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PHOTOS: Animal Urges From Walton Ford

Kisa Lala | Posted 02.09.2012

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By Kiša Lala Walton Ford photographed by Bobby Fisher © Bobby Fisher, 2011 -- Arabian proverb from beginning of King Kong: 'And the Prophet said...

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Elizabeth Taylor's Jewels Sell For Big Bucks

AP | Posted 02.12.2012

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NEW YORK — An Andy Warhol painting of Elizabeth Taylor sold for over $662,000 at auction in New York. The painting was included in Christie's a...

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PHOTOS: Elizabeth Taylor's Jewelry Up For Auction Dec. 13

Posted 12.09.2011

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Elizabeth Taylor once said, "I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it." On December ...

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PHOTOS: A Glimpse Into Elizabeth Taylor's Luxurious Life

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 12.10.2011

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"Elizabeth Taylor is one of the great cultural icons," Jeffrey Deitch told HuffPost at The Elizabeth Taylor Collection preview. "She is a part of our ...

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Elizabeth Taylor's Jewelry Collection

ARTINFO | Posted 11.13.2011

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NEW YORK-- Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry collection is one of legend, and Christie's will be heralding the trove's mythic status as the "Crown Jewels of ...

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Vicky Tiel Dressed Hollywood Women. And Undressed for Warren, Elvis, Marlon...

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Taylor, Vicky Tiel, Richard Burton, Warren Beatty, Ursula Andress, Elvis Presley, Woody Allen, Books We Love, Books News

It's All About the Dress is absolutely delicious, an I-can't-believe-I'm-reading-it-but-I-can't-put-it-down romp of a book, full of celebrity dish, unexpectedly sage advice and a batch of toothsome recipes.

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PHOTOS: Who Will Play Elizabeth Taylor In New Biopic?

Posted 09.11.2011

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Though they'd parted ways years before, 2010 was a really big year for Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. First, there was Sam Kashner and Nancy Sch...

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Jennifer Aniston Getting HUGE, All-Time Honor

Posted 08.22.2011

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In Hollywood, there are stars -- ephemeral and fleeting, dependent on each box office return for relevance -- and then there are stars with Stars. La...

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Cinematic Superman: The Astonishing Legacy of Clint Eastwood

John Farr | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Million Dollar Baby, James Coburn, Sean Penn, Best Movies by Farr, The Oscars, Richard Harris, Gene Hackman, Sergio Leone, Patrick Mcgoohan, Kevin Bacon, Sam Peckinpah, Ken Watanabe, Eli Wallach, The Academy Awards, James Cagney, Laurence Fishburne, Laura Linney, Don Siegel, Morgan Freeman, Best Movies on DVD, Best Movies, John Wayne, Lee J. Cobb, Tim Robbins, Clint Eastwood, Jazz, Hilary Swank, Spaghetti Western, John Malkovich, Marcia Gay Harden, Richard Burton, Rene Russo, Entertainment News

This was the not the first title I had in mind for this piece. But when I dug into Clint Eastwood's life and career, it seemed particularly apt -- and not even close to an overstatement.

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Elizabeth Taylor's Greatest Love Affair Becoming A Movie!

Posted 08.02.2011

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By far the most famous actress of the 20th century, Elizabeth Taylor's talent and, perhaps even more significantly, her tumultuous off-screen love lif...

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Easy Reader: BookExpo America 2011 Offers Plenty

David Finkle | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Queen Esther, The Queen Who Saved Her People, The Koran, Assouline, Romans, Common English Bible, Lego, Carolyn Brown, Calvin Reid, Midpoint Trade Books, The Orchard, Ed Hooper, The Original I Ching, Red's Hot Cowboy, Mark Gaff, Harry Potter, Cecil Beaton, M. Moliero, My Tablet Books, Bookexpo America 2011, The Letters of Samuel Beckett Volume 2: 1941-1956, And God Created Burton, Blissology, American Express, New York Review Books, Tom Rubython, Magination Press, The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, Knoxville KNOX, Publishers Weekly, Jacob Javits Center, Theresa Ware, Marcel Marceau Master Mime, Andy Baggott, For Dummies Series, I Ching, Cambridge University Press, Richard Burton, Booker T. Mattison, Brevario De Isabel La Catolica, The Judges of Secret Court, Bea, David Stacton, Alislam, Tuttle, Snitch, Kar-Ben, Books News

Book lovers, here's a full disclosure about reporter/bookist me and BookExpo America 2011 at New York City's Jacob Javits Center: I go for the giveaways.

