The Recording Industry Association of America is hosting a charity ball featuring the recording artist Rihanna and the actors David Arquette and Courteney Cox.

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Gone are the days when women's philanthropy referred only to sweet dears who ran the school auction or gussied up for the charity ball.

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Or a charity that just happens to hold the most exclusive holiday ball in town?

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It added the guild and RAG were "working together" to "reinvent the Safer Sex Ball" while keeping its aims of raising money for charity, and giving a "great night out for students".

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