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10 hrs ago | Delaware Beachcomber

'Cleopatra' makes grand return for 50th anniversary

The epic spectacle Cleopatra - one of the most expensive and controversial films in Hollywood history - made a resplendent return this week as a newly restored version of the classic premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in celebration of its 50th anniversary.

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Related Topix: Rome, History Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Movies, Celebrities, Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison, Richard Burton, R-N-B

Fri May 24, 2013

Forward

Elizabeth Taylor's Wedding Dress Is Up for Auction

The wedding dress worn by film star Elizabeth Taylor for her first marriage to hotel heir Conrad Hilton in 1950 will go up for sale next month, auction house Christie's said on Friday.

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Related Topix: Wedding, BUtterfield 8, History Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Sport Movies, A Place in the Sun, National Velvet, Family, Celebrities, Elizabeth Taylor

People

Editors' Pick: Our Four Favorite Gowns From Cannes 2013

Cannes is usually just a gorgeous parade of one amazing dress after another, and this year certainly didn't disappoint.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, History Movies

The Day

a Cleopatraa feted at 50 with restoration, theatrical re-release and more

There was the spectacle, the runaway budget, the fights with the studio. But almost everyone thinks about the 1963 movie "Cleopatra" for one thing: Liz and Dick.

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Related Topix: History Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Rome, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Celebrities, Martin Landau, Richard Burton, R-N-B, Elizabeth Taylor

Thu May 23, 2013

TheCelebrityCafe

Jessica Chastain toasts 50th anniversary of Elizabeth Taylor's 'Cleopatra' at Cannes

This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most famous productions in film history, Cleopatra with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

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Related Topix: Zero Dark Thirty, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, History Movies, Celebrities, Elizabeth Taylor, Jessica Chastain, Richard Burton, R-N-B

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

Robert Redford in 'All Is Lost'

All Is Lost is a man-stranded-at-sea movie, starring Robert Redford, in a role that has almost no dialogue, as a fellow who wakes up in his small yacht, somewhere in the middle of the Indian Ocean, only to discover that a random floating railway car - who knows how it got there? - has gashed a hole in the boat's hull.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Inventions, Margin Call, History Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

Examiner.com

Celebrate true love with the 'Liz & Dick' DVD prize pack giveaway

If you are lucky, true love may come once in a lifetime. For Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton , their impossible love was born in front of the cameras.

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Related Topix: The V.I.P.s, History Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Celebrities, Richard Burton, R-N-B, Elizabeth Taylor, Virginia, Short

Wed May 22, 2013

Examiner.com

May 28, 2013 DVD & Blu-ray: 'Cleopatra 50th Anniversary Edition' with Liz Taylor

Coming to Blu-ray for the very first time is the four-time Academy Award-winning classic Cleopatra to honor the iconic film's 50th anniversary.

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Related Topix: History Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Rome, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Celebrities, Elizabeth Taylor, Recreational Vehicle, Award, 9, Martin Landau

San Diego CityBEAT

The Outsiders,' - Cleopatra' and the Frequency Film Fest

Happy birthday, Ponyboy. Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 adaptation of The Outsiders turns 30 this year.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, The Outsiders, Drama Movies, History Movies, Biography Movies, San Diego, CA, C. Thomas Howell, Celebrities, Tom Cruise, Ralph Macchio

StarPulse.com

Jessica Chastain dazzles Cannes with Elizabeth Taylor's jewels

Jessica Chastain dazzled at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday as she attended the 50th anniversary screening of Cleopatra wearing a diamond and sapphire Bulgari necklace once owned by Elizabeth Taylor.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, History Movies, Celebrities, Elizabeth Taylor, Movies, Entertainment, Richard Burton, R-N-B

Mon May 20, 2013

Sunherald.com

'Cleopatra' feted at 50 with restoration, Cannes screening, theatrical re-release and Blu-ray

There was the spectacle, the runaway budget, the fights with the studio. But almost everyone thinks about the 1963 movie "Cleopatra" for one thing: Liz and Dick.

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Related Topix: History Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Rome, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Celebrities, Martin Landau, Richard Burton, R-N-B, Elizabeth Taylor

Fri May 17, 2013

Fox News

Over $1 million in jewelry meant for celebs stolen at Cannes Film Festival

You can call it the case of life imitating art imitating life. The day after Sofia Coppola premiered "The Bling Ring," based on real-life celeb Jewelry thieves, in at the Cannes Film Festival, a real-life bling ring has hit the celebs where it hurts -- in Cannes! Thieves made off with over a million bucks in jewelry on Friday, all pieces set to be ... (more)

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Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, History Movies

Wed May 15, 2013

Celebrity Dirty Laundry

Zoe Saldana Reveals Lesbian Leanings, Was She Bradley Cooper's Beard?

Zoe Saldana has been all over the place lately pimping the new Star Trek film so we're getting some good interviews from her.

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Related Topix: Star Trek, Zoe Saldana, Hot Chicks, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, History Movies, Celebrities, Elizabeth Taylor

Deadline

Cannes Kick-Off: 'Gatsby' Glitz, 'Catching...

Warner Bros is bringing Baz Luhrmann's lush The Great Gatsby to town for opening night and a gala event.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby, Biography Movies, History Movies, Celebrities, Elizabeth Taylor, Arts, Cinema, Now, Bollywood

Tue May 14, 2013

Monsters and Critics

Liz and Dick - DVD Review

For nearly a quarter of a century, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were Hollywood royalty and their fiery romance often called the marriage of the century was the most notorious, publicized and celebrated love affair of its day.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, History Movies, Celebrities, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, R-N-B

Burnley Citizen

Saldana: I will honour Nina Simone

Zoe Saldana has insisted she will "honour" Nina Simone despite the criticism over her casting in a film about the legendary singer.

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Related Topix: Avatar, Zoe Saldana, Hot Chicks, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, History Movies, Celebrities, Elizabeth Taylor

Mon May 13, 2013

Hispanic Business

'Liz & Dick,' 'Cloud Atlas' Among New DVD and Blu-ray Releases

Public fascination with Elizabeth Taylor endures. "Cleopatra," famous as much for launching her romance with Richard Burton as for any cinematic virtue, will get a 50th-anniversary release on DVD and Blu-ray on May 28.

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Related Topix: Cloud Atlas, Books, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, History Movies, Celebrities, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, R-N-B

Fox News

'Cleopatra' Back on Big Screen

That's the answer Hollywood heavy hitters gave in 2013 when asked to help out at the annual Cannes Film Festival.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, History Movies, Movies, Entertainment, Beyond the Hills, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, The Great Gatsby, Carey Mulligan

Thu May 09, 2013

Daily Star

Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris...

KIM KARDASHIAN's ex-boyfriend REGGIE BUSH is a dad - the American football star's fiancee LILIT AVAGYAN gave birth to the couple's first child on Monday .

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Related Topix: Iron Man, Drama Movies, Celebrities, Gwyneth Paltrow, Biography Movies, History Movies, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, R-N-B

Wed May 08, 2013

DVD Verdict

Liz & Dick

When last I saw you, you were a stripper gone to pieces in I Know Who Killed Me .

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, History Movies, Celebrities, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, R-N-B

Cleopatra Movie Info

Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Darryl F. Zanuck

Starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

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