Her Men, Her Movies, Her Diamonds, Her Photos. The Legacy Of Elizabeth Taylor.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlu1nFsiR_5tBYiK0YhwoCf_Rx75XbpiEfKWgyUhYavFWq8tl83qpdI7jtcshUfWlFNrr9286cNC0FX2mxSOm4-g8oWadeFZZ6Yw6GsUwRyGg9UhCyP1O2ILK-8oePB6Jjtb27IWlyg6M/s1600/elizabeth_taylor+unknown.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587376203225178322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlu1nFsiR_5tBYiK0YhwoCf_Rx75XbpiEfKWgyUhYavFWq8tl83qpdI7jtcshUfWlFNrr9286cNC0FX2mxSOm4-g8oWadeFZZ6Yw6GsUwRyGg9UhCyP1O2ILK-8oePB6Jjtb27IWlyg6M/s400/elizabeth_taylor+unknown.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 515px; height: 573px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Elizabeth Taylor, 1932-2011</span></span><br /><br />She loved men. And diamonds. And we loved her. This morning's death of legend Dame Elizabeth Taylor is being felt around the world. The world's most glamorous actress of all time passed away at age 79 of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles early this morning, prompting bloggers and newspeople to begin publishing the many incredible images of the violet-eyed beauty and details of her illustrious career.<br /><br />Over the past three decades much has been published about her many marriages, her incredible personal collections of some of the most magnificent diamond jewelry, her substance abuse problems, her avid activism on the behalf of AIDS sufferers [she helped start the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) and established her own <a href="http://elizabethtayloraidsfoundation.org/">AIDS Foundation</a>] and her bizarre friendship with Michael Jackson.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.elizabethtayloraidsfoundation.org/our-mission"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587392487381515890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWx0erX1ZTeN7ldo5BGqbMu5gBRaQGDuLsGwDiSg8KcV-u-iGrp-u5JtTs1K-EOBkqJKE90YdyXIMEL5BLId61xKZZj_gmTNWtp21f3B28zj0BsfiDZzMyOxD-G_0N8Z7FoGzj1MUVY5y8/s400/etaf.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 293px;" /></a><br /><br />In addition to the aforementioned, she was a savvy businesswoman, creating a collection of fine jewelry (<a href="http://www.piercemattie.com/blogs/2006/06/house_of_taylor_jewelry_collec_1.html">House of Taylor)</a> and several best selling <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb_sb_noss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dliz%2520taylor%2520perfumes%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=iishish-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">perfumes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=iishish-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. But let us not forget, she also was a fine actress.<br /><br />She's also been immortalized by some of the most well-known and talented photographers and artists of all time. Here are a few of my favorite images of Liz.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE IMAGES</span></span><br />By Richard Avedon (1964):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5dQIHTe_Iu1jEZU4m2skVMS02YCHeDZKkaSoMysq_-AQAmvTdEkdngGArBsbSyS4lCdOmTmeoN6bhAnexJeHnjo0QIyMBKmr4QctV9WzwGFhV-StGXkAfEpTwUbRszWtmHfLlYZRm1yu/s1600/elizabeth-taylor-richard-avedon-1964.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587360379129784962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih5dQIHTe_Iu1jEZU4m2skVMS02YCHeDZKkaSoMysq_-AQAmvTdEkdngGArBsbSyS4lCdOmTmeoN6bhAnexJeHnjo0QIyMBKmr4QctV9WzwGFhV-StGXkAfEpTwUbRszWtmHfLlYZRm1yu/s400/elizabeth-taylor-richard-avedon-1964.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 521px;" /></a><br />By Franceso Scavullo (1964):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsd8ayrjDhqGc53Fd5XBHJ8gp7gHz46tMmyu44mn360nMSvVwQtwBmdHcRgHGnRqaiByI4T9q0c2yToTYMw4qWzV1z-H0rWQtlYBg0dCfGRW5S2JjtWtZ5xctEAcXq7dHMgHd3PPsH0zf8/s1600/_francesco-scavullo-+taylor.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587360033290126674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsd8ayrjDhqGc53Fd5XBHJ8gp7gHz46tMmyu44mn360nMSvVwQtwBmdHcRgHGnRqaiByI4T9q0c2yToTYMw4qWzV1z-H0rWQtlYBg0dCfGRW5S2JjtWtZ5xctEAcXq7dHMgHd3PPsH0zf8/s400/_francesco-scavullo-+taylor.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 454px;" /></a><br />By Andy Warhol (1964):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRc632StN1uyU9EJSbohrcZsccoT_k1JelaDCxV1lfObjSxVXK8J5nZ5Wr7DYpj8TP6q2vTo-36OH2plowxSIRjFisLJpP22Qpot34oAsoImHOaQAB23FZt8ePeb4QaMfbi9KbafMnnute/s1600/warhol+taylor+1964.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587360134108471410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRc632StN1uyU9EJSbohrcZsccoT_k1JelaDCxV1lfObjSxVXK8J5nZ5Wr7DYpj8TP6q2vTo-36OH2plowxSIRjFisLJpP22Qpot34oAsoImHOaQAB23FZt8ePeb4QaMfbi9KbafMnnute/s400/warhol+taylor+1964.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 542px;" /></a><br />By Philippe Halsman (1948):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyTlMbvqrFwRMy1X4OEgFKFeYAVijV36t6xPyhBke4DZ9YzB5O1vVc-OIW0_Vy8uD0MwtWO89d8Q7DnbIVuCNF0UEnIBe8A1mWdX7l3qriHbZghmjVK0u7Un_TL3PqlrBC5b-P15fKBJz/s1600/LT+by+phillipe+halsmann.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587361393483692530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdyTlMbvqrFwRMy1X4OEgFKFeYAVijV36t6xPyhBke4DZ9YzB5O1vVc-OIW0_Vy8uD0MwtWO89d8Q7DnbIVuCNF0UEnIBe8A1mWdX7l3qriHbZghmjVK0u7Un_TL3PqlrBC5b-P15fKBJz/s400/LT+by+phillipe+halsmann.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 657px;" /></a><br />by Frank Worth (1955);<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgWFQdu4ubWVVXqFJFepMlYSmB6dSWlTP5l1U8_2twdhTCmX8q3PjelIAQglOYSW7YlFqFyaIhwcmGqhMe60_9Gmkvxa9gyyJry7AnnwS-ntsD4xfaPYDq7rtFoi1ze4V3eXXbGwnzSAH/s1600/elizabeth-taylor-ss11.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587463366482840626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgWFQdu4ubWVVXqFJFepMlYSmB6dSWlTP5l1U8_2twdhTCmX8q3PjelIAQglOYSW7YlFqFyaIhwcmGqhMe60_9Gmkvxa9gyyJry7AnnwS-ntsD4xfaPYDq7rtFoi1ze4V3eXXbGwnzSAH/s400/elizabeth-taylor-ss11.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 652px;" /></a><br />By Norman Parkinson (mid 1950s):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTy6VGdNjW2clO3NTNzwmhw6z12hp0u_zrPyXnbV6l8E30WnLitNw_DCvSGjiDV7g8n01EHLW9idzLJC6MHlNsV89oaOK4N-hkQiCQPdtvBFG6Y4DEBYsAiQDEvK7tBPXY8sWNAmXWY2sB/s1600/norman+parkinson.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587382465070832578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTy6VGdNjW2clO3NTNzwmhw6z12hp0u_zrPyXnbV6l8E30WnLitNw_DCvSGjiDV7g8n01EHLW9idzLJC6MHlNsV89oaOK4N-hkQiCQPdtvBFG6Y4DEBYsAiQDEvK7tBPXY8sWNAmXWY2sB/s400/norman+parkinson.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 752px;" /></a><br />By Angus McBean (1966):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTo_gWzf-Mtcb5HDv-sIxcgZbIZ4fSepSdZcCHIC3FpRonWwE4O22nNoNdsP0Llg5_qpoNxJRSvMYXdZG0fiDz84j4yClIP6XbqNLplSFwMzZhU6UBtB4OCOoxzKrR9gwQrRx9d_gCbe3l/s1600/angus+mcbean.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587382290380057234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTo_gWzf-Mtcb5HDv-sIxcgZbIZ4fSepSdZcCHIC3FpRonWwE4O22nNoNdsP0Llg5_qpoNxJRSvMYXdZG0fiDz84j4yClIP6XbqNLplSFwMzZhU6UBtB4OCOoxzKrR9gwQrRx9d_gCbe3l/s400/angus+mcbean.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 673px;" /></a><br />By Burt Glinn (1959):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkg3M4tvXpZIvZ-Rb-3YXhMclExS99Rv0nismDAJVMPX79KTvqO_RTpMdPiXYuYwqg0BV93KUWpHEyIEUymHDs2RjzjorLi3n5EJBCXnahpycIaagKCIC-myH5O6vQrbUZ10F5DFlpQY1C/s1600/Suddenly+Last+Summer.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587361588625367090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkg3M4tvXpZIvZ-Rb-3YXhMclExS99Rv0nismDAJVMPX79KTvqO_RTpMdPiXYuYwqg0BV93KUWpHEyIEUymHDs2RjzjorLi3n5EJBCXnahpycIaagKCIC-myH5O6vQrbUZ10F5DFlpQY1C/s400/Suddenly+Last+Summer.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 664px;" /></a><br />By Douglas Kirkland (1961):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwt8Mcqf-YFJ_RQY_sQ98Gmw7CW6ddSTq4azlf-GqCIEQwkafcmC0tdcnpKH3mYVMHM2-h_t79gOHfVmGyFPXOb2iy6_1TEGdQ28VTQ6p9QZxjuiaqRStaHaPIwqPCTDLaP5I2im81vZX-/s1600/Elizabeth-Taylor.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587374113711305378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwt8Mcqf-YFJ_RQY_sQ98Gmw7CW6ddSTq4azlf-GqCIEQwkafcmC0tdcnpKH3mYVMHM2-h_t79gOHfVmGyFPXOb2iy6_1TEGdQ28VTQ6p9QZxjuiaqRStaHaPIwqPCTDLaP5I2im81vZX-/s400/Elizabeth-Taylor.