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No matter whether your tastes tend toward Hollywood’s golden age or Broadway legends, sports history or high-end timepieces, the winter 2024 auction season is particularly rich in glamour, offering collectors a chance at snagging some truly museum worthy pieces.

High-wattage lots set for sale before the end of the year at five global auction houses include everything from a Bob Mackie dress Miley Cyrus wore at February’s Grammy Awards to a variety of watches owned by Tom Brady and the best actor Academy Award Humphrey Bogart won in 1952 for The African Queen. “Just as it is in Hollywood, the auction scene is abuzz with excitement over iconic pieces that epitomize glamour,” notes Martin Nolan, co-founder and executive director of Beverly Hills-based Julien’s Auctions, which is hosting “A Week of Hollywood Legends,” the latest sale in its partnership with Turner Classic Movies, set for Dec. 10-13. The offerings range from...

Elegant movie star Grace Kelly was not just a stunning beauty but a gifted performer, so some might be surprised to learn that her film career lasted just five years. During those years, the regal blonde won an Oscar and worked with Alfred Hitchcock three times, in “Dial M for Murder,” “To Catch a Thief” and “Rear Window” — perhaps her signature role.

Hollywood’s big question when she married Prince Albert Rainier of Monaco in 1956 was whether she would continue to act. Fans and the media all wanted to know what would happen, but it seemed unlikely — after all, Rita Hayworth had found being a princess incompatible with being a movie star and her marriage to Prince Aly Khan lasted just a few years.

Americans are most familiar with the monarchs of Britain, thanks to generations of media coverage. But for several decades, Yankees faithfully followed another royal family, the Grimaldis of Monaco,...

A new auction features intimate photos that provide a rarely seen glimpse into the first months of Jackie Kennedy and former President John F. Kennedy‘s marriage.

The images – taken by Orlando Suero in 1954 – are part of a Bonhams auction titled the “Kennedy Years,” and show the couple during JFK’s time as a junior Massachusetts senator working in the nation’s capital following their September 1953 wedding, according to a press release.

Taken over the course of five days in Georgetown, the 13 Suero photos up for auction feature Jackie with the couple’s dog and on the university’s campus,...

In December 2005, People writer Natasha Stoynoff went to Mar-a-Lago to interview Donald and Melania Trump. What she says happened next left her badly shaken. Reached for comment, a spokeswoman for Trump said, “This never happened. There is no merit or veracity to this fabricated story.” What follows is Stoynoff’s account.

“Just for the record,” Anderson Cooper asked Donald Trump, during the presidential debate last Sunday, “are you saying … that you did not actually kiss women without (their) consent?”

“I have not,” Trump insisted.

I remember it differently.

In the early 2000s, I was assigned the Trump beat for People magazine.

Otto Preminger looks at police corruption and comes up with a classy noir starring Dana Andrews as a rogue cop and Gene Tierney as the woman whose father he accidentally frames for murder. With Karl Malden, Gary Merrill and velvety-slick B&W cinematography by Joseph Lashelle. Where the Sidewalk Ends Blu-ray Twilight Time Limited Edition 1950 / B&W / 1:37 Academy / 95 min. / Ship Date February 9, 2016 / available through Twilight Time Movies / 29.95 Starring Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed, Tom Tully, Karl Malden, Ruth Donnelly, Craig Stevens. Cinematography Joseph Lashelle Art Direction J. Russell Spencer, Lyle Wheeler Film Editor Louis R. Loeffler Original Music Cyril J. Mockridge Written by Ben Hecht, Robert E. Kent, Frank P. Rosenberg, Victor Trivas from the novel Night Cry by William L. Stuart Produced and Directed by Otto Preminger

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When Jefra Bland flew to last month's finale of Survivor: Cagayan, her mind wasn't on who would win the million dollars. "The finale was on a Wednesday," she tells People, "and by Friday, I was back in Kentucky for a rehearsal dinner, and I was married on Saturday. It was a whirlwind week." Bland, 23, tied the knot with Jared Hines in a traditional, relaxed ceremony in the chapel at Campbellsville University in Kentucky. "I wasn't a bridezilla," says Bland. "I was pretty easy to please. All that mattered to me was that I was getting married." Not that the details didn't matter.

