May 22, 2013

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Cleopatra

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A Look Back At Elizabeth Taylor

Posted 03.23.2013 | Celebrity

It's been two years since the legendary Elizabeth Taylor died of congestive heart failure at the age of 79. The classic Hollywood actress had been suf...

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Cleopatra's Murdered Kin Claim Stirs Controversy

Posted 02.26.2013 | Science

Read More: History, Ancient Egypt, Video, Skeleton, Arsinoe Iv, Human Remains, Ancient Greece, Anthropology, Human Bones, Unearthed, Cleopatra, Archaeology, Cleopatra's Sister, Science News

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/26/2013 12:57 PM EST on LiveScience A Viennese archaeologist lecturing in North Caro...

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CultureZohn: I Spent New Year's Eve With Richard Burton

Patricia Zohn | Posted 03.12.2013 | Books

It had taken all fall to try to set this up -- and I even had to take a back seat to Lindsay Lohan. But it was worth the wait. Richard Burton was the kind of man I had always imagined for whom one could throw everything over. We all get crushes on movie stars and rock stars but Burton was something unique.

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First Nighter: Maria Stuarda at the Met, Donna McKechnie at 54 Below

David Finkle | Posted 01.03.2013 | Arts

In setting Maria Stuarda to music, Gaetano Donizetti did some of his most beautiful writing, not just for the title character and her prevailing adversary Elizabeth I. Throughout, Donizetti also imagined any number of ensembles

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Time To Return To Egypt?

Jean Newman Glock | Posted 08.28.2012 | Travel

Read More: Nile River, Egypt, Pharaoh-Ramses-Ii, Cairo, Aswan, Julius Caesar, Luxury Travel, Tourism, Cleopatra, Agatha Christie, Old Catarat Hotel, Luxor, Abu Simbel, Travel News

If you have never been, now is the time to go. Tourism -- and prices -- fell dramatically following the Arab Spring, but tourist have begun to return.

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'Cleopatra' Shocker As Angie's Project Loses Director

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 08.24.2012 | Entertainment

David Fincher is the latest big name director to walk way from Angelina Jolie's Cleopatra film, Vulture reports. Sony is reportedly approaching oth...

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Diary Dish On Mega-Famous Hollywood Pair

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 08.14.2012 | Celebrity

Read More: UK Celebrity News, Elizabeth Taylor, Dear Diary, Richard Burton Diaries, Richard Burton, Liz and Dick, Cleopatra, Diaries, Celebrity News, Hollywood, Celebrity News

Richard Burton reportedly wrote more than 450,000 words in private journals, but the words he reserved for Elizabeth Taylor will likely get the most a...

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'Cleopatra' Is Coming To NBC

Posted 08.11.2012 | TV

Read More: TV Canada, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Seitzman, Video, TV News, Cleopatra Nbc, Marc Antony, Rome, Angelina Jolie, Julius Caesar, Abc, Cleopatra, Slideexpand, Nbc, TV News

One of history's most powerful women is likely coming to television next year, with Deadline reporting that NBC has ordered a put pilot for "Cleopatra...

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A Priest, A Camera And An Understanding

Richard Wiese | Posted 09.15.2012 | Travel

Read More: Caesarian, Monastery of the Holy Cross, Born to Explore, John Barnhardt, Julius Caesar, Cyprus, Cleopatra, Omodos, Slidepollajax, Joan Connelly, Yeronisos, Slideexpand, Travel News

Filming people while traveling is always a sensitive issue. I always ask first and, if the subject demurs, I thank them politely and quickly put my camera away.

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Antony and Cleopatra: The Original "Brangelina"

Vicky Alvear Shecter | Posted 06.23.2012 | Celebrity

Read More: Brangelina, Cleopatra VII, Archaeology, Brangelina Twins, Mark Antony, History, Cleopatra Twins, Egypt, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra, Ancient History, Cleopatra Children, Egyptian History, Celebrity News

The original outrageous, illicit power couple was none other than the pair who refuse to die in our imaginations -- the fun-loving Roman General Mark Antony and the fascinating Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra VII.

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To Cher, With Love From Travis Banton

Debra Levine | Posted 06.17.2012 | Arts

Read More: Hollywood History, Bob Mackie, Cher, Curtis Banton, TCM Film Festival, Tcm, Tcm Classic Film Festival, Cleopatra, Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Arts News

In a TCM Fest curtain talk with UCLA costume historian Deborah Nadoolman-Landis (she's married to film director John Landis) prior to a screening of C...

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Elizabeth Taylor At 80: Her 10 Best Performances

HuffingtonPost.com | Gary Susman | Posted 04.27.2012 | Entertainment

Were she alive, Elizabeth Taylor would have celebrated her 80th birthday today. Instead, she got a fitting send-off as the finale of the "In Memoriam"...

