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SHOPPING SPREE?: Borletti Group, thefor sale tiffany key rings store operator that recently eyed investments in Escada and Christian Lacroix, now has its sights on Ittierre SpA. Yes, we’ve said we were interested, and we continue to be so, said chairman Maurizio Borletti. Ittierre has a unique know-how in the development of second, young lines and we know of several brands that would wish to expand in that segment.

IT Holding comprises the Ferr, Malo and Ext brands and manufacturing arm Ittierre, which produces the Just Cavalli, C’N'C Costume National, Galliano and Ermanno Scervino collections.

Roberto Spada, one of three commissioners charged with restructuring IT Holding, which has been in government-backed bankruptcy protection since last February, and special administrators Andrea Ciccoli and Stanislao Chimenti are slated to provide an update on Malo to Italy’s minister of economic development this week. We’ve decided to sell Malo separately through a public auction and we expect to close the sale in buy tiffany necklaces weeks, Spada said on the sidelines of the Gianfranco Ferr show Sunday. For Ittierre and Ferr, Spada said there are two alternatives: Either we sell it as a unit or separately and those will probably be auctioned off too, he said. We are optimistic, as the companies are back to being entirely operative.

PRE-GAME: Well before Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards ceremony, most of Hollywood was already entrenched in the party circuit with a slew of pre-fetes. Things began Friday night at the 15th annual Critics Choice Awards at the Hollywood Palladium. Kevin Bacon, who received the Joel Siegel Award (a pre-cursor to his Golden Globe win for HBO’s Taking Chance ), deferred to his wife Kyra Sedgwick’s list of honors. For the last six years, she has been nominated for more awards than I’ve ever been nominated for in my whole life. I’ve basically been holding her train for the last five years, he said.

Next stop was the New York Times T magazine cheap tiffany at the Chateau Marmont which drew the likes of Shirley MacLaine, Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, Tom Ford, Julianne Moore, Harvey Weinstein, Quentin Tarantino, Sofia Coppola, Zoe Saldana and Carey Mulligan. Later, Opening Ceremony threw a dinner at its boutique in honor of Alexander Wang and his new eyewear collaboration with Linda Farrow, with guests including M.I.A., Erin Wasson, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman and Gia Coppola. Riley Keough and Dakota Johnson were inseparable and Spike Jonze and Rinko Kikuchi canoodled between courses.

The revelry continued Saturday afternoon at BAFTA/LA’s 16th annual Awards Season Tea Party that drew British transplants like Emily Blunt to the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Crystal Ballroom, while a few hours later, the Aussies celebrated at the G’Day USA 2010 Black Tie Gala at the Hollywood & Highland’s Grand Ballroom. I met my guy here five years ago, said Nicole Kidman of the event, during which she broke into song with husband Keith Urban, performing Down Under to introduce honoree Simon Baker.

Over at the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Polo Lounge, Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Benicio Del Toro, Gabourey Sidibe, Tobey Maguire and Eva Longoria Parker packed the bar for Lionsgate’s Globe bash, while a few miles away the young set hit The Art of Elysium’s Heaven gala held in the Robinson May parking lot. Honorees Kirsten Dunst and artist Shepard Fairey were joined by Rumer Willis, Jessica Szohr, Ed Westwick, Emilie De Ravin, Olivia Wilde, Jessica Alba, Ali Larter, Katy Perry, Nicole Richie, Camilla Belle and Ashley Olsen to support the children’s charity event sponsored by Boucheron, MSN, Relativity Media and Vogue.

SICILY OR BUST: While director Giuseppe Tornatore was in Los Angeles supporting his Golden Globes-nominated movie Baara, the film’s stars were in Milan fielding questions about its sudden success. No one expected all the attention, lead actor Francesco Scianna said before the Emporio Armani show on Saturday. It’s a movie that helps discover passions and makes you dream, with Sicily’s charm and magic as a background.