Elizabeth Taylor

  • CelebrityYahoo Movies UK

    How often do Brits win at the Oscars?

    The 2024 Oscars is almost upon us, and with Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer set to dominate the question remains: how do Brits fare at the awards show?

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    Oscars: The history of non-Americans winning Hollywood's biggest acting award

    There’s a long tradition in Hollywood of giving out prizes indiscriminately when it comes to nationality.

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  • NewsBen Bussey

    Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? Writer Edward Albee Dies

    Edward Albee, acclaimed playwright behind ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,’ has died at the age of 88. According to his assistant, Albee passed away on Friday at his home in Long Island, New York. Albee penned over 30 stage plays between 1958 and 2007, but his 1962 play ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ remained the work for which he was most recognised, thanks in no small part to the movie adaptation from director Mike Nichols.

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    Elizabeth Taylor Ran HIV Drug Ring From Her Bel Air Home

    Late actress Elizabeth Taylor reportedly ran a ‘Dallas Buyers Club’-style drug ring from her home in Bel Air, distributing medication to people with HIV in the early 1990s. The revelation comes from an interview with model-turned-entrepreneur Kathy Ireland, a friend of the legendary Oscar-winner who was speaking to Entertainment Tonight. Support from the US government for those suffering from the virus was in short supply, so networks like Taylor’s and that seen in the Oscar-winning Matthew Mc