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ELIZABETH TAYLOR: Screen icon Elizabeth Taylor, who died Wednesday, was interred Thursday in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Calif., E! News said.

Taylor died of congestive heart failure at age 79.

E! News said the private family ceremony at the cemetery's Great Mausoleum lasted about an hour.

The mausoleum also is the final resting place of movie stars Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, as well as pop singer Michael Jackson, Taylor's longtime friend.

A public memorial is being planned for Taylor, her publicist said.

Taylor was an AIDS activist and actress who won Oscars for her work in "Butterfield 8" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" She was also known for her eight marriages to seven men -- she married actor Richard Burton twice.

The star is survived by four children and 10 grandchildren.

Theater marquees on Broadway are expected to be dimmed Friday for one minute at 8 p.m. in Taylor's honor, E! News said.

'AMERICAN IDOL:' The judges on "American Idol" used their once-a-season save option to keep Casey Abrams from being eliminated from the singing competition show.

Abrams, who was among the three performers with the least amount of votes from the public Thursday, was told of the judges' decision to save him shortly after he started singing "I Don't Need No Doctor," EW.com reported.

Judge Randy Jackson stopped Abrams' performance by waving his hand.

"This is crazy wrong," judge Steven Tyler told Abrams. "We've made the decision here to keep you on."

LUDACRIS: Hip-hop star Ludacris is to perform a post-game concert at Atlanta's Turner Field this spring, Major League Baseball said.

The hourlong show will follow the May 14 game between the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies as part of 2011 Civil Rights Game Week.

The Atlanta-based rapper has sold more than 12 million albums domestically and won three Grammy Awards. He also acts and has appeared in the films "Crash" and "Hustle & Flow."

"I'm a fan of baseball, and I am honored to be a part of MLB's family and tradition of being a pioneering organization for civil rights, social justice and equity," the entertainer said in a statement issued by MLB. "I have studied the strides made in baseball and in sports, and the impact they have had on social issues affecting race and race relations in America. The Civil Rights Game Week is a celebration of those achievements and a reminder of our ongoing responsibility to continue leveling the playing field for all."

Civil Rights Game Week consists of a four-day series of events designed by MLB and the Braves to pay tribute to those who fought on and off the field for equal rights for all Americans, said a news release announcing Ludacris' concert.

RITA WILSON: U.S. actress and producer Rita Wilson has landed a guest-starring role on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," NBC said.

Her episode is scheduled to air in May.

Wilson will play Bree Mazelon, the protective mother of a teenager under investigation in the installment titled "Delinquent."

"A few years ago, I saw Rita Wilson give a riveting performance playing the mother of child with ADD in the play 'Distracted,' and I knew she'd be a wonderful guest star for 'SVU.' Rita will be playing a mother struggling to care for her seriously disturbed child and we know the episode will be truly memorable," Executive Producer Neal Baer said in a statement Thursday.

Wilson recently guest-starred on two episodes of CBS's "The Good Wife." Her film credits include "It's Complicated," "The Bonfire of the Vanities," "Sleepless in Seattle," "Mixed Nuts," "Runaway Bride," "The Story of Us," "My Life in Ruins" and "Old Dogs."