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Green Celebrity – Elizabeth Taylor

I always blog about green celebrities on my Green Living blog. After all, people like Bono, Darryl Hannah, Woody Harrelson, and Robert Redford all lead humanitarian and environmental efforts. But, it never once crossed my mind to blog about the late Elizabeth Taylor – what an oversight! Taylor became lifelong friends with Rock Hudson when the two starred together in the film Giant. Before Hudson became sick with AIDS, Taylor said of the disease “We all heard of it and nobody was doing anything about it.?” She said, “And it made me so angry that we all sat around the … Continue reading →

National HIV Testing Day

Know how you can go into a drugstore and get your blood pressure read? Soon you may be able to walk into a drugstore and get a free AIDS test. Today is National HIV Testing Day. The National Association of People with AIDS started in day in 1995 as a way to draw attention to the importance of HIV testing. I know that it is human nature to not want to get tested – even if you are in a high risk group – because what you don’t know can’t hurt you. But, what you don’t know can not only … Continue reading →

Pop Culture Potpourri: Joan, Jennie and John

JOAN COLLINS It’s hard to believe, but Joan Collins still has men fighting over her. I’m not kidding. According to reports, the 74-year-old former “Dynasty” star recently sparked a bidding war between two affluent businessmen who were trying to win a date with her. The British newspaper the Daily Telegraph is reporting that a pair of rich guys became locked in a bidding battle as the actress stood by and watched at the Caudwell Children Legends Ball in London last week. A dinner date with Collins was one of the items being auctioned for charity. But no one could have … Continue reading →