I’ve just come across these photos of Helena Bonham-Carter (a.k.a Bellatrix Lestrange or Tim Burton’s wife) doing her best Elizabeth Taylor impression. She looks surprisingly like Taylor, doesn’t she? The photos have been released ahead of a new BBC drama about Taylor & Burton called “Burton and Taylor” (well I can’t blame them for not […]

How on earth did Elizabeth Taylor manage to look this together and sophisticated aged 13? I looked like this (brace yourselves!)

I got to wondering this afternoon about the rivalry between Liz Taylor and Marilyn Monroe, and I thought perhaps we could settle it between ourselves – pick your favourite and let’s see who comes out on top! [socialpoll id="4230"]   Who else do you think we should have in one of these polls – any […]

One problem with people who have no vices is that they’re pretty sure to have some annoying virtues: Elizabeth Taylor Original photo of Elizabeth Taylor source and copyright: Some rights reserved by classic film scans

Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift from the 1950 movie ‘A Place in the Sun’ Source and copyright: This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1963 and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed.

Elizabeth Taylor photographed with Richard Burton in a pub in Shepperton in 1963, the year that Cleopatra was released. Source and copyright: Some rights reserved by pds209