Hinton Battle, the Tony-winning performer who originated the role of The Scarecrow in Broadway’s The Wiz, has died. He was 67.
The actor died Tuesday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following a lengthy illness. In a statement, a rep told The Hollywood Reporter that his family has no plans to disclose his cause of death.
Battle made his Broadway debut in the original production of Broadway’s The Wiz and then won three Tonys — all in the category of featured actor in a musical — for his work in Sophisticated Ladies (1981), The Tap Dance Kid (1984) and Miss Saigon (1991). An NAACP Image Award winner, the actor, director, producer and choreographer was also a SAG and Critics Choice nominee, honored for his work as part of the ensemble of 2007’s movie musical Dreamgirls.
Born in 1956, Battle studied at the prestigious Jones Haywood School of Ballet in Washington, D.C. and...
The actor died Tuesday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following a lengthy illness. In a statement, a rep told The Hollywood Reporter that his family has no plans to disclose his cause of death.
Battle made his Broadway debut in the original production of Broadway’s The Wiz and then won three Tonys — all in the category of featured actor in a musical — for his work in Sophisticated Ladies (1981), The Tap Dance Kid (1984) and Miss Saigon (1991). An NAACP Image Award winner, the actor, director, producer and choreographer was also a SAG and Critics Choice nominee, honored for his work as part of the ensemble of 2007’s movie musical Dreamgirls.
Born in 1956, Battle studied at the prestigious Jones Haywood School of Ballet in Washington, D.C. and...
- 1/31/2024
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Elizabeth Taylor, who would have turned 89 on Feb. 27, lived multiple lives. She was a movie mega-star, a tabloid mega-celebrity (which are not always the same thing), an innovator in creating herself as a brand — and a tireless and effective philanthropist and activist.
She was adored, admired, denounced, scandal-ridden and unpredictable, and the public couldn’t get enough of her.
On screen, she was at her most breathtakingly beautiful in such 1950s and ‘60s films as “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “Suddenly, Last Summer,” “Cleopatra” and “The Taming of the Shrew.” And in the 1966 “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” at age 34, she frumped herself up and gave a great performance, winning the second of two Oscars (after the 1960 “Butterfield 8”).
She also excelled in a wide array of films, like “Giant” (1956), “Raintree Country” (1958), “X, Y and Z” (1972), “Ash Wednesday”, and “The Mirror Crack’d” (1980), her last leading role on the big screen.
She was adored, admired, denounced, scandal-ridden and unpredictable, and the public couldn’t get enough of her.
On screen, she was at her most breathtakingly beautiful in such 1950s and ‘60s films as “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “Suddenly, Last Summer,” “Cleopatra” and “The Taming of the Shrew.” And in the 1966 “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” at age 34, she frumped herself up and gave a great performance, winning the second of two Oscars (after the 1960 “Butterfield 8”).
She also excelled in a wide array of films, like “Giant” (1956), “Raintree Country” (1958), “X, Y and Z” (1972), “Ash Wednesday”, and “The Mirror Crack’d” (1980), her last leading role on the big screen.
- 2/27/2021
- by Tim Gray
- Variety Film + TV
A post shared by Joan Collins (@joancollinsdbe) on Jul 15, 2018 at 10:37pm Pdt
There are very few things that can get me tearing up on a Monday morning, but this might be the thing that takes me. While on set filming for the eighth season of American Horror Story, first-time cast member Joan Collins shared a super sweet photo with Ahs alum Billie Lourd, who is returning for her second season. The two are shown hugging in front of a trailer, seemingly before getting ready for set. "With Billie Lourd on the Fox lot, outside the set where we're shooting @ahsfx," Collins wrote. "I've now worked with all three generations of her family: her grandmother Debbie, her mother Carrie, and now @praisethelourd."
Collins worked with both Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher on These Old Broads, a 2001 comedy film that Fisher wrote for her mother. Collins and Reynolds became fast friends...
There are very few things that can get me tearing up on a Monday morning, but this might be the thing that takes me. While on set filming for the eighth season of American Horror Story, first-time cast member Joan Collins shared a super sweet photo with Ahs alum Billie Lourd, who is returning for her second season. The two are shown hugging in front of a trailer, seemingly before getting ready for set. "With Billie Lourd on the Fox lot, outside the set where we're shooting @ahsfx," Collins wrote. "I've now worked with all three generations of her family: her grandmother Debbie, her mother Carrie, and now @praisethelourd."
