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What's On Tonight: - Roger Catlin | TV Eye
Original at Hartford Courant
• Tue, Nov 25
The conclusion of a two week look at Hollywood's leading couples on Turner Classic Movies includes Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in the epic "Cleopatra" (8 p.m.), John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in "Rio Grande" (12:15 a.m.), ...
Liz Smith : Married to Madge - all about Madonna
Original at all about Madonna
• Tue, Nov 25
I couldn't help but think back on Richard Burton's "Doctor Faustus" film. The subject obsessed him: a man who sells his soul for riches and fame and the world's most beautiful woman. Burton cast his wife, Elizabeth Taylor, ...
Colin’s Reviews » Blog Archive » 13 Celebrity Couples Too Perfect ...
Original at knemonic.com
• Mon, Nov 24
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were equally volatile, egotistical, talented, and drunk. They got married, got divorced, and got married again, before getting divorced again (although Taylor believes they would have married a third ...
New Providence Library shows 'National Velvet'
Original at nj.com
• Mon, Nov 24
NJ - In her star-making role, Elizabeth Taylor plays Velvet Brown, a wide-eyed adolescent who, assisted by her jockey pal played by Mickey Rooney, trains Pie, ...
Elizabeth Hurley's Wardrobe: As Dead as Her Career
Original at The PETA Files
• Mon, Nov 24
harpersbazaar / CC Elizabeth Hurley is making headlines—and no, not because of her hot acting career (Ha ha ha! Right.). No, Liz's fame has had a renaissance because she is the only living "celebrity" apparently willing to front Blackglama's old "What Becomes a Legend Most" ad campaign. (W...
Lord of the dance
Original at New Zealand Herald
• Sun, Nov 23
New Zealand - Nov 23, 2008 dancing in front of Hollywood stars Marlene Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton; touring the United States and Europe with the RNZB in the 60s ...
Cameron MacKintosh on Oliver! and his success with musicals
Original at Times Online
• Sun, Nov 23
UK - Nov 23, 2008 continual parties for the celebrities of the day - Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Muhammad Ali, members of the victorious 1966 World Cup soccer side. ...
AMC - Blogs - Talk: Mad Men - November Movie Mad-ness Discussion
Original at blogs.amctv.com
• Sun, Nov 23
The first film I saw Elizabeth Taylor in was "National Velvet" (1944) when she was 12 and I was an envious teenager. She was the most beautiful child imagineable! She was a gorgeous 28 when "Butterfield 8" was filmed in 1960. ...
Rocks of ages
Original at Times Online
• Sat, Nov 22
UK - Richard Burton once said of Elizabeth Taylor, whom he twice made his wife: “The only word Elizabeth knows in Italian is Bulgari. ...
Historical Diamond Auction
Original at abazias.com
• Sat, Nov 22
Only six of these brooches were made, with one of them being given to Elizabeth Taylor by former husband Richard Burton at the premiere of Night of the Iguana. The piece was estimated to sell at $75000, but brought in an impressive ...
Cleopatra (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Caesar's Will
Original at google.com
• Thu, Nov 20
After the burial of Caesar, Antony (Richard Burton) explains himself to the bereaved Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor), just before the intermission in ... www.tcm.com
Shyla Marlin: From Page To Stage: The Theatrical Art Of Fundraising
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Nov 19
By Shyla Marlin It was the day before my 30th birthday. I went out for an afternoon run with my dog. Two pit bulls attacked us and the events that subsequently occurred changed the course of my life forever. I remember the moment it happened, time stood still. A flash image of Elizabeth Taylor appeared in my mind...
Fast Facts - Extra!
Original at Arizona Daily Wildcat
• Wed, Nov 19
Richard Burton gave Elizabeth Taylor a 69.4 carat diamond engagement ring. More words start with "S" than with any other letter. Timber cutters have the deadliest job, with 117.8 deaths per 100000 workers. ...
NPR: TCM Looks At 'Leading Couples'
Original at NPR
• Tue, Nov 18
Next Tuesday: Cleopatra (starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton) at 8:00 p.m., Rio Grande (starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara) at 12:15 a.m., They Died With Their Boots On (starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland) at 2:15 ...
The safari of a lifetime
Original at iAfrica.com
• Sun, Nov 16
South Africa - Nov 16, 2008 The only hotel in the National Park, this is where — as every local will proudly tell you — Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor got married in 1975. ...
Orlando Sentinel - Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn -- screen's ...
Original at Orlando Sentinel
• Sun, Nov 16
25: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in "Cleopatra" at 8 p.m. John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in "Rio Grande" at 12:15 a.m. Flynn and de Havilland in "They Died With Their Boots On" at 2:15 a.m. Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret in "Viva ...
Elizabeth Taylor mobbed by pigeons
Original at Times Online
• Fri, Nov 14
UK - Nov 14, 2008 Four years earlier Taylor had rocketed to international stardom as Velvet Brown in the film National Velvet. When these photographs were taken by Chris Ware ...
The Fame Game: Do Stars' Personal Lives Affect Their Earning Power?
