Liz Taylor Nude

Say it isn't so! 
Oh, who am I kidding? Who doesn't love to see naked celebrities?
Picture taken by Roddy McDowell as a present for Michael Wilding when Liz was 24. 

Elizabeth Taylor Dies and What A Dame She Was

I was busy writing this morning when out of the blue I hear from Chemgal that Elizabeth Taylor has died from congestive heart failure at the age of 79. I'm really sad about it, mostly because I discovered her great movies during my formative late teens and early twenties. The rent girl in Butterfield 8, the master of campy costume changes in Cleopatra, the sheer genius of a barely hinged woman in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. All great roles to which she brought great strength and creativity. It says a lot about an actress's talents when you can't even imagine another person playing the parts they so vigorously mastered. Angelina Jolie playing Cleopatra? I'm not sure I can get excited about that, even with David Fincher directing. They better cast Brad Pitt and get them both naked, am I right?

Regardless, she will be missed for many reasons. When you start out as a child star you either learn to adapt and develop a strong personality or exposure to that world will chew you up and spit you out. Taylor had her excesses to be sure, but she was a gutsy broad, in the best sense of the word. She love freely, married often and never gave a good Gaddamn what any of the tabloids said about it, and for that I salute her. I hope she's in heaven right now whooping it up over an endless bottle of Champagne with Richard and Roddy. Salut!

p.s. I know what you can do with all that joorey that's sitting in your home all lonely and unused. I'll pay for postage.

The I Love My Gays Post

That's Liza pedalling away on some crazy bike that powers a Times Square Christmas ad. She looks amazing. She is the original comeback kid.

And that's Liz out and about in West Hollywood where she stopped by The Abbey to hang out with her gays. I'm going to guess that she's on some pretty good meds to be looking that happy.

Have they ever done anything together? They totally should, even if La Taylor has to act from a wheelchair.