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James Dean Love Letters Up for Sale

Rob Quinn — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:29:46 CDT

Love letters from one of the major romances in James Dean's short life will hit the auction block for the first time. The actor, who was killed in a car crash at the age of 24, dated Barbara Glenn for 2 years, and the three letters up for sale date...

Site Auctions JFK's Secret Love Letters

Kevin Spak — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:20:26 CST

A set of never-before-seen love letters between John F. Kennedy and his secret Swedish mistress have surfaced and are for sale in an online auction. The letters, written in Kennedy’s own scrawling handwriting, reveal a passionate affair that began before Kennedy was married, and continued after it, according to ABC...

Just Wait: 'Trashy' Letterman Letters Are Coming

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:51:19 CDT

It’s only a matter of time before Stephanie Birkitt’s “trashy” love letters to David Letterman become public. Sadly, “we’re not talking crazy sexual escapades,” a source tells the New York Daily News . “It’s her musings about them. It’s trash.” More on the Letterman fiasco: Sure, the situation is unpleasant, but...

Got $40K? Own Madonna's Naughty Messages

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:14:09 CDT

One way to make a quick buck: Sell erotic phone messages Madonna left on your answering machine. That’s what former bodyguard-turned-boyfriend Jim Albright is doing, the New York Daily News reports, and the 17 minutes of recordings are expected to fetch $40,000. Also up for grabs: A 15-minute “very...

Knox Writes Love Letters to 'Ex' Raffaele

Kevin Spak — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:28:51 CDT

Raffaele Sollecito is supposed to be Amanda Knox’s ex-boyfriend, but you wouldn’t know it by reading the letters she’s been sending him, the Daily Telegraph reports. In them, the 21-year-old opens up to her co-defendant and thanks him for sharing his feelings with her. “You know what would be wonderful?”...

Partner Writes Loving Plea for Saberi's Release

Katherine Thompson — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:59:19 CDT

A decorated Iranian film director who describes himself as Roxana Saberi's fiance has written an open letter protesting her imprisonment, the BBC reports. "I beg you not to throw her in the midst of your political games!" Bahman Ghobadi writes in his impassioned plea. "She is too weak and too...

Charles' Love Letters Show a Frisky Sailor

Nick McMaster — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:38:00 CDT

His personal life may now have all the sex appeal of tea in tweed, but once upon a time Prince Charles was a randy sailor writing risque letters to "exciting ladies (who) lurk behind bushes in order to pounce on unsuspecting naval officers … !" Six such letters, believed to have...

Lover Airs NIU Shooter's Letter

Peter Fearon — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:48:40 CST

The girlfriend of the gunman who murdered five students at Northern Illinois University Thursday talked to him every day last week, including the night before the shooting spree, and detected nothing amiss. "He wasn't erratic. He wasn't delusional. He was Steve; he was normal," Jessica Baty, 28, told CNN. Steven...