Topic: Elizabeth Taylor
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Elizabeth Taylor remembered for her roles, both on and off the big screen
Elizabeth Taylor, the actress whose sultry screen persona, stormy personal life and enduring fame and glamour made her one of the last of the old-fashioned movie stars and a template for the modern celebrity, died Wednesday.
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Elizabeth Taylor: 5 best biographies
Much talent, many marriages, and great beauty. Such is the legend of Elizabeth Taylor, who died today at the age of 79. Taylor – indisputably one of the great actresses of Hollywood's golden era – attracted prodigious amounts of press coverage throughout her lengthy career. Here are a handful of the best books that chronicle her life.
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In Pictures: Elizabeth Taylor remembered
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Cleopatra: the true story
"Cleopatra" biographer Stacy Schiff talks about the real face of one of the most powerful women ever to live.
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Frank: The Voice
Biographer James Kaplan succeeds in capturing the fragile ego, contradictory impulses, and immense talent that defined Frank Sinatra.
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Eddie Fisher remembered for pop songs, movies, and marriages
Eddie Fisher sold millions of records in the 1950s with 32 hit songs. He married five times, including to movie stars Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor. Fisher died Wednesday and is survived by two daughters who followed him into acting.
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Classic review: Lamentations of the Father
Ian Frazier – winner of the 2009 Thurber Prize for American Humor – turns his dry wit on everything from parenthood to global warming.
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'Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt'
Who was Cleopatra? British historian Joyce Tyldesley tries to tell us.
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Snicker you not at this prose
Ian Frazier turns his dry and sometimes dark wit on everything from parenthood to global warming.
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'Hollywood' Bob McRae gets his classic cars on the Big Screen
The retired automobile dealer owns a fleet of 45 old vehicles, which he rents to studios for about $300 per scene. You've probably seen them – in 'The Aviator,' 'Pearl Harbor,' and 'Seabiscuit.'
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