When Jefra Bland flew to last month's finale of Survivor: Cagayan, her mind wasn't on who would win the million dollars. "The finale was on a Wednesday," she tells People, "and by Friday, I was back in Kentucky for a rehearsal dinner, and I was married on Saturday. It was a whirlwind week." Bland, 23, tied the knot with Jared Hines in a traditional, relaxed ceremony in the chapel at Campbellsville University in Kentucky. "I wasn't a bridezilla," says Bland. "I was pretty easy to please. All that mattered to me was that I was getting married." Not that the details didn't matter.

When Jefra Bland flew to last month's finale of Survivor: Cagayan, her mind wasn't on who would win the million dollars.

"The finale was on a Wednesday," she tells People, "and by Friday, I was back in Kentucky for a rehearsal dinner, and I was married on Saturday. It was a whirlwind week."

Bland, 23, tied the knot with Jared Hines in a traditional, relaxed ceremony in the chapel at Campbellsville University in Kentucky. "I wasn't a bridezilla," says Bland. "I was pretty easy to please. All that mattered to me was that I was getting married."

Not that the details didn't matter.

Just before the end of World War II, actor and producer Norman Lloyd found himself playing an unexpectedly memorable tennis match. His friend, actor Joe Cotten (Citizen Kane), had invited Lloyd to his Pacific Palisades home to hit the court and have lunch along with some other guests. "I was invited out there on a Sunday," recalls Lloyd, now 99, a seven-decade veteran of the industry who's appeared in films including Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942) and Dead Poets Society (1989). Fashion designer Oleg Cassini had arrived, and he brought a guest. "It was this guy I didn’t know, just wearing shorts, no shoes, no stockings and no shirt.

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Jodie Sweetin wed her fiancé, Morty Coyle, in a private celebration in Beverly Hills, the former Full House star confirms. Make that really private - last month, the couple celebrated one year of marriage. "We had wanted to keep it quiet and intimate for a while, but felt that on our first wedding anniversary, it was time to share!" Sweetin tells People. The couple, who got engaged on the actress's birthday in January 2011, exchanged vows on March 15, 2012. "Our day was a wonderful, intimate celebration with each other and our families," she says. The wedding was officiated by Coyle's All Day...

You don't need to be nominated for an Academy Award to get your hands on an Oscar-worthy look. Nor do you need to be an actress. Nor do you need any cash. All you have to do is enter our sweepstakes to win an entire ensemble (from the earrings to the dress to the heels) inspired by one of these stars' gorgeous Oscar night looks. Outfit 1: an outfit similar to Jennifer Lawrence’s, which includes an Oleg Cassini tulle and beaded strapless gown, Bauble Bar ice two-tear [...]...

Its famed bungalows are where Elizabeth Taylor celebrated five honeymoons, and Gene Tierney cheated with a young John F. Kennedy on estranged husband Oleg Cassini. They're where Howard Hughes hopscotched among five different units for months at a time to avoid being served papers in a lawsuit. And on Wednesday, the famed "Pink Palace" will add two more notes of distinction. This year, the Beverly Hills Hotel hits the 100-year mark, and not only will it be officially granted landmark status as part of as series of events honoring its centennial, but...

A little (okay, A Lot of) rain didn't stop the joyful couple from getting married in their intimate beach ceremony! Read on for details of the big day! Reciting vows under an umbrella, Teen Mom 2 star Leah Messer and Jeremy Calvert got hitched (again!) at a lakeside beach in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina with 30 of their friends and family watching. Ok! magazine's cover story revealed details of their white sand wedding! Leah, 20, was barefoot because of the wet sand and wore a white gown by Oleg Cassini. Her twins Ali and Aleeah were flower girls! Leah was walked down the aisle by her stepfather Lee Spears and her biological father, Gary Messer. A guest told the magazine, "She and Jeremy looked at each other when they said ther vows, and it got a little emotional. It was really sweet." Leah and Jeremy's first dance was to "I Know I Loved You" by Savage Garden.

