ACTRESS Ellen Barkin has auctioned off the jewels given to her by billionaire ex-husband Ron Perelman for more than $20 million.

A RECLUSIVE Russian yesterday refused to accept the maths world’s highest honour for solving a problem that has stumped some of the discipline’s greatest minds for a century.

The owner of cosmetics giant Revlon was today linked to a possible bid for the Deluxe film services business being sold by UK group Rank for an estimated €677m.

Based on the novel by Andre Dumas lll this is an outstanding film filled with high drama and played brilliantly by its wonderful cast, particularly Kingsley and Connelly.