At the annual amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit last night at the Hotel du Cap near Cannes, motor-mouth auctioneer Sharon Stone, grabbed the microphone demanding some of Tinseltown’s biggest names dig deep into their charitable pockets.

And I have to say Shazza ain’t half bad at doing this job either, once upon a time Stone – who has long been a major supporter of AIDS research and has helped raise millions for the cause even convinced the Queen of pop Madonna to put the whole contents of her purse up for auction, which if l remember rightly helped fetch a pretty penny …