"FMAO - FREEZING MY A** OFF"

-Kelly Cutrone Tweets from a chilly New York

Friday was a huge night for the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club!

The 125-year-old organization held their 43rd Annual Christmas Tree Ball at Cipriani on 42nd Street, and got by with the help of their immensely-talented, multi-platinum selling friend, Dionne Warwick!

Warwick played four classic songs for the crowd, which included everyone from Madison Square Executive Director Joe Patuleia to iconic pop artist Peter Max, who donated several paintings for auction. Members of the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club formed the Columbus Clubhouse Dancers and danced in the background!

Check out two of our favorite performances of the night, "Say A Little Prayer," above, and "That's What Friends Are For," below.

"opps i dropped a signed sports illustrated n da west side market, findas keepas"

-Shaq Tweets

Beyonce earned a whopping 10 nominations at the Grammy nomination telecast from Los Angeles Wednesday night!

Taylor Swift was not too far behind with eight nominations.

Poison Ivy favorite Lady GaGa earned herself a not-surprising five Grammy nominations, while R&B crooner Maxwell earned a less expected six nominations.

"I've been gone for eight years," Maxwell commented. "I've been throwing out my trash, buying my milk and living in basic obscurity."

Black Eyed Peas are on the board with six nominations, including Record of the Year for "I Gotta Feeling," new rapper Drake earned two nominations, and Kanye West earned six nominations - all for collaborations with other artists.

Don't forget to watch the show - live from L.A.'s Staples Center on January 31!

"you gotta have a relationship with yourself to take on this world."

-Aubrey O'Day Tweets

What a cool night!

Holy hell!!!

"Why wear pants in public when you can wear underwear?"

-Kid Sister asked Poison Ivy at Kiss and Fly Wednesday night

(She makes a good point.)

On Wednesday night, we were honored to attend Rotary International and the New York Philharmonic's Concert to End Polio, featuring one of our favorite violinists Itzhak Perlman.

It's not exactly the genre we're used to covering, but we are used to stepping outside the box and love trying new things!

Joined by conductor Daniel Boico and the New York Philharmonic orchestra, Perlman gave several amazing performances at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall Wednesday: "Tambourin Chinois" by Kreisler, Bruch's "Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor (Op. 26)," and John Williams' "Theme From Schindler's List," to name a few.

We also stuck around for a special post-concert ceremony, in which we got to meet Perlman and watch him be honored with a Rotary International award for his support of the End Polio campaign.

"There is no reason that anybody in this world should have [Polio]," Perlman told the audience. "It's just ridiculous."

"It's very nice of you to give me this momento," the polio survivor added, "But I think that the awards and the recognition should go to the Rotary Club because to say what you're doing is great work is truly an understatement."

Check out a video of Perlman's moving speech, below.

I spy in NY...

Questlove spinning The Roots' "The Seed 2.0" and his boy Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna Go My Way?" at Kiss and Fly Wednesday night (top photo), The Hills' Kristin Cavallari hanging out with Adrienne Bailon at 1Oak Wednesday night (middle photo), Andy Cohen at the premiere of Bravo's newest show Launch My Line at Avenue Tuesday night (bottom photo), Josh Madden spinning at Eldridge Wednesday night, Rob Zombie rocking Hammerstein Ballroom Tuesday, and Talib Kweli spinning at Marquee Wednesday.

"Make a wish list. Leave it in your desk drawer. See what happened in a year."

-Yoko Ono Tweets

We can officially cross it off our bucket list.

Poison Ivy got to watch Alicia Keys perform "Empire State of Mind" live with surprise guest Jay-Z Tuesday night at the American Express-sponsored, YouTube-streamed World AIDS Day concert at Nokia Theatre!

Keys broke it down on the piano for a solid hour before Hova showed up - rocking old hits ("Fallin," "You Don't Know My Name,") newer songs ("No One," "Superwoman,") and brand new tunes off her forthcoming record The Element of Freedom.

"14 million children are sleeping with a broken heart cause they've been orphaned by AIDS," Keys said, before playing newest single "Sleeping With a Broken Heart."

Poison Ivy had a chance to go backstage and congratulate Keys following her amazing performance, and also hear her pledge her alliegance to the Worlds AIDS Day organization.

We're not even going to try and explain the pandemonium that ensued when Jay-Z jumped onstage and joined Keys for their brilliant, beyond-triumphant ode to New York, "Empire State of Mind." Just take a look at the video below and see for yourself!

P.S. Bob Dylan truly put it best: "There's nothing about that girl I don't like."

[Photo by Michael Loccisano/WireImage for American Express]

We confess.

We can't stop thinking about the amazing Boys Like Girls/Cobra Starship/The Maine concert Tuesday night at Nokia Theatre!

So much so that we're going to post another clip for your viewing pleasure!

"['Thunder' was] the first song we wrote together as a band," admitted frontman Martin Johnson, before strumming into the first few notes.

Johnson was even so kind as to grab a fan's camera from the audience and film the performance!!

Check out the magic for yourselves, above.