Milan Fashion Week packed with Celebrities

Milan Fashion Week was attended by numerous celebrities to come see the design industry showcasing spring-summer 2011 collections.

Actress Megan Fox showed up at the event with husband Brian Austin Green for the Emporio Armani show, proudly wearing an Armani outfit himself. Altso there was soccer star Christiano Ronaldo who is theface of Armani jeans and their underwear.

Jada and Willow Smith at Milan Fashion Week

Also there was Jada Pinkett Smith and her 9-year-old daughter Willow, who rocked an edgy ‘do with streaks of white, and turned up to see offerings from Armani and Salvatore Ferragamo. The Smith were also there to celebrate Naomi Campbell’s 25 Year Career With Dolce & Gabbana.

After Ferragamo’s show, other celebs were spotted like Mischa Barton and model Alessandra Ambrosio joined in elbow rubbing with little Willow.

Roberto Cavalli's 40th anniversary at Milan Fashion Week

Roberto Cavalli, also celebrated 40 years as a designer with a fantastic frenzy of fringing, snakeskin, leopard-print and sequined tiger-stripes at the shows yesterday.

The 2006 X Factor winner Leona Lewis, US country singer, Taylor Swift, actress, Rachel Bilson and model Heidi Klum the wife of the English R&B singer, Seal, were among the front row guests, as Cavalli’s models sashayed down the catwalk like stars in a high fashion remake of High Noon.

Brian Austin Green, left, Megan Fox and Giorgio Armani attend the Emporio Armani presentation in Milan

Medicare Advantage plans to see 2011 premium dip

Elderly Americans enrolled in private Medicare health insurance plans will see their premiums fall slightly in 2011 while gaining more benefits from recently passed health care reforms, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.

The plans, called Medicare Advantage, are offered by health insurance companies as an alternative to traditional, government fee-for-service Medicare. Rates are expected to be 1 percent lower next year compared to 2010, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said.

Enrollment in the plans is also expected to grow 5 percent. More than 11 million seniors are already enrolled in the plans, which have come under fire from critics who say insurers receive lucrative subsidies to provide the plans even though they can offer additional benefits.

Jonathan Blum, director of CMS' Center for Medicare, said the lower costs and projected expansion show companies are still interested in offering such plans despite new consumer protections under the healthcare law and recent payment caps to insurers.

"This is still a very attractive marketplace for Medicare Advantage plans," he told reporters.

The news comes as the healthcare reform law, passed in March, hits its six month anniversary this week, triggering a host of changes for insurers overall, such as ending lifetime coverage caps and banning policy cancellations after an enrollee gets sick.

Under the law, Medicare Advantage consumers will see their out-of-pocket expenses limited and a reduction in how much they have to share costs when it comes to kidney dialysis, chemotherapy and other expensive care, Blum said.

CMS said some companies chose to abandon their Medicare Advantage business next year and that about 5 percent of beneficiaries will have to choose a new provider as a result.

Monique Lhuillier Spring 2011 Collection

The Monique Lhuillier Spring 2011 Collection held on September 13 during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City.

Narciso Rodriguez Spring 2011 Collection

Fashion Show of Narciso Rodriguez Spring 2011 Collection as part of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week held on September 9-16.

Hi! Blitz Magazine September 2010 Covergirl, Lara Dutta

Former Miss Universe 2000, Lara Dutta from India is the covergirl of Hi! Blitz Magazine September 2010 Issue.

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Victoria Beckham's Spring 2011 Dress Collection

Victoria Adams Beckham debuts her Victoria Beckham Dresses Spring 2011 collection as part of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week festivities on September 12 in New York City.

Victoria Beckham tweeted before her fashion show starts, writing, "About to go!!!!Excited!!!Nervous!!!! X VB x"

Meanwhile, Posh Spice kept to her plans of steering clear of using size zero models during her catwalk presentation.

A source told the Daily Mirror of the decision, “Victoria takes her role as a figure in the public eye very seriously and is well aware young girls look up to her. This is why she gets so angry when people claim she doesn’t eat properly – she does.”

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Miss World 2007, Zilin Zhang at Vogue Fashion Night Out

Miss World 2007, Zilin Zhang attends Vogue Fashion Night Out 2010 in Beijing on September 10.

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