You can't make mention of the women of sports-entertainment without bringing to the tip of your tongue the beautiful, soft-spoken Miss Elizabeth. A mainstay in the 1980s, Elizabeth's elegance is what ...

"I had this kind of image of her — the punchline, someone who was out of control," Brower tells PEOPLE of her childhood memories of Taylor, who died in March 2011 at the age of 79. "Getting to go ...

I love reading biographies. I sink into an overstuffed chair and prepare two bookmarks — one for the main text and one for the source notes at the end — so I can flip back and forth between the two. I ...

No one was better at being a movie star than Elizabeth Taylor. Rising from child star to respected actress and a key figure in the rise of celebrity culture as audiences lapped up her off-screen ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Craig Brown about "Q: The Voyage Around the Queen," a biography of Queen Elizabeth II told in vignettes and observations. RICHARD DIMBLEBY: In this garment of white, in ...