SHE sang about the Hollywood icon on her new album – and now it seems Taylor Swift could pay homage to Elizabeth Taylor’s British roots by filming the music video here.
Hitmaker Tay is flying to the UK next week for a top-secret shoot.
Taylor Swift is heading to the UK for a top secret music video shootCredit: Getty
The music video is for her track Elizabeth Taylor, which features on The Life Of A ShowgirlCredit: Getty – Contributor
And I have heard whispers that it is for her track, which features on her chart-topping record .
Sixties acting legend Elizabeth — famous for her roles in Cleopatra and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — was born in 1932 in Hampstead, North , where there is a plaque, right, on her childhood home. She moved to LA with her family when she was seven.
A source said: “Taylor is super excited to be back in London filming for her new music video.
‘Luxurious and feminine’
“Elizabeth Taylor is a British icon and Taylor wants to pay homage by shooting scenes in the capital.
“Taylor has always written about her love for London, and the video will capture different locations around the city.”
Actress Elizabeth, who died aged 79 in 2011, was married eight times, including twice to British acting legend Richard Burton, and was often portrayed as searching for lasting love.
Speaking about the track for the official release party of her latest album, Taylor said: “It has got to do with fame, attention, love, notoriety, anxiety that this isn’t going to be forever — and how heartbroken would you be then?
“I wanted to tell a story that referenced some of the cool things about her life, but that are also parallel to mine.
“I used details from her life, but the feelings of what it kind of conveys are things I’ve absolutely experienced time and time again.
“The production of this is something that I’m so proud of because it’s luxurious and feminine and then goes really hard and tough in the chorus.
“It’s just one of my favourite songs.”
The track has gone viral on thanks to a remix with Backstreet Boys’ 1997 banger Everybody (Backstreet’s (Back).
Sounds like Taylor’s fans will be in for a treat.
IT’S ALL GREEK TO JACK
HE plays a sinister nanny in the new Prime Video series, Malice – but comic Jack Whitehall has revealed that he also needed to brush up on his cooking skills for the role in the thriller.
He said of his character Adam Healey: “This guy was meant to be quite slick and intelligent. He was meant to be able to make cocktails and be able to cook, so all of these things I had to do so much prep for.”
Speaking on Waitrose’s Dish podcast, Jack added: “I had to train to make a couple of different dishes.
“And one of the things, because a lot of it was shot in Greece, I had to learn how to prepare an octopus.
“They arranged for me to go and meet this chef in this restaurant in Greece who unfortunately didn’t speak any English.
“So when I arrived, he’d got the wrong end of the stick and thought I needed to learn how to bash the octopus – I wanted to learn how to fillet the octopus.
“He kept grabbing these octopuses and whacking them down.
“I was, like, ‘No, no, no, no. I need to learn how to prepare an octopus’.”
Sounds like poor old Jack was really thrown in at the deep end.
RED-HOT MILLIE’S IN GOOD NICK
Millie Bobby Brown stunned in tiny hot pants and Santa hat in a shoot for Florence By MillsCredit: instagram/milliebobbybrown
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN gave fans her Christmas presence by draping herself across a fireplace.
The star dazzled in tiny hot pants, a crop top, fur-trimmed boots and an oversized Santa hat in the shoot for fashion and beauty label Florence By Mills.
Sharing a snap of Millie on Instagram, the brand wrote: “Elf on the shelf? Try Mill on the sill.”
It will be Millie’s first Christmas as a mum after she and hubby Jake Bongiovi adopted a daughter this year. Looks like she’ll sleigh it.
AN AMAISING STAGE TALENT
HAVING risen to fame as Tiffany Butcher on BBC soap EastEnders, Maisie Smith has now proved she is a stage star following her dazzling turn as Marge Sherwood in a theatre adaptation of The Talented Mr Ripley.
The Crown star Ed McVey plays con artist Tom Ripley who becomes infatuated by the wealthy Dickie Greenleaf (Bruce Herbelin-Earle) and steals his identity.
Maisie swaps her native Essex accent for a cool New York twang in the role of Marge, who is Dickie’s on-off girlfriend.
For more than two hours, Ed has the audience under his spell as he flips between his bumbling self and the cool and handsome Dickie.
Now Mr Ripley must convince bosses that this play deserves a spot on London’s West End.
IS IT GET BECK, MACCA?
has hinted that he is hoping to work with Beatles legend .
The wannabe pop star and son of David and said he would love to collab with Macca, who he was introduced to when he was a kid.
Cruz Beckham has hinted that he wants to work on music with Sir Paul McCartneyCredit: Getty
Cruz was introduced to the Beatles legend as a childCredit: AP
Chatting to me at London’s Winter Wonderland, Cruz revealed: “There are so many people I would love to collaborate with.
“Paul McCartney – he’s such a legend. I’ve always been a huge fan – I met Paul when I was little.
“John Lennon is also a hero of mine.”
He added: “There’s more music coming out next year. Hopefully an album when the record label will let me.”
Cruz officially launched his music career last month by releasing singles Lick The Toad and Optics – the latter an explicit pop track about drugs and sex.
It includes the lyrics: “Take a thousand selfies in your bed while I trip in mine. I love me some mushrooms and good head.”
Cruz has also teamed up with The Kooks frontman Luke Pritchard to work on some songs.
Earlier this year, Luke said: “He’s naturally going to come under criticism because of who his parents are. He’s aware of that.
“It was great when he said, ‘Jesus was a nepo baby too’. I thought that was quite a funny response.”
Meanwhile, Cruz was spotted kissing his girlfriend, songwriter Jackie Apostel at Winter Wonderland on Thursday.
They went Instagram official last year after they were first seen hanging out at in Somerset.
Cruz is clearly going to be a busy boy in the coming months, but hopefully baby Becks and Macca can Come Together at some point.
FAYE: MY WORK IS MY LOVE
STEPS singer Faye Tozer is now dedicating her life to her career after splitting from her husband of 16 years.
The Tragedy hitmaker is thought to have parted from IT specialist Mick Smith in May.
Asked if she has time for romance, Faye said: “I don’t know . . . my work is my love.”
Faye, who turned 50 this week, said she was pleased to still be working.
Speaking on the red carpet for Elf: The Musical in London, she added: “I feel really privileged that I’m here and strong.”
TELLY etiquette guru William Hanson said he declined to appear on BBC’s Celebrity Traitors after show bosses approached him earlier this year.
The final was watched by 12 million fans earlier this month, with comic ALAN CARR crowned the winner.
At Richmond Theatre, William told me: “They didn’t sell it brilliantly to me.
“They were, like, ‘There is no hair and make-up, if you are in it, you have to film for 12 days, you need 406 different outfits, you are in the Travelodge by Inverness Airport and it is a 40-minute drive and the fee is rubbish.
“I thought, I don’t know if I really want to do this.”
William was a bit of a traitor after all.
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