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DATE: SATURDAY, May 14, 1994                   TAG: 9405140036
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PEOPLE

Sylvester Stallone has broken it off with Janice Dickinson. No official why, but pre-nup talks were said to be especially contentious, even as Gianni Versace stitched up the redhead's bridal gown.

The movie star has been seen about Miami with an unidentified dark-haired beauty. Maybe she'll be launched at Sunday's opening of Miami's Planet Hollywood, in which Stallone is part-owner.

Marabeth Jordon, whose affair with Michael English shook up the Christian pop music world, is pregnant with his child. Both are wed to others.

She's been dumped by her group, First Call. He gave back the six Dove awards he won last month, but Gospel Music Association officials said he can get them back anytime he wants them.

A judge has blocked the auction of more than 60 of Marilyn Monroe's most personal items, including her phone book and tax returns, because of an ownership dispute.

Superior Court Judge Robert O'Brien ruled Thursday the Odyssey Gallery could not sell the items at a Hollywood memorabilia auction today. Another hearing was set for May 26.

Among the more than 400 items to be auctioned at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel are a pair of Madonna's panties, an Elvis Presley belt, and guitars autographed by Prince and members of The Who.

Seven love letters from Winston Churchill to a woman who turned down his marriage proposal were sold Friday for $115,136.

An American collector purchased the turn-of-the-century letters in which Churchill professed his love for Muriel Wilson, daughter of a shipping magnate, according to the auctioneer Christie's.

"Don't slam the door," wrote the man who became Britain's prime minister during World War II.

"I can wait - perhaps I shall improve with waiting," he wrote. "Why shouldn't you care about me some day?"



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