'LIZ' is the 20th-century movie goddess Elizabeth Taylor; the man talking is her almost-lifelong partner Richard Burton, one of the past century's acting greats. Easily, they made the poster couple for hot romance of the 20th century, their illicit affair budding during the filming of the iconic blockbuster 'Cleopatra' (1962), leading to their marriage, then divorce, then remarriage, then separation, until death (Burton's) did them part. It turned out the jewels, which were part and parcel of that sizzling romance, were just as hot the stuff written about and photographed through the...
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