Pussycat Dolls wow Fashion Rocks

NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. pop and R&B quintet Pussycat Dolls jumped and kicked their way through the fifth annual Fashion Rocks concert celebrating ties between music and fashion.

The concert, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, also featured Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus, Charlize Theron, Fergie, Rihanna, Chris Brown, the "Gossip Girl" gang, Kid Rock, Keith Urban, Duffy and the Black-Eyed Peas.

The Pussycat Dolls -- which began as a Los Angeles burlesque troupe in 1995 before being "recast" as a music group in 2003 -- "squeezed into skintight PVC stockings and bodysuits" and then danced through a fast-paced routine in five-inch stiletto boots, a London Daily Mail reporter wrote.

The concert will air in the United States Tuesday night in a two-hour special on CBS-TV. Proceeds will benefit Stand Up to Cancer, established by the Entertainment Industry Foundation to raise money for cancer research.

Stand Up to Cancer held a telethon that aired simultaneously in the United States on ABC, NBC and CBS Friday night.