Days away from her wedding, Christina Davidson is gushing about her gown and groom - just like any bride on the brink of her fairy-tale moment. Only she's not just any bride. For starters, this wedding will be on TV. And another thing: As Davidson and her fiancé exchange their vows, Martina McBride and Train lead singer Pat Monahan will serenade them onstage with a duet of "Marry Me." All this will air on CBS Sunday at 8 p.m. Et, at the Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. But for Davidson, 31, and Frank Tucci, 34, it wasn't always so dream-like.

Oleg Cassini’s widow, Marianne Nestor-Cassini, has slapped Conde Nast with a $10 million lawsuit alleging defamation over a September 2010 Vanity Fair piece that examined the intra-familial legal battle over the late designer’s estate. Entitled “Cassini Royale,” the article by Maureen Orth, describes Nestor-Cassini as the fashion icon’s “secret” wife and depicts her as litigious -- involved in suits as either plaintiff or defendant with everyone from Neil Diamond to Cassini’s daughters. She had worked for the Camelot era clothier, but their marriage was unknown to many of Cassini’s friends until...

Jackie O's fashion sense continues to generate buzz today, decades after the iconic First Lady caught America's heart and attention. If you're one of the many people taken with the costumes that have been created for Katie Holmes' turn as Jackie in The Kennedys, then we've got a sale for you.

Our partners who've set up Shop The Kennedys are also the source for the private sale site as SeenOn.com. Right now you can buy actual wardrobe pieces from the 8-part movie event, including this Hyannis Port summer look and Jackie's iconic Oleg Cassini inaugural gown, recreated for the miniseries by Armani. Membership to the SeenOn.com Kennedy’s private sale is free and immediate. But hurry — the sale ends April 6th.

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Lindsay Lohan is actively looking for an apartment in New York and has plans to move there, according to mom, Dina. Unless she continues to be compted a spot on private jets, she'll be racking up the frequent flier miles as her felony theft case goes to trial in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, the jewelry store where LiLo allegedly lifted the infamous necklace continues to cash in on the scandal, charging $2.99 to watch the surveillance tape at necklacevideo.com.

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This time Charlie Sheen is on the receiving end of a lawsuit as producer Ed Meyer is suing the warlock assassin and parents Martin and Janet Sheen for interfering in the production of a reality TV series starring estranged Sheen uncle Joe Estevez.

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Tiger Woods is putting his 155-foot yacht up for sale for $25M. "Privacy" was a wedding present from Woods to Elin Nordegren, and Tiger offered to...

Want to own a piece of Hollywood history? Costumes from the much buzzed about mini series "The Kennedys" are up for grabs starting tomorrow, including 27 original ensembles worn by Katie Holmes.

SeenOn.com is hosting a private sale of the one-of-a kind costumes from the series, which airs Sunday April 3 on the Reelzchannel, including replicas of the original Oleg Cassini designs created for First Lady Jackie Kennedy.

The gorgeous ball gown Cassini designed for the 1961 Inaugural Dinner, was redesigned and made especially for the TV mini series by the legendary Giorgio Armani (who created Katie's gown ...

