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Annie Leibovitz Lowers Price of New York City Home to $29 Million

Annie Leibovitz has lowered the price of the highly personalized New York compound she created for herself, her family, and her photography from $33 million to $29 million.
Annie Leibovitz Selling New York Home For $33 Million

Annie Leibovitz has lowered the price of the highly personalized New York compound she created for herself, her family, and her photography from $33 million to $29 million.

The 10,000-square-foot home, which was originally listed in December, is comprised of three townhouses at the corner of New York's West 11th and Greenwich streets and surrounded by a private garden. Leibovitz bought the first two homes in 2002 and the third a year later. Since then, she's renovated and connected all three homes, which have seven bedrooms and 13 wood-burning fireplaces among them. Two of them now serve as living quarters; the third hosts a photo studio with its own kitchen and reception area.

"It's very rare to have something like this," said Paula Del Nunzio, the broker who's working with Leibovitz to sell the home. "She created it."

In 2009, Leibovitz put this home, another in upstate New York, and the rights to all the photos she's taken over the years up as collateral for a loan to repay $24 million in debt attributed to overspending. Those debts were later renegotiated and settled. Del Nunzio says Leibovitz is selling the home so she can move uptown to be closer to her three daughters' school.

A peek inside the home Leibovitz built, here in the gallery.

Photos via Brown Harris Stevens.

In Vogue: the First Lady Chooses Reed Krakoff For Magazine's April Cover

The rumors were true: Vogue today revealed that First Lady Michelle Obama is indeed the star of its April cover and, as suspected, she's wearing a Reed Krakoff dress selected from her personal wardrobe.

The rumors were true: Vogue today revealed that First Lady Michelle Obama is indeed the star of its April cover and, as suspected, she's wearing a Reed Krakoff dress selected from her personal wardrobe.

Photographer Annie Leibovitz shot the cover in the White House's Green Room, and also captured Obama wearing a sweater and ball gown from Michael Kors. In another portrait, the first lady drapes her arms around the chest of a seated President Obama in the Red Room.

More details on the cover here.

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Taylor Swift Becomes a Disney Princess

Taylor Swift is letting down her blond locks for her latest endeavor: posing as Rapunzel from Disney's Tangled for Annie Leibovitz's Disney Dream Portrait series.

Taylor Swift is letting down her blond locks for her latest endeavor: posing as Rapunzel from Disney's Tangled for Annie Leibovitz's Disney Dream Portrait series. The singer is the latest famous lady to step into the shoes (or glass slipper) of a Disney princess for the ad series. Over the years, we've seen Jessica Biel as Pocahontas, Rachel Weisz as Snow White, and Julianne Moore as Ariel, to name a few. These dreamy photos by the renowned photographer bring the animated fairy tales from our childhood to life, literally, with musicians, athletes, actors, and more. So we're taking a trip down Disney memory lane with our favorite princesses, prince charmings, and villainesses snapped by Annie for the Disney Parks series, along with the animated characters that inspired them!

Vogue's Next Cover Stars, Rodarte's New Collab, and J.Crew's Factory

Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.



Those stories and more in our daily news roundup.

  • Victoria Beckham isn't pregnant after all. So that's settled. [Vogue UK]

  • J.Crew has relaunched its outlet label Factory as a standalone retail concept with exclusive merchandise. "No outtakes, no leftovers, just more of what you want for less," reads a description on the brand-new website. [FabSugar]

  • Valentino was awarded the Commandeur de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres medal by the French Ministry of Culture on Wednesday night. The designer said he got his Legion d'Honneur in 2006 "in the same reception room." [WWD]

  • Annie Leibovitz says she's photographed Rihanna and Anne Hathaway for "back-to-back" covers of Vogue. [Fashionista]

  • Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte's latest collaboration is a series of products — including a gift card — for Starbucks. [The Cut]

A Look Back at Karen Elson and Jack White, The Couple

>> Karen Elson and Jack White are making sure their marriage — just over six years' worth — goes out with a bang, by holding a divorce party in Nashville this evening.

>> Karen Elson and Jack White are making sure their marriage — just over six years' worth — goes out with a bang, by holding a divorce party in Nashville this evening. The couple wasn't often captured together — it wasn't until last year that White finally agreed to be photographed with Elson for the first time, for Vogue's June 2010 issue. “When this [opportunity at Vogue] came about,” Elson said at the time, “for whatever reason, he was sort of like, You know, this is going to be the only time we are ever, ever, ever going to do this, so it might as well be with the best people on the planet, it might as well be with Annie [Leibovitz] and Grace [Coddington], to get that one great image of the pair of us.” Those images, plus the rare few others of the couple together, in the slideshow; plus, The White Stripes' video for "Blue Orchid," on the set of which Elson and White met in 2005. It premiered just days before they were married.