Original at Starpulse.com
• Mon, Nov 10
Back in the 1960s news broke of an affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher, which rocked Hollywood and split not only their home but a nation's opinion of America's sweetheart. Back in the 1960s news broke of an affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher, which rocked Holly...
Water they thinking?
Original at London Free Press
• Sat, Nov 8
Canada - Cleopatra: Now an overblown favourite for its sumptuous visuals, and the romantic subtext involving Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, this 1963 costume ...
It’s Hard To Be A Woman : Lone Star Times
Original at Lone Star Times
• Thu, Oct 30
Elizabeth Taylor? That fat little tart? /I always liked that quote. Richard Burton was just too cool. Anyway… nope. but I did sleep at a Hotel 6 (aka no tell motel) several years ago. nz-texas on October 30th, 2008 at 3:00 pm ...
The Horse Whisperer in Guatemala
Original at The Guatemala Times
• Tue, Oct 28
Guatemala - Hollywood hired him as a "stand in" rider and stunt double for stars such as Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet and many other films. ...
TAYLOR'S 'FAREWELL' TO FAMILY - REPORT
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Sun, Oct 26
PR-inside.com) DAME ELIZABETH TAYLOR has travelled to Britain to 'say goodbye' to relatives, according to reports in America. The ailing Hollywood legend uses a wheelchair and is thought to be suffering from congestive heart failure. And reports claim she is in such poor health that she h...
Zeta Jones sẽ thủ vai Cleopatra
Original at BBC Sport
• Sat, Oct 25
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Cleopatra musical by Steven Soderbergh with Catherine Zeta Jones ...
Original at Dancewithshadows ver 3
• Sat, Oct 25
• 5 related articles
The 1963 Cleopatra starred Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra, Rex Harrison as Julius Caesar and Richard Burton as Marc Antony. The movie won four Oscars, Best Picture at the Golden Globes and Best Actor for Rex Harrison. Related movie news ...
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Talkin' boxing at poolside in Beverly Hills, from Mosley to Margarito
Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com
• Mon, Oct 6
CA - So Arum, a frequent guest at the posh hotel, told Jones he'd set him up in a one-floor hotel villa where Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor had lived years ...
Neighborhood Watch Ambassador Liz
Original at New Yorker
• Sun, Sep 28
United States - me was travelling with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor at the height of their scandal”—while resisting the urge to long for a past that never was, ...
Alec Baldwin: A Great Actor
Original at Huffington Post
• Sun, Sep 28
By Alec Baldwin You can think about him hobbling on a crutch, feigning indifference, while Elizabeth Taylor urged him on in her lingerie. The two most beautiful actors in all of film, and they just argued. You knew how alcoholic and sick Brick was if he wasn't dying for Elizabeth Taylor.
Arts, Briefly
Original at New York Times
• Wed, Sep 24
By COMPILED BY PETER EDIDIN US appeals court rules that Elizabeth Taylor can keep her van Gogh painting, which she bought at auction in London in 1963; says that descendants of Margarete Mauthner, who sued Taylor saying that painting had been confiscated by Nazis and should be returned to family, waited too long to...
Have You Seen His Childhood?Original at stillsearching (WordPress)
• Mon, Sep 15
By Brett On August 29, Michael Jackson celebrated his 50th birthday. It was a low key affair, with the King of Pop hanging out with his three kids, eating candy, giggling, “watching cartoons” and “just relaxing.” No Macaulay Culkin, no Elizabeth Taylor, no Chris Tucker. Just Michael and his kids (Pr...
A Trove of Golden Broadway Images, Stuck in a Tangled History
Original at New York Times
• Fri, Sep 12
United States - and glimpses of the backstage romance of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton during “Hamlet.” In 1954, he and Mr. Abeles, a portrait photographer, ...
Melvyn Bragg celebrates The South Bank Show
Original at Times Online
• Tue, Sep 9
UK - Elizabeth Taylor, who had “been galloping in one's dreams” since he saw her in National Velvet, was “a little plump at that stage” and changed all the ...
Hollywood legends will tell all this fall
Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
• Sat, Sep 6
PA - Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor? Forget it. Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher? Not a chance." Curtis says he didn't get the respect he deserved for his ...
Elizabeth Taylor to Keep Van Gogh
Original at NYT > Elizabeth Taylor
• Sat, Sep 6
By By LINDA GREENHOUSE An effort by heirs of a German Jewish art collector to recover a van Gogh painting once owned by their great-grandmother and now owned by Elizabeth Taylor ended yesterday.
Hollywood veterans kiss and sell
Original at The Observer
• Sat, Aug 30
UK - Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor? Forget it. Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher? Not a chance.' Turning to his use of drugs in the Eighties, ...
National Velvet **** U
Original at Glasgow Daily Record
• Thu, Aug 28
UK - DEBUTING on DVD for the first time this classic family film stars Elizabeth Taylor, then 11 years old. It tells the story of Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor) ...
