If a form-fitting dress worn by Marilyn Monroe is worth $1.25 million and an Elvis Presley credit card $11,000, then how much is the only Oscar ever won by 'Citizen Kane' worth?
The answer will come next week when Christie's auction house in Beverly Hills sells a cache of movie memorabilia including Herman Mankiewicz's 1941 Oscar for co-writing the 'Citizen Kane' screenplay.-- TOURIST DOLLAR RACE: Mickey Mouse, King Kong and Shamu the Killer Whale made way for chariot racers and a full-scale Roman galley on Friday as producers launched a lavish musical production of the biblical epic "Ben-Hur" in the heart of central Florida tourist territory.
The new production of "Ben-Hur: The Musical" opening on Friday in Orlando targets churches and religious organizations, but the $9 million production is intended to appeal to any visitor who likes a spectacle.
-- FRENCH-CANADIAN POP DIVA Celine Dion, best known for her rendition of the theme song of the blockbuster movie "Titanic," is working on a "very intimate" autobiography to be published next year, her office said on Friday. Last September, Grammy-winning Dion said she planned to take up to a three-year break from the music business.