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 523px;" /></a><br />By William Klein, 1965 cover of Paris Vogue:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFP9zyjDAftvGx5uopOov6whNGK4V0juXyMD1mmGrMRPOIucK-U2NJddjM8lLkIHi5iXPoo0HRSehBoeFyYwIvPpAZtdUBORCD0tMHhwqzNvq3lgzoGSRrCoxirEQ0clxW_ttY6rjAOgAS/s1600/1965_April_Elizabeth_Taylor_by_William_Klein.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587385456593622338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFP9zyjDAftvGx5uopOov6whNGK4V0juXyMD1mmGrMRPOIucK-U2NJddjM8lLkIHi5iXPoo0HRSehBoeFyYwIvPpAZtdUBORCD0tMHhwqzNvq3lgzoGSRrCoxirEQ0clxW_ttY6rjAOgAS/s400/1965_April_Elizabeth_Taylor_by_William_Klein.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 683px;" /></a><br />By Cecil Beaton (1971):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSeIgMtp8u_BwH-JVxYftsCv30Yzek9NCg6RKBgO5Ybdqv9feTF_3_Ovmt5LHFDo7zgCz12NgD0t7kgldfbYSR6_YleBwHl0VHqn_sfkggBBj2Itr6CnZFskFbGLfjRyyCQTPl9lLWi11/s1600/LT+by+cecil+beaton.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587380201197861426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSeIgMtp8u_BwH-JVxYftsCv30Yzek9NCg6RKBgO5Ybdqv9feTF_3_Ovmt5LHFDo7zgCz12NgD0t7kgldfbYSR6_YleBwHl0VHqn_sfkggBBj2Itr6CnZFskFbGLfjRyyCQTPl9lLWi11/s400/LT+by+cecil+beaton.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 528px;" /></a><br />By Helmut Newton (1986):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUII5moDvRsFfjxeOXxkRhCqi6GIfLv2jZSb145p1fY1ku8ef9iJ4R2fXZxr_0RAIDBAjiuhpT0XjKzHLLVn0Ua0KUnkCGfHW767zgURUA-rIwkqfQ2EKoZ1DReYhT1czo_OFOV1TJYXh/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-03-23+at+7.05.44+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587461988959088146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUII5moDvRsFfjxeOXxkRhCqi6GIfLv2jZSb145p1fY1ku8ef9iJ4R2fXZxr_0RAIDBAjiuhpT0XjKzHLLVn0Ua0KUnkCGfHW767zgURUA-rIwkqfQ2EKoZ1DReYhT1czo_OFOV1TJYXh/s400/Screen+shot+2011-03-23+at+7.05.44+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><br />More of my favorite images of Liz, only I do not know the photographers:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yhxfBCA9VVV8C4-4Tcrd2GkVkwpBprQv8il0Czl0EiQWnZ0Z6RfIQ1_tnfN51T_FrI4bQbp5YUzjc1CwuWHaA3XcHcaZsgKmjzggCHxvCyRxeknOZxsBxvvMrgQFTyOYVPlHPlkLTWAE/s1600/elizabeth-taylor+on+set.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587374627761029298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yhxfBCA9VVV8C4-4Tcrd2GkVkwpBprQv8il0Czl0EiQWnZ0Z6RfIQ1_tnfN51T_FrI4bQbp5YUzjc1CwuWHaA3XcHcaZsgKmjzggCHxvCyRxeknOZxsBxvvMrgQFTyOYVPlHPlkLTWAE/s400/elizabeth-taylor+on+set.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 694px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2_4lWWfvYtPPK_Nf-Iztye7EDwGxorxEmtbHK32hUvkQbxm2VPzPoXj4ND-5_80Iu3p0zDiMuGRUbEZmtpOLfApLKUcQJZ_6rKyv-blUVm1UIVSQ8TK2LAbIywTz7lJZYrjziBT3M2aH/s1600/elizabeth-taylor-pink-towel.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587376913867241266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2_4lWWfvYtPPK_Nf-Iztye7EDwGxorxEmtbHK32hUvkQbxm2VPzPoXj4ND-5_80Iu3p0zDiMuGRUbEZmtpOLfApLKUcQJZ_6rKyv-blUVm1UIVSQ8TK2LAbIywTz7lJZYrjziBT3M2aH/s400/elizabeth-taylor-pink-towel.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 390px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGi_9c52Q55-l1QEGihpLSBmZQh6yRHdr2254eCQCzZsVHcQaH9OHf_g8TiUwHqVVsZaws3wwWhjc8BWPJ62inNAr-MHmy-lY_z1UgQ6v7r4cvW6NUrU0SSjlznyWh05LNneX6_00puN0/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-03-23+at+1.41.47+PM.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587391365594374146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGi_9c52Q55-l1QEGihpLSBmZQh6yRHdr2254eCQCzZsVHcQaH9OHf_g8TiUwHqVVsZaws3wwWhjc8BWPJ62inNAr-MHmy-lY_z1UgQ6v7r4cvW6NUrU0SSjlznyWh05LNneX6_00puN0/s400/Screen+shot+2011-03-23+at+1.41.47+PM.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 652px;" /></a><br /><br />A few basic stats:<br />Date of Birth: 27 February 1932, Hampstead, London, England, UK<br />Date of Death: 23 March 2011, Los Angeles, California, USA<br />Birth Name: Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor<br />Nicknames: Liz, Kitten<br />Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">HER HUSBANDS & WEDDING PHOTOS</span></span><br />Taylor was married eight times to seven husbands. Here are photos of each of her weddings:<br /><br />* Conrad "Nicky" Hilton (May 6, 1950 – January 29, 1951) (divorced):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-yTO-Jaf7oCoflCmCsNDkCRADAv-qtJv_qnlvmpi8Ha3f0QQdLExhnSa3pgqgao7DNgQd5uc3XI3yX25szVuJT3rwwG9wCObOzxz2Q7lWOONXDJBDEkJO0vveDSFJMaPTIbRR8EFm7X7/s1600/elizabeth-taylor+nicky-hilton.