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RIP Elizabeth Taylor, 79
« on: March 23, 2011, 06:53:32 AM »
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Re: RIP Elizabeth Taylor, 79
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2011, 07:39:10 AM »
Liz loved Dick. And she really liked Richard Burton too.

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Re: RIP Elizabeth Taylor, 79
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2011, 10:12:06 AM »
My earliest memory of Liz Taylor was seeing her on the Oscars in 1970 or thereabouts, showing off her biggest talents.

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Re: RIP Elizabeth Taylor, 79
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2011, 12:43:43 PM »
Quote from: urth on March 23, 2011, 10:12:06 AM
My earliest memory of Liz Taylor was seeing her on the Oscars in 1970 or thereabouts, showing off her biggest talents.



Her eyes?
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Re: RIP Elizabeth Taylor, 79
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2011, 05:07:00 PM »
The TV tributes are being scheduled:
Larry King will discuss Taylor on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” at 9 tonight. Sean Hannity and King used to compete for viewers.
ABC-TV's “Nightline” will remember the actress with help from Barbara Walters, who interviewed Taylor many times. The program airs at 11:35 tonight. 
And then there are the movie channel tributes.  On Sunday, Fox Movie Channel plans a marathon of “Cleopatra,” the 1963 epic. The film was crucial in Taylor’s life because she fell in love with co-star Richard Burton. The movie will play at 6 a.m., 11 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Tom Rothman, chairman of Fox Filmed Entertainment, will explain the movie’s importance on his show, “Fox Legacy,” at 8 p.m. Sunday and 1 a.m. Monday.
Turner Classic Movies will offer a 24-hour marathon of Taylor movies starting at 6 a.m. ET Sunday, April 10.  Those films are: “Lassie Come Home” at 6 a.m.; “National Velvet” at 7:30 a.m.; “Conspirator” at 10 a.m.; “Father of the Bride” at 11:30 a.m.; “Father’s Little Dividend” at 1:15 p.m.; “Raintree County” at 2:45 p.m.; “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” at 6 p.m.; “Butterfield 8″ at 8 p.m.; “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” at 10 p.m.; “Giant” at 12:30 a.m.; and ”Ivanhoe” at 4 a.m.
Taylor won the best-actress Oscar for “Butterfield 8″ and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” She was nominated for “Raintree County,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “Suddenly, Last Summer.”
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Re: RIP Elizabeth Taylor, 79
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2011, 10:09:13 PM »
I never got the Liz Taylor love.  To me she was just an old hag who sloshed her way through soap operas and wrecked almost as many marriages as she did movies.  But then, that was me seeing her '80s work.
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Re: RIP Elizabeth Taylor, 79
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2011, 10:37:50 PM »
I kept hearing about her violet eyes today, which I never had noticed, so looking around, I'm not sure I'd call these violet, but certainly an interesting shade of blue:

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Re: RIP Elizabeth Taylor, 79
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2011, 10:42:21 PM »
ironically, in tomorrow's Writer's Almanac:

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It was on this day in 1955 that Tennessee Williams' play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof premiered in New York City at the Morosco Theatre. It was  directed by Elia Kazan, and starred Barbara Bel Geddes, Ben Gazzara, and Burl  Ives. Tennessee Williams won a second Pulitzer Prize for the play, and a Tony  Award, and the show ran for 694 performances. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was Williams' favorite play, but he despised  the film version of it, with Elizabeth Taylor.
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Re: RIP Elizabeth Taylor, 79
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2011, 07:38:23 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on March 23, 2011, 10:09:13 PM
I never got the Liz Taylor love.  To me she was just an old hag who sloshed her way through soap operas and wrecked almost as many marriages as she did movies.  But then, that was me seeing her '80s work.

That's as short-sighted and uninformed a comment as you've ever posted -- even if you're trying to be funny. (and lawd know ah loves me some snark)

Check out any of her early films from the '50s, she was stunning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ucOXUmd1rtE

Best retort to the criticism of her many marriages was her quote: "I married every man I ever slept with". Zing!

As to the eyes, I suspect the pic Geoff posted was retouched along the way.
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Re: RIP Elizabeth Taylor, 79
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2011, 09:08:17 AM »
No good place to post this but thought I'd Share,
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/03/24/state/n064610D81.DTL&tsp=1
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Re: RIP Elizabeth Taylor, 79
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2011, 11:19:01 AM »
Quote from: Alicat on March 24, 2011, 09:08:17 AM
No good place to post this but thought I'd Share,
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/03/24/state/n064610D81.DTL&tsp=1
Zsa Zsa fears she's next. Oy. Sad. Yes, at 94, death is closer to being reality. Live well for the remaining time you have.

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Re: RIP Elizabeth Taylor, 79
« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2011, 11:44:12 AM »
A nice YouTube tribute to Ms. Taylor, set to Dizzy Miss Lizzy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyXr9SQKX1U
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Re: RIP Elizabeth Taylor, 79
« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2011, 11:55:27 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on March 24, 2011, 07:38:23 AM
As to the eyes, I suspect the pic Geoff posted was retouched along the way.

OTOH, maybe this one was retouched:

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Re: RIP Elizabeth Taylor, 79
« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2011, 04:08:03 PM »
At her own request, Ms. Taylor was late to her own funeral.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2011/03/elizabeth-taylor-late-for-her-own-funeral/1

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