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How to be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood By William J Mann Faber, 496pp, A 20 Review by FRANK BRUNI SHE demanded a different holder for each of the many cigarettes she smoked daily during the filming of Cleopatra, and the holder's colour couldn't clash with the cloth on any table at which she smoked.

Gay novelist and celebrity biographer William J. Mann's new Elizabeth Taylor biography is being praised for offering fresh insights into Taylor's history.

Elizabeth Taylor once remarked that she couldn't remember a time when she wasn't famous.

Taylor: The last great movie star? It's true that back in the 1960s Montreal was a pretty glamorous city and celebrities and regular folks from the world over still came here to let the good times roll.

OWLS HEAD : The Claudette Colbert Collection . Yes, these six films all were made before even I was born, but they offer plenty of delightful humor, without the crudeness of today's comedies.

Three-Cornered Moon 1933 // 77 Minutes // Not Rated I Met Him In Paris 1937 // 86 Minutes // Not Rated Maid Of Salem 1937 // 85 Minutes // Not Rated Bluebeard's Eighth Wife 1938 // 85 Minutes // Not Rated No Time For Love 1943 // 87 Minutes // Not Rated The Egg And I 1947 // 108 Minutes // Not Rated Released by Universal Reviewed by Appellate Judge ...

Gay novelist and celebrity biographer William J. Mann. His new Elizabeth Taylor biography is being praised for offering fresh insights into Taylor's history.

Elizabeth Taylor once remarked that she couldn't remember a time when she wasn't famous.

October 23, 2009 - From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.

Michael Jackson, Dr. Arnold Klein, and Elizabeth Taylor at A Tribute to Rock Hudson on February 9, 2002 Elizabeth Taylor attends the Macy's Passport 2008 Gala held at Barker Hangar AP Elizabeth Taylor October 26, 2009 7:23 PM EDT October 26, 2009 7:34 PM EDT Michael Jackson 's " This Is It " film isn't out until Wednesday, but already, one of the ...

Though Michael Chabon's fixation with DC comics, bisexuality and pink Polo shirts is not exactly "manly," his life -- as evidenced by an endearing new collection of short essays -- has been a picture of modern American manhood.

She demanded a different holder for each of the many cigarettes she smoked daily during the filming of "Cleopatra," and the holder's color couldn't clash with the cloth on any table at which she smoked.

The fabulous Annie Potts , best known for her role in the TV show Designing Women , will be making her Broadway debut this fall in Yazmina Rezaa s Tony-winning comedy God of Carnage .

The love story of Cleopatra and Marc Antony is powerful, yet well-trodden territory.

If, as film historian Jeanine Basinger has it, movie stardom is an inexplicable--but immediately recognizable--quality, then William J. Mann's new Elizabeth Taylor biography, is the first and last word on its chosen subjects--namely, movie stardom and Elizabeth Taylor herself, an epitome of the mysterious quality that makes the screen come alive.

Elizabeth Chase loves all of the Bard's plays, but his telling of the tragic romance between Marc Antony and Cleopatra holds top spot for the artistic director of the Saint John Shakespeare Festival, who produces, directs and co-stars in the production opening this week.

As everybody knows, late-night comedian David Letterman has confessed to having sex with women on his staff.

Statistical Test Supports Astrological Premise Study Inspired By Star-Crossed Lovers Burton And Liz Reveals Celestial Pattern That Strengthens Marriage Bond Chicago, IL - October 7, 2009 -- As star crossed lovers go, Romeo and Juliet had nothing on Burton and Liz, the charismatic motion picture stars who sizzled on the silver screen in Joseph ...

In the ongoing Elizabethan drama that is Elizabeth Taylor's life, the movie star has survived another hospital visit - this time to repair a leaky heart valve - and is assuring her public all is well.

Budgets spiraling out of control; cast and crew on the verge of collapse; sets destroyed: Just a few of the catastrophes to afflict the ill-fated productions in The Screening Room's Top 10 movie shoots from hell.