Read more Elizabeth Taylor stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/16864/elizabeth-taylor.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:51:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74718/best-soap-opera-cameos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJames Franco’s much-hyped General Hospital guest stint began Friday, but can he live up to the true classics of the celebrity cameo genre? Many other luminaries have guested on daytime TV, and “they almost always shake things up like a schizophrenic with a fake pregnancy interrupting a wedding in a...http://www.newser.com/story/74718/best-soap-opera-cameos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:19:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72019/liz-taylor-the-first-paparazzi-magnet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagElizabeth Taylor, whose affair with Eddie Fisher was more scandalous than the Brad-Jen-Angelina triangle can ever hope to be, is “a pioneer for the Madonnas and Lindsay Lohans of today, women whose personal lives occupy more of the public imagination than does their creative work,” writes Laura Miller in Salon....http://www.newser.com/story/72019/liz-taylor-the-first-paparazzi-magnet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 10:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71282/taylor-heart-surgery-went-off-perfectly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagElizabeth Taylor’s heart surgery today “went off perfectly,” she writes on Twitter. “It’s like having a brand new ticker.” The actress, 77, says the procedure was to repair a “leaky valve,” and ripped media reports that she has diabetes as “a total lie.” “Bless their little hearts,” she wrote pre-operation,...http://www.newser.com/story/71282/taylor-heart-surgery-went-off-perfectly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 20:05:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71089/elizabeth-taylor-to-have-heart-surgery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagElizabeth Taylor will soon undergo heart surgery, she announced on Twitter today. “Dear Friends, I would like to let you know before it gets in the papers that I am going into the hospital to have a procedure on my heart,” the 77-year-old actress posted this afternoon, notes E! Online...http://www.newser.com/story/71089/elizabeth-taylor-to-have-heart-surgery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 17:30:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70458/just-being-carrie-fisher-is-super-weird.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCarrie Fisher’s shrink told her, “If you worked in a supermarket they would’ve institutionalized you at 20,” she recalls. Not so in Hollywood, where the erstwhile Princess Leia suffered through drug addiction, manic depression, and failed relationships—her own and her parents’. But electroshock therapy helped her deal with all...http://www.newser.com/story/70458/just-being-carrie-fisher-is-super-weird.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 16:08:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68591/jackson-laid-to-rest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagParis Jackson wept as she stepped into the Forest Lawn mausoleum where her father, Michael, was to be entombed. Katherine Jackson, overcome by sorrow, turned back when she was faced with her son's final resting place. On a sultry evening, amid a sea of white flowers and with a bejeweled...http://www.newser.com/story/68591/jackson-laid-to-rest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 22:55:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66498/sometimes-celeb-tweets-bring-real-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSurprise! Celebrities do, occasionally, use Twitter to break actual news. Don’t believe it? USA Today lists some examples: Paula Abdul: Bid adieu to American Idol before an official statement was released. Ryan Seacrest: Told the world Ben Silverman was out at NBC before NBC did.http://www.newser.com/story/66498/sometimes-celeb-tweets-bring-real-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 11:32:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65073/family-friends-believe-mystery-kid-is-jackos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichael Jackson’s rumored “secret son” has a long history with the family, sources tell MSNBC. Omer Bhatti, who called himself Michael J, told Jackson’s nephew that Michael was his father “out of the blue” in 1992, says a family friend. Bhatti was a constant presence at Neverland Ranch from then...http://www.newser.com/story/65073/family-friends-believe-mystery-kid-is-jackos.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 11:15:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64349/la-mayor-thanks-but-we-can-pay-for-mj-memorial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagImagine the surprise of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa when he returned from vacation to find his proxy asking for donations to fund the Michael Jackson memorial. “This is a world-class city, and we provide fire and police protection, period,” he says. “The idea that we would charge the family...http://www.newser.com/story/64349/la-mayor-thanks-but-we-can-pay-for-mj-memorial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 12:43:54 CDT