New York, March 30, 2009 – The NRDC honored designer Stella McCartney for her environmental activism at their annual Forces for Nature benefit, so while her dad Paul McCartney was a surprise guest, it only felt natural for him to be there.  “I’m so proud she’s being honored tonight,” a beaming Sir Paul told us.  Paul’s date Nancy Shevell avoided reporters – no doubt because she’s on the board of NYC’s transit authority, which just passed a big rate hike. 

While Paul and Nancy make a nice couple, recently engaged Elisabeth Moss and Fred Armisen are adorable!  Fred’s SNL cast mates Seth Meyers and Kristen Wiig were also at the dinner, a rarity, since their demanding rehearsal schedule keeps them off the social circuit.  But their boss, Lorne Michaels, bought a table, so they supported the cause.  Meyers says he doesn’t mind doing the show’s Weekend Update segment solo, but added that he misses former co-host Amy Poehler: “I miss Amy, and if she came back I would take her back in a heartbeat,” Meyers said.

Bigwigs who came out to fete Stella and Discovery CEO David Zaslav were Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg, Matt Lauer, artist Jeff Koons, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Padma Lakshmi, Ron Perelman, Alec Baldwin and Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang.