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June of 2009

 

Rate Elizabeth Taylor /Richard Burton: Divorce His - Divorce Hers ...Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at it.truveo.com external link    Tue, Jun 16

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton draw on their personal experiences as real-life partners going through marraige difficulties for their ... it.truveo.com

Rate Elizabeth Taylor - "Larry Fortensky" - by Richard Bassett

Original at actualite-de-stars.com external link    Tue, Jun 16

Dame Elizabeth Taylor's life spiraled upward and prospered throughout the mid 1980's and by 1988, she found herself vigilantly fund raising for ... www.actualite-de-stars.com

Rate Liz Taylor pics take spotlight in local court

Original at Bizjournals.com external link    Sat, Jun 13

 NC Bozzacchi further faces the loss of some of his most treasured possessions: photographs of actors Elizabeth Taylor and then-husband Richard Burton that Bozzacchi took when he was a photographer of celebrities. The photos, which appeared in the 2002 ...

Rate Classic Shakespeare comedies on film

Original at Examiner.com external link    Fri, Jun 12

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The Taming of The Shrew (1967) - Although many adaptations have appeared over the decades, from the famous Moonlighting episode to the 1999 teen version, 10 Things I Hate About You, the Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton film remains the touchstone ...

Rate Liz Taylor pics take spotlight in local court

Original at Milwaukee Business Journal external link    Thu, Jun 11

 WI Bozzacchi further faces the loss of some of his most treasured possessions: photographs of actors Elizabeth Taylor and then-husband Richard Burton that Bozzacchi took when he was a photographer of celebrities. The photos, which appeared in the 2002 ...

Rate Nashville theatre weekend 6/11/09 through 6/14/09

Original at Examiner.com external link    Thu, Jun 11

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It's 1956 and Hollywood has arrived in Natchez, Mississippi with its brightest stars, Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift, to film Raintree County. Meanwhile at a Natchez tea room, the proprietor who has a fascination with movies and a secret admirer ...

Rate Writing in English

Original at The Nation, Pakistan external link    Thu, Jun 11

 Pakistan I saw Sandpiper, an Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton masterpiece and a black and white Humphrey Bogart-Lauren Becall mystery from the fifties. I had read about both but not seen. But my mainstay for long journeys has been and is a good book. ...

Rate Elizabeth Taylor - "Sons & Daughters" - by Richard Bassett

Original at actualite-de-stars.com external link    Wed, Jun 10

It stands to reason that Dame Elizabeth Taylor learned about the precious love of a family from her own parents, and that she transferred that ... www.actualite-de-stars.com

Rate British take over Broadway

Original at Radio New Zealand external link    Mon, Jun 8

 New Zealand She was also in National Velvet with Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney. Australian actor Geoffrey Rush, 57, received the best actor award for his performance as a dying monarch in Exit the King, a play adapted from Eugene Ionesco's original work. ...

Rate Reel of Fortune: Movies Can't Leave Las Vegas

Original at HappyNews.com external link    Mon, Jun 8    18 related articles

 TX One of the most outrageous examples of Hollywood excess comes out of a 1970 romantic drama called “The Only Game in Town,” starring Elizabeth Taylor and Warren Beatty. It's an intimate chamber piece about an aging showgirl and a compulsive gambler, ...

Rate Pixar's 'Up'-lifting new film - Daily Report

Original at Daily Report - Top Stories external link    Thu, Jun 4

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Daily Report (registration) Pixar's 'Up'-lifting new film Daily Report (registration) “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”—Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor—I mean, George and Martha—are the all-time champs of marital discord. and more »

Rate Martians will send you into orbit

Original at Aberdeen Press and Journal external link    Thu, Jun 4

 UK Speaking about working with the legendary star, who was once Hollywood's highest-paid actor, twice married to Elizabeth Taylor, and famous for roles in 1984, Where Eagles Dare and Cleopatra, Jeff said: “Richard was the complete opposite to what I, ...

Rate Doubleheader: Milwaukee Brewers bring drive-In movies to Miller Park

Original at Film Journal external link    Wed, Jun 3

 NY Or the turbulent marriage (times two) of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton? The pairing of baseball and film is just as plausible as those partnerships, and arguably more romantic. The Milwaukee Brewers baseball club held a brainstorming session a ...

Rate Elizabeth Taylor Tribute

Original at actualite-de-stars.com external link    Mon, Jun 1

Here is a wonderful rendition of this famous song by Sammy Davis, Jr., chosen to illustrate the beauty of the divine Elizabeth Taylor. Elizabeth ... www.actualite-de-stars.com

May of 2009

 

Rate Elizabeth Taylor's tweets assure fans she's fine

Original at CNN.com external link    Tue, May 26

Elizabeth Taylor tweeted as she arrived home from a Los Angeles hospital Tuesday afternoon.

Rate Taylor in hospital but is 'fine'

Original at BBC News external link    Sat, May 23

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Dame Elizabeth Taylor has been admitted to hospital in Los Angeles but only as a matter of "routine", a spokesman for the star has said. A publicist for the 77-year-old actress said she "entered the hospital for a routine visit and is doing fine". ...

Rate Flamboyant send-off in Somerset for Frankie Howerd's lover

Original at This is Somerset external link    Fri, May 22

 UK Mr Heymer and Mr Howerd bought Wavering Down house at nearby Cross at the height of the Carry On and Up Pompeii star's fame, and loved the rural retreat, entertaining friends including Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Both Mr Howerd and Mr Heymer, ...

Rate Perform: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf wins, places and shows

Original at The Daily Advertiser external link    Fri, May 15

 LA Most audiences are aware of the play through the film production featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in the major roles. The movie was a two-plus hour exercise in screaming. The Eunice play was a two-plus hour exercise in fine acting. ...

Rate Passing on the baton

Original at Straits Times external link    Tue, May 12

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He related several anecdotes about celebrity customers, some of which went back to pre-Oriental days – most memorably when movie stars Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor had their long and feverish relationship including torrid and drunken liaisons in ...

Rate Merv Griffin's Sexual Relations with Rock Hudson, Marlon Brando ...

Original at Queerty external link    Wed, May 6

 NY His first crush was Errol Flynn, whom he saw passed out naked on a couch. His roommate a year and a half was Montgomery Clift. He lived with Roddy McDowall here at the Dakota, where he introduced Eddie Fisher to Elizabeth Taylor. ...

April of 2009

 

Rate John Waters Brings His Filthy World to MGLFF

Original at Miami New Times external link    Wed, Apr 29

 FL Described by Waters as the "greatest failed art film ever made," Boom! stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton as the Angel of Death. "Everyone was drinking while they were filming it," Waters says, "which may explain some things. ...

Rate Theatre Review: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Trafalgar Studios 2

Original at Croydon Advertiser external link    Tue, Apr 28

 UK Elizabeth Taylor won an Oscar for her portrayal of the Medusa-like Martha in the movie, with real-life husband of the time Richard Burton as her sparring partner George. Hard acts to follow on stage and only the brave or the foolhardy follow in those ...

Rate Dishy picks

Original at Dispatch Online external link    Mon, Apr 20

 South Africa Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star. The Home Channel, 7.30pm: Australia's Best Backlands – Less than an hour from Melbourne's CBD you'll find a beautiful backyard, cleverly disguised as a natural bush path alongside a pristine billabong.

Rate Bill Clinton To Attend AmfAR Gala

Original at Look To The Stars external link    Tue, Apr 7

The organization’s annual Cinema Against AIDS gala has been an important and successful fund-raising event for the Foundation since 1993, generating more than $44 million for essential AIDS research. Past events have been hosted by Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Sharon Stone, Demi Moore, an...

March of 2009

 

Rate People Week in Review: Michael Jackson sells out 50 London concerts

Original at Daily Review Online external link    Sat, Mar 14

 CA 1964: Actress Elizabeth Taylor married actor Richard Burton in Montreal; it was her fifth marriage, his second. 1975: Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis died near Paris at age 69. Country singer Carl Smith (82), musician DJ Fontana (78), ...

Rate Live theatre this weekend

Original at Abbotsford News external link    Tue, Mar 10

 Canada Love Letters is a highly proclaimed play that has been graced by such talent over the years as Elizabeth Taylor. “We chose this play because it’sa good one to start with,” the theatre society’s Jim Bruce says, explaining that only two actors are ...

Rate Brad Pitt Gets Political For New Orleans

Original at Look To The Stars external link    Mon, Mar 9

Related past articles George Clooney Blogs About DarfurMatt Damon Visits Zimbabwean Refugee Camp, Urges Answer to Humanitarian CrisisPresident Obama Inspires Elizabeth Taylor To GiveClooney and Obama Meet For DarfurBrigitte Bardot Pens Letter To Obama Over Seal Hunting Want to w...

Rate President Obama Inspires Elizabeth Taylor To Give

Original at Look To The Stars external link    Thu, Mar 5

The Jewish 77-year-old said she chose the Christian charity “because our new president challenged us to break down barriers that divide us. To honor that challenge and to help rebuild our nation, I feel we have to reach beyond the limitations we place on ourselves in the name of religion or...

Rate 'I do a good line in drunk American women'

Original at Times Online external link    Sat, Feb 28

 UK The 1966 film version, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, a famously tempestuous couple, and George Segal and Sandy Dennis, yielded best actress Oscars for it’s two female stars. In the Dundee production, Irene MacDougall plays Martha and ...

February of 2009

 

Rate Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Taylor

Original at Beliefnet.com external link    Fri, Feb 27

 NY Today we send birthday greetings to one of Hollywood's all-time most enduring and alluring stars, Elizabeth Taylor. Here are some of my favorite Taylor movies for family viewing: 1. Lassie Come Home Taylor co-stars with Roddy McDowall and cinema's most ...

Rate Diamonds with star quality

Original at Examiner.com external link    Tue, Feb 24

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Elizabeth Taylor (from actor Richard Burton): record 69-carat pear-shaped diamond (later made into necklace by Liz because even she realized it was just too large for a ring!). Post-divorce, it was sold by Liz to help finance a hospital in Botswana. ...

Rate On Her Birthday, The Best Elizabeth Taylor Movies By Farr

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, Feb 23

 NY with Michael Jackson, or her fabled eight marriages (she wed Richard Burton twice), you may want to pay extra attention. Because now we will look beyond all the hype, and celebrate Elizabeth Taylor as a highly skilled and accomplished film actress. ...

Year 2008

 

Rate The Hiltons Help Out For Christmas

Original at Look To The Stars external link    Tue, Dec 23

Kathy Hilton held her first celebrity auction last year, and raised over $27,000 with items such as Mel Gibson’s jeans, Tom Cruise’s sunglasses, and an Ocean’s Thirteen script signed by the movie’s stars, including George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

Rate 1940s movie star Van Johnson dies at 92

Original at MiamiHerald.com external link    Fri, Dec 12

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By Steve Rothaus Associated Press writer Bob Thomas in Los Angeles contributed to this report. Associated Press NEW YORK -- Van Johnson, whose boy-next-door wholesomeness made him a popular Hollywood star in the '40s and '50s with such films as "30 Seconds over Tokyo," "A Guy Named Joe" and "The Caine Mut...

Rate Have You Seen His Childhood?Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at stillsearching (WordPress) external link    Mon, Sep 15

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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...

Rate Elizabeth Taylor On Life Support After Heart Failure

Original at www.gabbybabble.celebuzz.com external link    Thu, Jul 31

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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...

Rate Liz Taylor was on life support after complications from pneumonia

Original at Cele external link    Thu, Jul 31

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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.

Rate Obituary: Evelyn Keyes

Original at IndieLondon external link    Sat, Jul 12

By Rob HOLLYWOOD actress Evelyn Keyes, who played Scarlett O’Hara’s sister Suellen in Gone With The Wind, has died at the age of 91. After a brief liaison with producer Mike Todd (who left her for Elizabeth Taylor in 1956), Keyes married Artie Shaw in 1957, another serial wedder whose former spou...

Rate Liz Taylor Overdoses???

Original at perezhilton.com external link    Mon, Apr 14

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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...

Rate Elizabeth Taylor overdose claims - Monsters and Critics.com

Original at Monsters and Critics.com external link    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.

Rate Demi Moore Is Flawless, But I'm More Concerned With General Hospital's 45th Anniversary

Original at A Socialite's Life external link    Tue, Mar 25

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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.

Rate Elizabeth Taylor Out In West Hollywood

Original at A Socialite's Life external link    Thu, Mar 20

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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.

Rate Heart-to-Heart - New York Magazine

Original at New York Magazine external link    Sun, Jan 27    4 related articles

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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.

Year 2007

 

Rate Podcast: Episode Six: THE BALLAD OF FRANTIC AND PARANOID

Original at FOOD IS NOT LOVE external link    Sun, Nov 4

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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...

Rate Burton was desperate to win back Taylor for a third time

Original at Malaysia Sun external link    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.

Rate Taylor Sparkles At AIDS Fundraiser

Original at CBS 11 external link    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. Taylor, 75 and in a wheelchair, is a founding chairwoman of the annual Macy's Passport event, a charity auction and showc...

Rate Podcast: DogCast Radio Episode 50 - Uncle Matty, and Your First Great Dane

Original at DogCast Radio external link    Sat, Sep 22

By Julie@dogcastradio.com We are celebrating our 50th episode, and Ingrid E. Newkirk, founder and president of PETA, has written a book with some terrific ideas to help incorporate dogs into your celebrations. Let's Have a Dog Party has celebrity endorsements from Pamela Anderson, Simon Cowell, Martina Navratil...

Rate The Other Elizabeth Taylor - Atlantic Online

Original at Atlantic Online external link    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, ...

Rate Podcast: A Date with judy

Original at Radio America external link    Sun, Mar 25

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By Radioamerica A Date with Judy was an American radio program during the 1940s. It was a teenage comedy that began as a summer replacement for Bob Hope's show, sponsored by Pepsodent and airing on NBC from June 24 to September 16, 1941, with 14-year-old Ann Gillis in the title role. Dellie Ellis portrayed Ju...

Year 2006

 

Rate Elizabeth Taylor Publicist Denies Death Rumors

Original at Blogcritics external link    Thu, Apr 27

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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...

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