Collins worked with both Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher on These Old Broads, a 2001 comedy film that Fisher wrote for her mother. Collins and Reynolds became fast friends...
- 7/19/2018
- by Mekishana Pierre
- Popsugar.com
Hollywood legends Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher shared an undeniable bond their whole lives. Subscribe now for an inside look at Hollywood’s legendary mother-daughter duo – only in People.
Bonded in life and death, Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds worked together many times over the decades, including on the 2001 TV movie These Old Broads. The film revolves around three feuding former Hollywood stars (Reynolds, Shirley MacLaine and Joan Collins) who share an agent (Elizabeth Taylor). These Old Broads was co-written by Fisher as a starring vehicle for her mother and good friends MacLaine and Taylor, but also as...
Bonded in life and death, Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds worked together many times over the decades, including on the 2001 TV movie These Old Broads. The film revolves around three feuding former Hollywood stars (Reynolds, Shirley MacLaine and Joan Collins) who share an agent (Elizabeth Taylor). These Old Broads was co-written by Fisher as a starring vehicle for her mother and good friends MacLaine and Taylor, but also as...
- 1/4/2017
- by Kara Warner
- PEOPLE.com
Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds and her daughter, Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher, had an indelible bond in life—and in death.
Living together as next-door neighbors in Beverly Hills, the women were a constant presence in each other’s daily lives. “At the one end of the family compound lived Debbie Reynolds, star of Singin’ in the Rain, with Dorothy’s red slippers from The Wizard of Oz on the mantelpiece,” said Fisher Stevens and Alexis Bloom, who directed the new HBO documentary Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds and shared written memories exclusively with People for this week’s cover story.
Living together as next-door neighbors in Beverly Hills, the women were a constant presence in each other’s daily lives. “At the one end of the family compound lived Debbie Reynolds, star of Singin’ in the Rain, with Dorothy’s red slippers from The Wizard of Oz on the mantelpiece,” said Fisher Stevens and Alexis Bloom, who directed the new HBO documentary Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds and shared written memories exclusively with People for this week’s cover story.
- 1/3/2017
- by juliejordanpeople
- PEOPLE.com
Only a day after iconic actress and writer Carried Fisher died at age 60 after suffering a heart attack, her equally famous mother, Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds, died at age 84, reportedly due to a possible stroke.
Calling Debbie Reynolds’ and Carrie Fisher’s relationship “complicated” is likely an understatement. They had a fraught relationship that many Fisher used as inspiration for in some of her most famous writings, including semi-autobiographical book and subsequent film Postcards from the Edge and her 2008 memoir Wishful Drinking. The pair shared the screen, stage and page on a variety of occasions. Let’s take a look.
Calling Debbie Reynolds’ and Carrie Fisher’s relationship “complicated” is likely an understatement. They had a fraught relationship that many Fisher used as inspiration for in some of her most famous writings, including semi-autobiographical book and subsequent film Postcards from the Edge and her 2008 memoir Wishful Drinking. The pair shared the screen, stage and page on a variety of occasions. Let’s take a look.
- 12/29/2016
- by alexheigl
- PEOPLE.com
With Debbie Reynolds’ death on Wednesday, Hollywood has lost a true legend of the Golden Age. At the height of her career, Reynolds was known as America’s sweetheart — and her fame often outshone the parts she played.
In fact, one of her most famous roles came during an offscreen drama which involved a love triangle seemingly ripped from a movie script.
Back in 1958, Reynolds and her husband, famed crooner Eddie Fisher, were among the most glamorous couples in Hollywood. The only other duo that came close to their star power also happened to be their best friends, Elizabeth Taylor and her husband,...
In fact, one of her most famous roles came during an offscreen drama which involved a love triangle seemingly ripped from a movie script.
Back in 1958, Reynolds and her husband, famed crooner Eddie Fisher, were among the most glamorous couples in Hollywood. The only other duo that came close to their star power also happened to be their best friends, Elizabeth Taylor and her husband,...
- 12/29/2016
- by m34miller
- PEOPLE.com
Debbie Reynolds, who died at the age of 84 on Wednesday, was only thinking about daughter Carrie Fisher in her final moments.
