they didn't know who elizabeth taylor -- they really had no idea. gen-x knew her only through joan rivers appalling fat jokes in the 1980s, you know, more chins than a chinese phonebook. i was aghast. and gen-y, gen-y knew she had some vague connection to film, but mostly they knew her as the person she was in later life, an aids philanthropist and, you know, a leader in that way. anyway, stuck in this house the only thing we had for entertainment is boxed sets of elizabeth taylor movie, you know? [laughter] so we thought, oh, all right, you know, it'll be a campy night. and we started watching in chronological order, and we were absolutely blown away not just by the quality of her performances, but by the unrelenting feminist messages of her movies. in national velvet her character, velvet brown, age 12, challenges jebledder discrimination -- gender discrimination. excluded from an important horse race because of her gender, she poses as a male jockey and wins, exposing the pure bigotry of the exclusion of women. her next big one? a place in the su

the beverly hills hotel has been a playground for celebrities like elizabeth taylor and frank sinatra. now some are calling for a boycott, but the hotel which generates millions for beverly hills, says it's being unfairly targeted. >> this hurts our people. and most importantly it's not our fight. we have done nothing wrong. >> reporter: protesters say the only way to end this is for the brunei government to end its policies or sell its hotels. joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> and the big business news late today. a chinese company called alibaba filed paperwork for a billion-dollar initial public offering. the tech industry's largest ipo since twitter. while you may not have heard of alibaba yet, it's a powerhouse in e-commerce making more money than amazon and ebay combined. >>> after a break, still ahead monica lewinsky breaks her silence about the white house scandal, both of the clintons, and her life after all these years. >>> it has been almost two decades now since the clinton white house was shaken by scandal involving the president and an intern named monica lewinsky. t

elizabeth taylor honeymooned in the bungalos out back. who owns it has managed to alienate so much. >> reporter: the beverly hills hotel, a haven for hollywood's elite. now some stars are rushing for the exits. >> i know a number of people are canceling events at the hotel and it's all economic. >> reporter: jay leno, his wife, and actress francis fisher took part in a protest on monday protesting not the hotel per se but its ownership, an investment group. they want people to be aware of the new sharia laws being boycotted in brunei for the stoning of anyone who commits adultery or is homosexual. >> it's being people stoned to death. hello? >> reporter: ellen degeneres said that they will not patronize the property. the talk show host tweeted i won't be visiting the bel-air or beverly hills hotel until this is resolved. >> the actions that they are taking is unfound the. >> reporter: groups shunning the company's hotel put their focus in the wrong place. >> it's going to hurt our employees and this has nothing to do with them whatsoever.

i'm elizabeth taylor all of a sudden. you know. it was great. very surreal.: it must be surreal. were there people at your wedding at your real wedding? >> eric was at my real wedding. >> i was there. >> jimmy: you didn't feel jealous at all, a little out of the spotlight? >> well, you know i think i did say i thought it would always be me. >> yeah. >> at his rehearsal dinner. but it was a great ceremony. it was really, really neat to be there with our cast, some of our cast and writers. >> ty, julie were at the real wedding. >> real and fake, actually. actually, elizabeth banks is a guest on our finale. >> jimmy: yes. >> and she is in the wedding. and she wasn't able to make it. i'm really good friends with her in real life. wasn't able to make it to the real wedding. she's like, at least i made it to one of them. >> jimmy: convenient for her. this is kind of a big deal for american television. we have two men getting, characters that we feel like we know, getting married in primetime on a network owned by disney. i mean, that's kind of exciting, isn't it? >

elizabeth taylor on the left, the late princess diana on the right. here's a sequence that shows how this began. this is the princess di one and along he moves and princess di comes into shape and ironing the fabric. a close-up of princess di's eyes. would you look at that? it is an incredible feet. he spends months working on several projects at a time. the hand with the iron, it was an enormous portrait and one of the trickiest to complete, because it was so large. look at these hands, almost twice as tall as he, fabric and an iron, our artist of the day. >>> now an annual look at the government and how the government shells out massive amounts of money in some quite strange ways. the organizations called citizens against government waste just released its 2014 congressional pig book. you might remember this one, shrimp on the treadmill research. thankfully none of those examples this year. $90 million to upgrade a single army tank one the pentagon claims it does not need and does not want because officials say they have more than enough tanks sitti

