Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation

When Elizabeth Taylor asks for something, she gets it. At least that’s the way things went for the septuagenarian actress today, when she announced that T.V. and film writers striking in front of the Paramount lot in L.A. have agreed to honor her request and cease their protest for one day only. Not just any day of the week, however. The brief ceasefire will commence on December 1st, World AIDS Day, when Ms. Taylor and James Earl Jones will perform A.R. Gurney’s play Love Letters at the studio. The actors’ one-night turn is expected to bank a cool million bucks for the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.

Elizabeth Taylor, for one, isn’t overly worried about a dearth of writers at next month’s AIDS benefit, to be held at the Paramount Pictures lot in L.A. On December 1, the bejeweled grand dame of Hollywood, 75, is slated to perform A.R. Gurney’s play Love Letters alongside venerable actor James Earl Jones, 76. If the strike continues into next month, Ms. Taylor is apparently optimistic that members of the W.G.A. will cross picket lines—for one day only—in the name of her charity, The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, which hopes to raise $1 million that night, also World AIDS Day.  read more »