A sale of luxury watches, including a Rolex worn by Roger Moore as James Bond, exceeded expectations to net 26.1 million Swiss francs (21.2 million euros) in Geneva, Christie's said.
The highlight of the nine-hour auction was the sale of a pink gold wristwatch manufactured by Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe in 1968, which fetched 2 million francs, more than double its pre-auction estimate worth.
Full StoryHollywood superstar Brad Pitt has revealed he plans to quit acting in three years, but the 47-year-old admitted he is not sure what he will do after ditching a career which made him a household name.
During an interview with an Australian current affairs show in Tokyo to promote his latest movie "Moneyball", the American actor was asked how much longer he would like to "do your business for".
Full StoryRap mogul Diddy and the Rev. Al Sharpton will speak at late rapper Heavy D's funeral on Friday, and BET Networks plans a tribute for him at the Soul Train awards.
Diddy said in a statement that he was "heartbroken by the passing of my dear friend."
Full StorySome parents have filed complaints with the Parent-Teacher Association after a former adult film star said she read to children in a classroom at a Los Angeles County elementary school.
Sasha Grey, a 23-year-old ex-porn actress who has appeared in mainstream shows like HBO's "Entourage," was a guest earlier this month at Compton's Emerson Elementary School for Read Across America Day.
Full StoryThink of them as the senior class of the "usual gang of idiots." Or the original MAD men perhaps.
There's Al Jaffee, who at 90 still draws the optical illusion fold-in gags for MAD magazine's back page. And Sergio Aragones, still whipping out eye-straining and gut-busting miniature cartoons in the magazine's margins after 48 years. And Jack Davis, who was there at the beginning, drawing the horror spoof "Hoohah!" that appeared in MAD's debut issue in 1952.
Full StoryCharlize Theron likes being single for the first time in her adult life.
The Oscar winning actress tells the December issue of Vogue magazine this is the "first time" she's been unattached since she was nineteen. She used to go from one relationship to another — some within a month — saying she found a "comfort zone" being monogamous.
Full StoryHeavy metal legends Black Sabbath are to reunite to make a new album and tour, the original four members of the band led by Ozzy Osbourne have announced.
The group, whose hits include "Paranoid" and "Iron Man," unveiled their plans at the legendary Whisky a Go club on Sunset Strip, where they played their first Los Angeles gig four decades ago.
Full StoryHollywood power couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and their six children are on a visit to Vietnam, where adopted son Pax was born.
The actors and their brood were spotted Friday eating lunch at a rustic restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, known for its delicious traditional Vietnamese fare. It was the family's first trip back to the country since Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, 7, was adopted four years ago.
Full StoryA personal assistant turned personal manager to Michael Jackson said the King of Pop had been taking propofol as early as 1999, and that the singer was drugged up ahead of his 2001 30th anniversary concerts.
Frank Cascio, who became a family friend to Jackson at age 5 and eventually one of the singer's closest friends and employees, writes in a new book that he first noticed Jackson taking the drug Demerol while accompanying the singer on his "Dangerous" tour in 1993.
Full StoryAs the Dallas Museum of Art prepares to open an exhibit of Jean Paul Gaultier's sometimes outrageous, always head-turning fashion designs, the city's well-heeled residents are mobilizing.
Dallas is one of just three North American cities — along with Montreal and San Francisco — hosting the exhibit of works by the French designer. And while Dallas is not a fashion industry center like New York, Paris or Milan, designers and retailers know very well that some of their most devoted and fashion-conscious clientele can be found in Texas — both in Dallas and farther south in Houston.
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