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Polanski nude sells for 11,250

NEW YORK: A nude photograph of film director Roman Polanski and his wife Sharon Tate,taken shortly before she was brutally murdered,sold for 11,250 at an auction on Monday,with the directors recent arrest fuelling interest. The large-scale print was from an image taken by English photographer David Bailey in 1969,months before Tate was slain by followers of Charles Manson. It was printed in 1988.

Jolie gets over 15 m per movie

LONDON: Angelina Jolie has emerged as the highest paid actress in 2009 on a new power list. The actress has secured the position in Hollywood Reporters annual Women in Entertainment Power 100 list,which ranks the top female celebrity money makers,Contactmusic reported. Commanding more than 15 million per movie,Jolie ranks 24th in the list but is the highest money maker among actresses.

 

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