The Marilyn Monroe dress that flirted revealingly with a gust of New York subway air in “The Seven Year Itch’’ fetched $4.6 million at an auction of film memorabilia. A more sedate outfit worn by Audrey Hepburn in the Ascot race scene of “My Fair Lady’’ drew a $3.7 million bid at the sale of nearly 600 Hollywood costumes and props collected by film star Debbie Reynolds. The buyers, who were not identified, also paid a sum to the auction house and other fees, according to auction publicity firm Nancy Seltzer & Associates. That brought the total price to more than $5.6 million for the Monroe costume and $4.5 million for the black-and-white gown worn by Hepburn. (AP)
Kingston better
Singer Sean Kingston says he’s feeling better almost a month after crashing his watercraft into a Miami Beach bridge. On his Twitter page yesterday, Kingston posted a message to his fans. He wrote: “Feeling alot better! GOD IS GREAT! Thanks for all the prayers and support! Love you ALL!’’ Kingston also posted a picture of himself, in the hospital, flashing a peace sign. His publicist, Joseph Carozza, says Kingston’s condition has been upgraded to fair. The singer famous for his 2007 hit “Beautiful Girls’’ has been hospitalized in Miami since the May 29 crash. (AP)
Picasso in Ramallah
A Palestinian art academy yesterday put on display a $7 million Pablo Picasso masterpiece, the first of its kind in the West Bank. Picasso’s 1943 “Buste de Femme’’ is on loan from the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, Holland. Organizers said they had to overcome a lack of reliable transport and Israeli checkpoints along the way. The art director of the academy, Khalid Horani, said it took two years to arrange the loan. (AP)
