THE BUZZ MARILYN FOR SALE.Byline: - Compiled by Fred Shuster Vintage cheesecake is rolling in the dough. A signed copy of the famous nudie-cutie shot of Marilyn Monroe that launched her career and became the most famous pinup pin·up n. 1. a. A picture, especially of a sexually attractive person, that is displayed on a wall. b. A person considered a suitable model for such a picture. 2. in Hollywood history recently surfaced. The rare print inscribed in·scribe tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes 1. a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface. b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. by Marilyn to close pal and Academy Award- winning costume designer Bill Travilla should sell for $20,000 to $30,000 when it goes on the block Dec. 10 along with 500 pieces of Hollywood memorabilia. Scrawled on the 16-by-20 pic is the message: ``To Billy, my love. Please dress me forever. Love, Marilyn.'' Also up for auction by memorabilia auctioneers Profiles in History will be Travilla's original costume design of the most famous dress in Hollywood history - the billowy bil·low n. 1. A large wave or swell of water. 2. A great swell, surge, or undulating mass, as of smoke or sound. v. bil·lowed, bil·low·ing, bil·lows v.intr. 1. , white 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. halter-top dress and sunburst-pleated skirt created for Monroe for the classic subway wind scene in the 1955 Billy Wilder film ``The Seven Year Itch.'' It is expected to sell for $80,000 to $100,000. The sketch is currently owned by Travilla's longtime business partner Bill Sarris, who rescued it from an all-consuming fire at the Travilla offices in Los Angeles in 1991. Conducting business Kent Nagano, music director of the Los Angeles Opera The Los Angeles Opera is an opera company in Los Angeles, California, United States. The company's home base is the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, part of the Los Angeles Music Center. , is stepping down from the podium at the final curtain of the 2005-06 season. Nagano, the first music director in the company's history, has accepted new gigs in Munich and Montreal. L.A. Opera general director Placido Domingo said he knew Nagano would be leaving, and the company has been searching for a replacement for some time. Coincidentally, Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr. music director Esa-Pekka Salonen's contract with the orchestra also expires in two years. `King Kong' now Movie geeks are going ape over early peeks at a much-loved gorilla. A Web site maintained by fans of Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson is offering glimpses of the multimillion-dollar remake of ``King Kong,'' with video clips of the media-shy Jackson on the set with actors and crew. Jackson's remake of the 1933 classic is due at Christmas '05, starring Adrien Brody, Naomi Watts and Jack Black. While production diaries and director narratives often show up as bonus material on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. releases, this marks the first time a top banana has raised the curtain so high prior to a film's release. The Web site is: www.kongisking.net. Saving private Britney Pop tart Britney Spears doesn't want an audience while she has a rubdown rub·down n. An energetic massage of the body. Noun 1. rubdown - the act of rubbing down, usually for relaxation or medicinal purposes . The just-engaged tasty cake apparently demanded privacy before working out at the Mandarin Oriental in Manhattan a few days ago, ordering hotel employees to clear out the spa early and keep it open late so she could enjoy an audience-free workout and rub-down. ``They rousted us out of the place,'' a P.O.'d guest told the New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 . ``And she wasn't even staying there.'' Spears admitted this summer that her weight gain is a sign of ``happiness'' due to the cooking skills of fiance Kevin Federline: ``He can cook anything - macaroni and cheese, fried chicken.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: no caption (Britney Spears) Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com |
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