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Kirsten Dunst's secret is out

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Attention: From now on, no one -- and that means you -- is allowed to say anything bad about Kirsten Dunst.

Got it? As of today, she officially gets a pass for any panty-less wild partying, serial dating, shoplifting, addictions, boyfriend stealing, slightly crooked teeth and/or questionable film role she wants to do. Ever.

Wanna know why?

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Rather than making the Saturday scene with limelight lovers Britney, Paris, Nicole and/or Lindsay at clubs Area and Hyde, Kirsten co-hosted the Art of Elysium's annual Art Benefit, raising money to pair artists, photographers, actors, writers, designers, musicians with at-risk children. 

And she looked pretty darn thrilled to be there, spending all her time hugging and talking to all the kids she's close to. "Kirsten has been working with us for a long time," says Elysium founder Jennifer Posner of the actresse's under-the-radar work. "She's a great girl."

Of course, she could have hit the L.A. clubs after hosting the event, which lasted until around 11. But whatever.

Inside the WeHo Minotti gallery, co-host Ali Larter and guests such as Patricia Arquette and Thomas Jane, Michelle Trachtenberg, Constance Zimmer, Ethan Embry, Finola Hughes and Johnny Depp's UTA agent Tracey Jacobs admired the art and sipped bubbly mixed with Motley Bird, a hip new Euro-energy beverage that's just hit El-Lay.  "Wow. This stuff is kinda like doing a speedball," raved one slurper after his second glass.

Canvas envelope bags painted by the Elysium kids were auctioned off in rapid fire. So were photos pf iconic '60 musicians taken by legendary Woodstock lensman Henry Diltz. His images of rockers Janis, Jimi and Jim Morrison were also transformed by Russell Young into a "That Hippy Gave me a Pill" collection of colorful larger-than-life silk-screens hung around the white-walled modenr gallery.

Holding a rare shot of two young Stones, the emcee shouted, "C'mon, this is what Keith Richards and Ron Wood used to look like!"  After wild bidding, a lucky Stones fan got what he wanted: a reverse Dorian Gray '60s era candid shot of the rockers on a plane.

The Elysium kids get a chance to express emotions and have fun when working with artists like Young. But the British pop artist who conducts their art workshops says he gets much more.

"I had a Down's Syndrome girl in class who was about 12 but was mentally about 3. It was difficult to get her engaged so her caretaker told me to dip her hand in the bright blue paint. I did and she looked at her hands and started screaming and I thought 'Oh my God, what have I done?' Then she started to laugh. They told me that was the first time she'd laughed in her entire life."

Shoot, where'd I put the darn Kleenex..

Photo Credits: Jean-Paul Aussenard/WireImage
Photo Credits: Mark Sullivan/WireImage

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Yo, what's with the tude? Does being a gossip blogger mean you gotta lay on the irony about EVERYTHING? Or is it just hard to believe that some celebrity works for a charity that she actually believes in? Or was it just a slow weekend and you're having a hard time finding something to be snarky about?

Oops. get ready for a reality check. you would be horrified to know how many young actresses attend events, fundraisers and/or charity events because they are PAID to do so, either in cold hard cash or with donations made in their name to the charity that they can then (hel-lo!) deduct from their income tax. Wake up and smell the refunds, dude or dudette. Yes, there are actresses that do care and support charities because they believe in them. But the fact is that a young actress like Kirsten is a rarity. Most of them her age are too busy posing on red carpets and losing weight to spend time with the people the charity actually benefits. And that's not irony.That's the truth.

BOOO Kirsten. It's an obvious publicity ploy. Probably orchestrated by her and her PR people.
There are many genuine stars who do the good deeds without all the photos and the press and articles.

i realli like kirsten..i adore her so much..so..those people who are saying bad things about her!!!!!SHUT UP!!!

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