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587366584605216034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-yTO-Jaf7oCoflCmCsNDkCRADAv-qtJv_qnlvmpi8Ha3f0QQdLExhnSa3pgqgao7DNgQd5uc3XI3yX25szVuJT3rwwG9wCObOzxz2Q7lWOONXDJBDEkJO0vveDSFJMaPTIbRR8EFm7X7/s400/elizabeth-taylor+nicky-hilton.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 393px;" /></a><br />* Michael Wilding (February 21, 1952 – January 26, 1957) (divorced):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DG2ESeGgSLjo8_TompmPGMk-lzOtund_BvArQvJa8MCip-N_mJbE7f-OPo6mx3W_maqLuXGlaA-yf_3tUKiT6xJIu53cd_xLwqKUB3Ed3oiSi0tfvaSHpKLY4lY1XSNkiM_Mct9U_mg3/s1600/taylor+wilding+wedding.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587367718489045506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0DG2ESeGgSLjo8_TompmPGMk-lzOtund_BvArQvJa8MCip-N_mJbE7f-OPo6mx3W_maqLuXGlaA-yf_3tUKiT6xJIu53cd_xLwqKUB3Ed3oiSi0tfvaSHpKLY4lY1XSNkiM_Mct9U_mg3/s400/taylor+wilding+wedding.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 449px;" /></a><br />* Michael Todd (February 2, 1957 – March 22, 1958) (widowed):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNOQ78LmPAgLWpPxf30ZG3Immp_aI3IhhFTNBZJSzBSCb5uUbtF1K5PMOvrulaf3r8I-7c2KTNtw8nHRhpfZKcz-94FyB9GaGRe65qxNrm1fqtr-IIiBBbfNexm9JxiWYaDu2dkM2Kkfq/s1600/elizabeth-taylor--mike-todd.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587366752138114994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNOQ78LmPAgLWpPxf30ZG3Immp_aI3IhhFTNBZJSzBSCb5uUbtF1K5PMOvrulaf3r8I-7c2KTNtw8nHRhpfZKcz-94FyB9GaGRe65qxNrm1fqtr-IIiBBbfNexm9JxiWYaDu2dkM2Kkfq/s400/elizabeth-taylor--mike-todd.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 586px;" /></a><br />* Eddie Fisher (May 12, 1959 – March 6, 1964) (divorced):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSqMEVS0OCN4I-5e92-qPN5y9E7olK3tJ9-y2lqMGWebydKmW13k3XzI60Y07TQudrr3B0gE4IrSYN4NzcxOHEJRye8pVDxa0lPpDnrKQt3wB44pWa__xiR_Qti9GPOeMKc1l9pjBB1pi/s1600/elizabeth-taylor-eddie-fisher-wedding-1959.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587366905929009954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSqMEVS0OCN4I-5e92-qPN5y9E7olK3tJ9-y2lqMGWebydKmW13k3XzI60Y07TQudrr3B0gE4IrSYN4NzcxOHEJRye8pVDxa0lPpDnrKQt3wB44pWa__xiR_Qti9GPOeMKc1l9pjBB1pi/s400/elizabeth-taylor-eddie-fisher-wedding-1959.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 661px;" /></a><br />* Richard Burton (March 15, 1964 – June 26, 1974) (divorced):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7Ay7AWsLyJzElPI4J-SeO1v1nta8LFFE9FNIH85sk3MXykD53M1NxtjwZlL-wmrEmSNd7S88YmZ1oG8eNbYPx1hpXIr8yONLQBet70LrTZPSqVu-NzqvSYz3KHuX217J6EIYRErmJCVu/s1600/Elizabeth-Taylor-and-Richard-Burton-elizabeth-taylor-7511750-375-440.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587366295656787522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7Ay7AWsLyJzElPI4J-SeO1v1nta8LFFE9FNIH85sk3MXykD53M1NxtjwZlL-wmrEmSNd7S88YmZ1oG8eNbYPx1hpXIr8yONLQBet70LrTZPSqVu-NzqvSYz3KHuX217J6EIYRErmJCVu/s400/Elizabeth-Taylor-and-Richard-Burton-elizabeth-taylor-7511750-375-440.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 615px;" /></a><br />* Richard Burton (October 10, 1975 – July 29, 1976) (divorced):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaa16NLFndqp6kiJFJ3wY0J-j1wekiyKH-3EnWr-UpCd4XAY8_yMazwWOnYXarpD2aqiVghPFalf5eIH4btk8SSSvR8GxtFSY89LOJDGtR6ulRf7vskgnl21pYAGgi8pq4w7pLr8dLJPGK/s1600/taylor120108_468x561.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587366088687301650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaa16NLFndqp6kiJFJ3wY0J-j1wekiyKH-3EnWr-UpCd4XAY8_yMazwWOnYXarpD2aqiVghPFalf5eIH4btk8SSSvR8GxtFSY89LOJDGtR6ulRf7vskgnl21pYAGgi8pq4w7pLr8dLJPGK/s400/taylor120108_468x561.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 628px;" /></a><br />* John Warner (December 4, 1976 – November 7, 1982) (divorced):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBVQlVc1vuMvLBSrAQ4WWy-40mEBAg9bB2TXYWdsN0Z7LoHoGr5jiQhLWMyVBgBaPZHDN2WmXfNJ5kfrekv2ecO7gmbMDKP_KjPs3J67vgy-hwD2M0eZA8jNx8Q_4QlknVVZLNjRI-YUq/s1600/21699910E.