Elizabeth Taylor: Unheard Tapes Reveal Hollywood Life

0:00On March 23rd, a new documentary called Elizabeth Taylor, the lost tapes premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2024 and hit HBO. In August 2024, directed by Nanette Burstein, the nearly two-hour film draws from 40 hours of newly discovered audio interviews Taylor gave to journalist Richard, Merriman between 1964 and 1965. It explores her Hollywood career, marriages, motherhood, friendships, and activism in fresh detail. Taylor opens up about her early days as a child star, describing herself as a terrified little girl pushed into acting by her parents after moving to Los Angeles. She shares tough memories from her first marriage to Conrad Hilton Jr. in 1950, including a heartbreaking miscarriage and her, frustration with studio life and constant supervision. She also recounts personal connections, like driving around with James Dean and his portion on the day he died in 1955 while filming, Giant.

1:01Fans went wild for her, with crowds at her 1952 wedding to Michael Wilding looking like Beatle Mania, complete with paparazzi tricks, she, fought off with garden hoses. Later love stood out too, producer Mike Todd as her greatest until Richard Burton and a miserable marriage to Eddie Fisher that led to a suicide. Taylor called her first Oscar for Butterfield 8 in 1960, a sympathy win after a near fatal pneumonia during Cleopatra. In the end, Taylor prioritized family gatherings and AIDS activism, founding key organizations in the 1980s and 90s after losing. Friends like Rock Hudson, her story reminds us of a life full of glamour, pain, and purpose that still resonates today. I'm Cory with the story, and you've been listening to Entertainment and Celebrity News today. A.I. powered pop culture coverage.