Time Magazine's gala

First lady Michelle Obama gives opening remarks at the Time 100 Gala, a celebration of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in New York. (AP/Evan Agostini)

Actresses Claire Danes attends Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People gala at Jazz at the Lincoln Center in New York on May 5, 2009. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)

Arianna Huffington attends Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People gala at Jazz at the Lincoln Center in New York on May 5, 2009. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)

Actress Patricia Clarkson attends the Time 100 Gala, a celebration of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in New York on May 5, 2009. (AP/Evan Agostini)

Conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter attends Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People gala at Jazz at the Lincoln Center in New York on May 5, 2009. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)

Leslie Mann attends Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People gala at Jazz at the Lincoln Center in New York on May 5, 2009. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)

Musician John Legend and model Christine Teigen attend Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People gala at Jazz at the Lincoln Center in New York on May 5, 2009. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)

First lady Michelle Obama gives opening remarks at the Time 100 Gala, a celebration of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world on May 5, 2009 in New York. (AP/Evan Agostini)

(From L) actress Liv Tyler, fashion designer Stella McCartney and actress Kate Hudson arrive at the Time 100 Gala, a celebration of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world on May 5, 2009 in New York. (AP/Evan Agostini)

Actresses Kate Hudson (R), Liv Tyler (L) and designer Stelle McCartney (R) attend Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People gala at Jazz at the Lincoln Center in New York on May 5, 2009. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama speaks to the audience during the Time 100 Gala in New York on May 5, 2009. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson)

Actress Claire Danes and actor Hugh Dancy attend Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People gala at Jazz at the Lincoln Center in New York on May 5, 2009. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)

Dr Sanjay Gupta attends Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People gala at Jazz at the Lincoln Center in New York on May 5, 2009. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)