The first day that Elizabeth Taylor saw the handsome Welsh actor Richard Burton on the set of Cleopatra he walked over to her and whispered, “Has anybody ever told you that you’re a very pretty girl?” ...

Roger Lewis, with a keen eye for what matters about his subjects, quotes Sylvia Plath: “Liz Taylor is getting Eddie Fisher away from Debbie Reynolds, who appears cherubic, round-faced, wronged, in pin ...

Joseph L. Mankiewicz’ “Cleopatra,” which opened in New York on June 12, 1963 and in Los Angeles a week later, was not a flop. In fact, the 243-minute film was a box office champ making $26 million at ...

Behind the booming voice and tabloid scandals, the most enduring performances by Burton – born 100 years ago – were studies in vulnerability.

Yesterday would have been Dame Elizabeth Taylor’s 81st birthday (February 27). Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has announced that the four-time Academy Award® winning* classic CLEOPATRA, will ...

Throughout her legendary career, Elizabeth Taylor’s personal life made just as many headlines as the movies she starred in. Her eight marriages drew massive media attention, especially in the 1950s ...

Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor's 'audacious' 69-carat diamond ring from famous ex-husband Richard Burton that she was ...

Eddie Fisher was living in Italy with Elizabeth Taylor when he learned of her affair with Richard Burton, and Burton confirmed it himself. Taylor and Burton had met before Cleopatra, but it was on set ...

When Ben Mankiewicz began work on the sixth season of The Plot Thickens, TCM's long-form podcast, he knew this one would be unlike the seasons preceding it in that the story was personal. The season ...

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton attend the premiere of 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' in December 1965 in Hollywood, California ; Sally Hay and Richard Burton during an Exclusive Photo ...