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What’s iconic today? The overused word finds itself applied to not movies, not movie actors, but movie clothes. Iconic movie costumes worn by Charlie Chaplin, Judy Garland and Marilyn Monroe will go up for sale in June from a collection belonging to fellow actress Debbie Reynolds, California auction house Profiles in History said on Thursday.Monroe's subway dress from "The Seven Year Itch," Judy Garland's blue cotton dress and ruby red slippers from "The Wizard of Oz" and Charlie Chaplin's "Tramp" bowler hat are among the 3,500 items up for auction in Beverly Hills on June 18. Perhaps someone could donate the slippers to Grand Rapids, to replace the ones that were stolen. It sounds like an astonishing amount of good stuff, and you wish it wouldn’t melt away into the hidden hands of collectors. Wouldn’t the thrill of owning one of these items fade after a while? You can only look at a dress framed behind plexiglass in a gas-filled tank so many times before you start to … [Read more...] about Enormous movie costume collection for sale

Cue the mournful mandolin music. Real estate deal gives wire service writer the chance to make a joke that’s been old since 1974: The eight-bedroom New York City mansion used in the 1972 mobster epic, "The Godfather," is for sale.   The owners of the Staten Island home are asking $2.9 million — or an offer they can't refuse. Like, an offer from a local crime boss who will kill the owners if they don’t accept his terms? Like that? In case you have no idea what we’re talking about, it’s classic movie line #2 on the American Film Institute list of great quotes. Note how Brando seems to be addressing the other guy’s right shoulder: The article goes on: The movie was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. It starred Marlon Brando as the fictitious mobster Vito Corleone and actors Al Pacino and Robert Duvall. Scenes were filmed inside and outside the 4-acre estate. Owner James Norton says his mother kept many artifacts from the movie, including Brando's … [Read more...] about Godfather house up for sale; cliches abound

An update on that jewelry store necklacevideo.com story: this would not seem wise. Lindsay Lohan is preparing to sue Kamofie & Company jewelry store -- claiming they had no right  to cash in  from the sale of the infamous surveillance tape ... because Lindsay never gave them the right to use her image for profit ... TMZ has learned. It’s their store. Their cameras. She might as well sue the state for letting press photographers take her picture in court for use in newspapers and website. There’s some profit there, too. Not a lot. But some. Older Post Actually, Phil Collins IS retiring Newer Post Sheen's Korner: what the heck was that drivel? … [Read more...] about Of course: Lohan sues jewelry store for video sale

Famous hat now up for auction, so you can look like you’re wearing a beige horsecollar bedecked with beige bunting: The much-mocked hat worn by Princess Beatrice to Britain's royal wedding last month -- widely described as looking like a "toilet seat" -- is up for sale on eBay where bids have reached 18,400 pounds ($29,940). Supposedly she was a bit surprised by the attention the hat received, which just goes to suggest that the royals may not be as intimately connected with the life of their nation as you might expect. See, if you attend the Royal Ascot every year, where the men are required to wear morning suits and top hats like actual gentlemen, and the women have to wear hats, you’d knowthat elaborate hats are de rigueur. Trust me: Beatrice toned it down for the wedding. Go here for some other examples, including Princess Eugenie's hat, which appears to be capable of accessing DirecTV's orbiting satellites.  Older Post New Video Game Star: Putin Newer Post … [Read more...] about Ridiculed headgear now up for sale

Employee parking at Allina-owned Abbott Northwestern Hospital Like workers at many institutions, employees of Allina Health can pay for a parking space at work with a pre-tax deduction on their paychecks. The state tax wizards figured out that Minnesota had dibs on some of that benefit, so in early 2013, the Department of Revenue notified Allina that it owed the state $2.6 million in sales taxes for three years of employee parking.  Faced with the unexpected and whopping tax bill, Allina Health took the state to Minnesota Tax Court, which mediates disputes over the awesome government power. Allina argued that even though its employees agree to reduce their compensation for the privilege of parking, that's not the same as providing a taxable benefit. "Allina contends that it provides parking to its employees at no charge, and therefore no sales tax is due," summarized Tax Court Judge Joanne Turner in her ruling. Then she gave … [Read more...] about Judge orders Allina to pay sales tax on employee parking