ALL DRESSED UP WITH SOMEWHERE TO GO

Posted Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 3:43 pm | 7 Comments »
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Elizabeth Hurley and her husband Arun Nayar were snapped leaving their home for Elton John’s White tie and Tiara Ball taking place now in London.

The annual event — which last year raised over $12 million for the singer’s Aids Foundation — has raked in more than $60 million since the first event in 1998.

“The theme this year is ‘beach party’,” says Elton’s longtime partner David Furnish. “So, we’ve got Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys playing. The aim every year is to get people to say it was the best one yet. It’s still a party in your home and Elton and I like to shake everybody’s hand personally. There is no us and them.”

Beyond the money raised tonight, Elton’s aim is to push the “safe sex” message, adds David. “We can’t just sit back and think that everything is fine now,” he says. “In the Eighties there was a message that it was a gay disease but actually, almost 50 per cent of new infections are women. I hope people realise that now.”

Other A-list invitees included Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton, the ever present Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith, Mischa Barton (we can’t explain it either!), Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang and Rod Stewart and his whole clan.