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Malibu was the place to be on Memorial Day this year -- as some of the biggest stars out there all hit up the same beach house bash!

Mega movie producer Joel Silver held his annual party yesterday in Malibu and it seems like every celeb in the area showed.

Gwen Stefani showed off her tight tummy in a white tank top at the fiesta, which she attended with husband Gavin Rossdale and their two boys Kingston and Zuma.

Another hot mom in attendance: Kate Beckinsale, who showed up with hubby Len Wiseman and daughter Lily.

Selena Gomez showed up without boyfriend Justin Bieber, wearing a t-shirt with a smile on it just one day after Justin's confrontation with a paparazzo.

Also there: Courteney Cox, David Arquette and their daughter Coco, who was sporting some crazy pink eyelashes ... plus Robert Downey Jr., Tobey Maguire, Ashley Greene, Dianna Agron, Josh Hartnett and Barbra Streisand.

Across the country in Miami, Gabrielle Union hit the beach as well -- showing off her bikini killer body.

It wasn't all fun and games for everyone by the beach though, as Taylor Swift was seen in Santa Monica heading into a recording studio. Looks like some people had to work!

Check out all the sightings above!

Taylor Swift Donates $4 Million For Music Education

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    Taylor Swift has a reputation for being a good girl with a big heart, and when you pair that with her sizable bank account, you get one very large charitable donation that will benefit music education for both children and senior citizens.

The six-time Grammy winner has donated $4 million to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville to fund what will now be known as the Taylor Swift Education Center, an exhibit and classroom space scheduled to open in 2014.
"In terms of what it will allow us to do, we do education very well now," museum director Kyle Young told the Associated Press (via Billboard). "It will allow us to do what we do better, serve more people, develop new programs, and I'm happy to say that as we talked through this opportunity with Taylor, she very much wants to be involved in an advisory capacity in what we do. Is there a better person out there who's in touch with a young audience? I think not. I was joking we should be paying her to do that. I was only joking."
Swift's donation is the second largest ever gifted to the museum and is the largest given by a musician. The country-pop megastar has a long history with the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. She signed her record contract there and gave one of her first public performances on the building's plaza.
In the past, she has also volunteered her time to the museum's "All for the Hall" fundraisers.
The Taylor Swift Education Center is part of a larger $75 million expansion of the Hall of Fame that will more than double the size of the museum and include a new concert theater and more space for exhibits and archives.
The planned education center will be more than 7,500 square feet spread over two stories. It will have its own exterior entrance that will lead to three classrooms and exhibit space. The expansion will allow the museum to dramatically increase its youth education programs, with plans for it to house a "musical petting zoo" and an art classroom where children can make concert posters and other art projects.
The center will also give the museum the opportunity to add new programs and workshops for teens and senior citizens.
"For Taylor to want to engage herself in the life of this place in such an appropriate way," Young continued, "every way you slice it and dice it, it's great."

Taylor Swift Exhibit Planned for Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Taylor Swift's Speak Now tour will be the subject of a new exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. Taylor Swift: Speak Now -- Treasures From the World Tour will open June 6 and run through Nov. 4.

Dozens of costumes, instruments, set pieces and props from Swift's 2011-12 tour will be displayed. The exhibition will recreate 10 vignettes from the tour, including the following:

The Roberto Cavalli ombre gold bugle-beaded dress and red Gibson Les Paul model electric guitar featured during her performance of "The Story of Us."

Swift's vintage ecru lace dress and Deering-brand six-string banjo, along with other costumes used by band members and dancers.

The pale blue silk Marchesa gown with rhinestone bodice, in addition to a white piano bench with tufted leather upholstery, featured in "Back to December."

Swift's red, sequined Jenny Packham slip dress and knee-high leather boots, worn during "Better Than Revenge."

Her vintage purple silk halter dress, dancers' costumes and props used during "Speak Now."

A Taylor-brand koa wood ukulele with mother-of-pearl inlay she played during her acoustic performance of "Fearless."

Swift's sleeveless, flesh-colored Reem Acra gown with sequin overlay, dancers' costumes and prop trees featured in "Enchanted."

Her reworked vintage dress, featuring leather corsetry, and the mallet she used to ring the bells during her performance of "Haunted."

Swift's black Jenny Packham flapper-style slip dress with rhinestone embellishments, black knee-high leather boots and a Taylor-brand guitar encrusted with Swarovski crystals featured during "Long Live."

Her golden Valentino ball gown featuring layers of tulle and a sequin overlay, dancers and aerialists' costumes and the "Juliet balcony" in which Swift soared above the crowd during each performance of "Love Story."

Earlier this month, Swift pledged $4 million to fund a new education center at the museum. Her gift, the largest capital contribution by an individual artist in the museum's 45-year history, prompted the museum to name the new space the Taylor Swift Education Center. The center will open in early 2014. The gift was made in conjunction with the museum's expansion capital campaign, Working on a Building: Country Music Lives Here.

A free-standing multimedia exhibit featuring Swift has been one of the museum's most popular attractions since its debut in May 2010.