tavis: this is a gorgeous cover, but it kind of reminds me -- >> does this make you think of elizabeth taylor? tavis: 0, yes. >> the publisher -- i had no role models. for myself.le model the only one i could think of the identified with was this gorgeous creature called elizabeth taylor, so she became my role model. when i went to meet louis b. mayer, i had the eyebrow. tavis: that is hot. now backs i am serious. serious, too. not look at that waist. washere was no doubt i pulled in. i will disappoint you. waist.s my they use to pad you like crazy. i was doing a film with lawn of turner.- lana woman with black blood and denies it completely. jackson singing. one little girl comes back, that is jackson singing. >> oh, my god. i was doing a film to be his first film in america. lover, and in visited the sets all the time, but i have a small role in assistant director said common -- and the assistant director said, will you do a favor for ms. turner? go to the wardrobe department and get something waiting for you to take to mr. turner's dressing room. silk outgives me a with a drawstring on it,

. >> reporter: elizabeth taylor was a self-proclaimed super fan who asked the show for a guest stint.ppearance as the millionaire widow helena cassadine culminated with her casting of curse on luke and laura during their wedding. >> i curse on you, laura and luke. i curse on the both of you. >> reporter: did you guys become close? you alluded at one point, tony, to sort of a fling, if you will or some kind of relationship? >> i would call it more tan a fling. it lasted two years. >> reporter: really? >> yeah. >> wow. >> we spent a lot of time doing crazy things, regular stuff for people who would say, really, you played pinball with elizabeth taylor? yeah, and she was terrible. but she had a wonderful time doing it. >> wow, demi moore can really flow a punch. >> don't let me get cursed by liz taylor. >> oh, those eyes. you can see more with the cast of "general hospital," "the real soap dish" with katie couric tonight at 9:00, 8:00 central on abc. >>> coming up, what would the colonel say after more than 60 years kfc unveiling one of the biggest changes to its menu ever? that and more

well, just being elizabeth taylor.n marfa's paisano hotel. >> love: it was about cattle. it was about ranches.as a ut the things that we hold dear. >> marfa! >> safer: but these days, watching the passing parade, you're not quite sure if you're in mayberry or greenwich village. >> ( cheers ) >> safer: for old marfans, there's the gun show. >> we started this program in 2010. >> safer: for new marfans, a symposium on politics, culture, climate and sustainability. ♪ and, for reasons we weren't able to pin down, adolescent hula dancers. >> buck johnston: i mean, it's nutty. it's just this cultural little hub in the middle of nowhere. we think it's the best small town in america. >> camp bosworth: don't tell anybody. edit that out, please. >> johnston: that's right. >> safer: camp bosworth and buck johnston are members in good standing of the marfa new wave, their gallery packed with camp's texas-size wood carvings. >> bosworth: ts is a sixshoo'sl. and this turns, you know. i've carved it with various details. >> safer: th

i could be like lana turner or elizabeth taylor. i could only play roles that require accents. >> i get terry's apartment. >> better get rid of your accent. >> life can be pricey in america. >> that begat something rather amusing. i was always the house ethnic. whether i played a polynesian girl, an arabian girl, an east indian girl, i always had the same accent. >> did it always bother you? was there a point where you said i'm going to do this? i accept it. but then you write it became very demeaning. how did you turn that around? >> it didn't become demeaning. it always was demeaning. but somewhere inside of me, i always felt there was this stubborn streak that said you are talented, even when i was a little girl, you have talent. somehow if i persevere, somehow, some way, someone will see that in me and give me a break. and it happened in "west side story." and of course "the king and i." but yet again, i was talking like this, you know? beautiful role. fantastic movie. but there i was doing the same thing, only with more beautif

fromm, and he got up there, and fromm proceeded to tell him for three hours about his patient, elizabeth taylor. that's not coucher. kosher. my affair count is 19 at this point. a lot. martha graham, on and on. you just name -- so, but this is all the risk of central relatedness. you get all charged up, and you lose sight of the fact you're supposed to take care of that client, that patient. so martha graham, i mean, i have a long list, but you don't need to be involved with -- if you want the details, i'll give you later or, all right? so this is fromm the clinician. the character structure and the central relatedness. and in both cases it's the social that's central. and the interaction with the other that's central. okay. fromm's second life is as a talmudic scholar. he has a mess when a child. the mother is deeply depressed. the father is manic as heck. and they hate each other. and here fromm is caught in the middle of that. and so as an escape he first finds an uncle who studies the talmud every day, and he merges and befriends him. and then he finds some other talmudic scholars and rabbi

