Hollywood’s brightest stars united at the Beverly Hills Hotel Thursday for Variety's second annual Power of Women luncheon, the mid-day soiree that honors Tinseltown's most influential and charitable ladies.

The women honored included Jennifer Garner, Eva Mendes, Katie Holmes and Amy Adams, among others, and our Katie Krause caught up with several of them afterwards for their exclusive takes on the event and its meaning.

"To be a woman is to be a part of a sisterhood," Garner, who does considerable work for Save The Children, told RadarOnline.com exclusively. "It's women working together that make things happen."

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