Mes: septiembre 2019

“I won’t have so many children to take care of,” she said, “so I won’t have quite so much responsibility and I can rest a little more.” More items are to be auctioned in December

LOS ANGELES – The Marilyn Monroe dress that flirted revealingly with a gust of New York subway air in “The Seven Year Itch” fetched a record $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, 바카라사이트 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. Pictures; Hollywood history on the auction block The total was $22.8 million, according to auction house Profiles in History. “I’m thrilled beyond words. This first auction shows that our great stars were loved by the world,” Reynolds said. She plans to part with more with items later this year. In filmmaker Billy Wilder’s “The Seven Year Itch,” Monroe’s character cooled off by standing over a subway grate to catch the breeze as a train sped underneath — which sent her dress north and exposed a shocking amount of leg and undergarment for a 1955 movie. The costume’s price set two records, according to Profiles in History:...

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“That has been going on for a long time, and will continue as long as the uncertainty increases concerning Greece’s position in the near future in the eurozone and the European Union.” Sunday’s vote could determine whether Greece stays in the euro or leaves in chaos

(AP) ATHENS, Greece – In Europe’s most economically stricken countries, people are taking their money out of their banks as a way to protect their savings from the growing financial storm. Worried that their savings could be devalued, or that banks are on the verge of collapse and that governments cannot make good on deposit insurance, people in Greece, Spain and beyond are withdrawing euros by the billions — behavior that is magnifying their countries’ financial stresses. The money is being hoarded at home or deposited in banks in more stable economies. It’s a steady bank “jog” at the moment, not a full-bore run. But it threatens to undermine the finances of those countries’ already-stressed lenders. And if it does turn into a full bank run after Greece’s crucial election on Sunday, it could hasten financial disaster in Europe and help spread turmoil around the world. More in Europe in Crisis Since the Greek debt crisis broke in late 2009, deposits have fallen by 30 percent cent, as savers have slowly pulled some 72 billion euros ($90.24 billion) from local lenders, with total household and corporate deposits standing at 165.9 billion euros ($207.94 billion) in April, according to the latest data from the Bank of Greece. Spanish deposits have fallen about six percent over the past year. They dipped suddenly in April by about 3.1 billion, 배터리맞고게임 euros or...

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