NEWS LITE NAMES IN THE NEWS.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski THE SHIRTS OFF THEIR BACKS They're pretty average-looking men's shirts, but the fact that they were used by Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal in best picture nominee ``Brokeback Mountain'' makes them special enough to auction on eBay as a fundraiser for Variety children's charity. Adding to their cachet cachet /ca·chet/ (ka-sha´) a disk-shaped wafer or capsule enclosing a dose of medicine. ca·chet (k -sh is the shirts' dramatic symbolism in the story of two cowboys who fall in love and maintain a secret relationship for decades. The shirts hit the auction site at 5 p.m. Friday, and bidding was expected to be very competitive. See www.ebay.com/varietyskids for these and other Hollywood memorabilia whose sale benefits the charity. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Shirts worn by Heath Ledger, left, and and Jake Gyllenhaal in ``Brokeback Mountain'' are being auctioned for Variety children's charity. |
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