Elizabeth Taylor’s on the line with A&U’s Dann Dulin discussing her impatience with ignorance, her exasperation with President Bush, attending the sick, and basking in the white light [Editor's note: This interview originally appeared in the February 2003 issue of A&U.] “AIDS is my life. I’ve retired from films, and I don’t want to do them anymore,” Elizabeth Taylor asserts firmly in her feminine yet commanding voice, igniting the phone line from her Bel-Air home. As an aside, she adds flippantly: “I did a couple [...]

With a stellar turn in For Colored Girls and a highly anticipated book coming out in early 2011, the multitalented Janet Jackson takes a breather to talk about getting a handle on the pandemic by Dann Dulin, with Chael Needle As part of a rainbow of characters in Tyler Perry’s new movie For Colored Girls, Janet Jackson wears red. It’s a familiar color for her. Her wardrobe has included AIDS awareness ribbons for decades now. “Sadness, deep, deep heartbreak…and hope,” Janet responds when asked what [...]