I have no idea if any of this is true, but I really hope it is. Us Weekly and gossip columnist Liz Smith are running with the rumor that Elizabeth Taylor is set walk (or be wheeled) down the aisle for the ninth time. According to sources, Taylor recently got engaged to Jason Winters (the African-American dude in the photo above, holding her hand). Winters is 49 years old. And Elizabeth is 78 years old, and hanging in there despite reportedly telling friends and family that she didn’t want any more life-saving surgeries. Here’s more:

Dame Elizabeth Taylor may soon be walking down the aisle … for the ninth time.

A source close to the Oscar-winning actress, 78, tells UsMagazine.com exclusively that Taylor recently got engaged to Jason Winters, 49, of Sterling Winters Management. Taylor — who now predominantly uses a wheelchair — and Winters — who recently became Janet Jackson’s new manager — have yet to confirm the news.

Says another insider: “It’s no secret that they’ve been together forever and are in love, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if they were engaged. Right now they are keeping it between them.”

In 2007, British papers reported that Taylor and Winters took a romantic vacation together at a Hawaiian resort. Taylor spent “the evening caressing the face of [Winters],” reported the Evening Standard. At the time, the paper quoted a source as saying: “She didn’t think she’d fall in love again, but since Jason came into her life that has all changed.”

The screen legend has also gushed about Winters to gossip columnist Liz Smith, describing him as “one of the most wonderful men I’ve ever known, that’s why I love him.” He even reportedly bought a house for them.

The screen legend has been married eight times — twice to love Richard Burton. Her last union, to construction worker Larry Fortensky, ended after five years in 1996.

[From Us Weekly]

Well, whatever makes that old broad happy, in my opinion. Liz has seen it all, gotten drunk with it all, f-cked it all, married it all, got jewelry from it all and divorced it all. If she wants to get hitched again, God bless. But everyone is getting a whiff of fabulous from Mr. Winters, correct? I think Liz may be marrying a man who loves men. But, that’s probably not the worst thing, honestly. It’s how I imagine my golden years – married to a fabulous younger man who will cook for me and keep a nice garden and hold my hand as we walk a red carpet.

By the way, although this will be her ninth marriage, it’s her eighth husband. She married Burton twice.