NEWS LITE.Taylor gown tops auction of Oscar togs The stunning violet and periwinkle periwinkle, in zoology periwinkle, any of a group of marine gastropod mollusks having conical, spiral shells. Periwinkles feed on algae and seaweed. blue gown Elizabeth Taylor Noun 1. Elizabeth Taylor - United States film actress (born in England) who was a childhood star; as an adult she often co-starred with Richard Burton (born in 1932) Taylor wore to the 1969 Academy Awards sold for $167,500 Thursday, the highest-priced item in a closet-clearing auction of Oscar glamour. Christie's auction house in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of said the price was the second-highest ever for a dress at auction, after the $222,500 fetched by one of Princess Diana's dresses in 1997. The sale of 56 dresses worn to the last 30 Academy Awards ceremonies brought in a total of $786,120. Mattel Inc. bought Taylor's elegant crepe crepe (krāp), thin fabric of crinkled texture, woven originally in silk but now available in all major fibers. There are two kinds of crepe. gown, which showcased the star's tiny waist and violet eyes, but was really designed to call attention to the 69.42-carat diamond necklace her then-husband Richard Burton Noun 1. Richard Burton - English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890) Burton, Sir Richard Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton 2. had given her. The second most-expensive dress was a black silk faille faille n. A slightly ribbed, woven fabric of silk, cotton, or rayon. [French, from Old North French, cloth head-covering worn by women in Flanders, possibly from Middle Dutch falie, and dove-gray tulle Tulle (t  l, Fr. tül), town (1990 pop. 18,685), capital of Corrèze dept., S central France. Firearms and other goods are made there. Tulle was built around a 7th-century monastery. Jean-Paul Gaultier Jean-Paul Gaultier (born April 24 1952, in Arcueil, Val-de-Marne) is a French fashion designer and past television presenter. BiographyGaultier never received formal training as a designer. Instead, he started sending sketches to famous couture stylists at an early age. gown that Madonna wore in 1998 to present the Oscar for best song from a feature film. Compromising shot bred Boss' bliss Bruce Springsteen can laugh about it now. Accepting his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in induction this week, The Boss made his first public comment on that time he got caught with his pants down with his future wife. The moment came on the 1985 Born in the U.S.A. tour, when Springsteen was still wed to Julianne Phillips Julianne Phillips (born May 6, 1960[1]) is an American model and actress. Born in Chicago, Illinois,[2] she was raised in the Portland suburb of Lake Oswego, Oregon,[1] the daughter of insurance broker William Phillips and wife Ann Phillips. . At a stop in Italy, Springsteen was photographed on a hotel-room balcony with Patti Scialfa, then a backup singer in the band. Neither had, um, finished dressing. Within a year, Springsteen and Phillips had split up and Springsteen was married to Scialfa. At the induction, Springsteen said that in 1984 when he told his E Street Band he was inviting Scialfa to join, his line was: ``So we add a woman to do the high parts. How complicated can it get?'' Oscar buzz just painful ringing in Nolte's ear Nick Nolte, nominated for a best-actor Oscar for his role in ``Affliction,'' told Playboy magazine that he's not a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ``I don't like the concept, the competition, the picking of actors for best performance of the year,'' Nolte said. ``You can't make that kind of a judgment. It smacks of unfairness. It's popularized and highly commercial. ``I have nothing against a group of actors getting together to honor each other's good work for the year, but I'm really opposed to allowing the whole world in on the process. I don't think you can pick the best picture of the year, or the best actor.'' He said Oscar season is ``a terrible time for this town. It's a terrible time for the business. On the commercial side, it's a great thing to expose millions of people to the film industry. But everybody turns into a maniac ma·ni·ac n. An insane person. maniac one affected with mania. . Everybody drops his persona and becomes terribly greedy. They all are anyway, but it really comes out at that time.'' Mandela ring symbolizes reconciliation The engagement ring that a young Nelson Mandela gave to his fiancee before their 1958 wedding now belongs to the child of a guard who harassed the Mandelas during the apartheid era. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela offered the ring as a gesture of reconciliation to Candice Erasmus, 13, when the child visited her Soweto home, a spokesman for Madikizela-Mandela said Wednesday in Johannesburg, South Africa. The girl's father, Paul Erasmus, apologized to Madikizela-Mandela after the 1994 elections that ended apartheid for incidents that happened when he was assigned to watch her home during the 1980s. Erasmus shot at the Mandela home and admitted to spreading rumors that Madikizela-Mandela abused alcohol and had affairs while still married to Mandela, now South Africa's president, Beeld newspaper reported Wednesday. ``(Erasmus) was just a soldier . . . and she didn't see it fit to shoot the messenger. No one forced them to reconcile, they just did,'' said Sipho Zimba, Madikizela-Mandela's chief of staff. Tell the tooth; Man wants inside stars' mouths There're too many bad teeth in Hollywood, says a dentist to the stars. ``I call it the smile stage,'' dentist Larry Rosenthal says in US magazine. ``The curtains are the lips, the scenery is the gums and the actors are the teeth. If they don't work in harmony, the show's going to be a flop '' So which unfortunate celebs need help? Tom Cruise: ``His front teeth aren't centered. I'd keep those pointy point·y adj. point·i·er, point·i·est Having an end tapering to a point. canines, use veneers to center his front teeth and square the teeth off to play up his sexy-hunk image.'' Meg Ryan: ``She has a gummy smile gummy smile, n condition in which gingival tissue is located more on the cervical third of the crowns than is normal, resulting in teeth that appear shorter and “gummy.” and very little teeth. I'd make her teeth slightly rounded ovals to play off the shape of her face.'' David Letterman: ``David has buckteeth with a gap. I'd just bring his teeth in so they're not so outstanding. And maybe I'd even keep a little bit of the gap and reshape it.'' Denzel Washington: ``Denzel's teeth look too big, white and heavy. Teeth that are translucent are more natural looking.'' Diane Sawyer: ``Diane should have a more sexy, glamorous look to go with her voice and her face. I'd give her bigger teeth and make them straighter and open her bite.'' News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports CAPTION(S): 7 photos PHOTO (1) Sharing Oscar tidbits TidBITS is an award-winning electronic newsletter and web site dealing primarily with Apple Computer and Macintosh-related topics. Internet publication TidBITS has been published weekly since April 16, 1990, which makes it one of the longest running Internet publications. Former Oscar winner Cher poses with Oscar nominee Judi Dench at the premiere of ``Tea With Mussolini,'' in which they both star. (2 -- 5) Tom Cruise, Meg Ryan, Denzel Washington and David Letterman could all use work, a dentist says. (6) Nolte (7) Mandela |
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