Leonardo DiCaprio is giving Sean Penn’s Haiti charity a boost by auctioning off the chance to party with him at a Hollywood bash.

The Titanic star has donated two tickets to one of his upcoming red carpet premieres, as well as passes to the after party.

The lucky winner and guest will then get the chance to pose for photographs with DiCaprio during a brief meet-and-greet session.
The Charity Buzz auction, which ends on February 9, is expected to fetch as much as $25,000 (£15,625) for the J/P Haitian Relief Organization.

Penn founded the charity to help Haitian families rebuild their lives in the wake of the devastating 2010 earthquake.

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Michael Fassbender have discovered that there’s no room for them on the nominations list at this year’s Academy Awards as the yearly event threw up its usual array of surprise candidates and high profile snubs ahead of the final ceremony in Hollywood on February 26, 2012.

Whilst the awards season so far as largely been predictable, with The Artist, Hugo, Meryl Streep and George Clooney among the films and names dominating the nominations and awards over the past few weeks, you might’ve predicted that the biggest show of them all would tip the balance a little — something it’s duly done. DiCaprio and Fassbender may have a right to feel aggrieved at their absence from the category of Best Leading Actor, with the former earning nominations at both the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance in J. Edgar whilst the latter impressed in Shame, gaining notable acclaim during last Autumn’s film festival season and also gaining Globe and Screen Actors nominations.

As it was Shame was snubbed entirely from the main honors, with legendary director Steven Spielberg also finding himself overlooked despite the positive reception to his film War Horse. So who was in? Well, as expected Hugo and The Artist both featured heavily, though there was even a surprise here as Hugo was nominated for 11 gongs of is rivals 10 — and the strongly tipped The Descendants even further back on a paltry five, behind the Brad Pitt starring Moneyball.

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Leonardo DiCaprio has admitted he’d love to bag an Oscar — but it’s not what motivates him.

Hollywood’s highest paid actor, Leonardo has been nominated for an Academy Award three times.

“I don’t think anyone would say that they wouldn’t want one. I think they would be lying,” the star said.

But Leonardo, 37, who could be nominated again for his title role in Clint EastWood’s J. Edgar Hoover biopic, said: “I don’t think I ever expected anything like an Oscar ever, to tell you the truth. That is not my motivation when I do these roles.

“I really am motivated by being able to work with great people and create a body of work that I can look back and be proud of.

“I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half, and since then I’ve asked myself how I can emulate such artistry.

“That’s really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.”

J. Edgar is in cinemas now.

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Leo looked so dashing at the Golden Globes! Such a pity he didn’t win Best Actor for J. Edgar though.

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More pics coming later. I’ve been really sick and in bed, so please bear with me.

Leo stopped to give an interview on the “69th Annual Golden Globe Awards” red carpet:

Leonardo DiCaprio joins honoree Sean Penn for the “Cinema For Peace benefitting J/P Haitian Relief Organization” at the Montage Hotel in Los Angeles on Saturday, January 14.

Leo, 37, and Sean, 51, helped mark the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti through the charity dinner.

During tonight’s event, Sean received the Cinema For Peace Honorary Award for his work with the organization.

Both Leo and Sean were joined by Julia Roberts, Mel Gibson, George Clooney, Demi Moore and Orlando Bloom at the star studded event.

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Leo seemed pretty comfortable and sharing a few laughs with actress Meryl Streep as they were pictured together several times having a good time on Saturday, January 14. Added 14 HQ pics to the gallery:

Added 71 HQs from last Friday’s event to the gallery. Leo was pictured chatting with J. Edgar director Clint Eastwood:

Added 37 new HQs from last Thursday’s event to the gallery in which Leo honored director Martin Scorsese. He took his dad, George, to the awards: