George Michael’s concert at London’s Royal Opera House will benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s newly established Elizabeth Taylor Memorial Fund. Michael, a longtime fan of Elizabeth’s, said he “really wanted to honour the inspiring efforts” of her pioneering work with HIV/AIDS. The concert will be held on November 6. Tickets go on sale tomorrow.
Elizabeth was honoured posthumously yesterday evening with the Norma Zarky Award for her HIV/AIDS philanthropy at the 2011 Women In Film Crystal + Lucy Awards. Elizabeth’s granddaughter, Naomi Wilding, accepted the award on behalf of her late grandmother at the ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
Tomorrow is the first of two auctions consisting of Debbie Reynolds’ collection of classic Hollywood costumes and memorabilia. Elizabeth’s costumes feature heavily in the auction. My friend Paul Murray was fortunate enough to attend a preview at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills and sent me these photographs to share with you all. [...]
Tonight Elizabeth will be posthumously honoured at the with Women In Film’s 2011 Crystal + Lucy Awards’ Norma Zarky Award, presented by jeweler Pandora, for her pioneering work with HIV/AIDS. Mikkel Berg, Executive Director of Marketing at Pandora, said in a statement, “We believe all women of the world are unique and precious. They live [...]
Elizabeth Taylor was remembered at last night’s Tony Awards. She was included in the in memoriam segment along with other notable Broadway luminaries who passed away in the last year. Elizabeth starred in two Broadway productions: The Little Foxes in 1981, and Private Lives with former husband Richard Burton two years later. The Broadway community [...]
Elizabeth’s friend and veteran gossip columnist Liz Smith promised in today’s column a big Elizabeth scoop in her column soon! I’m wondering what it could be… Perhaps details on the Christie’s auction or the memorial? A new book? A commemorative DVD set? I guess time will tell!
Before her death in March 2011, Dame Elizabeth granted the venerable publication Architectural Digest access to photograph her beloved Bel Air home. The photographs appear in the July 2011 issue, and Elizabeth appropriately landed the cover. For a preview of some of the photos used in the spread, click here. The issue is on newsstands [...]
On May 31, Nibbles and Me, a charming book Elizabeth wrote when she was a mere 14 years old, was reissued as an eBook by Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. The description reads: “In 1946, Elizabeth Taylor — then fourteen and a major star at MGM — published a book about her pet chipmunk, Nibbles. [...]
