Rob Lowe was in New York City on Monday to kick off the Valspar Hands for Habitat for Humanity charity auction at the Hearst Towers. Celebs are donating their hand prints and signatures to help the international housing organization provide more homes.

“The goal is to build 50,000 homes for people who are still suffering in Haiti,” the Parks and Recreation star told Parade.com.

“My stepfather has worked for Habitat for Humanity off and on since the late 70s, so I was very familiar with their work and I thought, ‘OK, it’s time for me to do my share.’”

The 47 year-old actor isn’t the only one in the family who tries to leave a positive impact. Lowe said he supports his two teenage sons – Matthew, 17, and John Owen, 15 – in their efforts as well.

“In the summer, I like to encourage them to do something that’s about something other than themselves,” he said.

“They’ve just come off of a great summer and I’m really proud of them. One volunteered in a science lab in San Francisco, and the other served on Capitol Hill.”

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Rob Lowe has signed on to star in the upcoming political drama Knife Fight.

…he has signed on to star in Knife Fight, a Bill Guttentag film that deals with the dark side of political operatives. Lowe, who played senior White House aide Sam Seaborn inThe West Wing and California senator Robert McCallister in Brothers and Sisters,this time will star in the lead role of a political crisis specialist who plays hard and tough in dealing with various October campaign surprises. The picture is coming together with the plan to shoot in San Francisco in June for release in October, 2012 for the Presidential Election.

Lowe certainly fits this type of role, he has a very political look about him. It’s interesting how hollywood takes advantage of political focused times to release movies like this. It’s smart, but at the same time what if everyone is burnt out on election coverage and politics in October 2012? I probably will be.

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Rob Lowe covers the May 2011 issue of Vanity Fair and I had to do a double take. The man is impossibly hot and still young looking – I honestly thought it was an older photo of him on the cover.

Lowe’s upcoming autobiography Stories I Only Tell My Friends, is excerpted in the issue with a nod to his costars from The Outsiders and the then largely-unknown cast who rocketed to fame (and infamy) and the tabloid name “The Brat Pack” shortly after.

On Charlie Sheen: “We competed to see who could play harder, then show up for work and still kick a–,” Lowe says, recalling the 1987 days when he was filming Masquerade in the Hamptons while Sheen was filming Wall Street. “The verdict: Charlie by a nose.”

On Patrick Swayze: Swayze is “as cool as you want, wearing tight jeans and a tattered, sleeveless Harley-Davidson T-shirt revealing his massive, ripped arms. (This is his uniform, he never changes it, and if I looked like him, neither would I.).”

On Tom Cruise: “He’s open, friendly, funny, and has an almost robotic, bloodless focus and an intensity that I’ve never encountered before.”

The Vanity Fair issue is on sale in NYC and L.A. on Thursday and the rest of the country on April 5th.

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Happy Birthday and wee bit of Luck of the Irish to all who celebrate today, March 17th, including:

1944 – John Sebastian, singer
1948 – William Gibson, writer
1949 – Patrick Duffy, actor
1951 – Kurt Russell, actor
1954 – Lesley-Anne Down, actress
1955 – Gary Sinise, actor
1960 – Arye Gross, actor
1964 – Rob Lowe, actor
1967 – Billy Corgon, musician
1972 – Mia Hamm, soccer player
1986 – Olesya Rulin, actress
1987 – Rob Kardashian, reality TV personality

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Rob Lowe and mega-real estate investor Tom Barrack were all business and pleasure on a yacht in Italy today.  Working on a $500 million deal to create “a multi-platform media company, similar to DreamWorks.”

Rob Lowe Takes His Sobriety Seriously

That sounds great.  But mostly I can’t stop drooling over Rob Lowe in his board shorts.  So, let’s just enjoy the view… and cheers to the new business venture!

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There is a horrible fire made it’s way through the California Thursday and Friday and one of the celebrities effected, Rob Lowe, talked about how he got out of his house before the fire ruined his home. If it wasn’t for Rob’s wife calling him and telling him about the fire, he might not have made it out of the house on time.

“My son and I were watching the football game and my wife, who was out running errands, called and said ‘Get out, the mountain’s on fire,’ and I thought she was kidding,” Lowe said.

“I put the kids in the car, turned out of the driveway, and the entire mountain was on fire with flames shooting 200 feet in the air. “There was literally no warning. It came out of nowhere.”

I hope the fire is under control now and that no one gets hurt. If any other news becomes available we will update.

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