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587365905013099810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBVQlVc1vuMvLBSrAQ4WWy-40mEBAg9bB2TXYWdsN0Z7LoHoGr5jiQhLWMyVBgBaPZHDN2WmXfNJ5kfrekv2ecO7gmbMDKP_KjPs3J67vgy-hwD2M0eZA8jNx8Q_4QlknVVZLNjRI-YUq/s400/21699910E.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 519px;" /></a><br />* Larry Fortensky (October 6, 1991 – October 31, 1996) (divorced):<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcjR9ZdEqXbFpE35z4YpJwjaZmxEgx0nnPCJIVxceXS8sm0SN-Kc56eMzWGWDBgMeid_UESxRjzejZqfq1VIqoIdbzP1vjffrl2JzV5O8TTUyKqInutl4-VrJ7g6zgkMZ7CCFvx0SeM1I/s1600/taylor+fortensky.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587368913023746098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcjR9ZdEqXbFpE35z4YpJwjaZmxEgx0nnPCJIVxceXS8sm0SN-Kc56eMzWGWDBgMeid_UESxRjzejZqfq1VIqoIdbzP1vjffrl2JzV5O8TTUyKqInutl4-VrJ7g6zgkMZ7CCFvx0SeM1I/s400/taylor+fortensky.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 618px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">HER JEWELS:</span><br />Liz was bought some of the world's finest and most expensive jewels from husbands Richard Burton, Michael Todd and Eddie Fisher. Her love affair with gems is well known and her perfumes were named after them as well.<br /><br />Most famous of her extensive collection are the 33.19 carat Asscher-cut Krupp Diamond, a ring which she wore for many decades:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Z0iqQsTQ5r5ddPs_x4t82zSNlT0JRBUOiPpcR5tFYO4siTQe3JCUXbvA0UrxJNuOx2pSo4dwUAAzna7SHdagcS1GBt8Q1Qjmc53yA-V-I4WyzXS152lpd0yOXCndgu41-EicKwj0tkGO/s1600/kruppdiamond.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587375803584385218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Z0iqQsTQ5r5ddPs_x4t82zSNlT0JRBUOiPpcR5tFYO4siTQe3JCUXbvA0UrxJNuOx2pSo4dwUAAzna7SHdagcS1GBt8Q1Qjmc53yA-V-I4WyzXS152lpd0yOXCndgu41-EicKwj0tkGO/s400/kruppdiamond.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 405px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3poXEmawBa64VxcZKwY67rYuYezK83J8QKjGBw4Zgcmr51pydbuJzSg7DrtB86UiiAz9QbMPoYuaz77ZmdRb35H6KiN1D_glZBW4jEsCnH-CWzCzn_V1aif17XTgk4mWZVG9V6pRqctVQ/s1600/p1060674.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587371386973852546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3poXEmawBa64VxcZKwY67rYuYezK83J8QKjGBw4Zgcmr51pydbuJzSg7DrtB86UiiAz9QbMPoYuaz77ZmdRb35H6KiN1D_glZBW4jEsCnH-CWzCzn_V1aif17XTgk4mWZVG9V6pRqctVQ/s400/p1060674.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbY5pbNKPzvUTxMHs1FnBR01r3OLxIWz1rgUorDtMjw8_Y4s_eW6I-q6SusOF4hqa7s9fAk83j3n6cCGr3OEAzuBYerId9guqikMbDqDp_VajedCh7wVtOyhWizfOKGviK3K4Oa2fbp_bc/s1600/LT+Krupp.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587371121973077314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbY5pbNKPzvUTxMHs1FnBR01r3OLxIWz1rgUorDtMjw8_Y4s_eW6I-q6SusOF4hqa7s9fAk83j3n6cCGr3OEAzuBYerId9guqikMbDqDp_VajedCh7wVtOyhWizfOKGviK3K4Oa2fbp_bc/s400/LT+Krupp.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOph4u1k1_N3RytQz3TseYGUitppTk38RJm-Zw2OEU6otKx3n5Md-uZ_qHrqjVScZ9ehgYqt9orVzYSSm7cF-8Yt4vDtAutS5ZsdIpa1WXNcpKAeYByygBw2pG9b9qDyIjl16RUHz3jR9/s1600/diamond-thief-4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587371259251500418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxOph4u1k1_N3RytQz3TseYGUitppTk38RJm-Zw2OEU6otKx3n5Md-uZ_qHrqjVScZ9ehgYqt9orVzYSSm7cF-8Yt4vDtAutS5ZsdIpa1WXNcpKAeYByygBw2pG9b9qDyIjl16RUHz3jR9/s400/diamond-thief-4.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 410px;" /></a><br />And the 69.42 carat Taylor-Burton Diamond, which she wore as a pendant on a necklace as well as a ring:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDa4PZXUNX8rTZkVOcXAIT_jwXAi5BVNQPegoAQJKiN1CkyJ4V4LZilYpo5Y9GPElj8IoolhrerVGCCkzsmCOb3OqPWN0n6uF_HkNQVHL-dGNJKvyfDrr9Ln99U-EhrJFkLtwV5TXTpy6B/s1600/2011-02-cn-taylor-burton-diamond-3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587371910076854338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDa4PZXUNX8rTZkVOcXAIT_jwXAi5BVNQPegoAQJKiN1CkyJ4V4LZilYpo5Y9GPElj8IoolhrerVGCCkzsmCOb3OqPWN0n6uF_HkNQVHL-dGNJKvyfDrr9Ln99U-EhrJFkLtwV5TXTpy6B/s400/2011-02-cn-taylor-burton-diamond-3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 529px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-drIDz9pNmnGyf0B5r3TEMvPJNcitbPiLmUdzZxETLMsUqYakCEo4dh4swgU-FJ2NhNItKm_goqdJppTWZ-mRlTMUkoJLXKUkhDN1_cW6Ndw5MgaE9_HpsnZI1NoV4X0cUM_9zC7k53RA/s1600/Taylor-Burton_Diamond_Necklace_1969.