By Manjusha Radhakrishnan, Senior ReporterPublished: 12:23 December 15, 2012
TAB_121214_OXFAM_RED_CARPET Actor Colin Firth with his wife Livia at the red carpet for the Cares and Oxfam 'One Night to Change Lives' Charity Gala, at the Armani Hotel, during the 2012 Dubai International Film Festival ? photo Zarina Fernandes/ Gulfnews
The slight drizzle in Dubai on Friday threatened to pull the rug (or should we say red carpet) right from under our feet. But when you have stars such as Colin Firth, Frieda Pinto, Kristin Davis of ‘Sex And The City’ fame, Rooney Maara and Arab star Amr Waked in the same house despite some moody clouds, it would take no less than a hurricane to make the journalists in the press pen budge. And what a night it was.
The annual black-tie charity gala One Night To Change Lives held in association with Dubai Cares and Oxfam held outdoors against the backdrop of a towering Burj Khalifa and the magnificent fountains at Armani Hotel Dubai lived up to its lucrative reputation.
The stars joined forces and raised a whopping $542,000 (Dh1,990,386) in less than three hours of relentless but highly entertaining bidding. This year’s collection may not have surpassed last year’s $1 million mark, but it’s never easy to put a price to an evening that saw Firth impulsively auctioning off his Paul Smith “guilt-free” organic tuxedo or Frieda Pinto teasing the bidders to unzip their wallets to take home her strapless red Valentino gown that she was wearing for the night.
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