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Leo DiCaprio space seats fetch $4M

A trip into space with Leonardo DiCaprio sold at the Cannes amfAR charity auction for nearly $4 million last night. We’re told two separate mystery bidders won a pair of seats on Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space flight with the actor, each paying about 1.5 million euros ($1.9 million). The auction was helped along by the Cannes Film Festival’s most glamorous attendee, Sharon Stone, who outshone all the other actresses by wearing a series of daring, plunging and figure-fitting gowns at events.

Other prizes that sold big at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS bash at the Hotel du Cap included admission to the big Oscar parties and “The Wolf of Wall Street” premiere with DiCaprio, which went for $1.5 million. Organizers of the bash would not identify the big-ticket buyers last night. Guests included Janet Jackson, Jessica Chastain and Cannes jurors Nicole Kidman and Christoph Waltz. Event chair Harvey Weinstein also joked that many in the film business might love to see him fly into space “but only on a one-way ticket.”