalker:
--Producer and writer Michael Weithorn and his wife Lisa have listed their absolutely gorgeous eight-bedroom Malibu home for $19.25 million. Indulge yourself with the beautiful Flash tour of this big slice of fabulous here.
--Hilary Swank has purchased a six-bedroom home in Pacific Palisades for $5.8 million.
--Sharon Stone has put her Beverly Hills home back on the market for $11.5 million.
--Rob Morrow has purchased a very interesting contemporary home in Santa Monica for $4.3 million.
--Pamela Anderson is renting Chateau Ortolan in Malibu.
--A report in The Sun indicated that the Osbournes may have sold their Beverly Hills mansion to Christina Aguilera and her husband Jordan Bratman.
--Writer/producer Howard Gordon has listed his Studio City home for $1.449 million.
--Stacy Keach has listed his Calabasas home at $2.295 million, it's our estate of the day later today.
--I have no idea who Nino Santucci is but he lives in one strange and wonderful house (well, wonderful to look at anyway, I think it would be rather strange to actually live there). The wacky home on Mulholland, complete with "milk bar" is listed at $4.5 million. Check it out at the listing here.

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--The Salvation Army has sold the San Diego-area home of late McDonald's heiress Joan Kroc for about $16 million, down from the initial 2005 asking price of $28 million.
--Jeffrey A. Marcus -- an investor, former cable executive, sports-team co-owner and, for four days, U.S. ambassador to Belgium -- has bought a Palm Beach, Fla., property for $5.85 million.

From the NY Observer's Manhattan Transfers:
--Robert Thorne, the entertainment lawyer who crafted the careers of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen has paid $2.05 million and $1.975 million for two high-floor apartments in the new and very glassy Centria condo on West 48th Street. Each is now available to rent for just over $10,000 per month or to buy for over $2.5 million.
--A one-bedroom co-op at 825 Fifth Avenue has been sold to Harvard professor Martin Feldstein, once President Reagan's chief economics adviser for $1.925 million.
--Jamie Kimm, Annie Leibovitz's chef until last summer, has bought a co-op at London Terrace, the imperial West Chelsea apartment block where Mr. Kimm used to cook for Ms. Leibovitz in her two-unit penthouse. Mr. Kimm and his wife Alison Attenborough, a food stylist, paid $961,500 for their own spread in the building.
--The late Pulitzer Prize–winner Stanley Kunitz's apartment has been sold to Macy's vice chair Janet Grove for $2.6 million.

From Berg Properties Celebrity Big Time Listings:
--Comedienne Carol Leifer has listed a house in L.A.'s Hollywood Hills for $2.05 million. The listing is here.
-- Danny Masterson and Bijou Phillips have paid $2.995 million to purchase a Los Feliz home that once was owned by rock 'n' roll pioneer Chuck Berry.
--Josh Radnor of the show "How I Met Your Mother" has purchased a new house is in the Vine Hills area of the Hollywood Hills for above the $1,050,000 list price.
--Former HUD secretary Henry Cisneros has paid $1.56 million for a 2,678-square-foot house in Bel Air.
--Actress Emmanuelle Vaugier has paid $1.395 million for house in the Hollywood Hills.
--Jason Segel of "How I Met Your Mother" has paid $2.24 million for a house on the Sunset Strip and has sold a condo unit in Westwood for $452,000.

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Hilary Swank Signs with Guerlain

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Celebrity Shopping, Cosmetics and Fragrance

Hilary Swank has been announced as the new face of Guerlain. She will be both "muse and spokesperson" for the company for the next three years. Lately it seems like every Best Actress Oscar winner has a fashion or cosmetics contract. Charlize Theron does Dior, Julia Roberts is with Gianfranco Ferre, Halle Berry has done Versace, so whoever wins this year better get ready for their fashion deal (well maybe not Judi Dench, fabulous though she is).

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