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A wheelchair-bound Dame Elizabeth Taylor poses at the British Film and Television Academy/Los Angeles Cunard Britannia Awards, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif. A Hollywood legend, Taylor received the Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in International Entertainment.
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Actor Anthony Hopkins shares a laugh with actress Shirley MacLaine as Hopkin's wife, Stella, left, looks on at the British Film and Television Academy/Los Angeles Cunard Britannia Awards, Thursday night, Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Actor Craig Ferguson poses with Dame Elizabeth Taylor as they hold the Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in International Entertainment that Taylor received at the British Film and Television Academy/Los Angeles Cunard Britannia Awards, Thursday night, Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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BAFTA Awards Chairman Peter Morris, from left, poses with actors Anthony Hopkins, Shirley MacLaine, Jon Voight and Dennis Hopper at the British Film and Television Academy/Los Angeles Cunard Britannia Awards, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Dame Elizabeth Taylor is photographed during the British Film and Television Academy/Los Angeles Cunard Britannia Awards, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Taylor, who began her career as a child actress in 1944's "National Velvet," received the Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in International Entertainment.
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Actress Joley Richardson walks the red carpet at the British Film and Television Academy/Los Angeles Cunard Britannia Awards, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Actress Lucy Davis poses on the red carpet at the British Film and Television Academy/Los Angeles Cunard Britannia Awards, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Talk show host Craig Ferguson poses with Megan Waters Cunningham at the British Film and Television Academy/Los Angeles Cunard Britannia Awards, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Actress Shirley MacLaine, left, hugs Dame Elizabeth Taylor at the British Film and Television Academy/Los Angeles Cunard Britannia Awards, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Taylor received the Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in International Entertainment.
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Actress Jane Leeves arrives at the British Film and Television Academy/Los Angeles Cunard Britannia Awards, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Actress Shirley MacLaine poses with Ronald Neame, recipient of the Cunard Britannia Award for Lifetime Contributions to International Film, at the British Film and Television Academy/Los Angeles Cunard Britannia Awards, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Actress Amanda Pays and her husband, actor Corbin Bernsen, arrive at the 14th Annual Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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TV contestant Jennifer Murphy arrives at the 14th Annual Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Actor Micky Dolenz and Ami Dolenz pose on the red carpet at the 14th Annual Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Peter Morris, chairman of the Britannia Awards, and Dame Elizabeth Taylor hold up the Britannia Award that was given to her at the British Film and Television Academy/Los Angeles Cunard ceremony, Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Born in London, the violet-eyed Taylor last performed professionally in the 2001 TV movie "These Old Broads."
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Actresses Izabella Miko and Madchen Amick pose together at the 14th Annual Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Actor Jon Voight arrives at the 14th Annual Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills.
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Actor Dennis Hopper and his wife, Victoria Duffy, arrive at the 14th Annual Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Britain's Lady Victoria Hervey poses on the red carpet at the 14th Annual Britannia Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
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Dame Elizabeth Taylor poses at the British Film and Television Academy/Los Angeles Cunard Britannia Awards, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Taylor received the Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in International Entertainment. A once-glamorous figure known for her many romances and seven husbands, Taylor in recent years has waged a vigorous crusade on behalf of AIDS sufferers.
