She’s always a fan of helping out the less fortunate, and new mommy Jessica Alba was looking fine at the Keep a Child Alive 5th Annual Black Ball last night (November 13).

Joining celebs including John Mayer and Justin Timberlake, the “Good Luck Chuck” actress was the center of attention as she arrived at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom sporting a sexy grey floor-length halter-style dress.

Meanwhile, Alicia Keys, the event’s hostess, told press that she has her own special way of getting A-listers out to her Keep a Child Alive events.

She joked, “I bat my eyes and I wink. And we have great conversation, and they show up. It’s a very important event.”

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John Mayer was having a good time on the red carpet at Alicia Keys’ Annual Keep a Child Alive Black Ball Thursday night. Must be because somebody’s got his back.

He started off the night by playfully grabbing the microphone of a reporter from the Tyra Banks Show to announce his own “talk show is going to be called John!”

And while the singer may be joking about his next career move, he had some serious words about girlfriend Jennifer Aniston. “It’s really nice to have somebody in life have your back,” Mayer told PEOPLE. “That girl knows me … so whether I go to bed alone or not, to have somebody who knows you in this world, that’s a really nice thing.”

If Mayer were to have a show, he said, “it would be nice to go back to a form of entertainment that doesn’t involve judging and criticizing. I’d like to entertain people with their phones down. It’s time to watch TV and be entertained by great artists without having to have a say in it.”

Entertain he did! Mayer got into a friendly bidding war with Queen Latifah over a lithograph during a live auction at the benefit. Fortunately, the charity was the big winner. There was an identical lithograph available so each star paid $100,000.

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She may have notched a World Music Award, but Mariah Carey had another very important thing on her mind last night - her husband of six months, Nick Cannon.

“It’s a blessing to live this life. Thanks to the fans and for the 18 number one singles I’ve had,” Carey, 39, told the crowd after receving a special achievement honor from presenter Alicia Keys. “Special shout to my husband and best friend Nick, I love you.”

The show opened with a high-energy performance by Beyoncé. Wearing black leather pants and a white blouse, she brought the crowd to their feet by performing a medley of her tunes. Later in the evening, she won an award for outstanding contribution to the arts.

The big winner of the night was U.K. band Coldplay, who were crowned the best selling recording act.

Estelle, the singer of “American Boy” and winner of best new R%26B act, told PEOPLE, “I have no American Boy in my life but I wish I had.”

Other winners included Leona Lewis for both new artist and pop female artist and Kid Rock for pop male artist. Troubled singer Amy Winehouse took home the award for pop/rock female.

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Taking to the Sporting Club stage, Beyonce Knowles performed “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” to kick off the 2008 World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, Monaco on Sunday (November 9).

Hosted by singer Michelle Williams and actor Jesse Metcalfe, Beyonce was amongst a list of top performers including former WMA winner Mariah Carey, as well as Alicia Keys and Kid Rock, among others.

As for the night’s big winners, British band Coldplay were dubbed the world’s top-selling act of 2008 as well as the WMA’s rock act of the year.

Reuters reports tell that the female pop award went to Britain’s Leona Lewis, while the male pop category was won by U.S. singer Kid Rock. Meanwhile, Amy Winehouse was named female pop/rock act of the year.

Other winners included Alicia Keys, who snatched up world’s best R&B category, while Lil Wayne was named world’s top hip-hop/rap artist.

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Taking to the Sporting Club stage, Beyonce Knowles performed “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” to kick off the 2008 World Music Awards in Monte Carlo, Monaco on Sunday (November 9).

Hosted by singer Michelle Williams and actor Jesse Metcalfe, Beyonce was amongst a list of top performers including former WMA winner Mariah Carey, as well as Alicia Keys and Kid Rock, among others.

As for the night’s big winners, British band Coldplay were dubbed the world’s top-selling act of 2008 as well as the WMA’s rock act of the year.

Reuters reports tell that the female pop award went to Britain’s Leona Lewis, while the male pop category was won by U.S. singer Kid Rock. Meanwhile, Amy Winehouse was named female pop/rock act of the year.

Other winners included Alicia Keys, who snatched up world’s best R&B category, while Lil Wayne was named world’s top hip-hop/rap artist.