>> we all know the story about elizabeth taylor and eddie fisher but the fact that you guys came back, life goes on, and we just decided that the boys are gone, and richard burton was elizabeth's love of her life, and eddie she just had for a little while and tossed him out. it was such fun. >> oh, yes, but that's a big thing, to be able to move on from that because for her, it may somebody that, but for you it was clearly -- >> no, no, that was an incident that happens in your life that is an unhappy time, and you grow up a lot. but it's just something that you have to live through, and i have lived through a lot of things like that that i put in my book. >> in the book there's some wonderful stories. >> a lot of stories. >> i love hearing about being miss burbank and your early days on the mgm lot. brings you back and reminds you of that wonderful era in hollywood. >> the golden era. >> the golden age. >> it was true. a wonderful time, and i just am thrilled i got to live at that time because you had a lot of fun and people got together and it was -- it's entirely different. today i

. >> all i know is that nbc and jay leno -- nbc and jay leno are the elizabeth taylor and richard burton is not over. i'm looking forward to them getting back together and breaking up many times. >> it's a lot to talk about. definitely a lot to talk about. jimmy fallon and jay leno have played very nice, so that's a great thing. they both clearly have a lot of respect for one another. >> very nice. >> yeah, really cool. that's really cool. you have the younger guy coming in and the older guy sitting back, and jay leno right now is kind of like a first wife and a second wife at the same time. >> we have a lot of analogy going this morning, right? lots to think about. >> trying to figure out the text -- >> yeah, right. >> whatever it meant, it was really good. >> nice to see you both. thanks. >> thank you. >>> just ahead, musical performances brought to life through sign language. ] hot dog? i'm buying. i'll use my capital one venture card with double miles you can actually use to fly any airline anytime. ♪ what are you doing? i'm saving one for later. my body keeps it warm. it's like a li

. >> elizabeth taylor, an admitted "gh" fan was the first to play helena casa dine and they launchedrick springfield. it exploded when he played dr. this. oah drake, though fun fact he never sang during his 1980 tints on the show. when did you know that this character that you had created was a bona fide rock star. >> about two weeks into the show. just walking down the street people started turns around and looking and i said, they weren't doing that two weeks ago. >> reporter: so what do the next 50 years hold in store? jason thompson who plays dr. patrick drake is proud to be part of the rich and enduring history of "gh." where do we go from here. >> it starts with story and i think that's what we have to continue doing. "general hospital" has done such a great job from the '60s, '70s and '80s and characters they feel they can connect to and when you look at these people you feel like you're at home. >> a little sparkling cider to toast 50 years of "general hospital" and hopefully 50 more. cheers. >> hear, hear. >> thank you for so many great memories. >> cheers. >> cheer, everybo

he also promised while she was still alive he was going to bring elizabeth taylor, michael jackson, eltonhe queen. you brought jurgen. this is huge. we're so excited to have you here. >> thank you. >> how are things looking for us? >> looking good. in the qualifying stage. we had three games so far. we're working on it. seven more games to go and hopefully being qualified for the huge tournament next summer. things are going well. >> feeling pretty good about our chances? >> yeah. feeling good about it. a couple of ups and downs which are usual in soccer. things are coming along. >> always up and down. >> americans love being number one. we've talked about this. and in that spirit what's it going to take for us to move toward that position? >> well, becoming number one in soccer, that's a long way to go. i think what you see in the united states over the last 20, 25 years is a tremendous growth in soccer at all levels. kids level, millions of kids playing the game now. if it's at the college level, school level and especially on a professional side you have now a league that's competitive

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