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587374359683398642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-drIDz9pNmnGyf0B5r3TEMvPJNcitbPiLmUdzZxETLMsUqYakCEo4dh4swgU-FJ2NhNItKm_goqdJppTWZ-mRlTMUkoJLXKUkhDN1_cW6Ndw5MgaE9_HpsnZI1NoV4X0cUM_9zC7k53RA/s400/Taylor-Burton_Diamond_Necklace_1969.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 872px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: The Taylor-Burton diamond necklace consisting of 67 pear-shaped diamonds with the central diamond of 69.42 carats. The necklace was made for Cartier in 1969. Image Courtesy of Oscar Heyman, Inc., New York.</span></span><br /><br />She also wore the enormous pear-shaped Taylor Burton Diamond as a ring:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FBVhmliRdr-HglJVl2-OpSPJv1NzQ0abaS1KntOW78tRZOk2-eyaaeYSUWKX5FongB5PzR8jDp_noojuMB_wlvIbs8uuhtW-UMjEmPUwziaIySSpCafj_Fh0Kt2b8iNHIAiTfsdRKGAM/s1600/3d7bc8d61c96.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587371041469058098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8FBVhmliRdr-HglJVl2-OpSPJv1NzQ0abaS1KntOW78tRZOk2-eyaaeYSUWKX5FongB5PzR8jDp_noojuMB_wlvIbs8uuhtW-UMjEmPUwziaIySSpCafj_Fh0Kt2b8iNHIAiTfsdRKGAM/s400/3d7bc8d61c96.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 791px;" /></a><br /><br />She has a very extensive collection of diamond tiaras and many emeralds, rubies and more. Many of which can be found in her book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743236645/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=iishish-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0743236645">Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=0743236645" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacJIZbdiFhPaSLd3LQOVFvsYD217s1VSOEgNRjU4MA65tTkZ56-oT1elakqOiApau5DpJUhihLAqENrKWwFbXtTueTYjsMndV9N6SlPq2GNi87MlNrviBe0shKriel_rDgl6gtim7vBvS/s1600/liz-taylor-book+cover.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587372734744320194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacJIZbdiFhPaSLd3LQOVFvsYD217s1VSOEgNRjU4MA65tTkZ56-oT1elakqOiApau5DpJUhihLAqENrKWwFbXtTueTYjsMndV9N6SlPq2GNi87MlNrviBe0shKriel_rDgl6gtim7vBvS/s400/liz-taylor-book+cover.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 581px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: the cover of her book, My Love Affair With Jewelry</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">HER MOVIES:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7l_QSFXogoPY-PtE6mNAyNlmP3UNiwT8oTsG9ZgXz2UT6DpnveO3WIOYTiNl2DkEtWoC7lLq70S-J0nEoV4FRWfvWn98tJgWMPa2orbgTPrgB53nHDQdhNNI8D6ikS_NC3IQ-WyUR6bz/s1600/elizabeth-taylor-giant-set-1955.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587390972429625042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk7l_QSFXogoPY-PtE6mNAyNlmP3UNiwT8oTsG9ZgXz2UT6DpnveO3WIOYTiNl2DkEtWoC7lLq70S-J0nEoV4FRWfvWn98tJgWMPa2orbgTPrgB53nHDQdhNNI8D6ikS_NC3IQ-WyUR6bz/s400/elizabeth-taylor-giant-set-1955.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 571px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Giant in 1955</span></span><br /><br />If you're going to memorialize her by renting a few of her movies this weekend, I highly recommend the following, which really were her most memorable performances:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Suddenly, Last Summer</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Butterfield 8</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• The Sandpiper</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• Cat On A Hot Tin Roof</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">• The Taming of the Shrew</span><br /><br />Not as great but worth renting for the novelty are:<br />• Giant<br />* The Last Time I Saw Paris<br />* Cleopatra<br />* Raintree County<br />* A Place In The Sun<br /><br />For the kids, you may want to consider:<br />• National Velvet<br />• Lassie Come Home<br />• Father Of The Bride<br /><br /><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000072/maindetails">See her complete filmography here.