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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British actress Helena Bonham Carter will play late screen icon Elizabeth Taylor in a TV movie that will explore Taylor's tempestuous relationship with actor Richard Burton which captivated audiences and headlines.
And look at Dominic West as a foxy Richard Burton!
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The first promo picture of Helena Bonham Carter and Dominic West as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in the BBC America’s upcoming Burton & Taylor was released today. Very realistic skin! -Dlisted J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot have made a deal with Rod Serling’s estate to adapt one of his unproduced screenplays, The Stops Along the Way, into a miniseries. -/Film [...]
They haven't been a couple since 1976. He hasn't been alive since 1984, and she died in 2011. Yet Welsh-born Richard Burton and British-American Elizabeth Taylor, the on-again, off-again co-stars, spouses, lovers and fighters are having...Show More Summary
Is this the Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton you were waiting for? Is this the Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton that you deserve? Or do you just care about the diamond jewelry and leathered tan, respectively, and don't give a damn who is sporting it? Read more...
Lindsay Lohan gave us a performance that was AH-MAZING for all the wrong reasons in Lifetime's epic Liz & Dick! But BBC America thinks they can do a classier job capturing the magic of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor with their upcoming Burton and Taylor! This time, Helena Bonham Carter and The Wire's Dominic West will play [...]
Back in February, Helena Bonham Carter and Dominic West were cast in a BBC 4 movie about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Now comes photo evidence that this is indeed a totally real thing. Go ahead, gaze upon this, the first promotional shot for Burton and Taylor! The movie is
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That's your first look at Dominic West ("The Wire") and Helena Bonham Carter as Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in the BBC's Liz and Dick biopic, which will follow the pair's real life stint in a 1983 Broadway production of...
Coming to BBC America this fall is yet another made-for-TV take on the romantic relationship of Liz Taylor and Richard Burton. The above photo is our first look at stars Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter, who will play the title characters in Burton and Taylor, not (likely) to be confused with Lifetime's recent TV movie Liz and Dick, which aired last fall.
Move over Lindsay Lohan, there’s a new Elizabath Taylor in town. BBC America today released the first pic of Helena Bonham Carter as the Oscar winning actress alongside two-time husband Richard Burton as played by Dominic West. Unlike...Show More Summary
Check out Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter in character as screen icons Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor for the upcoming bio-pic "Burton and Taylor."
Here's a terrific reading of Robert Graves' "Welsh Incident". The voice is Richard Burton's. The creeping monsters are from Wales, or not. (thanks to Charles Cameron)
Following Lindsay Lohan’s abominably-bad Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton biopic, FOX has re-released the film that catapulted the couple’s love affair started: Cleopatra. The four-hour film almost bankrupted the studio… READ ON
The Bulgari sapphire-and-diamond “sautoir” (with a 65-carat center stone!) used to belong to Liz; Richard Burton bought it for her when she turned 40. Hot damn. Read more...
There was no tribute more fitting for the 50th anniversary viewing of Cleopatra - and to the film's stars, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton - than Jessica Chastain wearing one of Taylor's Bulgari necklaces at the Cannes premiere.Show More Summary
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton played an unknowing but critical role in the history of the cellphone. It was in their east penthouse suite in the Hilton Hotel at Sixth Avenue and W. 54th Street in midtown Manhattan that the first cellphone call was made 40 years ago today, inaugurating our wireless communications age. Show More Summary
BBC America to produce ‘Burton and Taylor’ biopic via Rickey.org BBC America is on board as co-producers on the upcoming Richard Burton/Elizabeth Taylor TV biopic. Which two well-known actors have been cast as the iconic ex-lovers? The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor
Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter are starring in one-off movie Burton And Taylor as legendary, volatile ex-lovers Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. The BBC Drama Productions project will be co-produced by BBC America for its Dramaville block. Show More Summary
Richard Burton’s ex-wife, Sybil Christopher, died on Thursday at the age of 83. Christopher, Burton’s first wife, was a nightclub owner and theater producer. Despite her incredibly successful career, Christopher was perhaps best known for being the woman Richard Burton left for Elizabeth Taylor. Burton divorced Sybil in 1963 after his extremely publicized affair with Elizabeth [...]Show More Summary