X-Men star Hugh Jackman took the stage at a charity evening in New York on Wednesday night to help stamp out world poverty.

The Hollywood actor helped launch the Global Poverty Project's new awareness movie 1.4 Billion Reasons at Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), in front of a star-studded audience which included Gerard Butler and fashion designer Donna Karan.

Jackman urged the crowd to send a text message donation to the charity and offered his services as a "technical adviser" in case any guests were unable to figure out the system, according to New York Post gossip column Pag...

Animal rights protesters have left a graffiti attack outside fashion designer Donna Karan's New York home. A group called the Paint Panthers has sprayed abusive messages on streets surrounding her house in the Hamptons, on New York's Long Island - including "Bunny Butcher", a reference to her use of fur in her creations.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has denied any link to the attack, but are long term critics of Karan.

PETA president Ingrid Newkirk says, "If Donna Karan stopped making clothes out of tortured bunnies, we'd be out of her life faster than you can say...

Happy Birthday to Alexisonfire singer George Pettit (1982), Aqua singer Lene (1973), Slipknot guitarist James Root (1971), pop singer and mall rat Tiffany (1971), TV host Kelly Ripa (1970), Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh (1967), Soprano-shrink Lorraine Bracco (1955), ex-cop Sting (1951), photographer Annie Leibovitz (1949), fashion designer Donna Karan (1948), Trekkie Avery Brooks (1948), "American Pie" singer/songwriter Don McLean (1945), Little Rascal George McFarland (1928), comedian Bud Abbott (1895), comedian Groucho Marx (1890), Indian sage and leader Mahatma Gandhi (1869), and King Richar...

Happy Birthday to Alexisonfire singer George Pettit (1982), Aqua singer Lene (1973), Slipknot guitarist James Root (1971), pop singer and mall rat Tiffany (1971), TV host Kelly Ripa (1970), Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh (1967), Soprano-shrink Lorraine Bracco (1955), ex-cop Sting (1951), photographer Annie Leibovitz (1949), fashion designer Donna Karan (1948), Trekkie Avery Brooks (1948), "American Pie" singer/songwriter Don McLean (1945), Little Rascal George McFarland (1928), comedian Bud Abbott (1895), comedian Groucho Marx (1890), Indian sage and leader Mahatma Gandhi (1869), and King Richar...