Mick Jagger, Russell Crowe and Jennifer Lopez were among the guests at AIDS charity amfAR's annual party during the Cannes film festival, which raised $6.7 million from a celebrity auction and seat prices. The total was up from last year's $4.5 million but down on 2008's $10 million, and, as at other high-profile parties and dinners in and around Cannes this year, some guests grumbled quietly at the lack of A-list star power. The black tie event, which lasted from Thursday evening into the early hours of Friday, was held in the grounds of the exclusive Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc built by the sea just outside Cannes. The 780 guests each paid anywhere between $4,000 and $20,000 for a three-course meal and an after-dinner party around the swimming pool. Regular host Sharon Stone was unable to attend and sent a video message insteadThis year was low-key by comparison, although designers Tom Ford and Karl Lagerfeld walked the red carpet and singers Patti Smith and Mary J. Blige had people out of their seats and dancing.
