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Tennis star Maria Sharapova recently auctioned herself off a date with herself at the Bryan Brothers’ All-Star Tennis Smash charity event. She joked that her boyfriend, Charlie Ebersol (son of NBC Sports chairman Dick), would outbid everyone, but guess what?  Some other lucky guy won the date for $10,000.  Now that’s just embarrassing, Charlie!

WILL FERRELL GOES RON BURGUNDY AT EVENT Craig Pollard, a local golf entrepreneur, cancer survivor, double amputee, and a USC fraternity pal of Ferrell’s, founded Cancer for College…and I can’t believe a year has gone by since the last Cancer for College Golf Classic and fundraiser.

Olympic Treats Up for Bids for Charity I haven’t seen Michael Phelps’ LZR listed yet…but ya never know what’s going to pop up on eBay. The good folks from Auction Cause have gotten their paws on some pretty amazing items from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Want to roll like a star at the VMAs?  As with nearly everything in this world, you can buy the opportunity  - with the proceeds going to charity.  MTV is currently running an auction on CharityFolks.com, and the lucky winner will get a VIP package to the Video Music Awards.  The highlight of the

A short “watercooler” piece to go with your coffee, courtesy of Miss Universe Australia Laura Dundovic’s announcement at the end of last week that she’s auctioning a date with herself (for charity, of course).

Filed under: Wheels, Auctions, Celebrity Shopping, CharityI had no idea that Oprah Winfrey had a car collection but she does and she's auctioning off three vehicles from her private collection: a red 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing formerly owned by the DuPont family, a 1988 Rolls-Royce Corniche

Filed under: Auctions, Celebrity Shopping, Art, CharityWhen contemporary art cult fave Shepard Fairey started "campaigning" for Barack Obama, he created original collages assembling inspiring portraits of Obama above titles like HOPE, PROGRESS and CHANGE.

Yes, you heard it right! And the courtesy for such a whopping price tag of Damas-designed Kohl magazine, ITP Lifestyle magazine goes to its bejeweled cover page featuring Katrina Kaif captured by celebrity photographer Avinash Gowariker! Targeting Asian women, the face of the magazine comes dipped in 91 grams of gold and festooned with 622 diamonds.

It seems the industry moguls cannot settle down at anything ordinary and hence has religiously charted out their own way to celebrate event. The case in point is Scrabble’s 60th Anniversary that got enough applause from celebrities also. The Diamond Anniversary Edition game board is hand crafted and sports bling via its gleaming 30,000 Swarovski crystals.

It looks like David Beckham has shattered the dreams of two boys, age 9 and 13 who were told they would meet the soccer star as a birthday gift from their parents. Jeanne Kelly and her sister Diane, the mothers of the boys, both paid $7,000 for a meet and greet with Beckham at a charity event for Charley’s Fund.