The Year in Parties 2008
Humanitarian of the Year (With a Special Interest in the Welfare of MLB Players): Madonna
There was a time, not too long ago, when the best piece of scandal you could dig up on the Queen of Pop concerned her adoption of a Malawian toddler. The fashion week benefit she hosted at the U.N. in February fetched a cool $5.1 million for UNICEF and Raising Malawi, and boasted a guest list—Tom and Katie, Ashton and Demi, Gwen and Gavin—that could make a PR team weep with joy. "When Madonna asks you to do something, you do it. Full stop," said designer Matthew Williamson. Conspicuously absent from the to-do (perhaps at her Madgesty's request?) was then husband Guy Ritchie. We all know what's happened since to Madonna's squeaky-clean image, so you won't be surprised when we tell you who was in attendance: A-Rod. That's what we call 20/20 hindsight.
There was a time, not too long ago, when the best piece of scandal you could dig up on the Queen of Pop concerned her adoption of a Malawian toddler. The fashion week benefit she hosted at the U.N. in February fetched a cool $5.1 million for UNICEF and Raising Malawi, and boasted a guest list—Tom and Katie, Ashton and Demi, Gwen and Gavin—that could make a PR team weep with joy. "When Madonna asks you to do something, you do it. Full stop," said designer Matthew Williamson. Conspicuously absent from the to-do (perhaps at her Madgesty's request?) was then husband Guy Ritchie. We all know what's happened since to Madonna's squeaky-clean image, so you won't be surprised when we tell you who was in attendance: A-Rod. That's what we call 20/20 hindsight.