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When the Vows Break: Elizabeth Taylor Taught Us How To Survive Divorce

Steve Lake | Posted 06.12.2011

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Taylor had the guts to end relationships that were broken before they devastated her personally. And she lived with hope that love would find her again.

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The Liz Taylor Lesson: Why Do Women Crave Marriage Even When It Doesn't Always Serve Us Well?

Lynn Toler | Posted 11.17.2011

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I think some women find getting married so compelling they do not accurately assess the consequences of being that way. Could that be, in part, why we find so many women jumping ship these days?

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Remembering Elizabeth Taylor, And Her Many Marriages

AP | By BOB THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- Jokers liked to call her Mrs. Hilton Wilding Todd Fisher Burton Burton Warner Fortensky. Indeed, Elizabeth Taylor was prolific as a bri...

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"A Place In The Sun": A Playlist For A Legend, Elizabeth Taylor

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elizabeth Taylor was a giant star, a legendary actress and an openhearted humanitarian. My father always told me that she was also the single most beautiful woman who ever lived.

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Elizabeth Taylor: Star

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

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We have lost a national treasure. As a kid, I remember vividly Life magazine's 1972 cover of Elizabeth Taylor turning 40, and glimpsing what glamor really meant.

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Good Time Charlie: The Sheen of Hollywood's Restored Rogue Archetype

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 05.25.2011

In repossessing his previously successful persona, Charlie Sheen is now tweaking it into a narrative only Hollywood's long-gone "Rogue" Archetype can ...

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Thoughts on The King's Speech, and Other Royal Entries

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Academy Awards, Fred Zinnemann, Charles Laughton, Susannah York, Robert-Donat, Anthony Hopkins, Orson Welles, Peter O'Toole, Billy Connolly, Judi Dench, Katharine Hepburn, Derek Jacobi, Helen Mirren, Henry VIII, Michael Sheen, Laurence Olivier, The King's Speech, Robert Shaw, Paul Scofield, Great Britain, A Man for All Seasons, Kenneth Branagh, British Royalty, Richard Burton, Colin Firth, Henry V, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth the King's Speech, The Oscars, Entertainment News

Notwithstanding Colin Firth's astonishing performance, the film's genius lies in its being decidedly old-fashioned. Here is a sampling of my favorite titles which concern the venerable throne of England.

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Together Again: Celebrity Couples That Reconciled After Divorce

Huffington Post | Ashley Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

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What happens when a split isn't final? These five celebrity couples separated--and in some cases even signed papers--then gave it another shot. Check ...

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To The Unhappy Couple: A Toast

Joel Dovev | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Taylor, Special Olympics, Divorce, Nicky Hilton, Lederhosen, Champagne, Oktoberfest, Brunch, Speeches, Separation, Marriage, Rick James, P.F. Chang's, Munich, Wine, Richard Burton, Toast, Weddings, Divorce News

I have always wanted to hear the unhappy, separated couple toasted after all the communal property has been divided.

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Stone Widney Recalls the Magic of Camelot as the Musical Turns Fifty

Susan Dormady Eisenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alan Jay Lerner, Richard Burton, Broadway, John Cullum, Julie Andrews, Frederick Loewe, Arts News

Now at the half-century mark, Camelot is usually playing somewhere.

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LA's Secret Pleasures

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

One of the secret pleasures of living in Los Angeles is its vibrant and mostly unheralded theater scene.

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A Review of Furious Love by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger

Gabriel Byrne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nancy Schoenberger, Gabriel Byrne, Furious Love, Elizabeth Taylor, Sam Kashner, Richard Burton, Books News

"You are my destiny," Richard Burton wrote to Elizabeth Taylor, in one of the many passionate and lyrical letters quoted in this superb biography.

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The Eleventh Commandment

Abe Gurko | Posted 05.25.2011

Thou Shalt Not Take The Name Of Elizabeth Taylor In Vain. Recently, Katy Perry and Snooki have been cited and compared to Elizabeth Taylor and the Earth has started to shake.

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Reality Check: Who Are the Factual Journalists?

Ali Safavi | Posted 05.25.2011

In "Who are the Terrorists," Kenneth Timmerman rehashes absurd tabloid allegations against the main Iranian opposition group, the Mujahedin-e Khalq.

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