Trudie Styler

Trudie Styler Takes The Heat For Private Flight To D.C.

I'm almost starting to feel bad for Trudie Styler and Sting. It seems like every time they fly private they are taken to task. This time it's Trudie on the hook. The pair, who co-founded the Rainforest Foundation 20 years ago, attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner. The Daily Mail says she took a private flight from New York to Washington D.C. accompanied by an entourage of eight people including Manhattan-based hairstylist Antonio Prieto. Sting took a commercial flight from London to the Washington DC event. While it is true that she could have taken a shuttle or a train, it seems a bit much to grill her over this one.

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Sting's Rainforest Foundation Charity Under Fire

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Charity of the Day

Sting has long been known as one of Hollywood's most philanthropic people but this week Sting and his wife Trudie Styler are under fire for their charity The Rainforest Foundation. Charity Navigator has reported that only 41 percent of the money raised by the couple's Carnegie Hall charity concert in 2006 actually went to fund programs that save the rain forest. In their rating system they have given the charity 0 stars.

Trudie Styler is quoted in People as saying that the foundation is in it's 20th year and that alone speaks to the efficacy of the nonprofit. In 2006, the charity reported $10 million in net assets including almost $5 million in cash which has caused some to speculate as to what they are doing with the money. This news comes as the Rainforest Foundation's next Carnegie Hall concert is set for May 8 with performances by Billy Joel, James Taylor and Brian Wilson and also includes a charity auction with a variety of donated items to raise money for the foundation.

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Sting's Christmas Hamper

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Dining, Celebrity Shopping

Sting's wife Trudie put together a few Christmas hampers (well, 100 of them actually) filled with hand-selected items from the couple's country estate in Wiltshire, England and they've become insanely popular. Available in London at Selfridges, the hampers included a variety of organic goodies including a bottle of champagne, a Christmas cake, beetroot chutney, a couple of beeswax candles, and a chocolate coin. There were 9 treats total in the $300 hampers, and they must have be good because they've already sold out -- with "a number" of them going to Sharon Osbourne.

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