elizabeth arden, the maker of elizabeth taylor and britney spears's brand have a surprise loss for theer than analyst estimated. tv, thend direct wireless operator in advance talks to acquire the satellite tv provider for about $50 billion. -- $50 million. what a big deal that would be. now for a call on the markets. pimco saying we are stuck in a new neutral. richard explained this. >> there are three key elements. multiseat world of countries converging to slower trend growth rates. we also have a world in which economies face overhang of leverage. we have had no deleveraging in the past five years, and the aggregate has a lot of deficits. policymakers will recognize that, and keep rates lower. >> let's bring in the managing director at equity portfolio managers for jpmorgan. i think you have a little bit more of an optimistic outlook? >> i would say compared to the new normal and the new neutral, it sounds like things are getting better. it sounds like the major economy is accelerating a little bit. we are excel rating in touch into next year -- accelerating a touch into next year.

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>> reporter: for 100 years, the hotel has been a playground for the likes of marilyn monroe, elizabeth taylorde niro. >> reporter: does the dorchester have an opinion on the laws in brunei? >> no. i don't have any opinion who is ever? >> you don't think they are wrong? >> i'm not prepared to comment on that. >> reporter: the hotel brought out water and cookies for the protesters, trying to show hospitality in the face of adversity. ben tracy, beverly hills. >> incredible. >> interesting tactic, i have no opinion about whether someone is getting stoned to death for homosexuality. >> the crux of the problem. >> it's part owned by the sultan. >> i think i would have come up with another answer. >> i think it's going to continue. >> i do, too. >>> demonstrators took over an albuquerque meeting. deadly shootings by police. one protester tried to give the police chief an arrest warrant. after an hour, the chief and city councilmembers left the meeting. >>> a colorado woman is in critical condition after being trapped in a car wreck for five days. kristin hopkins, a single mother of four was reporte

married in july and got engaged in september and married again a few months ago, so i'm basically elizabeth taylor weddings was fun, yeah. >> like me. >> like this guy. >> very central to this one, eric, first and foremost, hysterical. you guys are so -- the whole cast so funny, but you have a way of also -- we talked about this -- through that comedy opening people's hearts and minds. >> yeah. it's -- it's a rare opportunity we get as actors. you never think of that when you're out there auditioning for different parts and tv shows and not getting them and then to finally get a gig like this that is really truly not to put too much importance on it but owning it a little bit and having social impact, cultural impact. we hear that from kids and parents so we know it's real. it's an honor. >> because it's real it means there's real moments of tension and drama along with the laughs. you have a scene where mitchell has to tell, jay, hey, i don't want you to there. >> yeah, i actually really applaud the writers for going there with that relationship which is very real and a lot of parents have their

i think one of elizabeth taylor's eight honeymoons began there. i've stayed there.l the big shots have. we just finished here in washington the correspondents dinner where all the hollywood people come and hang out. it's a mess. this is hollywood at its best. this is hollywood doing what perhaps some in washington should be doing, which is calling attention to a potential, almost certain human rights violations. sharia law is only now being implemented. it's supposed to start tomorrow. it's going to be phased in over a number of years. god bless jay leno and hurray to hollywood. >> i'll take the other side. first of all, don't throw me in with that hoity-toity group. i'm lucky if i'm in a motel 6. i'm not staying at the beverly hills hotel. jay leno says, hello, sharia law has been in place in a lot of places for a long time. plenty of places to protest, if you're just waking up to it, that's fine. they jump out of the back door and jump out of the bentley, going to protest at the beverly hills hotel. isn't there a more direct approach? >> that's a very good point.

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