The Singin’ in the Rain icon told her son, Todd Fisher, hours before her stroke: “I miss her so much, I want to be with Carrie,” according to TMZ.
Todd also spoke to Variety, saying “She wanted to be with Carrie.”
Reynolds was at her and Fisher’s Beverly Hills property when she had to be rushed to the hospital for a possible stroke on Wednesday afternoon, People confirmed.
Fisher died on Tuesday at the age of 60 after suffering...
The Singin’ in the Rain icon told her son, Todd Fisher, hours before her stroke: “I miss her so much, I want to be with Carrie,” according to TMZ.
Todd also spoke to Variety, saying “She wanted to be with Carrie.”
Reynolds was at her and Fisher’s Beverly Hills property when she had to be rushed to the hospital for a possible stroke on Wednesday afternoon, People confirmed.
Fisher died on Tuesday at the age of 60 after suffering...
- 12/29/2016
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
Debbie Reynolds died on Wednesday as a result of a stroke, her son Todd Fisher confirms to Et, just one day after the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher. She was 84.
"She missed her daughter [Carrie] and wanted to very much be with her and she had discussed some other things. She had been very strong the last several days; [there was] enormous stress on her, obviously," Todd Fisher told Et. "And this morning, she said those words to me and 15 minutes later she had a stroke and virtually left.
Et confirmed that Reynolds was rushed to the hospital on Wednesday after suffering a possible stroke. The Los Angeles Fire Department told Et that an ambulance responded to a medical call at 1:02 p.m. in Beverly Hills and transported an adult female to Cedars-Sinai Hospital.
Reynolds had reportedly been discussing funeral arrangements for Carrie, who died Tuesday after going into cardiac arrest aboard a transatlantic flight from London to Los...
"She missed her daughter [Carrie] and wanted to very much be with her and she had discussed some other things. She had been very strong the last several days; [there was] enormous stress on her, obviously," Todd Fisher told Et. "And this morning, she said those words to me and 15 minutes later she had a stroke and virtually left.
Et confirmed that Reynolds was rushed to the hospital on Wednesday after suffering a possible stroke. The Los Angeles Fire Department told Et that an ambulance responded to a medical call at 1:02 p.m. in Beverly Hills and transported an adult female to Cedars-Sinai Hospital.
Reynolds had reportedly been discussing funeral arrangements for Carrie, who died Tuesday after going into cardiac arrest aboard a transatlantic flight from London to Los...
- 12/29/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Screen icon Debbie Reynolds has died at the age of 84. The news comes just one day after her daughter, actress Carrie Fisher, 60, died of a heart attack.
Reynolds was thinking of her daughter in her final moments. “I miss her so much, I want to be with Carrie,” she said shortly before passing, her son Todd told TMZ.
Reynolds was at her and Fisher’s property when she had to be rushed to the hospital for a possible stroke on Wednesday afternoon, People confirmed .
On Tuesday, Reynolds had taken to social media to thank fans for their support in the...
Reynolds was thinking of her daughter in her final moments. “I miss her so much, I want to be with Carrie,” she said shortly before passing, her son Todd told TMZ.
Reynolds was at her and Fisher’s property when she had to be rushed to the hospital for a possible stroke on Wednesday afternoon, People confirmed .
On Tuesday, Reynolds had taken to social media to thank fans for their support in the...
- 12/29/2016
- by alexisloinazpeople
- PEOPLE.com
Actress Carrie Fisher has died after going into cardiac arrest on a plane last week, Et confirms. She was 60.
“It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning,” family spokesperson Simon Halls said in a statement to Et on behalf of Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd, on Tuesday. “She was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly. Our entire family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers.”
Fisher was on a flight from London to Los Angeles International Airport on Friday when she went into cardiac arrest. Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Eric Scott told Et that they responded to Lax for a patient on an inbound flight in cardiac arrest at 12:11 p.m., and paramedics provided advanced life support and aggressively treated and transported the patient to a local hospital.
The daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress...
“It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning,” family spokesperson Simon Halls said in a statement to Et on behalf of Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd, on Tuesday. “She was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly. Our entire family thanks you for your thoughts and prayers.”
