This is the moment when Diana starts to slip away into history; the tipping point after which the public’s experiences of her as a living Princess will be outweighed by the time without her. Diana was the future Queen Consort of the United Kingdom for 15 years, from 1981 until her divorce in 1996. She...
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Sex, Scientology, and Celebrity Centre
Dumped on the streets of Los Angeles in December of 1973 with nowhere to go by the Scientology Celebrity Centre, after being forced to stay up for three days doing “amends” to the great and powerful Sea Organization because of a kangaroo court known as a Committee of Evidence, I realized I knew no one...
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Royal Blind Item: Who Is This “Pendulum Prince”?
The Royal Husband was already a man of a certain reputation when his naïve bride married him. She wanted to believe the romantic best about a man she adored, and so ignored the society rumours that swirled in more than one country. Although he is still attractive to ladies, some in high places whisper that...
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Royal Perfumes: Kate’s Wedding Fragrance and the Queen’s Scent for the Diamond Jubilee
We could all see that Kate Middleton looked lovely, coming down the aisle of Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011. Now we know that she smelled lovely too, and it wasn’t just from the romantically chosen flowers in her bouquet. The soon-to-be-Duchess Kate was in a cloud of gardenia scent, mixed with, well, I’ll let...
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Prince William & Kate Middleton’s Royal Wedding Cake to be Auctioned
Buy a slice of royal history. Someone in the inner circle of the royal family has decided to give up a special bit of memorabilia. Pieces of Willliam and Kate’s wedding cake from April 29, 2011 were placed in keepsake boxes and distributed to close friends. One is about to be auctioned online through PFC...
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Zachary Quinto and the Art of Subtlety
The media’s all over this handsome Spock-nouveau’s recent un-closeting, but not because he, oh, I don’t know, announced it on an awards show red carpet. In a refreshing change of pace, Quinto nonchalantly dropped a few references to his sexuality in a recent interview about his upcoming movie Margin Call and his part in the...
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Dirty, Rotten, Cheating Husbands, Part One: The Women Who Blame Themselves
Cheating is par for the course in Hollywood, right? We’ve come to expect that very few celebrity marriages will last, and that when relationships ultimately go south, infidelity is often the culprit. As a society, we love a good cheating scandal. It allows us to condemn the cheater and praise the victim. Brad Pitt, Tiger...
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Steve Jobs Was the Henry Ford of Our Time
There are certain key figures in American corporate life that transcend their businesses, and become part of the culture as a whole. Surely Steve Jobs, who is being mourned more than any businessman in recent memory, was one such figure. But he was not the first, and we can begin the difficult task of assessing...
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Kirstie Alley: Scientology Celebrities’ Conditions of Confusion
Recently, prior to attending a reading by Janet Reitman of her book Inside Scientology, my date and I strolled down Vermont Avenue in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Los Feliz, looking at the packed cafes and coffee shops. In contrast, I noticed one large, well-lit storefront was also vacant, save a couple of employees. “What’s...
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Bill Morrison Goes Bowling for Boobies
For the better part of two decades now, Bill Morrison has steered the good ship Bongo Comics through seas calm and stormy to real prosperity and acclaim. Under Morrison’s guidance, Bongo has won numerous awards, and established itself as a mainstay of both the comic shop and book store marketplaces. Today, the company’s books are...