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Madonna hosted a celebrity-studded event on the lawns of the United Nations to aid Malawi orphans, the UN Children's Fund (Unicef) and to inaugurate a new Gucci store.
Actors Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Drew Barrymore, Gwyneth Paltrow and a heavily pregnant Jennifer Lopez were among many stars at the dinner Gucci chief executive Mark Lee said has already raised US$3.7 million ($4.7 million).