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Articles for Richard Burton

How two superstars' extramarital affair gave birth to paparazzi, earned Vatican's ire and almost got them banned from US
1 month, 4 weeks ago

How two superstars' extramarital affair gave birth to paparazzi, earned Vatican's ire and almost got them banned from US

Hindustan Times  

If you follow entertainment news or are generally aware of celebs, you may have heard or read the word 'paparazzi'. Six decades ago, a bunch of grainy pictures clicked by one of the earliest paparazzo, changed pop culture as we know it and made life a living hell for one celebrity couple. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton on the sets …

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Chin up! How at 18 Queen Elizabeth I was dogged by anxiety, Richard Burton was a school dropout and Geoffrey Chaucer had been lucky to survive the Black Death, writes historian ALICE LOXTON on A-level
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Chin up! How at 18 Queen Elizabeth I was dogged by anxiety, Richard Burton was a school dropout and Geoffrey Chaucer had been lucky to survive the Black Death, writes historian ALICE LOXTON on A-level

Daily Mail  

For millions of teenagers around the country, their immediate futures are being decided today. Queen Elizabeth I - Dogged by anxiety Perhaps it's no surprise 18-year-old Elizabeth - though brilliantly clever - was dogged by anxiety, and constantly on the edge of a nervous breakdown, writes ALICE LOXTON What would a modern therapist make of eighteen-year-old Elizabeth I? Richard Burton …

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Elizabeth Taylor's father branded her a w***e when her affair with Richard Burton was exposed in a shocking revelation from unearthed interview
5 months ago

Elizabeth Taylor's father branded her a w***e when her affair with Richard Burton was exposed in a shocking revelation from unearthed interview

Daily Mail  

Elizabeth Taylor revealed her father branded her a w***e when her affair with Richard Burton was exposed. Elizabeth Taylor has revealed that her own father called her a 'whore' after she left her husband Eddie Fisher for Richard Burton The late movie icon says that Francis Taylor was furious after she divorced Fisher in 1964 and married Burton 10 days …

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ALISON BOSHOFF: Bring on the Richard Burtons! Three screen versions of the legendary Welsh actor's life set to come out next year
6 months, 2 weeks ago

ALISON BOSHOFF: Bring on the Richard Burtons! Three screen versions of the legendary Welsh actor's life set to come out next year

Daily Mail  

You wait years for a film about Richard Burton — then two come along at once. I can reveal that the life story of the legendary Welsh actor, who was married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to be told in three separate projects. I can reveal that the life story of Richard Burton is to be told in three separate projects …

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Richard Burton's tumultuous marriages to Liz Taylor were blighted by alcoholic rages... So was he driven to drink because he was seduced as a teenager by the schoolmaster who adopted him?
1 year, 2 months ago

Richard Burton's tumultuous marriages to Liz Taylor were blighted by alcoholic rages... So was he driven to drink because he was seduced as a teenager by the schoolmaster who adopted him?

Daily Mail  

On May 16, 1968, Richard Burton purchased the 33-carat Krupp diamond — named after a wicked industrialist who'd used forced labour during the war — for £127,000. In the four years after they first came together, Burton and Taylor's films made them a staggering $200million combined, and they couldn't get through the stuff quick enough. There can be too much …

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Books of the month: From Melissa Broder’s Death Valley to Madonna’s biography
1 year, 3 months ago

Books of the month: From Melissa Broder’s Death Valley to Madonna’s biography

The Independent  

Madonna, the best-selling female recording artist of all time, turned 65 this year. Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford is published by Faber on 5 October, £12.99 open image in gallery ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin’ author Louis de Bernières offers readers a stark view of the state of the modern world in his new novel Light Over Liskeard by Louis de Bernières …

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Why Jude Law’s Henry VIII is a Tudor king for the #MeToo era
1 year, 7 months ago

Why Jude Law’s Henry VIII is a Tudor king for the #MeToo era

The Independent  

Jude Law’s enormous bottom was the talk of the Cannes Crosiette last weekend. Following the premiere of Firebrand, Karim Aïnouz’s new costume drama in which Law plays Henry VIII opposite Alicia Vikander as the Tudor monarch’s sixth and last wife Katherine Parr, critics expressed their astonishment at the voluminous size of Law’s rump. It’s 90 years since Charles Laughton picked …

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A starry-eyed Elizabeth Taylor biography misses a golden opportunity
2 years ago

A starry-eyed Elizabeth Taylor biography misses a golden opportunity

LA Times  

Review Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon By Kate Andersen Brower Harper: 513 pages, $33 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. I mention this because when I sat down with Kate Andersen Brower’s “Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon,” …

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Making an Icon: What was it like to photograph Elizabeth Taylor?
3 years, 2 months ago

Making an Icon: What was it like to photograph Elizabeth Taylor?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Elizabeth Taylor poses in Las Vegas, 1961 open image in gallery …

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La Peregrina: The world's most famous pearl
3 years, 7 months ago

La Peregrina: The world's most famous pearl

BBC  

La Peregrina: The world's most famous pearl Paramount/Getty Images Elizabeth Taylor was known for her love of pearls It was worn by kings and queens in paintings – and eaten by Elizabeth Taylor's puppy. The pearl in question – known as La Peregrina – was one of the most famous in world history, prized for its size, perfect shape and …

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Eden... with mischief on the menu: The Riviera's most louche haunt celebrates its 150th birthday
3 years, 8 months ago

Eden... with mischief on the menu: The Riviera's most louche haunt celebrates its 150th birthday

Daily Mail  

The Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc is where Elizabeth Taylor first fooled around with Richard Burton, Kate Moss got into trouble for wearing too little and Marlene Dietrich had an affair with Joe Kennedy — and might even have wanted one with his son Jack, too. Paris Hilton at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc during the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France …

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