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Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar review – are we really expected to believe she was a feminist?

This hagiographic documentary from Kim Kardashian is light on negatives and full of praise in a way that is sometimes hard to stomach. Thank God for Joan Collins’ acid tongue

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024

Barbara Leigh-Hunt obituary

Highly expressive actor of impeccable technique that could encompass high comedy and full-blown tragedy

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26, 2024

The hidden life of Elizabeth Taylor – as seen by her son: ‘Her love for Richard Burton never went away’

She despised hypocrisy and was fiercely loyal to her friends, while navigating the pressures and pleasures of being the world’s biggest star. Chris Wilding discusses the legend and legacy of the mother he loved

The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes review – they don’t make stars like this any more

This absolute treat of a documentary uses a treasure trove of newly discovered audio interviews to paint an intimate, captivating picture of the actor

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024

11 wild stories behind Hollywood kissing scenes: ‘Would you two mind if I say cut?’

THE COUNTDOWN: From Tobey Maguire almost suffocating on the set of ‘Spider-Man’ to the actors who wouldn’t stop smooching when the director called ‘cut!’, Ellie Harrison looks back on some of the most intriguing backstories to onscreen kisses

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2024

“It’s like Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. We can’t live with each other and we can’t live without each other”: the tangled history of Rick Wakeman and Yes

Keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman’s history with Yes goes back to the early 70s – but there have been plenty of bumps along the way

Louder · Jul 28, 2024

‘I lied to get the part’: Melvyn Hayes on his ‘angry young man’ beginnings – and It Ain’t Half Hot Mum

He was tipped to be the next Richard Burton – but ended up as crossdressing Gunner Gloria in the now controversial sitcom. As his breakthrough classic returns to the screen, Hayes looks back

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2024

A weekend of deranged hope, dread and stockpiling flares – it’s the Euro 2024 final

Gareth Southgate’s side have made the hardest possible work of this – such is the only script our national psychodrama permits, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2024

Chris Williams obituary

Other lives: Historian who specialised in research on Welsh radical traditions and edited Richard Burton’s diaries

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2024

Ian McShane: ‘When I was about to get it on with Richard Burton, he said I reminded him of Elizabeth’

The actor on the fate of Lovejoy’s leather jacket, appearing nude on the cover of Cosmo and how to make a perfect cup of tea

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2024