Elizabeth Taylor Gets a New Barbie Dedicated to Her
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Elizabeth Taylor has a new Barbie doll dedicated to her.
Toy giant Mattel have honoured the late actress and her charity by creating a unique new doll, which comes with her signature black hair and a glamorous white dress and is named "White Diamonds" after Elizabeth's best-selling perfume.
A red satin ribbon can be seen pinned onto the dress, representing Elizabeth's dedication to helping those living with HIV/AIDS, and the Barbie comes with accessories such as gold jewelry, white sunglasses and a miniature replica bottle of her famous fragrance. The Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds Barbie doll is available on BarbieCollector.com for $150.
The doll is not the first to be modelled on the late actress, as one has already been produced capturing the look from her hit film "Cleopatra" and another in a semi-sheer sleeveless chiffon violet gown, with a real Swarovski crystal necklace.
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Lindsay Lohan Relates to Liz Taylor
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Lindsay Lohan relates to Elizabeth Taylor.
The 26-year-old actress plays the late screen icon in upcoming TV movie Liz & Dick and she claims she found it easy to play the character because she can identify with the high-profile lifestyle Elizabeth led because she is used to dealing with the "stress" of being constantly scrutinized.
Speaking in an interview with Lifetime - which will air the movie - Lindsay said, "I'm a huge Elizabeth Taylor fan, and I relate to her on a lot of levels - living in the public eye, dealing with the stress of what other people say, whether it's true or not."
The flame-haired star is infamous for her wild antics, drug and alcohol use and jail stints, while Cleopatra star Elizabeth is remembered for her tumultuous love life and eight marriages.
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Lindsay Lohan Accused of Wrecking Elizabeth Taylor’s Trailer
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Angel Alger, the owner of the so-called love nest - where the late actress' romance with Richard Burton started - claims the blonde star and the makers of TV movie Liz & Dick, which sees Lindsay play the Hollywood icon, caused up to $100,000 worth of damage when Silver Screen Pictures loaned the property. Angel - who used $50,000, her life savings, to purchase the 38-foot trailer in June - also alleges there were items missing when the love nest was returned to her and says there were cigarette burns on the furniture and fabric as well as on a picture of Elizabeth.
"I was specifically told that it would come back in pristine condition and in even better condition than it was at that time. I did not get to enjoy using the lavish French phone that she used or even her personal hair brush that probably still had some of her hair in it," she told CNN.
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Lindsay Lohan is Not Happy with Choice of Dick
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Lindsay Lohan is very unhappy with the actors who have auditioned for the role of Richard Burton in her new TV movie.
The troubled actress is set to play the late Elizabeth Taylor in Liz and Dick, but is not content with the possible choices - Matthew Settle, Sean Maguire and Craig Robert Young - and wants new auditions to take place in London.
"Lindsay declared that none of the actors were the right fit and that she wanted to go to London to look for a possible Burton actor there. Lindsay is being an absolute nightmare about who should play Burton. She believes Matthew Settle is too old to play the role, and she wants a major A-list star to be her co-star. However, her salary for the role took up a major portion of the budget, and the Burton gig will likely only pay $200,000, max. The producers don't need to get Lindsay's approval of who will play Richard Burton, but they want to keep her happy," a source said.
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Lindsay Lohan Hasn’t Signed Elizabeth Taylor Contract
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Lindsay Lohan has yet to sign her contract to play the late Elizabeth Taylor in a new movie.
The Mean Girls actress is set to play the star - who died of congestive heart failure last year - in a forthcoming film for the Lifetime channel, and despite shooting due to start in just a few weeks in Canada she has not yet officially signed on.
"Lindsay is planning on signing the contract this week if all proceeds as scheduled. Lindsay is excited at the prospect of being back on set again. The major parts of the contract are in place and all that is needed now is signatures of Lindsay and the producers of the project," a source said.
Recently it was claimed producers behind the movie were concerned about her ability to tell the truth after conflicting reports of an alleged altercation with Marisa Dugas at the Chateau Marmont hotel.
George Clooney Compares Himself to Elizabeth Taylor
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George Clooney has compared himself to Elizabeth Taylor.
The Ides of March actor was arrested for civil disobedience in Washington last week alongside his journalist father Nick and other protesters after a demonstration outside the Sudanese Embassy and George says he learned from an early age that celebrities are more newsworthy than humanitarian crises.
"I saw my father in the 1970s doing really good stories and then getting bumped because there was a Liz Taylor story that was going to be out. And the story that he did that had real some social value was going to get bumped. I said to my dad, 'Remember how you used to get all your stories bumped by Liz Taylor or something happened in Hollywood?' And he said, 'Yes.' I said, 'Well, let's go to Darfur. And you be the newsman and I'll be Liz Taylor and let's get it on the air.' And he said, 'OK,'" he told Fox News on Sunday.
George is trying to draw attention to the accusation that Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir, is provoking a humanitarian crisis and blocking food and aid from entering the Nuba Mountains from South Sudan and admitted he had some close calls when he travelled to the country to film the atrocities.
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Elizabeth Taylor Quietly Laid to Rest
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Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor was buried in an intimate funeral service on Thursday. The Hollywood icon was interred in the famed Forest Lawn Cemetery, final resting place for many of the entertainment industry’s elite.
The funeral started 15 minutes after it was scheduled to begin, as Taylor requested that her services start late. She asked that someone make light of this fact, joking that “She even wanted to be late for her own funeral.” And her wishes were honored in a fitting, private tribute.
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Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Elizabeth Taylor Memorial
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The Westboro Baptist Church, an infamously anti-homosexual organization, plans to stage a protest at Elizabeth Taylor’s funeral -- which hasn’t even been scheduled yet.
Margie Phelps, daughter of Pastor Fred Phelps, broke the news via Twitter. She tweeted that “Elizabeth Taylor is in hell as sure as you’re reading this & getting mad as a wet hen. She should've obeyed God. Too late!”
She added that there would be “No RIP,” rest in peace for Taylor, “who spent her life in adultery and enabling proud fags.” She added that “#Westboro will picket funeral!”
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Legend Elizabeth Taylor Dies
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One of the world’s brightest stars has burned out. Movie legend Elizabeth Taylor, 79, is dead. Of late, Taylor had been suffering with congestive heart failure.
Taylor’s career is unequalled in all of Hollywood. Born in London, England to American parents, she became a hugely successful child actress at age 12 with National Velvet. Her career was unstoppable from then on.
She appeared on more than 50 films and created a resume peppered with notable roles. Taylor won two Academy Awards, for her work in Butterfield 8 and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, but she also gained acclaim for A Place in the Sun, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Cleopatra.
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Quote of the Day: Johnny Depp on Costar Angelina Jolie
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“You don’t know what [Angelina Jolie] might be like—if she has any sense of humor at all. I was so pleased to find that she is incredibly normal, and has a wonderfully kind of dark, perverse sense of humor. ... “I’ve had the honor and the pleasure and gift of having known Elizabeth Taylor for a number of years. You know, you sit down with her, she slings hash, she sits there and cusses like a sailor, and she’s hilarious. Angie’s got the same kind of thing, you know, the same approach.”
-Johnny Depp comparing his Tourist costar, Angelina Jolie, to the screen legend. (On a side note: Jolie may star as Cleopatra -- a role Taylor once played -- in an possible James Cameron film.)
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