Fisher was on a flight from London to Los Angeles International Airport on Friday when she went into cardiac arrest. Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Eric Scott told Et that they responded to Lax for a patient on an inbound flight in cardiac arrest at 12:11 p.m., and paramedics provided advanced life support and aggressively treated and transported the patient to a local hospital.
The daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress...
- 12/27/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Carrie Fisher will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to her mother, Debbie Reynolds, at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 25. Reynolds will be honored for a career that began in the 1950s and includes classic films like Singin' in the Rain, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, and How the West Was Won. Fisher, her daughter from her marriage to singer Eddie Fisher, is best known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, a role she is resurrecting for J.J. Abrams' upcoming sequel. Fisher famously wrote the novel Postcards From the Edge, a veiled memoir of her complicated...
- 1/6/2015
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Photo courtesy Debbie Reynolds Studios
Debbie Reynolds – actor, singer, dancer, author, champion for the preservation of the artifacts of film history and for the understanding and treatment of mental illness – has been named the 51st recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s highest honor: the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.
Given annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals of the acting profession,” the union’s highest accolade will be presented to the Oscar, Emmy and Tony-nominated Reynolds at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 at 8 p.m. (Et), 7 p.m. (Ct), 6 p.m. (Mt) and 5 p.m. (Pt).
SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard praised Reynolds’ artistry over her very accomplished career, saying, “I’m thrilled that SAG-AFTRA is presenting our Life Achievement Award to Debbie Reynolds. She is a tremendously talented...
Debbie Reynolds – actor, singer, dancer, author, champion for the preservation of the artifacts of film history and for the understanding and treatment of mental illness – has been named the 51st recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s highest honor: the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.
Given annually to an actor who fosters the “finest ideals of the acting profession,” the union’s highest accolade will be presented to the Oscar, Emmy and Tony-nominated Reynolds at the 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 at 8 p.m. (Et), 7 p.m. (Ct), 6 p.m. (Mt) and 5 p.m. (Pt).
SAG-AFTRA President Ken Howard praised Reynolds’ artistry over her very accomplished career, saying, “I’m thrilled that SAG-AFTRA is presenting our Life Achievement Award to Debbie Reynolds. She is a tremendously talented...
- 8/18/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand have joined the celebrities paying tribute to Elizabeth Taylor, who passed away on Wednesday, March 23. The 79 year old died of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and stars around the world have been paying their respects.
In a post on her Facebook.com page, close friend Minnelli writes, "She was a true star, because she not only had beauty and notoriety; Elizabeth Taylor had talent. As a friend she was always, always there for me. I'll miss her for the rest of my life, but I was so lucky to have known her."
Meanwhile, a statement from Barbra Streisand reads, "It's the end of an era. It wasn't just her beauty or her stardom. It was her humanitarianism. She put a face on HIV/AIDS. She was funny. She was generous. She made her life count."
Joan Collins, Taylor's co-star in...
In a post on her Facebook.com page, close friend Minnelli writes, "She was a true star, because she not only had beauty and notoriety; Elizabeth Taylor had talent. As a friend she was always, always there for me. I'll miss her for the rest of my life, but I was so lucky to have known her."
Meanwhile, a statement from Barbra Streisand reads, "It's the end of an era. It wasn't just her beauty or her stardom. It was her humanitarianism. She put a face on HIV/AIDS. She was funny. She was generous. She made her life count."
Joan Collins, Taylor's co-star in...
- 3/24/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Minnelli, Streisand & Fisher Pay Tribute To 'True Star' Taylor
Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand have joined the celebrities paying tribute to Dame Elizabeth Taylor, who passed away on Wednesday.
The 79 year old died of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and stars around the world have been paying their respects.
In a post on her Facebook.com page, close friend Minnelli writes, "She was a true star, because she not only had beauty and notoriety; Elizabeth Taylor had talent. As a friend she was always, always there for me. I'll miss her for the rest of my life, but I was so lucky to have known her."
Meanwhile, a statement from Barbra Streisand reads, "It's the end of an era. It wasn't just her beauty or her stardom. It was her humanitarianism. She put a face on HIV/AIDS. She was funny. She was generous. She made her life count."
Joan Collins, Taylor's co-star in 2001 TV movie These Old Broads, adds, "I am so terribly sad about the death of Elizabeth Taylor. Although everyone here in Hollywood knew that her end was near we are all shocked.
