Mix and match a Rocky Night at Fashion Rocks

All eyes were on Denise Richards and Richie Sambora as they made their
red-carpet debut as a couple at Thursday night's celeb-soaked Fashion
Rocks concert.

Richards gave every appearance of being in the driver's seat of the
relationship as the couple negotiated throngs of media and fans at the
Fashion Week kickoff.

Christina Aguilera demonstrated a look that could reverse global
warming when a hapless minder stepped on the train of her Elie Saab
gown as she was approaching a Style Network crew.

Inside, a member of the Bon Jovi camp was overheard saying the group
agreed to perform a song because Conde Nast lured them with a $1
million payday. (A rep for Conde Nast later declined to comment on
"business relationships with talent.")

Other acts included Elton John, the Scissor Sisters, Black Eyed Peas,
Rihanna, Jay-Z, Beyonc=E9, Nelly Furtado, Timbaland and Jamie Foxx.

Less warmly received was Drea de Matteo, booed by the audience after
flubbing her TelePrompTer lines a fourth time, causing even more
reshoot delays.

Faith Hill delivered what some swear was a "Basic Instinct" moment when
her Zac Posen dress slid up during a seated duet with husband Tim
McGraw. Needless to say, that angle didn't make it onto last night's
CBS broadcast of the concert.

Later, Gatecrasher dispatched comely reporter Laura Schreffler to
interview 30 Seconds to Mars front man Jared Leto - but perhaps she was
a little too comely.

"You know what, I don't think I want to talk. I think I'd rather hug,"
he told her. "Come on, give me a hug."

So they did, and, well, that was the end of the interview.

NY Post...page 6

September 9, 2006 -- LAST night's all-star Fashion Rocks show on CBS
came off as a fun and frothy two hours - but for the audience who saw
it live the night before at Radio City Music Hall, tedium ruled as
performers flubbed their lines and long delays between acts caused some
people to walk out.

The first big goof at the Fashion Week-inspired show came when Tim
McGraw and Faith Hill finished a romantic duet and McGraw suddenly
slipped and hit the ground face first as the whole audience gasped,
reports The Post's Jennifer Fermino. The country star got back on his
feet and limped off without saying a word.

Next, when Scott Weiland of the Stone Temple Pilots and former
"Sopranos" star Drea de Matteo appeared as presenters, de Matteo blew
her speech. "Oops, I just [bleep]ed up!" she barked. On the second
take, Weiland stopped cold, muttering, "Sorry. We're going to have to
do it again." Then de Matteo flubbed again, prompting the exasperated
audience to boo. Eva Mendez and Francesco Costa also needed two takes.

The show, set to kick off at 8 p.m., started late, then ran past 11
with endless stretches between acts - which included Elton John,
Beyonc=E9, Bon Jovi, Christina Aguilera, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Jamie Foxx
and Rhianna.

The walkouts dismayed organizers. Making things worse, the producers
asked the audience to applaud repeatedly for some of the acts.

"It was exasperating," one guest told Page Six. "It went on and on.
There was nothing spontaneous. And, at first, you could bring drinks
inside, and then you couldn't."

Backstage, there were mishaps aplenty in the green room, too, where
celebs schmoozed and boozed. De Matteo flaunted the law by
chain-smoking three cigarettes right under a "No Smoking" sign. Denise
Richards spilled a drink on her dress when somebody bumped her,
prompting Mendez to run off for napkins. Tommy Hilfiger enjoyed a
passionate make-out session with his girlfriend right in front of his
daughter, Ally. And Mischa Barton leaped from a couch to shoo away
photographers.

SamMarlowe54...

Tommy Hilfiger has to be the ugliest man on earth!