Friends and colleagues remembered Elizabeth Taylor not only as a Hollywood icon and screen legend, but for her revered generosity.
"Elizabeth, on every level, was a mensch. Kind, generous, brave," Taylor's Blue Bird co-star Jane Fonda said.
Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79
Taylor, who won Best Actress Oscars for 1960's BUtterfield 8 and 1966's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, died at 79 Wednesday of congestive heart failure.
"The shock of Elizabeth was not only her beauty," Mike Nichols, who directed Taylor in Woolf, said. "It was her generosity. Her giant laugh. Her vitality, whether tackling a ...
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The guest stars and events that the networks have planned for the last week of November sweeps:
Monday, Nov. 22
8/7c
Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
Alaska's first daughter Bristol Palin, Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey and Disney's Kyle Massey are the final three in the season's ultimate dance-off. But not Brandy. Please register your conspiracy theory in the comments section below.
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The guest stars and events that the networks have planned for the second week of November sweeps:
Sunday, Nov. 7
8/7c
The Simpsons (FOX)
Lisa Simpson has a crush on the sparkly new teen vampire in town (Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe); during Marge and Homer's second honeymoon at sea, they meet a castaway who sounds an awful lot like Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie).
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X-Factor judge Dannii Minogue is pregnant with her first child, Reuters reports.
Minogue, younger sister of Kylie Minogue, and her boyfriend, former rugby player Kris Smith, are "very excited ...
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"If you could decide who lives and who dies, that would make you a monster."—Mr. CooperHail and well met all! New episodes of Torchwood, new (old) episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures and now new episodes of Doctor Who: all is well with the world now! I'm extremely happy us poor blokes in North America do not have to wait months and months to continue our travels with the Doctor, so let's get to it, shall we?Some quick notes:—The blog will be organized with a straight forward recap/synopsis followed by my actually commentary, nitpicks and quotes. I've adopted this pattern based on feedback from readers. So if you dislike reading a recap (since you've already “watched the episode”), then just skip down to the commentary section and beyond. As time goes on, I will probably shorten the recap portion or just change it up because that's how I roll.—This blog is based on the unedited BBC broadcast of the show so there is a chance that I could reference a scene th...
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