"She was the last of the true Hollywood icons, a great beauty, a great actress and continually fascinating to the world throughout her tumultuous life and career. There will never be another star who will come close to her luminosity and generosity, particularly in her fight against AIDS. She will be missed."
And Taylor's one-time stepdaughter, Carrie Fisher - whose father Eddie Fisher married Taylor in 1959 following his split from Debbie Reynolds - remembers the Cleopatra icon as "a remarkable woman" and a devoted mother.
In a statement, she says, "A woman who rarely did things in half measure, Elizabeth lived her life to the fullest, whether by loving to the fullest or while also giving us some of the most memorable performances ever on film.
"A devoted mother many times over and even very briefly a stepmother to my brother Todd and myself, loyal to the lifelong friends surrounding her - even with all this she found time to become one of the earliest champions for those living with HIV.
"If my father had to divorce my mother for anyone - I'm so grateful that it was Elizabeth. This was a remarkable woman who led her life to the fullest rather than complacently following one around. She will be missed but never forgotten."...
The 79 year old died of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and stars around the world have been paying their respects.
In a post on her Facebook.com page, close friend Minnelli writes, "She was a true star, because she not only had beauty and notoriety; Elizabeth Taylor had talent. As a friend she was always, always there for me. I'll miss her for the rest of my life, but I was so lucky to have known her."
Meanwhile, a statement from Barbra Streisand reads, "It's the end of an era. It wasn't just her beauty or her stardom. It was her humanitarianism. She put a face on HIV/AIDS. She was funny. She was generous. She made her life count."
Joan Collins, Taylor's co-star in 2001 TV movie These Old Broads, adds, "I am so terribly sad about the death of Elizabeth Taylor. Although everyone here in Hollywood knew that her end was near we are all shocked.
"She was the last of the true Hollywood icons, a great beauty, a great actress and continually fascinating to the world throughout her tumultuous life and career. There will never be another star who will come close to her luminosity and generosity, particularly in her fight against AIDS. She will be missed."
And Taylor's one-time stepdaughter, Carrie Fisher - whose father Eddie Fisher married Taylor in 1959 following his split from Debbie Reynolds - remembers the Cleopatra icon as "a remarkable woman" and a devoted mother.
In a statement, she says, "A woman who rarely did things in half measure, Elizabeth lived her life to the fullest, whether by loving to the fullest or while also giving us some of the most memorable performances ever on film.
"A devoted mother many times over and even very briefly a stepmother to my brother Todd and myself, loyal to the lifelong friends surrounding her - even with all this she found time to become one of the earliest champions for those living with HIV.
"If my father had to divorce my mother for anyone - I'm so grateful that it was Elizabeth. This was a remarkable woman who led her life to the fullest rather than complacently following one around. She will be missed but never forgotten."...
- 3/24/2011
- WENN
The woman, the star, the legend that is Elizabeth Taylor passed away this morning at the age of 79.
The violet-eyed actress was hospitalized six weeks ago at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for treatment of congestive heart failure, a condition that had stabilized. The hope was she would soon be well enough to return home, sadly that wasn't to be.
Taylor had a career that spanned a full six decades, from her first role in the 1942 comedy "There's One Born Every Minute" to her last in the 2001 TV movie "These Old Broads". Her first real breakthrough role was as Velvet Brown in MGM's "National Velvet" which made her a star at age 12.
For the next few years she became a very bankable adolescent star with a string of successful features. Her first success in an adult role was in the original "Father of the Bride" in 1950 with Spencer Tracy,...
The violet-eyed actress was hospitalized six weeks ago at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for treatment of congestive heart failure, a condition that had stabilized. The hope was she would soon be well enough to return home, sadly that wasn't to be.
Taylor had a career that spanned a full six decades, from her first role in the 1942 comedy "There's One Born Every Minute" to her last in the 2001 TV movie "These Old Broads". Her first real breakthrough role was as Velvet Brown in MGM's "National Velvet" which made her a star at age 12.
For the next few years she became a very bankable adolescent star with a string of successful features. Her first success in an adult role was in the original "Father of the Bride" in 1950 with Spencer Tracy,...
- 3/23/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Elizabeth Taylor, one of the most iconic figures in Hollywood history, died today. She was 79.
A statement from her publicist said Taylor died peacefully at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, reports CNN.
