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Posted: Wed., Mar. 3, 2004, 9:15pm PT

Kidman's unforgettable

Cancer fundraiser raised $1.8 mil

Tom Jones

Tom Jones croons at Sak's Unforgettable Evening feteing Nicole Kidman.

Liv Tyler, Tom Hanks

Liv Tyler and Tom Hanks enjoy the gala at the Entertainment Industry Foundation's Women's Cancer Research Fund at Sak's Fifth Avenue's Unforgettable Evening.

Kate Capshaw, Nicole Kidman

Kate Capshaw and Nicole Kidman chat at the Entertainment Industry Foundation's Women's Cancer Research Fund at Sak's Fifth Avenue's Unforgettable Evening.

Tom Hanks said Monday's black-tie dinner at the Regent BevWilshire was actually about "celebrating the end of the trophy, tuxedo season."

Fund-raiser's official name is a mouthful: the Entertainment Industry Foundation's Women's Cancer Research Fund presentation of the 2004 Courage Award to Nicole Kidman at Saks Fifth Avenue's Unforgettable Evening.

For all the industy power in the room, the evening's real star was Tom Jones, who showed how a sweaty, vibrant Vegas-y act can energize a room.

Christina Aguilera opened for Jones, who played to a crowd that raised $1.8 million for cancer research and included Rita Wilson, Sherry Lansing, Donald De Line, Tom Rothman, Ron Meyer, Harvey Weinstein, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Jim Wiatt and Joel Silver.

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