Rosie O'Donnell has hit out at Lindsay Lohan's casting as the late Dame Elizabeth Taylor.

The troubled actress will be playing the iconic star in TV movie 'Liz and Dick', and Rosie has claimed she is not the right person for the part as she is not in the 'frame of mind' to work.

Speaking on the 'Today' show, she said: 'I feel very sorry for her. I think she needs a lot of help....

Lindsay Lohan will play Elizabeth Taylor in an upcoming TV movie.

The troubled actress will take on the role of the late screen legend in Lifetime project 'Liz and Dick, which will focus on Taylor's tempestuous marriages to actor Richard Burton.

As the 25-year-old star's turbulent personal life - which has seen her hauled in for numerous court appearances, brief jail stints and...

A collection of artworks, jewellery and fashion belonging to Elizabeth Taylor has sold for almost STG120 million ($A177.54 million) at auction.

Every item in the collection of more than 1800 lots was sold, some at 50 times their pre-sale estimates.

The auctions took place in New York and London, ending with a sale of artwork at Christie's London on Wednesday.

The...

Lindsay Lohan is in talks to play Dame Elizabeth Taylor in a new film.

The 25-year-old actress has reportedly opened discussions with Lifetime to take on the role of the late screen legend in TV movie 'Elizabeth Richard: A Love Story', which will focus on Taylor's tempestuous romance with actor Richard Burton, according to Deadline.com.

The project is set to be produced by...

The legendary jewellery and fashion collections of Elizabeth Taylor, the so-called 'Crown Jewels of Hollywood', have gone on glittering display in New York before a hotly anticipated auction.

The actress, who died in March at the age of 79, had seven husbands during her glamorous life, countless admirers and a passion for jewellery.

The exhibition at Christie's auction house...

Sir Elton John paid tribute to Dame Elizabeth Taylor at a private memorial yesterday (16.10.11).

Close friends and family of the Hollywood legend - who died of congestive heart failure in March aged 79 - gathered at the Steven J. Ross Theatre on the Warner Brothers lot in Burbank, California, for a 70-minute service, which was hosted by her friend Colin Farrell.

Speaking to the...

Film icon Elizabeth Taylor has been laid to rest in the same celebrity cemetery as her long-time friend Michael Jackson, with her keen sense of humour demonstrated until the very end.

The legendary actress, who died on Wednesday aged 79, was sent off with an hour-long private ceremony at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, where generations of Hollywood stars are buried.

But her last...

Australian film critic Bill Collins has spent a lifetime interviewing Hollywood's biggest and brightest stars.

But "Mr Movies" still pinches himself when he remembers meeting for the first time the biggest and brightest of them all, Elizabeth Taylor.

"I'll never forget the first time I met her," Collins told AAP on Thursday, hours after news broke that the 79-year-old actress had...

Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen persona, stormy personal life and enduring fame and glamour made her one of the last of the old-fashioned movie stars and a template for the modern celebrity, died on Wednesday at age 79.

She was surrounded by her four children when she died of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she had been...

Elizabeth Taylor is likely to spend another few days in a Los Angeles hospital while being treated for congestive heart failure.

Her spokeswoman says the Oscar-winning actress is resting comfortably and receiving family and friends in her room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre.

The 78-year-old was admitted late last week for treatment of her heart condition.

Sally Morrison...