The Truman Show

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Joanne Carson -- the ex of Heeeeeere's Johnny -- will capitalize on her good friend Truman Capote's resurgent popularity and auction off the rest of what he left behind after OD'ing in her house.

All for a good cause -- various animal-related charities in LA, she says -- and full of rare items, including one example that Capote had trouble finding a socially acceptable date -- but not because he was so obviously queer:

The worlds of Hollywood glitz and New York literati collide in one of the auction's offerings, a March 1982 note to Capote from Irving "Swifty" Lazar forbidding the novelist from bringing Carson as a date to Lazar's famous Oscar-night party. "Dear Tru," it began, "Delighted that you can come to our 'bash' … but it would be impossible for you to bring Joanne Carson, since it would create an embarrassment for Johnny which would be intolerable…. Bring someone else if you wish. Or, you can hold hands with Gore Vidal or Howard Austin — or even with me — but not Joanne, the ex. Love, Irving."

The auction will be held on November 9 at Bonhams New York, with simulcasts held in LA and San Francisco.