November 18 - This evening went from dignified to wild. The Simon Wiesenthal Center honored U2 lead singer Bono with its Humanitarian Laureate Award for his work on poverty, AIDS, justice, equality and debt in Africa. Bono has a place in New York City now, and warned the crowd of luminaries he'll be hitting people up for donations to his various causes. The funny, articulate Irish rocker said, "Once I'm in, I don't leave. We're meshpuchah (Yiddish for family) now."

Over at the Supper Club Sean P. Diddy Combs threw his stateside birthday bash, a follow up to the previous weeklong Moroccan celebration. Singers Samantha Cole and Patti LaBelle, actors Adrien Brody and 8 Mile's Eugene Byrd joined P. Diddy and mom Janice Combs for cake and ice cream. Diva Janet Jackson hid from photographers but partied like meshpuchah.