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Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Hosts Star-Studded Grand Opening

The place to be to ring in 2011? For many of Hollywood's elite, it was The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, the city's newest and most glamorous resort, which kicked off a grand opening celebration with concert performances from JAY-Z and Coldplay, plus guest surprises by Kanye West, Beyonce and John Mayer.

Coldplay kicked off the evening with a 12 song set, which included Yellow, In My Place and Clocks. To ring in the New Year, JAY-Z joined Coldplay on stage for a rendition of Lost, followed by a countdown to midnight. JAY-Z took the stage for the first hours of 2011 and was joined by Kanye West for an impromptu freestyle performance of Run This Town, Can't Tell Me Nothing and Runaway. As Kanye left the stage, John Mayer joined pal JAY-Z with his guitar for several songs, including Public Service Announcement and 99 Problems. The ultimate collaboration of the evening came when Beyonce joined her husband on stage for Young Forever. She continued to wow the crowd, bringing Coldplay frontman Chris Martin back out for an acoustic duet of her hit, Halo.

Gallery: Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Grand Opening

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The Fashion Statement: Worst Fashion Disasters of 2010

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When you think of the greatest fashion disasters of all time, you think of Bjork's swan in the '90s, Cher's evil bird slash cage gown in the '80s and Barbara Streisand's see-through pajamas in the '60s. But 2010 could be the year of the biggest fashion train wrecks of all time!

This year was filled with more fashion faux pas than any of the aforementioned could rack up in a lifetime. Style missteps are an astounding feat these days when you consider that celebrities have an army of stylists, fashion designers panting for exposure and, one would think, a mirror or two.

Of course, at the top of the trashy heap is Lady Gaga and her meat dress she debuted at the MVA's. Aside from assaulting our senses and pushing animal cruelty in our face, she wants us to feel sorry for her because she feels like a piece of meat?

Venus Williams was another grand slam in the disaster department. She showed up to play at the French open in red and black lingerie. Kinda cute idea. Problem was the skin-tight shorts she wore under the getup were the same color as her flesh causing everybody to think they saw her butt cheeks.

Gallery: Worst Disasters

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The Fashion Statement: Indonesian Designer Meets First Lady

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Filed under: The Fashion Statement

This was a big week for Indonesian fashion designers. Not only did the President Obama make a stop in Jakarta, but he touched down right in the middle of Jakarta's fashion week. While the President was praising the ideals of democracy and development at the University of Indonesia, local designers were sending a parade of pieces down the runways hoping to establish Jakarta as a fashion hub in Asia. Backed by the Indonesian Fashion Designers Association, the goal is to catapult Indonesian designers to the international stage. So far they've mostly had success at home. Until now...

The Jakarta Globe reported this week that one designer hit the jackpot. Priyo Oktaviano snagged a chance to present the U.S. First Lady with one of his designs, a face-to-face meeting most stateside designers would KILL for! Oktaviano, who worked for Balenciaga early on in his career and is known for quirky and edgy designs, said he was contacted only six days prior to the meeting. He had one day to make a dress and a coat and he looked up Mrs. Obama's size on the Internet.

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Donate Your Time And Things Or Buy a Celeb's For Good Causes

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Filed under: Auctions, Charity

A corset from Rihanna's Good Girl Gone Bad tour is just one of the items available on Allthis, a new social media website that offers a new way to support a cause. Billed as the marketplace for things money can't buy, the site lets you create a listing to donate an item or a service that other people can bid on. Of course you can also bid on any existing auction item or create a new one (Rihanna's corset was listed at just $150 last time I checked). Other celeb items up for bid include a chance to have Ben Stiller record your outgoing voice mail message.

In addition, non-profits, clubs, companies, or any type of affinity group can create teams to raise money together for a common cause. The difference between this and other types of charity fund raising drives is that it allows people to each do or contribute what they are good at rather than creating a single task that everyone has to contribute to. Listers are charged a modest flat fee per item.

"We created allthis with a vision to leverage an individual's expertise and network as an alternative method of donation, while giving non-profits a creative way to excite and unite their supporters," said
Paul Weinstein, CEO and co-founder of allthis.com. "Ranging from access to the influential, engagement with the creative, to the downright silly, what people have to offer is infinitely diverse."

