KENNETH BRANAGH - TEA LOVERS BRANAGH, LAPAGLIA + SHATNER DECORATE POTS

KENNETH BRANAGH, ANTHONY LAPAGLIA and WILLIAM SHATNER are showing off their artistic skills by decorating teapots for charity.

The trio of actors are among the stars who have revamped crockery for an upcoming auction at the third annual EMMY Awards Nominees Tea Party on 17 September (05).

Bidding on the pots will take place throughout the posh luncheon at the Park Hyatt hotel in Los Angeles on 17 September (05) and proceeds from the auction will benefit the educational outreach and scholarship of the British Academy of Film + Television Arts/Los Angeles, the co-organisers of the tea party.

Other stars taking part in the teapot designing include actor IAN McSHANE, funnyman SACHA BARON COHEN, aka ALI G, and writer HELEN FIELDING.