Marilyn Monroe famously said: "Diamonds are a girl's best friend," but it was Elizabeth Taylor who redefined the relationship with her deeply passionate romance of the stone.
Having been married eight times, Dame Elizabeth Taylor acquired a King's ransom in engagement and wedding baubles before she passed away March 23, 2011. Christie's, known as a place where extraordinary art mixes with international glamour, was the site of a four day bid-a-thon auctioning many vintage treasures from Taylor's eclectic collection of dazzlers.
TORONTO (AP) — Rob Ford, the pugnacious, populist former mayor of Toronto whose career crashed in a drug-driven, obscenity-laced debacle, died Tuesday after fighting cancer, his family said. He was 46.
Ford rode into office on a backlash against urban elites. He cast an image sharply at odds with Canada's reputation for sedate, unpretentious politics. His tenure as mayor of the country's largest city was marred by revelations about his drinking problems and illegal drug use. He was repeatedly videotaped and photographed while intoxicated in public.