The Academy Award-winning actress was hospitalized six weeks ago for symptoms caused by congestive heart failure, which she was first diagnosed with in 2004. Taylor, who underwent heart surgery in 2009 to repair a defective valve, has had a series of medical issues, including skin cancer, pneumonia and osteoporosis, which in recent years had confined her to a wheelchair.
"Though she had recently suffered a number of complications, her condition had stabilized and it was hoped that she would be able to return home," the statement read. "Sadly, this was not to be."
In her heydey, Taylor was one of the world's most recognizable figures, winning the Oscar for Best Actress in 1961 for "BUtterfield 8" and again in 1967 for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?...
A statement from her publicist said Taylor died peacefully at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, reports CNN.
The Academy Award-winning actress was hospitalized six weeks ago for symptoms caused by congestive heart failure, which she was first diagnosed with in 2004. Taylor, who underwent heart surgery in 2009 to repair a defective valve, has had a series of medical issues, including skin cancer, pneumonia and osteoporosis, which in recent years had confined her to a wheelchair.
"Though she had recently suffered a number of complications, her condition had stabilized and it was hoped that she would be able to return home," the statement read. "Sadly, this was not to be."
In her heydey, Taylor was one of the world's most recognizable figures, winning the Oscar for Best Actress in 1961 for "BUtterfield 8" and again in 1967 for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?...
- 3/23/2011
- by Scott Harris
- NextMovie
By Greg Hernandez
HollywoodNews.com: It seems somehow fitting that Elizabeth Taylor’s 79th birthday falls on Oscar Sunday this year.
The acting legend, hospitalized in recent weeks with heart problems, won Academy Awards for best actress in 1961 for Butterfield 8 and in 1966 for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In 1993, she was the recipient of an Honorary Oscar for her humanitarian work. Miss Taylor was also a best actress nominee for Raintree County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Suddenly Last Summer.
Miss Taylor, whose other classic films include ‘National Velvet,’ ‘Father of the Bride,’ ‘A Place in the Sun,’ ‘Giant’ and ‘Cleopatra,’ has not appeared in a feature film since 1994′s ‘The Flintstones’ and last acted in the 2001 TV movie ‘These Old Broads.’
But her place in film history is firmly established.
To read more from this article go to Greg In Hollywood.
Follow Hollywood News on Twitter for up-to-date news information.
HollywoodNews.com: It seems somehow fitting that Elizabeth Taylor’s 79th birthday falls on Oscar Sunday this year.
The acting legend, hospitalized in recent weeks with heart problems, won Academy Awards for best actress in 1961 for Butterfield 8 and in 1966 for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In 1993, she was the recipient of an Honorary Oscar for her humanitarian work. Miss Taylor was also a best actress nominee for Raintree County, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Suddenly Last Summer.
Miss Taylor, whose other classic films include ‘National Velvet,’ ‘Father of the Bride,’ ‘A Place in the Sun,’ ‘Giant’ and ‘Cleopatra,’ has not appeared in a feature film since 1994′s ‘The Flintstones’ and last acted in the 2001 TV movie ‘These Old Broads.’
But her place in film history is firmly established.
To read more from this article go to Greg In Hollywood.
Follow Hollywood News on Twitter for up-to-date news information.
- 2/27/2011
- by Greg Hernandez
- Hollywoodnews.com
By Fred Topel
HollywoodNews.com: Carrie Fisher put all the drama of her drug addiction, her parents’ love triangles and the Star Wars phenomenon in a one woman show based on her book Wishful Drinking. Now HBO is filming it and Fisher entertained the Television Critics Association with more tales of debauchery and tragedy. With all the scandal behind her, she can finally laugh about it.
“Maybe some of it was with 12 step,” Fisher said. “Gradually what I realized was when I got sober, overdosed, went to a mental hospital, all these things, it went in the paper. ‘Guy dead in my bed.’ My thing was wait a second, if it’s going to be out there, please let my version be in it. So it was sort of a bit like that. Also there’s the saying, ‘You’re only as sick as your secrets.’ I’m sure most of you have that T-shirt.
HollywoodNews.com: Carrie Fisher put all the drama of her drug addiction, her parents’ love triangles and the Star Wars phenomenon in a one woman show based on her book Wishful Drinking. Now HBO is filming it and Fisher entertained the Television Critics Association with more tales of debauchery and tragedy. With all the scandal behind her, she can finally laugh about it.
