West Hollyweird residents may soon have a permanent memorial to Dame Elizabeth of Eyebrows and Silicone Taylor, as they’re currently requesting that a street be renamed after the actress and screen icon.

Sobbing fans of Taylor, who passed away last week at the age of 79, have been flooding the offices of the West Hollywood City Council with requests to honour the actress and activist by renaming one of the city’s streets. But before you check under your bed, seat cushions and panty drawer for ideas, they’ve already decided upon Elizabeth Taylor Way.

LA Weekly reports:

[Michelle] Rex[, interim deputy for West Hollywood Councilman John D'Amico,] says there has yet to be a formal discussion about the proposal among city leaders, but the public’s call for an Elizabeth Taylor Way is certainly legitimate.

Local HIV/AIDS activists told L.A. Weekly that Taylor was a major, early force in raising money and awareness to combat the deadly disease that was killing thousands and thousands of gay men.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation president Michael Weinstein pointed out that at a time when many people in Hollywood and across the country were silent about AIDS, Taylor took on President Ronald Reagan for not acting more quickly to fund AIDS research.

In a city with a gay and lesbian population of around 40 percent and an international reputation as a gay mecca, it seems more than appropriate for West Hollywood to dedicate a main thoroughfare after Taylor…

West Hollywood City Council members — four out of five of whom are gay — have historically loved voting for official bans and proclamations, beating other metropolises to the punch on a variety of issues. Now they have a chance to do something truly deserved and something residents very much want.

If successful, Taylor will join other celebrities immortalised on street signs in L.A, including Carmen Miranda Square, (Judy) Garland Drive, (Katherine) Hepburn Circle, Will Rogers Street, (Elvis) Presley Circle, L. Ron Hubbard Way, and Bob Hope Drive.

The City Council is due to make a decision on April 4, but we think they missed a trick….what about White Diamonds Avenue, eh, EH?! And as a tribute to her Mummy, Daisy Taylor, the last surviving member of Elizabeth’s canine family (who will hopefully inherit her entire collection of diamonds) should be allowed to go for walkies in all her best collar and paw frosting to keep the legacy alive – while the poor man’s Elizabeth (Joan Collins) turns up in her best lacefront to declare the street officially open.

Kate Lawson – Editor, Showbiz-i

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Rachel Zoe normally looks like the wispy ghost of a 75-year-old first class passenger on the Titanic, so when we heard that she was avec bambino, obv we couldn’t believe that there was an actual living and breathing thing hanging out in her uterus, cervix, and fallopian tube.

But cue the scampering of tiny feet in the grass and the wave of animalistic cries last night as Rachel climbed the tallest tree in the forest and held her newborn son up to the moon while letting out an almighty maternal roar of her species – yes, baba is HERE!!

And to prove it, she and husband Harry Bieber showed off their new spawn on her website. Er, hello??! A plain white baba onesie? What happened to the multi-block colour ruffles, feather and ponyskin vest with matching shorties and McQueen lobster claw booties? Oh Rachel, we are SO disappointed!

So Deadline has revealed today that Hailee Steinfeld is attached to a movie reworking of Sleeping Beauty. The new version, written by Lindsay Devlin, will tell the story through the eyes of the Sleeping Beauty herself as she finds herself falling asleep and fighting her way through the zzzzz’s to wakefulness.

In other Sleeping Beauty news, you might also like to know that Tim Burton is set to film an evil witch’s version of the tale in Maleficent, with the pout herself – Angelina Jolie – rumoured to be in the leading role.

The revival of Sleeping Beauty proves there is renewed interest in these ageless fairytales….so let’s hope Hailee Steinfeld brings the Princess to life once again.

Sophie Taylor – Film Writer, Showbiz-i