Speaking today from the Oval Office, President Obama warned that absent a sharp reversal, within weeks the nation will be inundated by a tsunami of declarations by entertainers, politicians and others that they want to "give back" to voters.
Tension was high and yet interest had strangely waned as Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge tried to winnow down her selection for the post of the Royal Nanny. The Queen, not feeling well, excused herself from the process.
We all like heroes. But not even a prince who's also a celebrity can get away with calling our attention to a larger truth: the mission for a trained soldier is to find and kill the enemy. Period.
Alas, 2012 has come and gone, and we can't help but get a little nostalgic. After all, it was a great year -- especially in the hotel industry. But what really rocked our world this past year were the numerous (and we mean numerous) celebrity scandals that went down behind closed hotel doors.
I was blinded by camera pops as I followed the prince past the pink sand the he couldn't see and through the mass of swirling humanity. The drunken bar patrons shouted and waved.
A quick word about the topless pictures of Kate Middleton. It could always be worse: If Kate were American, the paparazzi wouldn't even have been necessary since she probably would've accidentally tweeted us a picture of her naked breasts herself.
Kate Middleton you've been photographed topless and French magazine 'Closer' has published the pics. It's so sad, but honestly Kate -- you are too public a figure to go topless.
The person who took the photos of Prince Harry and sold them is in the freelance photography marketplace and was richly rewarded for the snapshots. Ignoring the reality that 'everyone is a reporter' in the digital media era is attempting to put the genie back in the bottle.
For those of us who worship football, it's been a long off-season without our favorite sport.
Urban Active Designs, a Liverpool-based underwear brand is set to deliver 100 pairs of free underwear to the partying Prince.
We love your jokes! We only ask for a little more discretion. No, we don't mean about the nude photos; we don't care about that. But these days when we call our clients "muppets," there are no witnesses.
Having a party? Request all your guests give up their cell phones. Also the bouncers, waiters, bartenders too.
Prince Harry didn't trash the room, didn't assault anyone, and certainly didn't cause any outrageous ruckus. All he did was play a game of strip billiards and that is newsworthy because?
Her wastrel uncle abdicated. Her son divorced the most popular member of the royal family -- besides herself -- and now, her grandson, after dressing like a Nazi, is photographed nude at party in Las Vegas. Will she finally give up the throne to Charles and Camilla?
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