“Maybe some of it was with 12 step,” Fisher said. “Gradually what I realized was when I got sober, overdosed, went to a mental hospital, all these things, it went in the paper. ‘Guy dead in my bed.’ My thing was wait a second, if it’s going to be out there, please let my version be in it. So it was sort of a bit like that. Also there’s the saying, ‘You’re only as sick as your secrets.’ I’m sure most of you have that T-shirt.
- 8/10/2010
- by Fred Topel
- Hollywoodnews.com
Peter Graves who starred as Jim Phelps on the hit TV series "Mission Impossible," and more recently served as alternating host of the A&E series "Biography," has died.
The actor died Sunday of an apparent heart attack outside his Los Angeles home, a week away from his 84th birthday.
Graves was the younger brother of "Gunsmoke" star James Arness, a TV icon from the '50s. Graves is perhaps also best remembered by Baby Boomers as the ranch owner on the popular Saturday morning TV series, "Fury," the adventures of a boy and his horse. More recently, Graves was featured in the opening scene of "Men in Black II."
Playing against his image as a tall, silver-haired authority figure, Graves co-starred as Captain Oveur in the zany comedies "Airplane!" (1980) and "Airplane II: The Sequel" (1982). Along with such serious acting figures as Robert Stack and, at the time, Leslie Nielsen,...
The actor died Sunday of an apparent heart attack outside his Los Angeles home, a week away from his 84th birthday.
Graves was the younger brother of "Gunsmoke" star James Arness, a TV icon from the '50s. Graves is perhaps also best remembered by Baby Boomers as the ranch owner on the popular Saturday morning TV series, "Fury," the adventures of a boy and his horse. More recently, Graves was featured in the opening scene of "Men in Black II."
Playing against his image as a tall, silver-haired authority figure, Graves co-starred as Captain Oveur in the zany comedies "Airplane!" (1980) and "Airplane II: The Sequel" (1982). Along with such serious acting figures as Robert Stack and, at the time, Leslie Nielsen,...
- 3/14/2010
- by By Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Liz Taylor And Debbie Reynolds Doled Out Men Advice To Meg Ryan
Hollywood veterans Elizabeth Taylor and Debbie Reynolds gave fellow actress Meg Ryan advice about her relationship with Russell Crowe. Carrie Fisher, who penned the TV movie These Old Broads, which stars her mum Reynolds, Taylor, Shirley MacLaine and Joan Collins, confirms she took her pal out to lunch with them during filming last year. Ryan was bombarded with advice on her marriage split with Dennis Quaid by the Broads, all veterans of marital strife. Fisher says, "She didn't specifically ask for advice. But if you're talking to women who have been through it all, you ask a couple of questions and they are going to start telling you, 'Go for it.'" Ryan, who sensationally split from her husband last year when she embarked on a now-defunct affair with the Australian hunk, was given a host of helpful tips from Taylor and Reynolds - who for years were at the center of Hollywood's most famous feud, after Taylor 'stole' Reynolds' husband Eddie Fisher from her when Carrie was just a small child. But Fisher says the pair, who have since become friends again, actually have a lot in common in their attitudes towards men. She adds, "Both of them would say to me and to Meg and to everybody, 'Take a risk. Maybe you'll win the prize, or maybe you won't.'"...
- 2/20/2001
- WENN
Fisher Kept Writing For Fussy Old Broads
Carrie Fisher feared her movie These Old Broads would never end because the four stars all wanted the last word. Hollywood veterans Elizabeth Taylor Debbie Reynolds Shirley MacLaine and Joan Collins struggled for the top spot in the TV movie, which Fisher, Reynold's daughter, wrote and co- produced - and Fisher admits there were times she wished she wasn't working with legends. Speaking about the project which follows four veteran actresses brought out of retirement, she says, "My nickname for this movie was The Perfect Storm - I would get Joan calling, saying, `If Shirley said this to me, I wouldn't just stand there. I'd say something.' It was like she was on 'Dynasty'. Everybody wanted to have the last word. So then I would write Joan something else, and then Shirley would want something new. At a certain point these scenes had to end."...