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Elizabeth Taylor's 'Cleopatra' Wig To Be Auctioned

Posted 12.12.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Elizabeth Taylor, Video, Elizabeth Taylor Cleopatra, Movie Props for Auction, Movie Props, Cleopatra Wig for Auction, Cleopatra Wig, Cleopatra, Entertainment News

In the great tradition of cinema auction, here's the latest iconic prop for sale: Elizabeth Taylor's "Cleopatra" wig. Perhaps one of the most famou...

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Cleopatra Lives in High School Halls

Vicky Alvear Shecter | Posted 10.08.2011 | Women

Read More: High School, High School Girls, Cleopatra, Bullying, Women News

More than 2,000 years ago, a brilliant Roman politician, Augustus, used sexually demeaning insults as part of a smear campaign to take a strong woman down. It worked. And this tradition is alive and well today in high school hallways.

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First Roman Era Basilica Unearthed In Egypt

AP | Posted 09.06.2011 | World

Read More: Mediterranean Port City, Alexandria, Ancient Egyptian Artifacts, Serapis, Egypt, Mediterranean Sea, Rome, Roman Empire, Cleopatra, Roman Era, World News

CAIRO -- Egyptian officials say archaeologists have unearthed the first basilica erected in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria. Antiquities au...

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Angelina Jolie Rejects Elizabeth Taylor Sex Symbol Role

Posted 07.31.2011 | Entertainment

As Hollywood knows more than ever these days, the same stories are continuously recycled, told over and over, directly or thematically, with new conte...

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PHOTOS: Elizabeth Taylor: A Life In Movies

latimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Lassie Comes Home, National Velvet, LA Times, Elizabeth Taylor Dies, Father of the Bride, Elizabeth Taylor Movies, Elizabeth Taylor, Taming of the Shrew, Film, Cleopatra, Arts News

Elizabeth Taylor was the very definition of a movie star. Though she made more than her fair share of bad movies, Taylor had that undefinable quality ...

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Elizabeth Taylor's Movies: Which Was Your Favorite?

Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor passed away on Wednesday, leaving behind an unparalleled career in film and public life. A two time Academy Awar...

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Egyptian Magic

Abe Gurko | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style

Read More: Cleopatra, Mickey Fine's Annex, Helena Rubinstein, Oil of Oy Vey, Madonna, The Huffington Post, Ponds Cold Cream, Hosni Mubarak, Mickey Fine, Egyptian Magic, Gulf Oil Crisis, Style News

As an aging beauty, well, aging anyway, I am forever on the prowl for amazing moisturizers. My mother taught me at an early age to slather on the mois...

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Angelina Jolie Wants To 'Explore' Cleopatra On The Big Screen

MTV | Jocelyn Vena | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Angelina Jolie Cleopatra Movie, Angelina Jolie Cleopatra, Angelina Jolie, Cleopatra Remake, Cleopatra Movie, Cleopatra, Film, Movies, Entertainment News

James Cameron may no longer be attached to a new big-screen adaptation of Cleopatra's life, but "The Tourist" star Angelina Jolie is still considering...

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How The Rich, Powerful And Famous Meet Their Lovers

AP | By MARY FOSTER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Reagan, Politics, Famous Lovers, Prince Charles, Celebrity Couple, First Meeting, Elvis, Dating, First Date, Famous Couples, Cleopatra, Passionate Couples, Celebrities, Books News

"And the Rest Is History: The Famous (and Infamous) First Meetings of the World's Most Passionate Couples" (Perigee, $18.95), by Marlene Wagman-Geller...

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WATCH: Jon Stewart

Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

"Cleopatra is the most well known woman we don't know," Jon Stewart said to Stacy Schiff, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of the new book "Cleopatra...

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How Did These 11 Iconic Images Of Cleopatra Get It All Wrong?

Stacy Schiff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Cleopatra Crazy, Stacy Schiff, Marc Antony, Cleopatra Digitally Recreated, Cleopatra's Face, Cleopatra, Slidepollajax, Books News

As a cultural icon she makes for an inexhaustible shape-shifter, mixing herself up with Eve, the Virgin Mary, Aphrodite, Salome, Wonder Woman.

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Journey To The Secret Kingdom Of Socotra (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Cleopatra, Richard Engel, Journey to Secret Kingdoms, Middle East, Dragon's Blood Tree, Yemen, Ancient Kingdoms, Arabic World, Cometics, Socotra, Video, World News

Located 250 miles off the coast of Yemen, the tiny island of Socotra is usually overlooked by even the most adventurous of tourist hordes. But as NBC ...

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