Los Angeles - An auction for the crypt above the final resting place of Marilyn Monroe has ended without receiving a single offer. The unusual item at the Westwood Village Memorial Park was offered for sale on auction site eBay for a minimum of 500,000 dollars with a minimum 5 per cent refundable deposit.
But the listing ended over the weekend without a single bid, in sharp contrast to an earlier auction, which closed for 4.6 million dollars before the winner pulled out.
The crypt had been owned by Monroe's ex-husband Joe DiMaggio who later sold it to entrepreneur Richard Poncher, who was buried in the tomb 23 years ago at the age of 81.
His widow Elise Poncher moved his body and put the tomb up for sale so she could pay off the 1.6-million-dollar mortgage on her Beverly Hills house.
After the original deal fell through, a representative for Poncher contacted the 11 other bidders who had offered over 4.5 million dollars, but none of them were interested in actually paying that much.
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Report: Gibson a daddy again
Los Angeles - Mel Gibson is a father for the eighth time after his girlfriend, musician Oksana Grigorieva, gave birth to a baby girl, according to website Radaronline.com, which first uncovered the couple's affair.
The report said that the delivery on Friday was a few weeks early but that mother and baby are already home.
Gibson and Grigorieva have been an items since shortly before Gibson's wife, Robyn, filed for divorce in April after 29 years of marriage. Gibson, 53, has seven children (six sons and a daughter) with Robyn, while Oksana has a son, Alexander, with her former boyfriend, actor Timothy Dalton.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie go trick-or-treating
Los Angeles - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie may be the world's most glamorous couple, but they also like to keep things down to earth. The Hollywood stars got dressed up Saturday night to take their kids trick-or-treating in a Los Angeles neighbourhood to celebrate Halloween, according to website radaronline.com.
The site showed pictures of Pitt dressed in a strange orange costume, which was his attempt at portraying a character from his kids' favourite television show. Jolie was looking ghoulish with grey hair and a bloodied face. According to the report Pitt drove the brood in the family car without any security detail, and surprised homeowners in the Hollywood Hills by knocking on their doors and asking for candy.