- 2/14/2001
- WENN
Forever Leia
It's over 20 years since Star Wars (1977) first hit screens - and actress Carrie Fisher still can't shake off the role that made her famous. Carrie, who played Princess Leia in the movie classic, has since written best-selling books and acclaimed films - yet people still only know her as the rebel princess. Carrie, whose new television film These Old Broads (2001) (TV) stars Elizabeth Taylor, says, "I was 19 when I was Leia. I had no idea what was going to happen. What would I have thought if someone had said, `You're going to get famous, but you're going to get weird kind of famous.' I was in New Zealand recently on one of those bungee catapults which I was far too old to go on, and just as we were about to be launched into the air, the 21-year-old girl sitting next to me said, 'Aren't you Princess Leia?' and I was like, 'Not now'."...
- 11/20/2000
- WENN
Old Broads Deny Reports Of On-Set Trauma
Joan Collins and Elizabeth Taylor have rushed to deny reports Collins has been causing trouble on the set of their new movie These Old Broads (2001) (TV). New York gossip columnist Liz Smith reported Collins had been making waves on the set of the movie - which also stars Debbie Reynolds and Shirley MacLaine - by flaunting her svelte figure and younger boyfriend in front of her more rotund co-stars. A close-to-tears Collins insists, "I don't make cruel remarks about other actresses. In fact, both Debbie and Shirley contributed filmed segments to my beauty series in England. You don't do that if you dislike somebody." And a bemused Taylor, who was reported to have cut Collins down to size by telling her she wasn't a "movie star", claims there was never any animosity - it was just acting. She says, "I never said any of that stuff. In fact, I said nothing - period. We all got along and no complaints. Joan worked like a trouper and looked beautiful. I admire the way she has kept herself together."...
- 10/31/2000
- WENN
Liz Taylor Snipes Back At Joan Collins
Elizabeth Taylor has cut Joan Collins down to size following Collins' jokes about her appearance - declaring she's not actually a movie star. Collins actress has reportedly been stirring up trouble on the set of These Old Broads (2001) (TV) - flaunting her slim good looks in front of co-stars Taylor, Debbie Reynolds and Shirley MacLaine. And they're none too happy about it. Critics predicted the film would cause cat fights among the veteran actresses, especially Reynolds and Taylor, who were still feuding over Taylor's "theft" of Reynolds' husband Eddie Fisher, over 30 years ago. But set-hands say the only sniping has come from Collins. Crew members say Collins, who is considerably slimmer than her co-stars, flaunted her figure - and her much younger boyfriend - on set, as well as making jokes about Taylor. MacLaine reportedly told her, "We're all the same age. Be an actress." Taylor was far from ruffled at hearing herself mocked. She says, "You know, I did that Flintstones movie a few years ago and it was a big hit. Joan did the sequel, and it bombed. But she was wonderful in it. She's just not, you know, a movie star."...
- 10/26/2000
- WENN
Debbie Reynolds Glad To Make Amends With Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor has finally made amends with Debbie Reynolds for stealing her husband Eddie Fisher more than 40 years ago. Liz is appearing in Debbie's upcoming film These Old Broads (2001) (TV) as a way to say sorry to her legendary love rival. Reynolds says, "I said Elizabeth 'I want to thank you for doing the part.' and she replied, ' I did this for you. I never forgot I owe you. I did you a big disfavor once'. She didn't spell anything else out. She didn't need to. I knew she meant Eddie Fisher and the accusations that flew. But her kind words brought a lump to my throat. It was a very emotional moment for me. Elizabeth can do anything and make a million dollars a minute. She wasn't getting that here I know she did this for friendship."...
- 10/20/2000
- WENN
Hollywood's Veteran Ladies Want Young Body-Doubles
Hollywood legends Joan Collins and Dame Elizabeth Taylor are demanding body-doubles forty years their junior for new film These Old Broads (2001) (TV). Shirley MacLaine, 66, Debbie Reynolds, 68, and June Allyson, 83, are also involved in the surprising request - which could cause movie maker bosses big trouble for breaking ageism laws. Fellow actress Diane Mellors comments, "It's stupid to think people won't know a 25-year-old body doesn't belong to an old dame." While the veteran actress' wish for youthful replacements their male co-star Tony Curtis, 75, is happy to perform his close-ups himself. Golden oldie Tony proudly states, "I'm not in bad shape for my age."...
- 9/11/2000
- WENN
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.