Posts Tagged ‘Princess Diana’

News From Across The Pond: R-Pattz has eye on royal role; Kylie’s X Factor debut; Simon Cowell’s birthday bash

October 3rd, 2009 / Author: OK! Staff

R-Pattz may play Prince Harry• R-Pattz may go from vampire to royalty if he manages to land the lead in a movie about Prince Harry’s life. The film, which begins shooting in the UK next year, will follow the highs and lows of the prince’s life, including the death of his mother Princess Diana (more)

• Kylie Minogue gave her little sister Dannii a helping hand in choosing her X Factor contestants. The pop star got some of the hopefuls so excited they started crying (more)

• Simon Cowell celebrated his 50th birthday with a lavish $1.5m bash at a stately home outside London. He even got pre-recorded messages from David and Victoria Beckham and Jennifer Aniston (more)

• Katy Perry emerged from Russel Brand’s North London home yesterday and was escorted to a waiting taxi by the comedian (more)

News From Across The Pond: Lily Allen Quits The Music Industry; Victoria Beckham Lashes Out At Body Critics

September 24th, 2009 / Author: Nikki Barr

Lily Allen quits music / Victoria Beckham hits back / Cheryl Cole shows off her new look• Lily Allen confirms she is quitting the music industry (more)

• Victoria Beckham lashes out at her weight critics (more)

• Dita Von Teese leaves the stripping to the models for once (more)

• Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole shows off her stunning new look (more)

• Prince William pledges to be a charity crusader like his mother Princess Diana (more)

Over 31 Million Watched Michael Jackson Memorial

July 8th, 2009 / Author: Mary Beth Quirk

Michael Jackson memorial serviceIf you were watching the Michael Jackson memorial service on TV yesterday, you were far from alone: the Associated Press reports that a little over 31 million people in the U.S. watched the tribute on TV, not to mention the millions more who logged in to watch via video streams on their computers.

Nielsen Media Research says that’s no record breaker, however, as Princess Diana’s 1997 funeral drew 33.2 million U.S. viewers and President Barack Obama’s inauguration brought in 38 million people.

Keira Knightley Is ‘The Duchess’

September 17th, 2008

Keira Knightley is the star of The Duchess premiere held at Roy Thomson Hall during the Toronto International Film Festival.

The Brit actress, 23, is being selective with her interviews, but can’t resist the TV crew stationed behind me. Uh oh!

“How would a guy like me get a beautiful girl like you into a van for an interview?” the jokester says.

“You wouldn’t,” Keira smartly responds.

He chides, “For an interview?”

“No,” she says sternly. “God, I’d be terrified. You might drive off. I might never get let off. No, absolutely not!”

The jokester says, “She’s not just beautiful, she’s one of the smartest actresses out there.”

Keira cackles, “You couldn’t even get a stantion spot, that’s really impressive, isn’t it?”

The period piece about the perks and perils of an 18th century royal has drawn comparisons to the life of Princess Diana.

“I don’t know enough about Princess Diana to be able to comment on whether there’s a parallel or not,” she says. “I think we’re doing a fascinating movie in our own right.”

Ralph Fiennes says he’d dub Keira “Dame Keira,” but director Saul Dibb is at a loss for a royal title. “I don’t think I would give her one,” he says. “I’ll leave that with you.” 

 

The Duchess opens in limited release Friday. For more coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival, check back tomorrow. 

Brits Angry Over Keira’s ‘Diana’ Sales Ploy

August 21st, 2008

If there’s one thing you don’t mess with in Britain, it’s Princess Diana.

But the executives behind Keira Knightley’s new movie don’t seem to have figured that one out somehow.

So they’re selling The Duchess by drawing comparisons between Keira’s character and the tragic princess, reports the MailOnline site.

And the Brits are NOT happy!

The strapline for the film is, "She won the people’s hearts, but could not follow her own," an obvious reference to how Diana (A.K.A the People’s Princess, A.KA. the Queen of Hearts) was pushed into a marriage with Prince Charles, who left her for another woman.

The trailer for the movie, in which Keira plays an 18th aristocrat who falls in love with a man who is not her husband, is filled with images of Diana, who was killed in car crash in 1997.

And they even have the cheek to use the phrase, "There were three people in that marriage," which is how Diana described her relationship at the time when Charles was having an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles.

The tacky ploy has gone down so badly in the U.K. that Keira was hauled onto the heavyweight news show Channel 4 News to explain it.

But Keira wasn’t going anywhere near the scandal.

"Marketing is nothing to do with me - you are going to have to ask whoever it was at the film company that thought that that was a good idea about that one," she told the show.

A spokesman for Pathe, the studio behind the movie, released September 19th, said: "The trailer simply reflects historical fact."

Diana’s Sister Reveals Her Fears

January 28th, 2008 / Author: cwillett

Princess Diana’s sister Lady Sarah McCorquodale told the inquest investigating Princess Diana’s death that the late princess feared her boyfriend’s father was spying on her.

She feared that while vacationing with Dodi Fayed his father bugged their yacht. She said, ”She thought the boat was being bugged by Mr. Al Fayed senior."

The inquest is being held to see if the August 1997 deaths of Diana, Dodi and their driver Henri Paul were not accidental but instead part of a larger plot put in motion by intelligence agents and Prince Phillip, her ex-father in law.

Currently the line of questioning is focused on whether or not Diana was being eavesdropped on and it was revealed that a box of letters to Phillip from Diana are missing. Her sister had no idea where the box was.

Royal Split: The Trouble With Harry

November 11th, 2007 / Author: cwillett

As news of the split between Prince Harry and gal-pal Chelsea Davy begins to reach across the pond to America, some friends of the redheaded royal are already saying that this latest break from the blonde beauty has really shaken him to the core.

According to London’s Daily Express newspaper, what really has the 23-year-old prince troubled isn’t just the loss of Chelsea, but how that would mean the absence of her family from his life.


“The family is really part of the package for him. You can see that he really loves all of that,” explains one royals source, who adds that the Davy family has been there to support Harry as he’s dealt with finally coming to terms with his mother’s death a decade after the tragic incident.

So why are the lovebirds no longer nesting? “I think she just got a bit fed up,” the Express quotes one friend of Chelsea as saying. “There’s been gossip about him with
other girls and she’s found all the scrutiny on them very hard.”

But believers in true love need not be completely disheartened. Those close to Harry’s inner circle don’t see the split as long-term.

“It’s teething problems,” one of Chelsea’s girlfriends reveals. “After having a long-distance relationship, now they’re living in the same country… I don’t think it’s official. They’re just having a break.”

Milestones - August 31

August 31st, 2007
  • Silver-haired fox Richard Gere is still looking much younger and sexier than the 58 years he celebrates today.
  • Don’t wait until the final hour to get Chris Tucker a birthday present. The Rush Hour 3 star turns 35.
  • We need a cake STAT for Sara Ramirez. The Grey’s Anatomy doc is 32 today.
  • Her Electric Youth may be over, but Deborah Gibson will be forever young at 37.
  • Hard to believe it, but it’s been 10 years since we’ve lost the People’s Princess. Diana passed away after a high-speed car chase in Paris at the age of 36.

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