Charlize Theron has auctioned a date with herself for charity

The 35-year-old actress – who has been single since splitting from long-term boyfriend Stuart Townsend earlier this year – offered to attend a Los Angeles Lakers basketball game with whoever bid the highest for a pair of court-side tickets at a fundraiser in New York last night (06.12.10).

A source who attended the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project dinner and auction at the Darby Restaurant told gossip website Just Jared: “All the men in the room were doubling the bids on the courtside Lakers tickets if Charlize attended the game with them. She agreed to attend for $20,000.”

The ‘Monster’ actress launched her charity – which aims to create safer and healthier lives for at-risk children and communities in South Africa, especially those affected by HIV and Aids – in 2007.

Charlize’s close pal Liv Tyler attended the event to see her friend being auctioned off for charity.

Other celebrities who attended included ‘Mad Men’ actor Jon Hamm and wife Jennifer Westfeldt, James Blunt’s former girlfriend Petra Nemcova and fellow model Irina Shayk, while ‘Jackass’ star Johnny Knoxville brought his new wife Naomi Nelson.

Charlize took a break from movies last year to focus on her Africa Outreach Project but is currently filming ‘Young Adults’ with Jason Reitman in New York.

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Liv Tyler (born July 1, 1977) is an American actress and model. She is the daughter of Aerosmith’s lead singer, Steven Tyler, and Bebe Buell, model and singer. Liv began a career in modeling at the age of 14, but after less than a year she decided to focus on acting. Liv made her film debut in the 1994 film Silent Fall.

Liv then appeared in supporting roles in Empire Records (1995), Heavy (1996), and That Thing You Do! (1996). Tyler later achieved critical recognition in the leading role Stealing Beauty (1996). Liv followed this by starring in supporting roles including Inventing the Abbotts (1997) and Cookie’s Fortune (1999).

She achieved international recognition as a result of her portrayal of Elf maiden Arwen Undómiel in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Liv has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the 2004 comedy Jersey Girl, the indie film Lonesome Jim (2005), the drama Reign Over Me (2007) and big-budget studio films such as Armageddon (1998), The Strangers (2008) and The Incredible Hulk (2008).

Since 2003, Liv has served as a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador for the United States, and as a spokesperson for Givenchy’s line of perfume and cosmetics. Liv married musician Royston Langdon of the band Spacehog in 2003; they have one son, Milo, born December 14, 2004. The couple announced their separation in May 2008.

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Aniston, Cher — Alleged Victims in Credit Card Scheme

TMZ has learned … the U.S. Secret Service just closed in on a woman accused of operating a serious credit card scheme … and many of the alleged victims are major Hollywood mega-stars.

Law enforcement sources tell us Jennifer Aniston, Cher, Liv Tyler, Melanie Griffith, Anne Hathaway and Scott Speedman were all allegedly violated — or at least their credit cards were — by a woman who ran a swanky salon in Beverly Hills called the Chez Gabriela Studio.

According to court documents, Maria Gabriella Perez is accused of ripping off the credit card information from her ultra-wealthy clients … and “fraudulently [charging] approximately $280,000 worth of charges in a one year period.”

According to the docs — Perez swindled $214,000 from Liv Tyler alone.

Perez was arrested on federal fraud charges — and is due to appear in court in L.A. later today.

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Liv Tyler sees her parents as “human beings”.

The actress – the daughter of Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler and model Bebe Buell – confesses she detaches herself from them as family and tries to see them as people with normal struggles.

She said: “My mum is hysterical. We have lots of fun. I find in my life my relationships with both my parents are constantly evolving and you definitely understand things in a new way and have a new perspective on things they went through in their youth.

“I see them now more as human beings than as parents, and I try to understand the struggles and things they’ve been through in their life.”
Liv wasn’t aware Steve Tyler was her father until the age of 11, thinking instead it was music producer Todd Rundgren – although she is not bitter about it.

She said: “It was exciting. I didn’t see the bad side of it.”

Although she has sees her parents less like family, Liv thinks they are great grandparents to her five-year-old son Milo, whose father is her ex-husband Royston Langdon.

She said: “My mum is an amazing grandmother. She buys the best books, about dragons and dinosaurs which Milo really wants to read.

“And Milo is obsessed with his grandfather. It is super-special too, because he has no idea who Steve is or who Aerosmith are but he finds him so magical. Milo is simply addicted to his Papa Steve.”

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The stunning actress – who has a five-year-old son Milo from her marriage to Royston Langdon – admits she tries to be careful about what she eats if she is working on a new movie.

Liv revealed: “I do feel pressure. I watch what I eat – I try to be balanced, but not to be strict all the time.

“When it’s the holidays or I’m not working, I want to cook beautiful meals and eat them with my son and enjoy life. Then before I have something coming up, maybe I’ll do three days where I’ll just make juices and smoothies and soups and eat a lot of vegetables.”

Despite occasionally taking a relaxed approach to her diet, the actress does admit to having a genuine interest in fashion and always tries to dress to suit her shape.

She said: “Jeans and a striped top and a blazer is a very good look for me, but I also love to wear cute little dresses or rompers with tights and my Converse or my little Lanvin flats.

“I’m pretty obsessed with rompers at the moment.”

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The future of Aerosmith has been thrown into doubt after the singer said he wanted to take a year off to pursue a solo career, but the frontman’s bandmates are “suspicious” of his current behaviour.

Guitarist Brad Whitford said: “I suspect there’s a lot more going on than we know about. He has a well-documented history of drug abuse, and I find myself very suspicious. I haven’t seen him do this or have any personal knowledge, but the isolation is very typical of addictive behaviour, and his – what I call – irrational behaviour.”

Drummer Joey Kramer also urged 61-year-old Steven – whose daughter is Hollywood actress Liv Tyler – to seek help and “get healthy”.

Joey said: “Steven has made some poor choices as of late, and he’s got some bad influences around him, and I think that for the most part he’s his own worst enemy “.

A spokesperson for the ‘Crazy’ singer – who gave up heroin after completing a stint in rehab in 1986 – is not commenting on the drug claims and insists Steven is busy writing a book.

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