When celebrities meet celebrities – in pictures

Andy Warhol and Alfred Hitchcock chat in 1976. Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Feature

Bob Geldof has a word with Prince Charles, while David Bowie chats with Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen, during the Live Aid Concert at Wembley Stadium, 13 July 1985. Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty Images

First lady Nancy Reagan sitting on Mr T's lap in the White House in 1983. Photograph: Diana Walker/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image

Halston, Bianca Jagger, Jack Haley Jr, his wife Liza Minnelli and Andy Warhol at a New Year's Eve party at Studio 54 in 1978. Photograph: Robin Platzer/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image

Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) poses with the Beatles in 1964. Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images

Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly backstage at the Oscars in 1956. Photograph: Allan Grant/Getty Image

Ella Fitzgerald chats with Marilyn Monroe at the Tiffany Club in Hollywood, 1954. Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

Woody Allen and Michael Jackson sit together at Studio 54 in 1977 Photograph: Russell Turiak/Getty Images

Pelé with Sylvester Stallone in 1981. Photograph: Getty Image/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image

Frank Sinatra welcomes Elvis Presley home from the army on TV. Photograph: ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images

David Bowie, Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Yoko Ono and John Lennon at the 17th Grammy awards. Photograph: Ron Galella/WireImage

Salvador Dali and Walt Disney with their wives. Dali met Disney in Cadaques, a small Spanish village near Barcelona, where Dali lived. Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images

Quentin Tarantino, Tilda Swinton and Marilyn Manson in California earlier this year. Photograph: Craig Barritt/Getty Images

Claire Danes, Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Valentino Garavani and Anne Hathaway at a party in 2009. Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features/Sipa Press / Rex Features