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Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are said to have lived like “members of the royal family”. The actress, who died aged 79 in 2011, years after the passing of actor Richard, 58, in 1984, was famed for her lifelong diva behaviour – and her partner for his wild living and boozing. New book ‘Erotic Vagrancy: Everything about Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor’ by Roger Lewis, which is out on 26 March, now lays bare their decades of decadence and traces the couple’s lives from their origins as actors to their famously troubled marriage. Roger reveals in the book the pair had a massive entourage...
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Kim Kardashian is to produce and star in a documentary series about Elizabeth Taylor. The 43-year-old reality superstar is a big fan of the late film actress - who died in 2011 at the age of 79 - and is now working with BBC Arts on a project with the working title 'Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar' which will explore how the Hollywood legend came to be. She said: "Elizabeth Taylor was unapologetically herself, a fighter. She is proof that you can keep evolving and changing and have different chapters in your life — and she paved the way for all of us who came after her with that blueprint." T...
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Bono was mocked over his clothes by Frank Sinatra. The U2 frontman, 62, was in an audience in Las Vegas with his bandmates The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr and Adam Clayton in the 1980s when the crooner, who died in 1998 aged 82, singled them out and told them it didn’t look as if they’d spent a dollar on their wardrobe. Bono told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 when asked for his favourite moment in Sin City ahead of the group playing Vegas’ new $2.1billion performance venue Sphere: “So the Las Vegas moment is – it’s a bit Hollywood too, but so we got into to Sinatra and people were paying a thousand dol...
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Kevin Costner says Richard Burton gave him the confidence to make it Hollywood. 'The Bodyguard' star was one of the biggest box office stars of the 1990s and he has now revealed that screen icon Burton - who was twice married to his 'Cleopatra' co-star Elizabeth Taylor in his lifetime - pushed him to pursue acting as a career. Costner revealed that a conversation about acting between the pair led to Burton - who died in August 1984 at the age of 58 - saying "I think you should try this” to him. Away from the cameras, the 67-year-old screen icon loves “the chance to have some fun” performing in...
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One of Dame Elizabeth Taylor's diamonds was once owned by the ex-wife of a Nazi war criminal. Richard Burton - who married and divorced the actress twice - bought the Asschercut stone for $305,000 in 1968, and it's now been revealed that the diamond was nicknamed the Krupp as it was once owned by Vera Krupp, the former wife of Nazi war criminal Alfred Krupp. In extracts from Kate Andersen Brower's book 'Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon', which is being serialised in The Times newspaper, Ward Landrigan – the head of Sotheby's jewellery department – says: "After an auction I alw...
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Elizabeth Taylor’s lost “lucky charm” dress has been found and is set to fetch around £60,000 at auction. The late actress wore the Christian Dior gown to the 1961 Oscars when she won the Best Actress award for her role in ‘BUtterfield 8’. She was seen wearing the dress, designed by Marc Bohan, with opera gloves and diamond and pearl earrings and took then-husband Eddie Fischer as her date. Kerry Taylor Auctions, which is selling the dress, said it had finally been located this summer in a suitcase in London, where Elizabeth frequently stayed with her fifth husband Richard Burton. Family frien...
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Adria Arjona uses her hair to avoid being recognised in public. The ‘Andor’ star called her curly tresses her “secret weapon” as a shield to maintain her cover when out and about. The 30-year-old actress told the US edition of Marie Claire magazine: “[It’s my] secret weapon: my wild crazy hair," before labelling the ordeal - an e encounter with a 'Morbius' fan on a plane - "so embarrassing". She said: “I was like, Jesus, that is so embarrassing! I was trying to cover my face so they didn’t realise,” Adria - who is married to lawyer Edgardo Canales - called being famous “like the ocean” as she ...
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Hollywood legend Richard Burton had a peculiar habit of never carrying cash on him - and instead relied on his bodyguard to hand over money on his behalf. The ‘Cleopatra’ actor was among the world’s most famous movie stars during the 50s, 60s and 70s and it has now been claimed that he relied on a chauffeur and bodyguard named Gaston to pay for his drinks and hand him cigarettes on nights out. The revelation was made by David Wood who has written a book titled ‘Elizabeth Taylor's Kiss and Other Brushes with Hollywood’ about working on a student play with Richard and his two-time wife Taylor. S...
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Elizabeth Taylor snuck into the hospital to see Rock Hudson on his deathbed. The legendary actress - who herself died from heart failure at the age of 79 back in 2011 - had struck up a friendship with her 'Giant' co-star Rock Hudson and rushed to his bedside with the help of his doctor Michael Gottlieb as he lay dying from AIDS at the age of 59 in in 1985. Dr. Gottlieb Closer Weekly magazine: "I picked Elizabeth up in my old station wagon and we managed to get in through a loading dock at the back of the hospital to see him." The ' Magnificent Obsession' star was initially married to secretary...
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Hubert de Givenchy’s personal belongings are going up for auction. Christies, the famed auction house, announced that over 1,100 items of art, furniture and sculpture owned by the fashion designer - who dressed the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Lauren Bacall, Elizabeth Taylor and Greta Garbo - in June, which showcase his “timeless” taste that Givenchy - who died aged 91 in 2018 - accrued over his life. Cecile Verdier, the president of Christie’s France said: “There's a taste for figure and a taste for structure. This very small palette of colors and very geometrical form, even if it is 18th century...
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