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Abramovich's Daughter Paints the Town Red

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Filed under: Wealth

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, whose billion-dollar gigayacht Eclipse has garnered him plenty of headlines lately, isn't the only member of the family in the spotlight – his curvaceous 18-year-old daughter Anna's antics in London are making her a bold-face name as well. The UK's Metro reports that Anna (above, right) recently partied the night away with Will.i.am (left) and the Black Eyed Peas at posh London club Whisky Mist, the favored haunt of Princes William and Harry. Despite the gaggle of female admirers surrounding the singer and his bandmates, it was Abramovich's daughter who held sway, Metro reports. Anna's magnanimous side was also on display; spotting some homeless men hanging around outside the club the heiress gave the bouncers £100 to give to the unfortunate fellows. Meanwhile, Marie Claire also spotted Anna partying with Rihanna on another recent occasion. No doubt she's always quick to pick up the tab.

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The Fashion Statement: It's a Cinch!

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Women's Wear Daily, the so-called bible of the fashion industry and my former employer, wrote an interesting article this week about how corset sales are up in the U.K. thanks to the influence of Rihanna (above) and Lady Gaga.

The piece said women in London are snapping up corsets in the intimates departments and wearing them to the discos. It's such the rage, Selfridges Oxford Street posted a 70 percent increase in sales in November compared with the same month last year. The article goes on to say that the trend of underwear worn as outerwear is more popular that ever.

Rihanna and Lady Gaga are not the first divas to go corset crazy, of course. The corset, which has existed in womenswear for hundreds of years, now represents sex, fetish, bondage, body modifications -- all the good racy stuff that shocks us and slightly turns us off and really turns us on. It worked for Madonna. Why not Rihanna and Lady Gaga? And why not a million other girls?

In my 15 years covering the fashion, I've always suspected the edgiest fashion (streetwear, rock and roll, punk) appears to change more slowly than conservative fashion (contemporary, designer). Because it doesn't have to. Spikes always provoke us. Punk hair that resembles a frill-necked dragon always pushes our buttons. Exposed body parts always unnerve us just a little (OK, maybe not all of us). Corsets always work. Every time.

There are a few other masters of the shock game and all of them make ample use of the corset. Jean Paul Gaultier, of course, through Madonna in the '80s as I mentioned.

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Rihanna Chooses SoHo For The Summer

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Filed under: Celebrity Shopping

As my colleague Jared Paul Stern reported back in March, Rihanna has done some major house hunting in Los Angeles. But according to Jennifer Gould Keil of the NY Post's Gimme Shelter, the young star is settling in SoHo for the summer. She is said to be close to inking a deal on a three-bedroom apartment on Greene Street. The listing has it at $22,000 a month but Rihanna is said to only be spending $18,000. Most scurry away from the city once summer hits but Rihanna is currently taking acting classes to prepare for her first movie. At least the apartment comes with a decent-sized terrace so that she can relax in the sun while learning her lines.

Gallery: Rihanna in Soho

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Sunday Real Estate Round-Up, 05/10/09

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Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

From the Wall Street Journal's Private Properties:
--Investor Stanley Chais, who funneled funds to Bernard Madoff, has cut the price of his condo in the celeb-friendly Sierra Towers condominium complex in West Hollywood by 15 percent, to $4 million, less than the $4.4 million he paid for the condo, shown above, in 2007. The property website is here.
--Kelsey Grammer has sold a Los Angeles house for $3.3 million which is 19 percent less than he paid for it in 2007. He has leased the seven bedroom home in Holmby Hills, California that we checked out in 2008 when it was listed at $19.9 million.
--Tom DeLonge of the band Blink-182 has relisted his San Diego-area home for $5.1 million. He bought the home for $5.5 million in 2005 and spent another million on renovations. The couple first listed the house for $6.25 million in 2007.

From Berg Properties Big Time Listings:
--Singer Rupert Holmes' (The Pina Colada song) house in Scarsdale, New York is listed for $1.387 million. Holmes has purchased a house in Cold Spring, NY for $860,000.
--Actor Monte Markham has placed his four-bedroom house in Malibu on the market for $1.129 million.
--Actress, voice actress and singer Elizabeth Daily has put a six-bedroom home in the Hollywood Hills on the market for $2,499,999.
--Paris Hilton's uncle Steven Hilton has put a Malibu home up for sale. We'll check it out later today as our estate of the day.

From the Real Estalker:
--A home in Los Angeles which was once rented by Rihanna is on the market for $2.949 million. The listing is here.
--Model Shannan Click has listed a home in Los Angeles for $2.146 million. The listing is here.
--The creator of "The L Word" Ilene Chaiken has listed her Los Angeles home for $2.195 million. The listing is here.