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Alexander Skarsgard lead the procession of hotties who turned out last night to celebrate the opening of Tom Ford's store in La. Joining the True Blood star were Oscar nominee Colin Firth, who's up in the Best Actor category, and Bradley Cooper. Bradley is gearing up for a big press tour on behalf of his upcoming film Limitless - make sure to enter our I'm a Huge Fan contest and get in the running to meet Bradley in NYC! The busy actor also has The Hangover 2 on the way, so check out that movie's brand new teaser trailer. Rachel Zoe, in vintage Oleg Cassini, broke from prepping Academy Award hostess Anne Hathaway's wardrobe to hit the bash with her husband Rodger Berman. Tom's shop, which also carries his much-coveted line for women, brought out many female admirers. Eva Longoria, Kristin Davis, and Elizabeth Banks all made impressive appearances on the black carpet.

Last week, ABC’s Cougar Town said goodbye to a fan favorite, Jules’ ginormous red wine glass Big Joe (pictured, top). Luckily, following Ellie’s moving eulogy, Jules introduced the cul-de-sac crew to her new companion, Big Carl (pictured, bottom), who we will get to know better in this Wednesday’s Thanksgiving episode. EW asked Cougar Town prop master John Ornelas for a closer look at each of the gentlemen, both of whom he says can hold approximately 44 oz., or 5½ cups. Your standard wine bottle holds just over 25 oz., so Jules could, technically, pour herself more than a bottle and...

By the time he died, in 2006, designer Oleg Cassini had seduced the “top top girls” of his day, from Grace Kelly to Marilyn Monroe to Anita Ekberg, married Hollywood stunner Gene Tierney, and shaped the look of the absolutely toppest girl of all, Jacqueline Kennedy. But, for all Cassini’s success with women, the battle over his estate, between his daughter Tina and his last (and secret) wife, Marianne Nestor, suggests a chilling calculation behind the dashing image. The author investigates.

Although Rachel Weisz and Katie Holmes will both be playing Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis in two different projects, Weisz says don't expect a rivalry to develop between the two stars. "She's a fantastic actress," Weisz, referring to Holmes, told People at Thursday's Nydg's Rx Haiti benefit in New York. "She will be fabulous." With the possibility of critics comparing and contrasting their performances, Weisz insists, "It's not a competition. I'm surprised more people haven't played her thus far. It seems strange there hasn't been many versions. But it's great she has the opportunity to play her as well." The 2006 Oscar...

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This show pays homage to the iconic style of the actress who swapped Hollywood for royal duties in Monaco, but it cannot possibly capture her sex appeal

At first glance, it looks like the Paris morgue in the 1790s after a hard day's guillotining: 50 poised princesses, who manage to stand upright and show off their aristocratic finery, despite just having lost their heads. The cadavers all have the same tall, slim body because they're all abstract replicas of a single person, the model who became a movie star and then swanned off to spend the rest of her life as a Serene Highness, arranging flowers in the Monaco palace and sending prissy reprimands to hotels and restaurants that allowed women to wear slacks.

The V&A's exhibition gives you scraps of Grace Kelly and fragments of Princess Grace. Along with the immobile parade of frocks – coolly understated in her Hollywood days,...

Sunday began with a funeral service. A service at Riverside Chapel for fashion designer, personality force, former neighbor, and friend Abbijane, whose fiftieth birthday party we had attended only last year. On Friday came the shocking news that Abbijane was in the Icu, felled by an aneurysm that had burst, leaving her brain dead; life support was being withdrawn at 5 pm. Abbijane had been plagued by headaches for a few days and went for an exam; an aneurysm was discovered, bursting when she was on the operating table and, like that, she was gone. The flyer for the upcoming show of her autumn collection had gone that very week. She died on Friday and the memorial service was organized for Sunday by her surviving sister and grieving friends, and the huge turnout despite the stunning circumstances and quick turnaround was a testament to the love, devotion, attachment, and electric affinities that Abbijane inspired and nursed.

Prolific designer Oleg Cassini died in hospital on Friday, from a broken blood vessel in his head. He was 92. Cassini, who turned Oleg Cassini Inc. into a fashion powerhouse, is widely credited with helping Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis become a style icon during her years as America's first lady. The Italian was also famed for his work on film sets and dressed screen sirens Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe. He is survived by his wife Marianne.