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Quantum of Solace star Daniel Craig only has eyes for one Bond girl - his own.

At the world premiere of the new James Bond film, Craig strolled the red carpet Wednesday night in London with girlfriend, Satsuki Mitchell, who wore a Ralph Lauren Collection gown and eagerly told reporters that his favorite Bond girl was “the one on my arm.”

“He was a bit spotlight shy and glued to his girlfriend,” a source tells PEOPLE. “She straightened his tie a lot and whispered what seemed words of encouragement.”

“He was the only actor to say a few words and he told his girlfriend he loved her,” the source says, adding that Craig “seemed really confident and comfortable speaking from the stage.”

The happy couple skipped out on the film’s splashy afterparty, where guests included current Bond girls Olga Kurylenko (who sat in a booth chatting with friends) and Gemma Arterton (in an eye-catching hot pants-and-dress ensemble), former Bond Girl Grace Jones, and Jack White, who sings the film’s theme song with Alicia Keys.

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Award-winning singer Alicia Keys might want to clear off some space on her mantel: She was nominated Tuesday morning for five American Music Awards, the most for any artist this year.

Coming in second to Keys are the British quartet Coldplay and veteran rockers the Eagles, with four apiece. Next in line, with three nods each, are rap superstar Lil Wayne and R%26B hit-maker Chris Brown. All five acts are competing for the highest honor: Artist of the Year.

The show will air live on Nov. 23 from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, with Jimmy Kimmel once more emceeing.

Kimmel announced the lucky crop of contenders alongside dancer-chanteuse Julianne Hough and pop star Jesse McCartney.

The show will also feature a star-studded list of performers including the Jonas Brothers, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Ne-Yo, Pink, the Pussycat Dolls and the reunited New Kids on the Block.

Kimmel, however, said unscripted moments are often the most entertaining, like last year when Joe Jonas slipped during his group’s performance.

“You know what, it always makes it more interesting if somebody trips and falls,” says the comic. “So I don’t know, maybe it will be me. Who knows? We’re going to push somebody off the stage this year.”

• Reporting by MARISA LAUDADIO and JESSICA HERNDON

It isn’t everyday that R%26B soul singer Alicia Keys teams up with rock and roll Racounteurs frontman Jack White. But they’ve done just that - all in the name of Bond.

James Bond.

The duo has premiered the video for the theme to the new Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. “Another Way to Die,” written by White, features Keys on piano, White on guitar, and both artists strutting through a computer-generated desert in fashions fit for espionage.

White, 33, and Keys, 28 announced their collaboration - the first duet in Bond history - in July. The song - which will play over the movie’s opening credits - hit the airwaves on Sept. 18.

Quantum of Solace, starring Daniel Craig, hits theatres Nov. 14.
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Jack White and Alicia Keys’s theme for the new James Bond adventure Quantum of Solace offers this tongue-twisting lyric: “Another blinger with the slick trigger finger for Her Majesty.”

In other words, 007 is back. The song, titled “Another Way To Die,” has White delivering the line about the “blinger,” to which Keys warbles, “Another one with the golden tongue poisoning your fantasy.”

For more of the song preview, listen here:

The trailer for the new picture was first previewed in June, and the movie itself opens Nov. 7.

Daniel Craig returns, this time as an embattled Bond - out for revenge after the death of his love and taking on an environmentalist who plans to conquer a country’s water supply.

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Jack White and Alicia Keys’s theme for the new James Bond adventure Quantum of Solace offers this tongue-twisting lyric: “Another blinger with the slick trigger finger for Her Majesty.”

In other words, 007 is back. The song, titled “Another Way To Die,” has White delivering the line about the “blinger,” to which Keys warbles, “Another one with the golden tongue poisoning your fantasy.”

For more of the song preview, listen here:

The trailer for the new picture was first previewed in June, and the movie itself opens Nov. 7.

Daniel Craig returns, this time as an embattled Bond - out for revenge after the death of his love and taking on an environmentalist who plans to conquer a country’s water supply.

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• 2005: Alicia dishes on the many ‘firsts’ in her life
RELATED GALLERY:
• See music’s biggest chart-toppers on the cover of PEOPLE!