Elizabeth Taylor On Life Support After Heart Failure
Original at www.gabbybabble.celebuzz.com
• Thu, Jul 31
By gdaysunshine July 31st, 2008 Elizabeth Taylor On Life Support After Heart Failure Elizabeth Taylor was reportedly put on a life support machine the other night after suffering congestive heart failure, according to the National Enquirer via Daily Mail. The Hollywood legend was said to have had pneu...
Liz Taylor was on life support after complications from pneumonia
Original at Cele
• Thu, Jul 31
By MSat Elizabeth Taylor was put on a life support machine after suffering congestive heart failure, it was reported this evening. The actress, a mother of three who adopted a fourth child with Richard Burton, was taken to hospital on July 15 when flu turned into pneumonia.
Obituary: Evelyn Keyes
Original at IndieLondon
• Sat, Jul 12
By Rob Blessed with glowing blonde hair and an alluring figure, she danced in nightclubs and at 17 set out for Hollywood where she was soon discovered by producer Cecil B DeMille, who cast her in his 1938 pirate picture The Buccaneer. After a brief liaison with producer Mike Todd (who left her for E...
DVD Talk Review: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton: The Film ...
Original at DVD Talk
• Tue, Apr 22
Warner Home Video gathers together four fascinating films from the Burtons' glory years in the Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton: The Film Collection. This five-disc box set traces their evolution as a screen couple from the first blush ...
Liz Taylor Overdoses???
Original at perezhilton.com
• Mon, Apr 14
By Perez Hilton Image via WENN.] Don't mix alcohol and meds, y'all! The National Enquirer is reporting that legendary actress and AIDS philanthropist Elizabeth Taylor was rushed to the hospital after mixing booze and prescription pills! The 8-times married Liz must have an army of care givers. Why didn...
Elizabeth Taylor overdose claims - Monsters and Critics.com
Original at Monsters and Critics.com
• Mon, Apr 14
Elizabeth Taylor overdose claims - Her ex-husbands include screen legend Richard Burton, who she wed twice, Eddie Fisher and Larry Fortensky, who she met during her second stint in rehab.
Demi Moore Is Flawless, But I'm More Concerned With General Hospital's 45th Anniversary
Original at A Socialite's Life
• Tue, Mar 25
The cast and crew celebrated the April 1st anniversary with a small party on their set. Yeah, people don't watch soaps nowadays so they probably have to tone it down due to finances. Elizabeth Taylor isn't making guest appearances anymore. She was the first Helena Cassadine! I'll stop.
Elizabeth Taylor Out In West Hollywood
Original at A Socialite's Life
• Thu, Mar 20
The 75-year-old actress and long-time AIDS activist suffers from osteoporosis and has battled a long list of health problems, including a benign brain tumor, congestive heart failure and in the past, she has relied on a combination of steroids and pain killers to fight her back pain.
Heart-to-Heart - New York Magazine
Original at New York Magazine
• Sun, Jan 27
Heart-to-Heart USA - I actually think, after doing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and then Virginia Woolf, that part of my mission in life is to correct Elizabeth Taylor’s performances.
Richard Burton Had A Secret Affair With Marilyn Monroe
Original at Starpulse.com
• Sun, Jan 13
A new biography of the late Richard Burton has revealed the Hollywood actor had an affair with Marilyn Monroe. Burton's affair with Elizabeth Taylor - who he went on to marry - has been well documented but it is now claimed the star ...
Podcast: Episode Six: THE BALLAD OF FRANTIC AND PARANOID
Original at FOOD IS NOT LOVE
• Sun, Nov 4
By FOOD IS NOT LOVE! In this extra long episode, our cast all turn on each other as a result of Disco’s Elizabeth Taylor-like bad mood. His rank disposition is the result of his YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS audition turning bust. Disco then speaks to 9/11 conspiracy debunker, and good friend of the show, PAT CURLEY. Rob...
Burton was desperate to win back Taylor for a third time
Original at Malaysia Sun
• Thu, Oct 11
Washington, Oct 11 : Acting legend Richard Burton was desperate to reconcile with Dame Elizabeth Taylor for the third time, but the actress refused to give him another chance, a BBC reporter reveals.
Taylor Sparkles At AIDS Fundraiser
Original at CBS 11
• Fri, Sep 28
Elizabeth Taylor, wearing a coffee-colored, gold-sequined Naeem Khan gown accented with diamond jewelry, put some superstar sparkle into an HIV/AIDS fundraiser. I have done this every year for years," Taylor told The Associated Press in an interview. "It's tradition and it's part of m...
The Other Elizabeth Taylor - Atlantic Online
Original at Atlantic Online
• Tue, Aug 14
The Other Elizabeth Taylor - National Velvet came out in 1944, the year before Taylor’s first novel, At Mrs. Lippincote’s, was published. For her entire career, living and posthumous, ...
Elizabeth Taylor Publicist Denies Death Rumors
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, Apr 27
By Natalie Davis I was right to be skeptical.Earlier today, London tabloid the Daily Mail reported that legendary film star Dame Elizabeth Taylor was suffering from heart failure and on the brink of death. The Mail claimed the 74-year-old Oscar-winning actor - often noted more for her many marriages than...