Atlanta, GA 12/7/2010 10:50:39 PM
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.
