Nicky Hilton, family reveal fashion line

Nicky Hilton, family reveal fashion line

CULVER CITY, Calif. — It was a Hilton family affair. Kathy, Rick and Paris Hilton — along with Paris’ current squeeze Benji Madden — were front and center Tuesday at the Mercedes-Benz L.A. Fashion Week show for Nicky Hilton’s high-end Nicholai line. Before the models took the runway, mom Kathy mingled with the crowd, dad Rick snapped iPhone photos and big sis Paris exchanged whispers with Madden, the Good Charlotte guitarist. The latest designs from the younger Hilton sister included trench coats, knit tops, houndstooth accents and lots of leather trim. Nicky debuted the more-expensive Nicholai line at New York Fashion Week last year. She launched her first clothing line — the casual Chick by Nicky Hilton — in 2004. At the end of the Nicholai show, Nicky’s boyfriend David Katzenberg presented her with a bouquet of white roses.

Famed photographs go on the auction block

NEW YORK — Iconic images by some of the 20th century’s most notable photographers, including Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Diane Arbus, are expected to fetch as much as $14.8 million when they are offered in a series of auctions next month. On April 11, Christie’s is holding a sale devoted entirely to Adams’ photographs. from a California collection. The 122 lots from a California collection represent works from throughout the artist’s career, including “Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite, 1944,” which has an estimate of $250,000 to $350,000. The entire collection is expected to bring $3 million to $5 million. Also that day, the auction house will offer a range of 20th-century photographs by such artists as Edward Weston, Irving Penn, Dorthea Lange and Robert Mapplethorpe.

Two Penn masterpieces are expected to bring up to $300,000 and $350,000, respectively. They are “Black and White Vogue Cover, 1950,” and a 1948 platinum-palladium print titled “Cuzco Children.” A day earlier, Christie’s will offer 51 lots by Arbus, including “Boy with a straw hat waiting to march in pro-war parade, NYC, 1967” expected to fetch $25,000 to $35,000, and “Girl in a watch cap, NYC, 1965,” with a $20,000 to $30,000 estimate.

Mariah replaces Jackson on ‘Saturday Night Live’

NEW YORK — “Saturday Night Live” has replaced a flu-ridden Janet Jackson with another diva: Mariah Carey.

Carey, 37, will fill in for Jackson on the March 15 “SNL” telecast, NBC announced Wednesday. Jackson, 41, was scheduled to perform live Saturday night in support of her latest album, “Discipline,” which was released last month. The singer’s publicist, Patti Webster, said Tuesday she dropped out because she has the flu and “needs some time to get better.” Carey’s latest album, EMC2, arrives April 15.

Today’s birthdays

Jazz musician Roy Haynes is 83. Country singer Jan Howard is 78. Songwriter Mike Stoller is 75. Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka is 69. Actor William H. Macy is 58. Actress Deborah Raffin is 55. Comedian Robin Duke is 54. Actress Glenne Headly is 53. Actress Dana Delany is 52. Rock musician Adam Clayton (U2) is 48. Jazz musician Terence Blanchard is 46. Actor Christopher Collet is 40. Actress Annabeth Gish is 37. Actress Tracy Wells is 37. Rapper Common is 36. Rapper Khujo (Goodie Mob, The Lumberjacks) is 36. Singer Glenn Lewis is 33. Actor Danny Masterson is 32. Actor Emile Hirsch is 23. Singers Nicole and Natalie Albino (Nina Sky) are 22.