in the 1963 hollywood movie, liz taylor portrayed cleopatra as a politician.this ruler of egypt was beautiful, enchanting, but above all, smart and emancipated. >> liz taylor's interpretation of cleopatra is the most contemporary that we can find precisely because she is not shown as a weak woman whose only option is to seduce men. she is a woman with a political vision. >> the role also made liz taylor a superstar. cleopatra, the career booster. when women take on the appearance of the egyptian queen from barbra streisand to lady gaga, they do it because of the power of her image. the usual male perspective is somewhat different. cleopatra not as a ruler, but as a kind of luxury pinup. to the end, cleopatra was her own woman. after her roman allies were defeated, she finished herself off with a cobra bite. >> killing herself was the best thing the cleopatra could have done for her legacy. her suicide was the thing that made her into the great icon she has become. >> and icons are immortal. >> also here in germany, visitors to frankfurt zoo are being treated t

in the 1963 hollywood movie, liz taylor portrayed cleopatra as a politician.this ruler of egypt was beautiful, enchanting, but above all, smart and emancipated. >> liz taylor's interpretation of cleopatra is the most contemporary that we can find precisely because she is not shown as a weak woman whose only option is to seduce men. she is a woman with a political vision. >> the role also made liz taylor a superstar. cleopatra, the career booster. when women take on the appearance of the egyptian queen from barbra streisand to lady gaga, they do it because of the power of her image. the usual male perspective is somewhat different. cleopatra not as a ruler, but as a kind of luxury pinup. to the end, cleopatra was her own woman. after her roman allies were defeated, she finished herself off with a cobra bite. >> killing herself was the best thing the cleopatra could have done for her legacy. her suicide was the thing that made her into the great icon she has become. >> and icons are immortal. >> also here in germany, visitors to frankfurt zoo are being treated t

liz taylor's first wedding gown went for auction wednesday, fetched $187,000. if you missed on the bidding, don't worry, she was married seven more times. that's a lot of money to be talked about. michael jackson's son prince telling -- taking the stand wednesday in the family's wrongful death lawsuit against aeg live. prince said he would see his father cry after phone conversations with aeg, sometimes saying "they're going to kill me." >>> long-time engaged actors christian bell and zach shepherd were holding off on their wedding until the straight couple felt there was marriage equality for all. after wednesday's decision bell tweeted, will you marry me? >>> justin bieber's quarantined monkey will have a home spending the rest of hit days at a zoo in northern germany. >>> "forbes" releaeasing its li of the most powerful celebrities. oprah winfrey reclaiming her crown as the moist poefl celebrity. i was teasing at the break about only one, four of the five were women, you were one of them of course. >> nobody would believe a word you were saying. >> this is o

you know, i can put on that waist cincher like liz taylor and do my eyebrows and i did.ng hispanic. >> reporter: the only roles she could get were minorities, including in "the king and i." >> i already speak english. i had to invent for myself an accent. i decided to call it the universal ethnic accent. the truth is, they all sounded the same. >> reporter: then, in 1961, her entire world changed. >> i really became very proud of being hispanic when "west side story" happened. i can't believe it! when i got that oscar, i said to myself, this is it. i'm not going to do those demeaning roles anymore. >> reporter: in spanish, there is a phrase for true grit. >> i think the word in spanish that best describes me is "perseverancia y esperanza," hope and perseverance. >> and so we choose rita moreno, whose next award, by the way, is the songbook hall of fame. and we thank you for watching. we're always there at abcnews.com. "nightline" later. and david muir will be right here this weekend. good night. >>> late developments from southern california we know six people are dead i

. >> did you hear one of liz taylor's many wedding dresses are up for auction. his "new day" award. >> he is pretty fashion forward. what we don't know is the rest of the news. we have to get to you. >>> in a few hours, we expect the supreme court to issue two historic rulings on same-sex marriage. it will rule on the challenge to california's proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in that state. nelson mandela's family by his side at a pretoria hospital where the former south african bishop remains in unchanged condition. the governor says his condition remains unchanged. >>> in aurora, colorado, some sex assault victims are being victimized. dna evidence in as many as 48 sex assault cases may have been destroyed in error. some cases from 2009 can no longer be prosecuted. that includes one case involving an unidentified suspect who was an dna match for two other unsolved cases in denver. >>> the army with two wars over now fighting some budget battles, it plans to cut a dozen combat brigades, reorganize the rest and reduce the troops about i 14%. the penta

remember after 9-11, who got in the car in marlon brando and michael jackson and liz taylor.itically correct. >> stephanie: had to stop at every fast food place. oh, really? marlon. >> for liz and marlon. >> marlon! >> stephanie: how many stuckeys are there on this highway? we were just at the last in-n-out. >> south of the border? aren't we still in the united states? >> i've been to south of the border, too. if you're an east coast kid, you can't help it. >> stephanie: any other weird story out of hollywood. letters to president obama. there's been a lot of news. we missed this one. >> the actress from the walking dead. >> not the main actresses. >> who's my friend. >> had a small role. so she sent it but she called the feds and blamed her husband. >> stephanie: this is the greatest. ready? next time try writing a break-up letter. try a dear john tweet. anything. that's a really bad way to break up with someone. >> stephanie: like "newsweek," really? what do i have to do to get publicity? i just sent rice tonight president. >> i'm sure her star meter went up. >> stephanie:

taylor from "two and a half men.". that was last night. saw that. >> tom hanks making hello broadway debut. lizn. >> absolutely. >> we'll watch on sunday night. ted, thank you very much. good luck with cinderella. break a leg. >> absolutely. liz: ted chapin from the rogers and hammerstein foundation and american theater wing. >> thanks. adam: from additional investments we have new ways to make cash. we'll look at why art could be valuable investment. liz: special art. are you looking for more time off from work? adam: yes. liz: i'll work on that for you, adam. we have a list of the countries that offer the most days off per year and number of required days off may shock you. ♪ adam: art can be big money for investors with auction houses luke christie's and sotheby's seeing big sales in the past few weeks. liz: jo ling kent joins us with the martin lawrence gallery in soho with great pieces and a great story. >> liz, we think about the paintings on the wall and sculptures but there are so much more to invest in and unique pieces. i'm here in the martin lawrence gallery with michael who will tel

lily taylor is one of the actors as well. and liz garbis is the film's director.out a woman who's very relatable, very human, who struggles with the same thing, i think, modern women struggle with. i think they'll find someone they feel like they could have talked to or could have known. >> the image of the frailties, the insecurities, you see that, but also a woman who's really trying to improve upon herself as well. >> i think her life story was about ambition, the combination of ambition and insecurity. how many of us -- we all can relate to that. she was constantly trying to improve herself, to be taken seriously as an artist. she made bold, strong moves in her life that i think are very, very surprising given the context of the 1950s. >> interesting. we'll delve into that in a little bit. lily, i want to let you go ahead and read one of the verses, one of the letters, i guess, that she -- we discovered in this film. go ahead. >> i am restless and nervous and scattered and jumpy. a few minutes ago i almost threw a silver plate into a dark area on the set. but