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By Times staff writer Barbershop still at top of box officeBarbershop, the ensemble comedy that was last week's top film, earned an estimated $13.3-million to stay No. 1 at the box office. The Banger Sisters, a reunion film about two former rock groupies starring Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon, finished second with an estimated $10.3-million. Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, a spy thriller featuring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu, earned an estimated $7.11-million, to edge the Heath Ledger period piece, The Four Feathers, which earned $7.10-million. It was another consistent week for My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which finished third, earning an estimated $10-million in its 23rd week. The romantic comedy has grossed $124-million overall. While September is traditionally a slow month, this weekend's $70-million overall box office was up substantially from the same weekend last year when Mariah Carey's lackluster Glitter debuted and audiences stayed home to watch an all-star telethon for victims of the terrorist attacks. A different kind of love affairAn emerald and diamond Bulgari ring that Richard Burton gave Elizabeth Taylor went on display Saturday at Christie's New York auction house. The ring, with a preauction value of $40,000 to $60,000, is among items from Taylor's jewelry collection that go on the block Thursday to benefit The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. "I have many passions. For family and friends, for love and laughter, for extraordinary objects of beauty," the actress writes in the auction catalog. On Sept. 30, Christie's will also display -- but not sell -- 30 pieces from Taylor's jewelry collection to launch her book, Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry. Highlights include another Burton gift, a 33-carat diamond crafted by Harry Winston.
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