The Best of 2007

Nicole Richie knew just what to say to get boyfriend Joel Madden interested in attending a Hollywood pool party thrown by design house Yves Saint Laurent. "I tried to get him to come and he was like, 'No!' and then I said, 'There's water ballet.' and he said, 'Alright! I'm there.'" Richie's rocker was quick to agree that a planned performance by world-class water dance troupe Aquartistes was the big draw. "I was in my suit in five minutes flat," said Madden, who—along with Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, Minnie Driver and Sophia Bush—got a front row seat for the entertainment. The evening benifited Center Dance Arts, which helps fund outreach programs that bring dance to at-risk and disadvantaged children.