Aishwarya’s absence at the function was attributed to actresses’ poor health including towering fever and stern throat infection.

The organizers of the event wanted somebody to take the honor on Aishwarya’s behalf and hence after a lot of wheedling, hubby Abhishek filled Aishwarya’s place in the function.

According to reports, Angelina has brought an Olive tree which is said to be 200 years old and plans to plant it at their $60 million estate in the south of France.

Reports tell that, “Jolie bought the olive tree from a nursery near their house, known as The English Garden Centre in Valbonne. It’s a special tree and has cost her a fortune”.

Considering the widespread rumors of their splitting, the tree is an interesting gift as the olive branch has by tradition been offered up as an armistice and emblem of peace.

The date for McQueen’s funeral is yet to be finalized as an inquisition into his death is waiting. But the friends and allies of the designer have been posting their memorials and condolences on micro-blogging site Twitter in his honor.

Sarah Jessica Parker, who was a regular wearer of McQueen’s dresses, wrote: “He was artistic well further than his years and the gravity and unparalleled ability which he applied to his job is in copious display collection after collection, year after year and ” she further said. “There never has been anyone like him, and there never will be. It was a privilege for all of us to be acquainted with you (McQueen). You will be inexpressibly missed.”

Some other celebrity tweets reads as below:

Data Von Tease tweeted: “Rest in peace, Mr. McQueen.”

Kirstie Alley tweeted: “ALEXANDER MCQUEEN. . . you made big bottomed and not so big bottomed girls all over the world look stunning. . . come back soon. . . give it another go.”

Russell Simmons tweeted: “Nice guy committed suicide. Hurts to hear.”

Rachel Zoe tweeted: “I can’t explain the catastrophic loss of such a dazzling man and designer Alexander McQueen…R.I.P xo RZ”

Tim Gunn says, “I have no ideas how she does it, I mean I don’t even have a quarter of what she successfully manages and yet sometimes I feel like I’m a hair shy of a psychotic breakdown.” Gunn, who currently is shooting the final episodes of “Project Runway Season 7” at Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week, in recent times, collaborated with Campbell Soup Company to help hoist consciousness about heart disease which is number-one killer of women. Gunn was honored the frontrunner of Campbell’s ad Dress Your Heart campaign.

Naomi’s half-hour show organized during New York’s fashion week, featured designers like Donna Karan and Diane von Furstenberg, among the other celebs participated in the show was musician Chris Brown, model Helena Christensen and daughter of rocker Ozzy Osbourne , Kelly Osbourne.

The show “Fashion for Relief Haiti” began with Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson paying homage to the “grief” of the death of Alexander McQueen, whose tag had contributed clothes for the show prior to his death on Thursday. Alexander McQueen was found dead in his London home in what media stated appeared to be suicide.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell organized a star-studded fashion show to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims and summoned her eminent friends to make it successful.

Stylist Rachel Zoe congregated star models like Chris Brown and Kelly Osborne, and ace designers like Donna Karan and Diane Von Furstenberg, all of whom did the catwalk at Bryant Park.

The collection from the prominent designers like Ralph Lauren, Dolce & Gabbana, Carolina Herrera and Christian Dior, will be auctioned online at Net-a-Porter opening March 15.

The earnings made from Campbell’s fashion show will be donated to CARE, an association working to restructure Haiti’s health-care arrangement for women and children.

The earnings from the tickets for last night were also given to CARE. Jessica Igoe, director of global sponsorship and marketing for AMEX said, “The venue Bryant Park hosted 950 guests and the ticket prices were ranging from $100 to $150 a pop”.

Campbell earlier has staged fashion shows for Hurricane Katrina’s victims in New York and the massacre in Mumbai, India.

The “Material Girl,” will be one of the judges in the panel of celebrities on “The Marriage Ref” who will be deciding which spouse should be affirmed the “winner” of a family fight filmed in their personal homes. Madonna got divorced with her British movie director hubby Guy Ritchie in 2008.

Madonna will be seen alongside American Larry David and British comic Ricky Gervais in the episode that will be filmed in New York in front of a studio audience next week.

Madonna has previously married to actor Sean Penn, and has made only some appearances on TV shows excluding performances or interviews.

It wasn’t spam!

The magazine actually sent a note from actress to promote their March issue with Tina Fey on cover.

The e-mail with subject line “My Vogue cover,” describes Fey’s experience of being on Vogue’s cover and using her self-deprecating wit Tina writes, “Being on the cover of Vogue is like experiencing thing that you gets to see only once in a life, like seeing Halley’s comet and the eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano”.

Tina further adds, “If you ever have wondered what it would be like to get a makeover from brilliant people of Gucci, Prada, Vogue and Dolce & Gabanna for your 40-year-old sister-in-law, then the March issue is for you”.

Well, not actually.

The ace fashion magazine sent an e-mail to its subscribers from the actress endorsing her cover shoot for Vogue’s March issue.

The subject line of the mail reads, “My Vogue cover,” Tina used her self-deprecating wit to explain her experience of emerging on Vogue cover page. She compared her entire experience to things that one gets to see only once in their life time, like the eruption of Mount St. Helens volcano and Halley’s Comet.

Fey writes, “If you’ve always speculated what will be it like to get a makeover for your 40-year-old sister-in-law from the brilliant people of Gucci, Dolce & Gabanna, Prada and Vogue, then the march issue is for you”.

The promotion mail comprises of link to renew the Vogue subscription and to give one as a gift.

Angelina Jolie was meeting with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in Haiti, where she was a part of a United Nations humanitarian mission. Christiane asked Jolie, whether she and Pitt will appoint a child from the earthquake-stricken country.

IN response to which Jolie said, “I’m all the time open to children across the world. We’re that kind of a family; Brad and I talk about that. But it’s what we are focusing this time; we are not here for adoption. We are here to see what can be done to scale up the development and aid work for the children in the county.”