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Desert Dish: Super Bowl Parties Wrap Up In And Around Phoenix

NFL agent LEIGH STEINBERG on Saturday hosted his 28th annual Super Bowl party at the Arizona Science Center. Among those in attendance were Pro Football HOFer WARREN MOON, former NFLer RICKY WATTERS, ESPN's RON JAWORSKI, Giants RB RASHAD JENNINGS, former Padres Vice Chair JEFF MOORAD, golfer LEE ELDER, actor JOSH GAD, chef MICHAEL MINA, Arizona Gov. DOUG DUCEY, Judge Group Founder & CEO MARTIN JUDGE, AFL Commissioner SCOTT BUTERA, Miss California NATASHA MARTINEZ and reality TV personality CAMILLE GRAMMER. The inaugural Steinberg DeNicola Humanitarian Awards, designed by Steinberg and his new partner COSMO DENICOLA, commemorated Jets Owner WOODY JOHNSON, Dolphins GM DENNIS HICKEY, Rams coach JEFF FISHER and Falcons DT JONATHAN BABINEAUX (Steinberg Sports & Entertainment).

HERE FOR THE PARTY: Actors ADRIAN GRENIER, BRODY JENNER, Pro Football HOFer EMMITT SMITH, and musicians MYA and NICK LACHEY were spotted at DRAKE's Super Bowl party last night at the W Scottsdale. The Arizona Fire Marshal eventually had to "shut down the party," meaning some guests "who'd paid up to $25,000 for a table up on the second-floor rooftop party deck weren't allowed up to see the rapper" (AZCENTRAL.com, 2/1). Actors AARON PAUL and TOM ARNOLD, musicians QUESTLOVE, Nick Lachey and CHARLI XCX, models ERIN HEATHERTON and CHARLOTTE MCKINNEY, and Lions RB REGGIE BUSH "stopped in at ESPN The Party" on Friday night. Giants WR ODELL BECKHAM JR., Packers RB EDDIE LACY, Dolphins WR JARVIS LANDRY, Bengals RB JEREMY HILL and entertainer NICK CANNON "were spotted mingling with the bunnies" at Saturday's Playboy party. Meanwhile, musician JOHN LEGEND and his wife, model CHRISSY TEIGEN, actress ALYSSA MILANO, models LILY ALDRIDGE and BEHATI PRINSLOO were seen at the Leather and Laces party on Friday night. Novelist GEORGE R.R. MARTIN was "spotted joking around" with actress ANNALYNNE MCCORD (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 2/1)....Saturday night's Rolling Stone Super Bowl Party was a "rowdy affair that also featured dancing girls who looked like they'd shown up to shoot a video for MOTLEY CRUE and a set by DJ CASSIDY." Among those "sighted on the red carpet" were George R.R. Martin, actors DAVID SPADE and Aaron Paul, Rays 3B EVAN LONGORIA, actors CRAIG ROBINSON and BRAD HAWKINS, and musician RYAN CABRERA (AZCENTRAL.com, 2/1)....The Big Game, Big Give charity event "had exceeded" its $1M fundraising goal before the event even started Saturday night. The goal was to raise $1M for the Giving Back Fund, one of the "primary beneficiaries of the night, along with the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix" (AZCENTRAL.com, 1/31).

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