 

 

 

Angelina Jolie Reportedly to Appear in Upcoming Louis Vuitton Campaign

>> Angelina Jolie is reportedly set to be a face of Louis Vuitton; the print-only campaign is expected to be shot by Annie Leibovitz in the next couple of weeks and is said to be launched globally — in print only — this Summer.

>> Angelina Jolie is reportedly set to be a face of Louis Vuitton; the print-only campaign is expected to be shot by Annie Leibovitz in the next couple of weeks and is said to be launched globally — in print only — this Summer.

According to a source familiar with the deal, E! reports, Jolie will be paid "close to $10 million" for the endorsement, believed to be the most lucrative of her career. A Louis Vuitton rep had no comment on the matter, but this campaign sounds like the newest edition of Vuitton's Core Values series, which Leibovitz has always photographed (Whereas for the past number of seasons, Steven Meisel has shot the collection campaign. Rumors have already swirled that he captured six models for the upcoming Fall 2011 Vuitton campaign.).

Celebs Bring Fairy Tales to Life For Disney Ad Campaign

You may remember when Gisele, Jessica Biel, and David Beckham turned into iconic Disney characters for an ad campaign shot by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz.
Celebs Transform Into Iconic Disney Characters For Shoot With Annie Leibovitz

You may remember when Gisele, Jessica Biel, and David Beckham turned into iconic Disney characters for an ad campaign shot by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz. Disney is at it again, calling upon the likes of Penelope Cruz, Olivia Wilde, and Queen Latifah to bring our childhood pals to life. Want to see the fairy tale transformations? Click through our slideshow of the latest behind-the-scenes shots and portraits, and keep clicking to see the first ad campaign . . . because who doesn't want to see a princely David Beckham on a white horse?

Rihanna Shot Vogue Cover with Annie Leibovitz, Marking Another in a String of Upcoming Vogue Cover First-Timers

>> Vogue is known for drawing most of its cover choices from a select group of actresses — think Anne Hathaway, Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, Blake Lively as of late — but it sounds like they're aiming to switch things up in the upcoming months.

>> Vogue is known for drawing most of its cover choices from a select group of actresses — think Anne Hathaway, Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron, Blake Lively as of late — but it sounds like they're aiming to switch things up in the upcoming months. Lady Gaga is heavily rumored to be on the magazine's March 2011 cover, there's a rumor that Kristen Stewart is fronting the February 2011 cover, and last night, Rihanna Tweeted (the Tweet has since been taken down): "Just wrapped my first American Vogue cover shoot with Annie Leibovitz...Rah! ." [@rihanna, @sara_mail]

>> Unpaid Fee Lawsuit Filed Against Annie Leibovitz —Annie Leibovitz reached an agreement with creditors Art Capital over a lawsuit last September, but yesterday she was hit with another lawsuit: private investment firm Brunswick Capital Partners alleges that she owes them more than $800,000 in unpaid fees, in part for facilitating a $40 million loan by equity firm Colony Capital last month to help her sort out her debts.

>> Unpaid Fee Lawsuit Filed Against Annie Leibovitz —Annie Leibovitz reached an agreement with creditors Art Capital over a lawsuit last September, but yesterday she was hit with another lawsuit: private investment firm Brunswick Capital Partners alleges that she owes them more than $800,000 in unpaid fees, in part for facilitating a $40 million loan by equity firm Colony Capital last month to help her sort out her debts. Leibovitz has declined to comment. [Page Six, Reuters]

>> Annie Leibovitz Talks Finances —Annie Leibovitz was on scene at the Women's Conference in Long Beach yesterday, chatting with Katie Couric about her financial travails: “I always let other people handle the finances.

>> Annie Leibovitz Talks Finances —Annie Leibovitz was on scene at the Women's Conference in Long Beach yesterday, chatting with Katie Couric about her financial travails: “I always let other people handle the finances. Those days are over. It was a good lesson. We are pulling ourselves out [of it].”  She is about to photograph Justice Sonia Sotomayor for Vogue, and noted that she won't be retiring anytime soon: “I still have a few more years I have to work.” [WWD]