Elizabeth Taylor makes rare public appearance at an AIDS benefit.

Swathed in jewels and bathed in the spotlight, Elizabeth Taylor made a rare but regal public appearance to dedicate the new UCLA Clinical AIDS Research and Education Center.

Wearing a cream-colored jacket over a billowy black pantsuit, the 73-year-old actress, who has had severe back problems in recent years, arrived in a wheelchair. She wore a jeweled butterfly barrette in her hair, her arms dripped with dozens of bracelets and a massive diamond lit up her left hand. . . . . .Full Story