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Post by smile2010 on Mar 23, 2011 21:58:36 GMT -5
This is gorgeous <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_LfeEQ9gc8E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>us :-)
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Post by betseyby67 on Mar 29, 2011 2:42:27 GMT -5
I don’t know much about Elizabeth except the tabloid stuff, but I found this reprint from Us magazine:
24 Things we don’t know about Elizabeth Taylor
1. Before I made films, I had a lemonade stand in Southern California. 2. When Jose Eber is out of town, I love to cut my hair and anyone else’s. 3. I’m mad for Law and Order and have seen every single episode. 4. I converted to Judaism in 1959. 5. My Jewish name is Elisheba Rachel. 6. My first horse was named Betty. 7. I didn’t go on a date until I was 16. 8. My legs are too short. 9. The film I’m proudest of is Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (where she won her second Oscar). 10. I never face the day without perfume. 11. I dreamed of designing perfume 25 years before I did it. (launched in the 1980s, her fragrances include Passion, White Diamonds and Black Pearls). 12. I love blood-orange juice. 13. My very first memory is of pain. 14. I’m still heartbroken that Richard (Burton) never won an Oscar. 15. I’m sincerely not worried about getting old. 16. I never tried to act until a Place in the Sun. 17. I am disgusted by the amount of myth about me that is accepted as fact. 18. People on Twitter named my new fragrance, Violet Eyes. 19. I’ve never had acting lessons, although people think I need them. 20. Nerves are the nemesis of all actors. 21. I hate being called Liz, because it can sound like such a hiss. 22. I believe you can be close to God anywhere. 23. My dog Delilah is in love with my cat Fang. To each his own. 24. My family and people with HIV/AIDs are my life
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Post by betseyby67 on Mar 29, 2011 2:47:59 GMT -5
It is well known that Mike showered Elizabeth with gifts, mostly jewelry which she loves. Here’s an excerpt about Mike from her book “Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry.”
“Over the years, Michael has given me some truly incredible jewelry. Once he gave me huge diamond earrings and kept saying, “Put it on, put it on. Look at the way it sparkles. I bet it’s bigger than the Krupp.” So I asked innocently, “Really? How many carats is it?” “Seventeen,” he answered. I embraced him and whispered in his ear, “My honey darling, you missed.”
Another time Michael and I and a couple other friends decided to go to Las Vegas for my birthday. We stayed at the incredibly beautiful Bellagio where we had dinner and watched the fountains. The whole thing was just perfect for me because I’ve grown tired of big deal birthdays. At one point, I turned to Michael and said, “All right, where’s my present?” Well, he looked at the ground, he looked around the room, he looked at our friend Arnie Klein but he didn’t really say anything. So I said, “Michael, I know they have great jewelry shops in the lobby. I can’t believe you haven’t noticed.” Michael and Arnie started giggling. I continued, “This is really breaking my heart, Michael. I’m not sure I can go on. “ You know, I was really hamming it up. Finally, Michael and Arnie excused themselves and returned to the table sometime later with a perfectly interesting-sized book. Any box can be interesting for me! I opened it and inside was some weird padded black wrapping protecting the most exquisite titanium elephant evening bag. A saddle of rubies and pearls was dangling from its backside and the dear little creature had huge diamond eyes.
“Michael, Michael, I was just kidding around.” I mean this was the most unusual thing I’d ever seen. I was playing with the long dangling pearls in part because I was so happy and because I was a little embarrassed that he had actually gone and gotten me something this amazing. But Michael and I do kid around a lot and I knew I hadn’t really overstepped my place in our relationship.
When I got home there in my front hall was a huge box tied with a red ribbon. It was my real birthday present from Michael, the one he had planned to give me all along – one of those superflat TV sets. Truly the biggest one I’ve ever seen. I was innocent in all this, the most happy innocent. And Michael played it totally straight.
Years before, soon after Larry Fortensky and I got married in Neverland, I couldn’t think of what to give Michael to show my undying thanks. He rarely invites anyone to Neverland and this was the first time, which was so generous, such a glamorous compliment to our friendship. I had been trying to think of a truly meaningful way to thank him. Then I got an idea. Michael had a zoo. I’ll get him an elephant. That clinched it. I got him a great big Asian elephant named Gypsy. I guess you could say we exchanged elephants. “
Note: Mike named the elephant Gypsy because of the adorable gypsy outfit Elizabeth was wearing that day. You might also remember in Mike's film Private Home Movies, he also later gifted Elizabeth with a tapestry embroidered with her image.
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Post by smile2010 on Mar 29, 2011 15:55:28 GMT -5
Thanks Betsey.... LOL.. that was a gorgeous read......I wonder what happened to Gypsy?
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Post by betseyby67 on Mar 30, 2011 6:18:03 GMT -5
You're welcome. Don't know where Gypsy's gone. Hopefully she's in a zoo somewhere.
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