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hopeful that we ll continue to have a democratic governor in missouri. they are perfectly willing to go back and forth across the ballot for candidates that they they think are going to work hard, even if they disagree with them on some things. in that senate race, roy blunt has been winning elections in missouri since i only had a learner s permit to drive. roy blunt is pretty much a household name in that state. but jay kantor, iraq war veteran, former military intelligence officer, he s really giving roy hublunt a run for his money. what are you attributing the closeness o of that race to? is jason kantor a really, really good candidate, or do you think that missouri is trending more down the middle this year, as you say? well, i think there is this is a year where the plate shifted somewhat on the issue of insider and outsider. and jason was able to, because he is very young, a young veteran, really speak to
dollars no, they didn t offer her a million dollars. she said she would do it for a million dollars. she was the first million dollar actress, and this was i think 1962, so she did it, and i didn t get the part, but about a year later i m lying in bed, my agent jay kantor called me and said stand by to get on the next plane to london. i said, why, what s happened? he said elizabeth is very, very sick. they think she s going to die. she s in the hospital in london, and they want you to take over as cleopatra. i said, i i can t do that. she s a friend of mine. i would feel absolutely dreadful to do that if she s going to die that i m going to go over and take her role as cleopatra. he said, listen, this is showbiz, kid, wait by the phone, do not move. of course, there s no cell phones, so i sat by the phone all day biting my nails and hoping that she would get better, and, of course, she did get better, as we all know, and
and her extraordinary life off screen. who else could make worldwide headlines with an affair on the set of the movie cleopatra ? i will never leave you again. remembering elizabeth taylor, this is a special edition of piers morgan tonight. good evening. tonight hollywood and the world are remembering a woman who defined screen glamour for several generations, dame elizabeth taylor. for the next hour i ll talk to her friends and family, the people who knew the private elizabeth, the woman behind the legend. we begin with carole bayer sager, the oscar-winning songwriter of classics like that s what friends are for, a close friend of elizabeth s for many years and was at her bedside when she sadly passed away. carole, what were your feelings when dame elizabeth finally died? she d been ill for a long time. it must have been i guess a bitter sweet moment, relief that she was no longer in pain. yes, i went there last night to say good-bye, and i knew she was goin
top female of the time, female actress of the time, and that was elizabeth, and they went to her, and they offered a million dollars no, they didn t offer her a million dollars. she said she would do it for a million dollars. she was the first million dollar actress, and this was i think 1962, so she did it, and i didn t get the part, but about a year later i m lying in bed, my agent jay kantor called me and said stand by to get on the next plane to london. i said, why, what s happened? he said elizabeth is very, very sick. they think she s going to die. she s in the hospital in london, and they want you to take over as cleopatra. i said, i i can t do that. she s a friend of mine. i would feel absolutely dreadful to do that if she s going to die that i m going to go over and take her role as cleopatra. he said, listen, this is showbiz, kid, wait by the phone, do not move. of course, there s no cell phones in those days.