With the goal of topping all previous amfAR fundraisers, Heidi Klum helped open the event with a speech extolling the crowd to down a glass of Moët & Chandon to help loosen the purse strings. She toasted the crowd, began to down the glass and then stopped saying, “I have to stop, but you should keep drinking!”

Sharon Stone was overheard saying that tonight was her mother’s 80th birthday, but she chose to be at the 20th Anniversary of amfAR to support the charity and its longstanding work to AIDS research. Also celebrating the 20^th Anniversary of amfAR were Adrian Brody and Rosario Dawson, who celebrated by leading a Moët & Chandon Imperial toast with the A-list crowd.

The star-studded amfAR Gala is one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the Cannes Film Festival. Moët & Chandon hosted and toasted the cinema world’s most successful celebrities at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, including Janet Jackson, Sharon Stone, Jessica Chastain, Christoph Waltz, Adrian Brody, Milla Jovovich and many others.

Photos: Stephane Cardinale

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Zulay Henao – Palmer Williams – Patrice Lovely

Love Thy Neighbor- Starring Kendra C Johnson, Andre Hall, Zulay Henao and Patrice Lovely as Hattie. This 30 minute sitcom is centers around a diner and its wise cracking waitress Hattie. Madea fans will enjoy this spunky little woman’s wise cracks and antics. The series follows the lives of Hattie and her middle calls family as they tend to life’s ups and down’s with grace humility and a healthy dose of humor.

First Look: Love Thy Neighbor

Remember Mama Hattie from Tyler Perry’s plays? She’s getting her own TV show! Tyler Perry’s brand-new comedy, Love Thy Neighbor, is coming to OWN. And it’s not just funny…it’s Tyler Perry funny.

Watch this first look now, and tune in to the series premiere Wednesday, May 29 at 9/8c.

Angela Robinson, Renee Lawless, John Schneider, Jaclyn Betham, Crystal Fox and Tika Sumpter

The Haves and the Have-Nots- Starring John Schneider, Renee Lawless, Crystal Fox and Tika Sumpter as Candace.  The one hour drama follows Candace a selfish opportunist who stops at nothing to get what she wants.  The opportunity for a lifetime appears when she finds out that the man who has been paying her for sexual favors is none other than Jim Cryer the patriarch of a wealthy powerful family.  In a wild twist of fate the Cryer family also employs her mother as their maid.  Sex lies and betrayal follow as Candace soon realizes the Cryer Clan may be far more than she can handle.

First Look: The Haves and the Have Nots

Set in Savannah, Georgia, Jim and Katheryn Cryer, a wealthy couple, become intimately involved with the families of their hired help, creating a web of controversy as the worlds of “The Haves” and “The Have Nots” collide.

Premieres Tuesday May 28 9pm EST on OWN

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Caesars Entertainment Atlantic City body painted street team stopped by Bryant Park, Madison Square Park, Wall Street and finally showed commuters some love near Penn Station who all were eager to grab a key to their favorite resort at either Caesars, Harrah’s Resort, Showboat or Bally’s after spotting one of the four body painted models emblazoned with the hotels’ logos.

With temperatures rising, Caesars Entertainment Atlantic City seem ready to welcome back all their visitors and fans to the beloved shore.

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Writer: Todd Phillips, Craig Mazin

Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper, Justin Bartha

Alan (Zach Galifianakis) has gone completely off his medication and has become a menace to himself and those around him. His best friends plan an intervention and convince him to seek professional help. On their way to the treatment center they are attacked by masked gunmen, Doug (Justin Bartha) is kidnapped and being held until the others can return Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong) to a ruthless drug lord. The adventure forces the men back to the start of all their trouble, Las Vegas. The wolf pack assembles for one last wild adventure filled with familiar faces and circumstances. We catch up with nearly all the characters from the first two films allowing fans some closure in this last part of the trilogy. Mr. Chow has a larger role and provides much of the movies most insane moments.

The Hangover III is filled with the same hijinks and insanity as the first films but with a note of sadness as this is the final chapter in one of our favorite stories. As with all the films in the Hangover trilogy this final film is not fit for children under 17, it is raunchy reckless adult fun. There are some insane scenes and stunts that we would not want to see reenacted. This is truly a story about bad decisions and their terrible albeit hilarious consequences. In fact I’m pretty sure there are some adults who shouldn’t see this film so do yourself a favor, save yourself the trouble and keep the little ones (and impressionable adults) at home. Prepare yourself for a fun night out and a witness the last great adventure of the “Wolf Pack”. If even after the full story is told you find yourself in need of even more closure, stick around after the credits for an unbelievable surprise.

The Hangover 3 hits theaters this Friday!

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Bringing the glamour of “The King of Bling” to life, Moët & Chandon raises a toast to HBO’s ‘Behind The Candelabra,’ starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, with HBO’s exhibition of Liberace’s most dazzling possessions here in New York City at the Time Warner Center. Ever wonder how anyone’s life could be so sparkling, so dazzling, and so captivatingly glamorous? You too can experience it now through Monday, May 27.

The exhibition, including Liberace’s famous crystallized Baldwin grand piano, the world’s largest rhinestone and his sparkling rhinestone roadster, will be crowned with a custom, 12-foot high Moët & Chandon champagne tower with over 140 bottles of champagne, topped off with a larger-than-life crystallized bottle of Moët & Chandon Imperial.

WHERE: The Time Warner Center, 20 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019

WHEN: Monday, May 20th, 2013 – Monday, May 27^th, 2013, 9am to 9pm

Behind the Candelabra premieres Sunday, May 26^th at 9:00pm ET on HBO.

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Comme des Garçons PLAY, a casual, streetwear-influenced line from the avant-garde Japanese label founded by Rei Kawakubo, adds the Pro Leather to its design repertoire, creating a new take on the sneaker that debuted in 1976 as a performance basketball shoe and has since evolved into an iconic lifestyle sneaker. Comme des Garçons’ Kawakubo designed the collection with PLAY’s signature quirky heart-with-eyes logo to create four new sporty versions of the iconic Converse Pro Leather.

For this collection, a new all-over PLAY logo pattern was placed randomly to make each sneaker unique in design. The playful pattern celebrates the creative, irreverent spirit that is synonymous with both the Converse and Comme des Garçons brands.

The Comme des Garçons PLAY for Converse Pro Leather is available in Milk and Black Mid and Ox silhouettes. All styles will be available on Dover Street Market’s website and at the Comme des Garçons NYC store starting May 28, in Paris and London starting June 1 and at Comme des Garçons stores in Tokyo and throughout Asia starting June 21 for a suggested retail price of $130-140.

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