Streisand auctions off several items for charity

Streisand auctions off several items for charity

LOS ANGELES — A robe worn by Barbra Streisand in “The Way We Were” sold for nearly $6,000 and an outfit from “Meet the Fockers” went for $3,500 at an auction of hundreds of the entertainer’s personal items.

A Stickley china cabinet brought in $15,000 and a wig worn by Streisand in “On A Clear Day You Can See Forever” sold for $3,500.

More than 400 of Streisand’s dresses and suits, books, designer furniture, paintings and vintage collectibles were on the block at the weekend sale conducted by Julien’s Auctions.

All proceeds go to Streisand’s favorite charities — including City Year, the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation and the Cedars-Sinai Women’s Heart Health Center.

Jackson’s ex-wife Rowe seeks $500K in lawsuit

LOS ANGELES — A Florida woman who told a television interviewer that Michael Jackson’s ex-wife was only interested in getting money from the singer’s family and wasn’t interested in gaining custody of her two children is being sued.

In a recent filing, Deborah Rowe’s attorneys said the mother of Jackson’s two oldest children should be awarded $490,000 in general and punitive damages.

Rowe sued Rebecca White in July for White’s comments to the television show “Extra.” White hasn’t responded to the lawsuit and Rowe is seeking a default judgment against the Key West, Fla. resident.

Rowe’s defamation and invasion-of-privacy lawsuit sought to recoup any money that White may have been paid for the interview, which aired in July. Rowe’s attorneys estimated those earnings at $100,000 on a court filing.

They are also seeking $100,000 for emotional distress, $45,000 for medical and attorney’s fees and $245,000 in punitive damages.

A hearing on Rowe’s petition to issue a default judgment against White is scheduled for November.

Rowe has some visitation rights with the two children under an August agreement with the singer’s mother. No money is believed to have changed hands in the arrangement.

Stories aired by “Extra” were based on White’s description of e-mails she said were exchanged with Rowe after Jackson’s June 25 death. Rowe, 50, denies she sent any recent e-mails to White.

Today’s birthdays

Artist Peter Max is 72. Actor John Lithgow is 64. Singer Jeannie C. Riley is 64. Singer Patrick Simmons of The Doobie Brothers is 61. Talk-show host Charlie Chase is 57. Singer Jennifer Holliday is 49. TV host Ty Pennington (“Extreme Makeover: Home Edition”) is 45. Actor Jon Favreau is 43. “South Park” co-creator Trey Parker is 40. Comedian Chris Kattan is 39. Singer Pras Michel of The Fugees is 37. Country singer Cyndi Thomson is 33. Actor Benjamin Salisbury (“The Nanny”) is 29.