</a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26redirect%3Dtrue%26ref_%3Da9_sc_1%26keywords%3Delizabeth%2520taylor%26qid%3D1300913559%26rh%3Di%253Astripbooks%252Ck%253Aelizabeth%2520taylor&tag=iishish-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">Books on Elizabeth Taylor</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=iishish-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D17%26ref_%3Dnb_sb_noss%26y%3D14%26field-keywords%3Delizabeth%2520taylor%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Ddvd&tag=iishish-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957">Elizabeth Taylor Movies on DVD</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=iishish-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></span><br /><br />The world will not be the same without you. Rest in peace, Liz.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">images courtesy of </span><a href="http://www.magnumphotos.com/" style="font-style: italic;">Magnum photos</a><span style="font-style: italic;">, </span><a href="http://www.artnet.com/" style="font-style: italic;">Artnet</a><span style="font-style: italic;">, </span><a href="http://www.life.com/" style="font-style: italic;">LIFE magazine</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> and </span><a href="http://www.gettyimages.com/" style="font-style: italic;">Getty images</a></span>

Her Men, Her Movies, Her Diamonds, Her Photos. The Legacy Of Elizabeth Taylor.

Elizabeth Taylor, 1932-2011 She loved men. And diamonds. And we loved her. This morning's death of legend Dame Elizabeth Taylor is being...

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Hugh Saves Hollywood Sign

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZeq64YT-zDyO5ZLimUoS2yRCDp5JqlXfppnFrIXaN-NgMe6ynyW7-E8Y3DNHGeLLSWaYG72gTk9209kllm9QxJGhvL4BFp__waF8bqeJjfnzuwt6q_4XT0fL5NFth1sYuxPep2x4hZdh/s1600/HHHollywood.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464861194506951410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZeq64YT-zDyO5ZLimUoS2yRCDp5JqlXfppnFrIXaN-NgMe6ynyW7-E8Y3DNHGeLLSWaYG72gTk9209kllm9QxJGhvL4BFp__waF8bqeJjfnzuwt6q_4XT0fL5NFth1sYuxPep2x4hZdh/s400/HHHollywood.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 396px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">digital art by laura sweet</span></span><br /><br />(Reuters) - Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner on Monday donated the last $900,000 sought by a conservation group for a land purchase needed to save the famed vista of the Hollywood sign from being spoiled by development.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0M191BHJudXBlbzhZBv-Xe_MxnDlpj3bTrYhCpB2evFkAIUwjr15aayLiG6S0eTJyWgSOV57rhKqgWGvAB877gPesRhw-MsmoTnQNSZhS3EdoQDmLktJ4TvLHr9edJsAbJU9XPdIv_yJy/s1600/hugh-hefner-picture-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464861553461174114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0M191BHJudXBlbzhZBv-Xe_MxnDlpj3bTrYhCpB2evFkAIUwjr15aayLiG6S0eTJyWgSOV57rhKqgWGvAB877gPesRhw-MsmoTnQNSZhS3EdoQDmLktJ4TvLHr9edJsAbJU9XPdIv_yJy/s400/hugh-hefner-picture-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 681px;" /></a><br /><br />Hefner's key role in reaching the group's fund-raising goal was announced by Los Angeles city officials, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the San Francisco-based Trust for Public Land at a news conference in the Hollywood Hills.<br /><br />The land trust needed to collect a total of $12.5 million by this Friday under a deal with a group of Chicago investors who bought the 1,820-foot (555-meter) ridge, called Cahuenga Peak, from the estate of billionaire Howard Hughes in 2002.<br /><br />The trust will now purchase the 138-acre (56-hectare) adjacent parcel and turn it over to the city to be incorporated into the surrounding Griffith Park, preventing any construction that would mar the postcard-perfect view of the Hollywood sign nearby.<br /><br />"My childhood dreams and fantasies came from the movies, and the images created in Hollywood had a major influence on my life and Playboy," Hefner said in a statement. "As I've said before, the Hollywood sign is Hollywood's Eiffel Tower and I'm pleased to help preserve such an important cultural landmark."<br /><br />Other private donors to the Hollywood sign preservation effort included actor Tom Hanks and director Steven Spielberg, the land trust said.

