At least 5 stretch limousines have arrived to the Forest Lawn cemetery for Liz Taylor's funeral.



We're told the ceremony is "private" -- with close friends and family members ONLY.

So far, it's unclear if any of Taylor's celebrity friends will be in attendance.

Liz Taylor's funeral will be officiated by a man with plenty of celebrity experience -- because he's helped bury dozens of them ... TMZ has learned.



Taylor is having a traditional Jewish burial ceremony at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, CA right now -- and the man doing the service is Rabbi Jerry Cutler.

Cutler has presided over the funeral services for Milton Berle, Shelley Winters, Walter Matthau, Red Buttons and Jan Murray.

We're told Cutler had met Taylor through Jon Voight ... and Taylor's family specifically requested Rabbi Cutler to do her funeral.

The L.A. chapter of the Guardian Angels is on "full alert" -- and ready for action -- after those evil people from that evil church in Kansas announced they would be protesting Liz Taylor's funeral ... TMZ has learned.



Peter Steeves -- a proud supporter of the red beret -- tells us ... "[Those evil people] have been arrested for doing this before, and if they get out of hand here in L.A., we'll see to it that it happens again, and I'll be signing their arrest documents."

As TMZ first reported, the funeral is set to go down later today -- we're told the Angels are currently "getting ready."

Stay tuned.

Liz Taylor was hospitalized earlier this week after she was suffering symptoms from congestive heart failure, this according to a rep for the legendary actress.


Taylor is being treated at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The rep released a statement that read in part, "Her family and close friends are appreciative of the warm support and interest of her loyal fans but have asked that people respect her privacy and allow her medical team the time and space to focus on restoring her back to health."

Taylor is a two-time Oscar winner who is just as well-known for many marriages as she is for her career.

Liz Taylor is pissed at Dr. Arnold Klein for blabbing about Michael Jackson's alleged gay affair.



Taylor, who like Klein was extremely close to Jacko, was also a patient of the doc.

Taylor just Twittered, "Dr. Arnie Klein declared on May 2 that he did not betray Michael Jackson by saying publicly that he had a homosexual relationship with someone in Arnie's office.  It seems he supplies not only women (Debbie Rowe), but men too ... how convenient."

Taylor adds this stinger:  "Just what we want in our doctors.  And then to say he did not betray Michael's confidence.  No wonder he has death threats."

Elizabeth Taylor is going in for heart surgery.

Liz says she's getting a leaky valve repaired, using some sort of clip device. It's not open heart surgery.

The 77-year-old didn't say when the procedure is taking place.

Story developing ...

76-year-old Liz Taylor surprised even us by going out to Hyde last night and leaving at the late late hour of 11:15 -- someone wheel granny home!

The posse she was rollin' with was pretty hardcore -- one of the wild bunch even name dropped Judy Garland -- but Liz kept it classy and, unlike most Hyde dwellers, didn't flash her Britney.

It's a miracle Liz Taylor could stand up with all the bling she was rocking outside the Abbey in WeHo on Friday. Oh right, she didn't have to -- the 76-year-old legend was carted out on a wheelchair.

We're told she was at the gay bar as the surprise guest at a family friend's graduation party. Her pooch Daisy was there too; no word if the bitch actually was invited.

A bank is claiming Liz Taylor's longtime photographer (anyone who's anyone has one!) took out a loan for $500k and is refusing to pay up.

In a suit filed Tuesday, Kleos Capital claims Gianni Bozzacchi borrowed the bucks from them and offered pics and negatives of Taylor as collateral - estimating them at, get this, over $4.8 million!

Lawyers claim the photog hasn't paid a single cent on his loan (which after interest is now up to $1.2 million) and now they're going after the collateral.

Those pics of Liz better be compromising - we're just sayin'.

They say a fashion trend is officially dead when your grandmother adopts the look. Perhaps hip-hop is finally dead ... but not 75-year-old Liz Taylor! Yo!

The original train wreck and bling blinger, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, was seen lumbering down the stairs from a private jet returning from Hawaii, and the eight-times-married legend was wearing an Ed Hardy cap and enough gold chains and crucifixes to make even Fiddy jealous.

The purple-eyed icon needed some help down the steps, but walked down on her own power, managing not to break a hip, just be hip. Hip-hop is dead. Long live Liz!