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Madonna bra goes for $23,850

NEW YORK -- Are they going to wear it, or just look at it?

For nearly $24,000, they can do whatever they want. A bidder in an online auction put on by Sotheby's.com and Gotta Have It Collectibles Inc. has paid $23,850 for a beaded Dolce and Gabbana bra worn by Madonna during "The Girlie Tour."

It was part of a record amount of money spent on a Madonna costume auction. The auction, which ended Wednesday, took in a total of $205,332.

Other top lots included the black sequined bustier with gold tassels worn by Madonna on the "Who's That Girl" tour, which sold for $20,550; and her handwritten lyrics from "Like A Prayer, which reached $20,000.

"We are ecstatic with the unprecedented results of this online auction," said Gotta Have It's co-owner Bob Schagrin.

The auction coincided with the beginning of Madonna's "Drowned World Tour," which is currently traveling through the United States. Madonna recently canceled her Friday show at New Jersey's Meadowlands due to laryngitis.

Sorkin admits drug use

LOS ANGELES, California -- Aaron Sorkin, creator of the Emmy-winning television series "A Few Good Men," is acknowledging his drug use publicly, and is also promising the stay clean.

Sorkin tells Talk magazine he used cocaine and smoked marijuana before his April drug arrest despite assertions by friends that it represented a one-time lapse.

"It wasn't the first time, but it wasn't the fifth time, either," Sorkin says.

Meantime, TV Guide's upcoming issue says Sorkin admits he smoked crack cocaine daily while writing the 1995 movie "The American President."

"That is why it took me three years to write the script," he said.

He entered Minnesota's Hazelden Institute at the urging of friends, including Rob Reiner, director of "The American President."

But Sorkin apparently had a relapse recently when he was arrested April 15 at Burbank Airport. Authorities had found marijuana, hallucinogenic mushrooms and rock cocaine in his bag, according to The Associated Press.

He pleaded guilty in June to a misdemeanor and two felony counts, and was allowed to enter a drug treatment program instead of serving prison time.

Sorkin says he's adhering to his court-ordered diversion program that includes random tests for illegal substances.

Woody Allen, jazz great?

SEATTLE, Washington -- Sure, lots of people go to see his comedies on the silver screen.

But when writer-director Woody Allen plays jazz on his clarinet, it's a sell-out. At least, it was Thursday night at Seattle's Jazz Alley, where Allen played his first West Coast show. Allen put on the gig to promote his new movie, "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion," which opens August 17.

Despite the turnout, Allen, 65, downplayed his musical talents.

"Believe me, the people who did not get tickets are not missing anything," Allen told The Seattle Times. "It's not like a night at the Olympia with Sidney Bechet."

Allen does admit that he's obsessed with playing jazz. He had a Monday night gig at Michael's Pub in New York City for 25 years. He now plays at the Carlyle Hotel.

"I'm so riddled with guilt that if I miss a day's practice it consumes me," he says. "I've practiced in freezing cold fields, in campers and in a church in Budapest. ... I'm a fanatic practicer."

5th Dimension's Townson dead at 68

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Ron Townson, who gained fame as the singer for the Grammy-winning pop group The 5th Dimension, died Thursday of renal failure after a four-year battle with kidney disease, The Associated Press reports.

He was 68.

The 5th Dimension was known for such 1960s hits as "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In," "Wedding Bell Blues" and "Stoned Soul Picnic." They won four Grammys in 1968 for the Jimmy Webb song "Up Up and Away."

After the band split up in the 1970s, Townson formed the group Ron Townson and Wild Honey. Later, he reunited with McLemore and LaRue in a new version of The 5th Dimension that included Phyllis Battle and Greg Walker.

He retired from the group in 1997.