Kylie’s dirty dance with Sharon Stone

They were a sight for sore eyes – a pop-princess and a Hollywood sex symbol, dirty-dancing in the name of charity in front of a star-studded audience in Cannes.
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Sexy hostess Sharon Stone joined singer Kylie Minogue

onstage for a sizzling duet coupled which brought the house down after cajoling the singer into an impromptu performance.

Dream team: Pop princess Kylie Minogue teams up with screen siren Sharon Stone to duet and dirty dance at an Aids benefit in Cannes. Stone cajoled the star-studded audience into pledging £200,000 to hear Kylie sing two of her greatest hits

The pair sang a duet that may well go down as the most expensive in history.

Kylie agreed to sing two songs – with Stone providing the backing – after an audience in Cannes agreed to donate £200,000 a tune to an Aids charity.
The annual American Foundation for Aids Research party has established itself as one of the social highlights of the Cannes film festival and this year’s event, held at Le Moulin de Mougins, did not disappoint.
Minogue, firmly back on the scene after her much publicised battle with cancer, agreed to sing Can’t Get You Out Of My Head and The Locomotion – after £ 400,000 was raised. Stone, who hosted last night’s event, could not resist the opportunity to sing along.

The guests, who had paid £2,500 each for their tickets, could not have been more delighted. They are reported to have whooped and hollered at the climax of each song.

This year’s charity party attracted some of the biggest names in Hollywood, among them George Clooney, Matt Damon, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, as well as supermodels Claudia Schiffer, Elle Macpherson and Naomi Campbell.
Campbell, who celebrated her 37th birthday two days ago, said: “I was roped into this by Sharon. I’ll do anything for her.”
Michelle Rodriguez, the Lost actress who has been linked to Minogue’s ex Olivier Martinez, was also at the event but said of the Frenchman: “He’s just a good friend.”
Others performing included Julian Lennon and the burlesque artiste Dita Von Teese. She gave what one report described as a “trademark” dance, performing around a giant 9ft lipstick.
Kylie, 38, has been a busy lady of late, and it seems is plotting world domination.
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Give us a twirl: Sharon and Kylie dazzle with their stage antics

As the singer left her London home with her ever-present stylist William Baker, he held an envelope on which appeared to be scribbled evidence of her non-stop agenda.
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Kylie Minogue appearing at Cannes

It starts with the word “mugs”, suggesting she needs to do some shopping for the kitchen.
Next comes the phrase “tour next year”.
Her Showgirls world tour only ended a few months ago. Fans will be thrilled to learn she plans another so soon.
Next is a note to remind her about her deal with Coty perfume. The 37-year-old was signed up as the face of the scent this spring.
Then come the words “Songs to Parkinson” – perhaps a reference to tracks she plans to sing on the ITV chat show.
The next note appears to relate to Miss Minogue producing promotional material for a film project.
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Glamorous Kylie puts on the riviera style at the charity event in Cannes

Then “Acting coach number” is followed by “When Dr Who script arriving?” and “Russell’s number” – which most likely refers to Miss Minogue’s wish to get the phone number of Russell T Davies, head writer of BBC’s most recent Doctor Who series.
She is soon to have a role in the sci-fi drama.
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Kylie’s stylist emerges from the car clutching the to-do list
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Visible Bra Straps: The fashion faux pas of the summer

This summer’s biggest fashion faux pas is the VBS – or Visible Bra Strap – according a new survey.
Displaying the rogue straps, which frequently slip out from behind tiny blouse sleeves, is the most disastrous and “cheap looking” gaffe a woman can make this year, according to the poll.

Seeing red: Gwen Stefani strikes out with a bold frilly number. Britney Spears, who usually prefers to not wear a bra at all, puts her straps on show

The style crime, frequently committed by celebrities including Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears and Amy Winehouse, echoes the infamous VPL, or visible panty line.
Other no-no’s include chipped nail varnish at number two on the list, too skimpy skirts, wearing sock with sandals and revelaing thongs, according to the survey by Wonderbra.
The survey found 57 per cent of women – and 42 per cent of men – found the VBS a turn-off, labelling it “unattractive”.
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Guilty: Kylie Minogue lets one slip, while singer Pink’s bra pops from her top

A third of women said it looked “cheap”.
With record breaking temperatures predicted this summer the number of women wearing skimpy, bra revealing clothes is set to soar and the female population is on course for months of fair weather fashion dilemmas.
More than a quarter, 26 per cent, of frustrated women admitted tucking bra straps into their tops in an effort to keep them hidden, while 24 per cent say they go bra-less and 23 per cent reach for bikini tops instead.
Other tricks to disguise their embarrassment include cutting the straps off, wearing a strapless bra, buying a new top, wearing a vest underneath, buying a new bra, using see through straps and wearing decorative straps.
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The only thing more distracting than Amy Winehouse’s missing tooth is her black and green lingerie
When it comes to which garments cause the most grief, off the shoulder tops (64 per cent), shoestring vests (63 per cent), halter-necks (63 per cent), plunging necklines (63 per cent) and strapless tops (62 per cent) were all cited as the biggest culprits for causing VBS.
Wonderbra marketing director Tracy Hayward said: “One hundred years after the launch of the bra it is amazing to think women are still unable to find the right fit for their clothes.
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Fashionistas would wag a finger at Coleen McLoughlin look, while Sharon Stone ignores the basic instinct to tuck straps in

“Fashion has evolved to bring us all these fabulously varied styles and with the new Multiplunge, the bra has finally come of age too.”
The survey of more than a thousand adults also found we are a nation of fashion spies, with 87 per cent of women and 70 per cent of men having spotted VBS on other people.
Socks with sandals were seen by 78 per cent of the population, while 67 per cent have spotted knicker showing skirts.
And it is in the street where the VBS crime is committed the most, with 89 per cent of people noticing it out and about.
Nightclubs, bars and restaurants are also places to spot the VBS.
In the wake of their study Wonderbra will be visiting cities across the country with its ‘Strap Squad’ showing off Wonderbra’s revolutionary Multiplunge, which can be fastened in 100 different ways.

Kylie’s dirty dance with Sharon Stone

Visible Bra Straps: The fashion faux pas of the summer