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That's what you get at the amfAR dinner, the biggest,
starriest party at the Cannes Film Festival, where top
celebrities help persuade the super-rich to part with their cash
in a charity auction for AIDS research.
Will Smith, Jessica Chastain and Uma Thurman encouraged the
well-heeled crowd on Thursday night to bid on a collection of
photographs by George Hurrell, whose portraits of Hollywood
stars of the 1930s and 40s defined an entire era of movie glamor.
David Beckham sold himself - or at least the chance to play in a
soccer match with him - for 350,000 euros ($390,000).
Diana Ross headlined the entertainment which also featured a
younger generation of pop stars including Nikki Minaj, Rita Ora
and DNCE, the U.S. band famous, appropriately enough, for the
song "Cake by the Ocean".
The most expensive lot at the auction, for the American
Foundation for Aids Research, was a collection of glamorous
dresses that went for 3 million euros.
As models strutted onto the stage and the bids went through the
roof, Dustin Hoffman joked with Reuters reporter Sarah Mills:
"You think they know the models are not part of the lot?"
The Cannes Film Festival concludes on Sunday.
(Writing by Robin Pomeroy; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)
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