But Thandie Newton is up for a challenge, and the sexy new photos of her as the Egyptian queen are giving Elizabeth Taylor a run for her money. Newton, 37, appears as Cleopatra in a series of ...

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But there was no relationship quite like the one between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The couple met for the first time on the set of Cleopatra in 1962 and quickly began an affair ...

While the material itself is incredibly earthy and intriguing, it’s Burton and Taylor’s performances that really elevate the ...

Elizabeth Taylor was the top box office draw in Hollywood for more than a decade, but even at the peak of her powers, she had ...

In one of the busiest afterlives in history, she has become an asteroid, a video game, a cigarette, a slot machine, a strip club, a synonym for Elizabeth Taylor. Shakespeare attested to Cleopatra ...

As Llewellyn-Jones explains in his introduction, “Cleopatra – the Liz Taylor Cleopatra whom we think we know so well – was, in reality, the seventh (and final) Egyptian queen to bear the ...

Born February 27, 1932, in England, Elizabeth Taylor is one of the world’s most ... She also cheated on Fisher with her Cleopatra costar, Richard Burton; she and Burton married twice.

Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan), now supreme ruler after deposing his older sister, Cleopatra VII (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), attempts to gain favor with Caesar by presenting the conquerer ...