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Sunday Nov 22 | Washington Times

VAULTS: Cinematic 'Intruder' distills Faulkner

How many esteemed American movies satisfy the following conditions? Derived from a novel by a Nobel Prize-winning author; Made within a year of the book's publication; Shot with evocative distinction in and around the author's hometown; Recruited the author's favorite riding horse for a conspicuous role; Pleased the author but failed at the ...

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Related Topix: Sport Movies, The Yearling, Family, Drama Movies, Adventure, Arts, Cinema

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Scotsman.com Living

Book review: How to be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood

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.

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Related Topix: History Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Cleopatra, A Place in the Sun, Sport Movies, Family, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Paper Magazine

TCM and Warner Brothers Team Up for TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection

Out on DVD are four great new collections courtesy of Turner Classic Movies and Warner Brothers.

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Related Topix: Cary Grant, Comedy Movies, Father of the Bride, Family, Spencer Tracy, Sport Movies, Lassie Come Home, Drama Movies, Adventure, Elizabeth Taylor

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Lincoln Tribune

Recommended Reading

"How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood" by William J. Mann Reviewed by Larry Cox There's a remarkable story in William J. Mann's new biography of Elizabeth Taylor.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Canada.com

Liz Taylor book full of drama

How To Be A Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood lifts the lid off scandalous times in Hollywood history.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Cleopatra, History Movies, Sport Movies, Family, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Elizabeth Taylor

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Online Sun

Liz: Jacko lyrics are prophetic

ELIZABETH TAYLOR has hailed her late pal MICHAEL JACKSON as a "modern-day prophet". The Hollywood legend also praised his new This Is It flick, calling it the best movie ever made.

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

New York Times

To Glamour Born

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.

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Related Topix: History Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Cleopatra, A Place in the Sun, Montgomery Clift, Richard Burton, R-N-B, Sport Movies, Family, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Hollywood.com

Angela Lansbury

One of the most respected and versatile actresses of the 20th century, Angela Lansbury was a star in three mediums - " film, television, and stage - " and maintained her status over the course of a 60-year-career. Her film.... One of the most respected and versatile actresses of the 20th century, Angela Lansbury was a star in three mediums - " ...

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Related Topix: Murder, She Wrote, Soap Opera, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Thriller, Gaslight, Drama Movies, The Long, Hot Summer, Sport Movies, The Court Jester, Comedy Movies, Blue Hawaii, Family, Adventure, Musical Movies

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Angela Lansbury

IMAGES Angela Lansbury, 1989.[Credits : Alan Light] Main American actress born October 16, 1925, London, Eng.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

CalorieLab Calorie Counter News

Dr. J on Elizabeth Taylor, obesity and health

Contributor: "Dr. J" Dr. J offers his irreverent, slightly irrelevant, but possibly useful opinions on health and fitness.

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Edge San Francisco

How to Be A movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood

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.

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Related Topix: History Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Cleopatra, Sport Movies, Family, Elizabeth Taylor

Mon Oct 12, 2009

People

FROM 1990: After a Harrowing Spring, a Revitalized Taylor Talks About Her Health

In the airy living room of her brick-and-shingle house tucked into a hillside in Los Angeles's Bel Air enclave, Elizabeth Taylor settles into an armchair, adjusting the shoulders of a lime-green sweater worn casually over black slacks and black high-heeled boots.

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Sat Oct 10, 2009

Scotsman.com News

Queen of hearbreaks: Profile on Elizabeth Taylor

FOR one of Hollywood's last icons, long accustomed to ranks of publicists employed to manage her myth, micro-blogging appeared an incongruous, almost inelegant medium for Dame Elizabeth Taylor to speak to her faithful.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Cleopatra, History Movies, BUtterfield 8, Sport Movies, Family, Comedy Movies, A Place in the Sun, Father of the Bride, Elizabeth Taylor

Fri Oct 09, 2009

The Post Chronicle

Elizabeth Taylor Says Heart Procedure Went Well

British-born actress Elizabeth Taylor said in a Twitter posting Thursday night that this week's heart procedure went well.

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Thu Oct 08, 2009

Top stories from Times Online

Elizabeth Taylor: the star who wrote the style book

From the time she first appeared on screen in 1941, Elizabeth Taylor has revelled in her ability to stand apart I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife." So said Elizabeth Taylor, she of the violet eyes and pear-shaped diamonds, the yachts off Corsica and marriages numbering eight; the same who, after a tracheotomy, required three nurses to ...

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Wed Oct 07, 2009

CBC News

Liz Taylor needs heart surgery

Elizabeth Taylor speaks at the Macy's Passport Fashion Show gala on Sept. 24, 2009, in Santa Monica, Calif.

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Fri Sep 25, 2009

Daily Mail

Frail Elizabeth Taylor makes rare public appearance

Her beauty was the stuff of legend - but Elizabeth Taylor cut a frail figure at Macy's fundraiser fashion show in Santa Monica last night.

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Thu Sep 24, 2009

Barrie Advance

Show-biz legend plays Orillia

Film and stage legend Mickey Rooney and his wife, singer/actress Jan Rooney, perform at the Orillia Opera House on Sept.

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Mon Aug 31, 2009

Suburban Chicago News

Rooney leaves 'em smiling

Helen Nottingham of Batavia and Charlotte Stephens of Aurora came to The Arcada Theatre for a Sunday show -- something they did as young girls.

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Related Topix: Batavia, IL, Babes in Arms, Strike Up the Band, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Sport Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Mickey Rooney, Theater, Arts

Thu Aug 20, 2009

Courier News

Last Outdoor Movie Night of season Thursday in Warren

A balmy breeze, night skies and the ever youthful images of Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney will welcome movie enthusiasts who come out for the Recreation Commission's last outdoor movie evening.

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