From the NY Post's Gimme Shelter:
--Kelly Killoren Bensimon from "The Real Housewives of New York City" has put her Hamptons home up for rent for $295,000 for the summer season. It was listed for sale for $14.5 million when it was our estate of the day.
--Anne Hathaway is living in the Avalon Bowery rental complex, where one-bedrooms start around $4,000 per month and two-bedrooms around $5,500.
--Isabel Rose, a TriBeCa mom and author with family money, is the purchaser of Stone Meadow Farm in East Hampton. She paid $12.5 million for the home which Mariah Carey rented last summer. It was listed at $19.95 million when it was our estate of the day.
The 15.4-acre Southampton estate of the late Howard Gittis is back on the market for $45 million, down from its $59 million asking price in December 2007.

From AOL Home:
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Affordable modernism, the Clayton iHouse.

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Rihanna's Lawyer Asks State For Return Of Grammy Jewels

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Filed under: Jewelry, Celebrity Shopping

We've heard of plenty of celebrities getting in trouble for not returning borrowed jewelry but Rihanna has a better excuse than most, hers was taken in as evidence. A lawyer for Rihanna filed a motion in Los Angeles County Superior Court last week seeking the return of $1.4 million in jewelry the singer was wearing on the night of the Grammy pre-party on February 7. That was the night she was allegedly assaulted by Chris Brown and the pieces including earrings and several rings were seized as evidence in the case against him. Rihanna's lawyer says that the designers who lent the jewelry are concerned over getting their pieces back and that Rihanna had signed an agreement to return the pieces after the Grammy awards.

UPDATE: The police have agreed to return the jewelry.

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Rihanna Eyeing Seinfeld's $6 Million Hollywood Mansion

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Filed under: Estates

Embattled pop star Rihanna is recovering from the recent Chris Brown debacle by shopping for a brand new Los Angeles mansion, according to reports. She's eyeing a lavish Hollywood Hills house formerly owned by Jerry Seinfeld, on the market for $6.25 million, E! Online reveals.

The 5,913-sq.-ft. mansion has three bedrooms, five baths, a pool and hot tub, and and a hilltop view of Tinseltown. "She wants a home with a great view," the star's real estate agent Russell Filice told E!. "She hasn't made any decisions on anything yet. I think it's early on in the process."

The Real Estalker reports that Rihanna also scoped out a five-bedroom, four bath house on Sunset View Drive that measures over 5,000-sq.-ft. and has an asking price of $4.495 million. It features a mirrored wet bar in the living room, an infinity edged pool looking out over the lights of L.A., and Cameron Diaz as a neighbor.

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Mary Norton Rihanna Clutch, Handbag of the Day

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Filed under: Handbags

The Mary Norton Rihanna Clutch is a bold little purse with a lot of personality.

This clutch may be small, but packs a lot of punch with its jazzy art deco design, satin leopard print lining, and bright marigold surface.

The detail you see on the Mary Norton Rihanna Clutch is actually a series of embroidered circles in metallic thread. The use of two colors of thread in the larger circles is reminiscent of an iris, and the effect is exquisite.

The purse has two inside dividers and a credit card pocket, as well as a detachable 24" chain link strap and a magnetic snap closure.

The Mary Norton Rihanna Clutch is available from Saks Fifth Avenue for $695.

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Russia's Richest Man to Buy Hummer from GM?

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Oleg Deripaska (right), 40, the richest man in Russia with a fortune of $28 billion and the 9th richest man in world (Luxist fave Roman Abramovich is #15), has reportedly held talks with General Motors about acquiring their beleaguered Hummer division.

As my colleague Deidre Woollard reported last month, Hummer is in financial trouble in the wake of the oil and gas price explosion, with sales of the SUV having tumbled some 40 percent through June. Ailing GM has announced plans to unload the brand, and Deripaska, whose company Russian Machines recently acquired a major stake in Canadian auto parts manufacturer Magna International, is a natural buyer.

In the wake of the reports, Russian Machines issued a statement saying it was "not strategically interested in such a deal", which sounds to us like a non-denial denial. We would hardly expect him to invite counter-offers by publicizing a planned acquisition before the deal is signed. This past New Year's Eve Deripaska paid Barbadian signer Rihanna $500,000 for a private 40 minute performance for his friends.

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Rihanna For Gucci and Unicef

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Filed under: Charity

Singer Rihanna, shown here performing at the This Day Africa Rising concert in Abuja, Nigeria, has a new gig, starring in Gucci's first ad campaign for Unicef. Gucci does a holiday campaign with the children's charity each year, selling branded merchandise and donating a portion of the proceeds. This year's "Tattoo Heart" campaign will be out in December and will show Rihanna in the Gucci products, of which 25 percent of sales will go to Unicef. Rihanna also her own charity, The Believe Foundation, which also benefits children.

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