World-famous art figure Larry Gagosian recently closed on the Harkness Mansion at 4 E. 75th Street in New York City for $36.5 million. As owner of the global Gagosian Gallery chain, the illustrious art dealer will likely deck out the 20,000-square-foot townhouse with incredible pieces.

With the NBA lockout still up in the air, Miami Heat all-star and latest designer for Hublot watches, Dwyane Wade, needs options. Most recently, it has been rumored that the basketball icon-turned-global superstar will be the latest to join the cast of ABC’s wildly popular Dancing With the Stars reality celebrity dance competition show.

Hollywood superceleb Mark Wahlberg is about to add another role as restaurateur to his extensive portfolio, which includes titles like co-executive producer of HBO’s Entourage and Boardwalk Empire and one of the world’s favorite leading actors. He is planning on venturing into the revived burger genre with a new restaurant, opening with brothers Donnie and Paul Wahlberg.

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has his ambitions set in Google’s burgeoning television business, Google TV. With an ever-growing amount of the population now watching TV online, Google TV offers viewers the opportunity to mix both Web and television content on their own TVs via a browser.

Leonardo DiCaprio has been spotted with co-star Tobey Maguire in Australia as they start work on the upcoming film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. After finally getting his hands on the Fisker Karma luxury hybrid – and being the first in line to get it – it looks like Leo will be trading his new ride for a dapper 1929 Duesenberg J for the film.

Hip hop icon and successful entrepreneur Pharrell Williams is now the new face of Smirnoff vodka’s newest ad campaign. After the launch of his own liquor, Qream, The Smirnoff Co. has secured an exclusive collaboration with Williams, who is being featured in a new TV and online advertising campaign created specifically for the Australian market.

Named the world’s richest man in March for the second year running with a fortune estimated at about $74 billion, Carlos Slim certainly has cash to spend. On August 18, the 71-year old Mexican business tycoon increased his stakes in both the New York Times and Saks with the purchase of several shares of both companies, spending $8.8 million.

Billionaire co-founder and former CEO of PayPal Peter Thiel is looking to capitalize on the ever increasing popularity of e-books by joining the team of investors in Booktrack, the Auckland, New Zealand company behind a new and engaging way to read with the incorporation of synchronized music, sound effects, and ambient sound to e-books.

This past weekend, about 50 men shelled out thousands to attend Dwyane Wade’s first ever Fantasy Basketball Camp at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach. It was reported back in May that the three-day camp cost $12,500 a head and those willing to pay got the chance to train and compete with the Miami Heat all-star player.