When Megan Markle married Prince Harry on May 19, 2018 there were almost two billion viewers taking in every detail of her wedding at St. George’s Chapel, making the bouquet she carried the most watched flowers in the world. A dainty contrast to the severe Givenchy elegance of her wedding gown, the seemingly artless bouquet...
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November 10, 2014November 10, 2025Sports
Sochi Update and Infostrada Sports’ Virtual Medal Table
Written by Ray N. Olsen, Member of the International Society of Olympic Historians Below is the final updated independent prediction of the medal count for teams in the 2014 Winter Olympics by Infostrada Sports.You will note that while the US is first (great) for Gold Medals by two over second place Norway (wow, they only...
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December 3, 2013December 3, 2013Royals
Princess Michael Prattles About Her Royal Neighbours
Britain’s Princess Michael of Kent has talked openly about her neighbours at Kensington Palace and revealed that Prince Harry might move in next door to William and Kate when the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester eventually quit their nearby apartment. In an astonishingly loose-lipped interview with the January edition of the society bible Tatler, the...
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November 27, 2013November 27, 2013Hollywood
Black Scientology
When I first read of Scientology’s most recent incursion into the black community in the U.S., I laughed, but that quickly turned to horror the more I learned. A small storefront on East 116th Street in Harlem had been closed, but a newer, flashier Scientology organization had been opened at 220 E. 125th Street. The...
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October 23, 2013October 23, 2013Royals
Something Old, Something New, and Something Blue at Christening of Prince George
Prince George was christened on October 23, 2013 in a royal sea of blue and cream. His parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, tweaked the baptismal traditions to update the celebration. Something New Let’s count the number of royal tradition-breakers in what looks to the rest of the world like a completely conventional event....
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August 11, 2013August 11, 2013Hollywood
The Massive List of Celebrities That Departed Scientology
Leah Remini recently exited Scientology stage left, and the resultant media attention will be ongoing, given her announced intention to publish a book. Meanwhile an interview with her sister Nicole revealed what happens when a person leaves L. Ron Hubbard’s moneymaking scheme. Do I or others exaggerate about Hubbard’s love of money? I can only...
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August 9, 2013August 9, 2013Hollywood
Karen Black and Death in Scientology
When I read on Facebook about Karen Black’s death and saw the comments, I thought back to the times I’d spent with Karen and people I’d known when we were both in Scientology. I got back in touch with one commenter, writer/director Michael Rymer, after reading his condolences. Michael sold his first screenplay — Dead...
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June 1, 2013June 1, 2013Celebrity
Some of Hollywood’s Craziest Celebrity Rider Demands
The more a celebrity rises among the Hollywood ranks, the more demanding he or she tends to become. There’s certainly nothing wrong with that—after all, part of being a star is being able to ask for some extravagance of service now and then. Many stars request things such as having a proper green room backstage,...
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October 23, 2012October 23, 2012Notables
Loving Hating Breitbart
Those of us who knew Andrew Breitbart fairly well are still in a state of shock that he’s gone. I first learned about his passing the way I’ve learned of many things over the years, by logging onto The Drudge Report early one morning. At first it was just a shocking headline saying “Dead at...
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October 3, 2012October 3, 2012Notables
Johnny Lewis and Scientology’s Criminal Behavior
As I write this article, actor Johnny Lewis is ranked #1 on the STARmeter on the Internet Movie Database Pro version. At #2 is Joseph Gordon-Levitt, currently appearing in the #1 movie Looper with Bruce Willis (who is ranked #19 on the STARmeter). Unfortunately, the ranking won’t help his career, because Johnny Lewis is dead,...