Hugh Saves Hollywood Sign

digital art by laura sweet (Reuters) - Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner on Monday donated the last $900,000 sought by a conservation gro...

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Way To Cushion The News: Google Headline Pillows!

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqQEJ4NLyuQX5jE1DfzUhWlIRFylNG41EV6NSyp9HRap-okd8NEp5e_Jc4tZ4oyKZ1qSPMp85XTFC6ma2W3yWz7zxbfNkwUPxTxfw1BmAqFSU_o96pSe63CM3Q0K7FQFgWvn_tUwLWkJo/s1600-h/EB-g06.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092686960910042402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLqQEJ4NLyuQX5jE1DfzUhWlIRFylNG41EV6NSyp9HRap-okd8NEp5e_Jc4tZ4oyKZ1qSPMp85XTFC6ma2W3yWz7zxbfNkwUPxTxfw1BmAqFSU_o96pSe63CM3Q0K7FQFgWvn_tUwLWkJo/s400/EB-g06.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 527px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: The 2006 Cushion featured Google's top search terms</span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8McZJiHzaaEaQzCBlg_W6yGM251pFDfc3LRupFETi9xUDKUBz4FYwqjw3t_ESvE_0W-GzLXXsH99lHp23qVNI7FExlOiErmOjmhbwSU7Sr-g2V6rjgvmIzRqGYvyIhhLsie3TojjRG6S_/s1600-h/EB-g06b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092687712529319266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8McZJiHzaaEaQzCBlg_W6yGM251pFDfc3LRupFETi9xUDKUBz4FYwqjw3t_ESvE_0W-GzLXXsH99lHp23qVNI7FExlOiErmOjmhbwSU7Sr-g2V6rjgvmIzRqGYvyIhhLsie3TojjRG6S_/s400/EB-g06b.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 531px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: back of cushion</span></span><br /><br />Fantastic and alarming at the same time!<br />Each cushion is signed and numbered from an edition of 250:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4tV4BwldooUwD1uH8nSAKtP040h-ayEg8H_0t31ZrA7zCDk-AXB8XNVNShn8BQFwPWB192ab43TD6IKZbJ6Ysi0N5Q_nTM-qMyWn37uj-H0WlAErtgLyIOaKl-DkkPnwrWIYHzR3ChCC/s1600-h/EB-g06c.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092687046809388338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4tV4BwldooUwD1uH8nSAKtP040h-ayEg8H_0t31ZrA7zCDk-AXB8XNVNShn8BQFwPWB192ab43TD6IKZbJ6Ysi0N5Q_nTM-qMyWn37uj-H0WlAErtgLyIOaKl-DkkPnwrWIYHzR3ChCC/s400/EB-g06c.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 536px;" /></a><br />The 2005 cushion:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSzpwboG9j3c1Wm4rckBwA_wyQfqU0T2xXxlmHGKSxd2OOca82JvyfLon7mwpFpGwBj77uAOeCXCDDUYO2_t8YF3e7R2mVcXcZGcI4S33MEwgnQi9rwwyd3JHJuSsvTWJ6FUceTSqlFWw/s1600-h/EB-g05.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092687300212458818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSzpwboG9j3c1Wm4rckBwA_wyQfqU0T2xXxlmHGKSxd2OOca82JvyfLon7mwpFpGwBj77uAOeCXCDDUYO2_t8YF3e7R2mVcXcZGcI4S33MEwgnQi9rwwyd3JHJuSsvTWJ6FUceTSqlFWw/s400/EB-g05.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 532px;" /></a><br /><br />designed by elodie blanchard<br /><br />details:<br />16"x16"<br />feather down filler<br /><br />*please note*: the 2003 edition is an edition of 5 and costs $250 - please call to check if still available<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3aSQOhOZrsW5Qt9EUDMOeAorxmU1E7X-hUZgxJYYlxJ1FtpRm8xaBrXvrJ0R2SsFsJvKxifU8YYzXK8OzTEGRy4v0mzGI9Dq8lD_M-gtOtBeIRbALRLL7vC1rRptIIC3KsK7qO2Zl0yC/s1600-h/EB-g03.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5092687450536314194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3aSQOhOZrsW5Qt9EUDMOeAorxmU1E7X-hUZgxJYYlxJ1FtpRm8xaBrXvrJ0R2SsFsJvKxifU8YYzXK8OzTEGRy4v0mzGI9Dq8lD_M-gtOtBeIRbALRLL7vC1rRptIIC3KsK7qO2Zl0yC/s400/EB-g03.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 532px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.spring3d.net/spring/site2/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=76&products_id=176&osCsid=0a77265489f5eebd9fdc1cb87c074c34"><br />Buy the 2003, 2005 or 2006 cushions here.</a>

Way To Cushion The News: Google Headline Pillows!

above: The 2006 Cushion featured Google's top search terms above: back of cushion Fantastic and alarming at the same time! Each cushion ...

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