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Photo: Photoshot/Getty Over three decades ago,Elizabeth Taylorfirst used her voice and her fame to bring attention to those afflicted with the AIDS virus. When she died in 2011, she left behind a legacy ofAIDS activismand using her voice on behalf of those who did not have one. Now, her family, includingchildrenMichael Wilding Jr. and Liza Todd-Tivey and grandchildren Quinn Tivey and Naomi Wilding, are continuing her fight asThe Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundationlaunches an online art auction to benefit its efforts toeradicate the disease...

Photo: HarperCollins Publishing The first time authorKate Andersen BrowerencounteredElizabeth Taylor, it wasn’t inWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?orCleopatra. It was in the supermarket. TheNew York Timesbestselling author remembers going to the store with her mother growing up in the ’80s, and seeing Taylor’s face on tabloids — with ex-husband Larry Fortensky, withMichael Jackson, and often critiqued for her weight. That’s how Brower was introduced to the Academy Award winner. And as she reveals in the authorized biographyElizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon(out Dec....

Photo: J. Vespa/WireImage Elizabeth Taylordefined classic Hollywood with Oscar-winning performances inButterfield 8andWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. But the actress found her true passion in advocating forHIV/AIDS. “She spoke of it as being something that finally gave her a sense of purpose,” Taylor’s granddaughter Naomi deLuce Wilding tells PEOPLE. “She spoke of being relatively ambivalent about her fame and her acting career. She loved it, but when she found activism, it really made sense of her passion....

Quinn Tivey; Elizabeth Taylor.Photo: Getty (2) In this essay for PEOPLE, Elizabeth Taylor’s grandson, Quinn Tivey, 35, an officer of The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF), writes about carrying on the late star’s legacy of advocacy on behalf of people living with HIV and AIDS. Today the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation’s"HIV Is Not A Crime" initiative, in partnership with Gilead Sciences, focuses on the modernization of criminal laws and penalties that currently target people living with HIV....

Elizabeth Taylor’s life and legacy is being examined in an upcoming hourlong special. “Elizabeth Taylor is the first influencer,” says YouTuber, podcaster and author Shan Boodram in the trailer. “‘This is who I am; this is what I do.’ She was very passionate, very fire-driven … falling in love many times over.” The trailer, set toMiley Cyrus' hit song “Flowers,” finds Taylor’s admirers discussing her passion for love and sex and cultural influence from a young age....

Elizabeth Vargas didn’t get much rest during her maternity leave: Since giving birth August 16, she’s been caring for newborn Samuel Wyatt, while trying to keep son Zachary, 3, happy as well. And that blob needs constant attention. “Samuel has a very sensitive tummy and a little bit of colic,” says Vargas. “I know they outgrow it, but there’s nothing more heartbreaking than watching your newborn cry and scream in pain....

Elizabeth Vargas.Photo: News NationElizabeth Vargasis no stranger to journalism, having collected Peabody andEmmy awardsover her more than 30-year career in the industry — though she’s taken a break from the daily grind for the past five years.Vargas, who previously worked as a correspondent onGood Morning Americaand a co-anchor forABC World Newsand20/20, very publicly departed ABC News in 2018. Since then, she’s still been on television, but not in quite the same way, working as a documentary anchor for A&E....

Photo: Perry Hagopian Elizabeth Vargas is famous for hersuccessful career, but the veteran journalist says her sons Zach, 15, and Sam, 12, will always come before her work. “I’m doing something I genuinely love, but my children are always my first priority,” she says in the latest issue of PEOPLE, on stands Friday. Perry Hagopian After spending nearly two decades at ABC hostingWorld News Tonightand20/20,where she reported live from disaster zones and covered unforgettable tragedies like 9/11 and Ronald Reagan’s death, Vargas, 55, is now the host ofA&E Investigates....

Photo: Perry Hagopian Elizabeth Vargas‘ career at ABC has spanned nearly two decades, so when she decided to leave her long-time job, the decision wasn’t easy. Perry Hagopian After hostingWorld News Tonightand20/20,Vargas officially left ABC at end of May to start a new role as the host ofA&E Investigates, where she’ll be working on the network’s new documentary programs. Taking just two days off between jobs, her first project for the network,Cults and Extreme Beliefs(Tuesdays at 10 p....

Photo: Perry Hagopian WhenElizabeth Vargaswrote her searingly candid memoir about herbattle with alcoholism, the veteran journalist had no idea it would make such an impact. “That was one of the hardest and most rewarding things I’ve done,” she says of her 2016 book, which detailed her multiple relapses and what it meant to finally hit rock bottom. “I was painfully honest about mystruggles with anxietyand how I self-medicated with alcohol,” Vargas, 55, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue, on stands Friday....

Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty; Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic “I think it made most women cringe, to be honest,” Vargas, 60, who will soon hostElizabeth Vargas Reportsfor NewsNation starting April 3, tells PEOPLE exclusively. “It’s preposterous to say that a woman peaks in her 20s, 30s and 40s. I mean, unless you’re talking strictly and exclusively reproductively, in every other way — life experience, job experience, and especially in this business — experience matters.”...

WARNING: The following story contains spoilers from season 8 of Game of Thrones. Count Democratic politiciansElizabeth WarrenandAlexandria Ocasio-Cortezamong theGame of Thronesfans who weredisappointed with Sunday’s finale. The New York congresswoman and Massachusetts senator-turned-presidential candidate spoke about the show’s ending in a short video posted to Sen. Warren’s Twitter account, with the focus of their disappointment on how the show dealt with women in power. The two broke down how the writers ofGame of Thronesapproached the female characters, pointing out how some women lost their roles of power in the show’s finale on Sunday....

Sen.Elizabeth Warrenhas confirmed that she plans to run for president in 2020. In a new video, the Massachusetts Democrat, 69, says she is launching an exploratory committee, a process that allows Warren to publicly raise money and hire campaign staffers. “I’ve spent most of my career getting to the bottom of why America’s promise works for some families, but others who work just as hard slip through the cracks into disaster,” she continues, before emphasizing that “America’s middle class is under attack....