Prince Harry: William and Kate are 'classic match'

Mar 31, 2011

Prince Harry: William and Kate are 'classic match'

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  • Prince Harry is up near the North Pole prepping for his trek with wounded veterans. But anybody interviewing him has to sneak in a question about his brother's upcoming wedding and the recent bachelor party Harry is said to have thrown for Prince William.

    "I'm not going to talk about that," Harry told ABC News' Bob Woodruff during an interview in Svalbard, Norway, for Good Morning America.

    The young prince did open up a little about the upcoming nuptials.

    "It's a big deal. It's not just a normal wedding," said Prince Harry. "It's a really big decision for him to bring Kate into the family."

    Harry, who will be William's best man at the April 29 wedding, said he hasn't started working on his speech yet. "I am doing the speech along with a couple of his friends, so I will take the mickey out of him. I will have a few stories," he said. "I think my grandmother will be there so I have to be selective, as one might say. .. We will make sure people know the good times and bad times he's had since he was a nipper."

    The prince would not say who he was taking to the wedding. "It's not my wedding, I'm just going to be there."

    Harry also said he is looking forward to having Middleton in the family. "She's a fantastic girl, she really is, my brother is very lucky," said Harry. "She's very lucky to find my brother. The two of them are a classic match."

    Harry said his dad, Prince Charles, has been heavily involved in the wedding plans. "He's obsessed with his music," said Harry. Charles and Kate "have been slaving away, getting everything right."

    As the interview wrapped up the young royal got in a final parting show. "Nice, try getting me to talk about the stag weekend," said Harry. "That was never going to happen."

    See photos of: Prince William, Prince Harry

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    Starz's 'Camelot' puts young spin on Round Table

    By Bill Keveney, USA TODAY

    An ancient myth gets a youthful interpretation in Starz's new series Camelot (Friday, 10 ET/PT).

    • Your highness: Joseph Fiennes, left, plays Merlin, Claire Forlani is Arthur's mother, Igraine, and Jamie Campbell Bower is the young Arthur.

      By Jonathan Hession, Starz Original

      Your highness: Joseph Fiennes, left, plays Merlin, Claire Forlani is Arthur's mother, Igraine, and Jamie Campbell Bower is the young Arthur.

    By Jonathan Hession, Starz Original

    Your highness: Joseph Fiennes, left, plays Merlin, Claire Forlani is Arthur's mother, Igraine, and Jamie Campbell Bower is the young Arthur.

    Instead of a mature, dominant King Arthur, this retelling of the legend presents a young, impetuous royal (Jamie Campbell Bower), one just starting to build his kingdom in Britain.

    "Often, you'll come to Arthur once he's pretty well installed or at the end of his reign or the height of it. I was very keen to go right back to the start, which hopefully helps with the audience's identification with Arthur," executive producer Chris Chibnall says. "We want them to go on the full emotional journey with this character."

    Because Camelot is a TV series, not a movie (or play), Chibnall will have time to show Arthur's reign as it develops, rather than just provide a snapshot. Starting at the beginning also means that viewers, who may know little of the Arthurian legend beyond the sword and the stone, won't need extensive knowledge of Camelot.

    In this version, 20-year-old Arthur, raised by commoners, is unaware that he is the illegitimate son of King Uther until the sorcerer Merlin (Joseph Fiennes) comes to offer him the throne after his father's death.

    "We find the character as a young boy who's able to almost deny the fact that this could happen to him," says Bower, known to fans of the Twilight franchise. "The boy is taken out of a comfortable environment and is thrown into being a monarch. For anybody who's not trained to do that, it would be absolutely terrifying."

    Arthur, "a conflicted, confused hero," as Bower describes him, needs the guidance of Merlin, a vigorous sort and not the white-haired old man of many depictions. The relationship is "fraught with tension to begin with. As it progresses, we see a mutual understanding and respect for each other's intelligence."

    Merlin tries to guide Arthur as he faces threats to his reign, including a potent one from his half sister Morgan (Eva Green), the daughter of Uther, who is denied the throne because she is a woman. "She's kind of Joan of Arc mixed with Lady Macbeth," Green says. "She's a warrior queen. She wants the throne for herself, but she wants to do good things for her people."

    Arthur has other strong women in his life, including his birth mother, Igraine (Claire Forlani), and his forbidden love, Guinevere (Tamsin Egerton), who is betrothed to one of his warriors.

    "It's 'I want, but I can't have,' " Bower says of Arthur and Guinevere. "It's lust and desire, want and need. It's wonderful to play."

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    The Kardashians on Fame: We Keep It Real!


    It's among mankind's most vexing questions: what is the appeal of the Kardashians, a family with no personality, talent or positive contributions to society of any kind?

    In the latest issue of Redbook, Khloe Kardashian somehow keeps a straight face when answering: "We are a real family. We don't sugarcoat anything. We're not the Brady Bunch, but we always put each other first. We love each other on camera, we cry on camera. I think people relate to the realness of it."

    These are the same people who somehow believe Kim Kardashian Tweets at them due to a personal attachment, not as a contribution to her empire.

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    What is the biggest misconception about the family? Manager and matriarch Kris Jenner tackles this inquiry, hilariously lying stating:

    "All of my daughters have jobs. They are fashion stylists and designers; they own a chain of stores. They had the stores before they had the show. And my kids worked from the time they were 13 years old... They work 25 hours a day. And that they don't have any talent?

    They might not be singers or dancers, but they certainly know how to produce a television show. Whether you want to call it talent or not, they have multiple shows on the air. [I want to say,] How many shows do you have?"

    That cannot be denied, Kris. But it must be asked: do they have multiple shows on the air due to anything the Kardashians offer? Or due to the sheer ignorance/stupidity of viewers?

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    Britney Spears' Sexy Femme Fatale Promo Shots

    Now that her album Femme Fatale has dropped, Britney Spears in on a full-out promotional blitz- and she?s released some high-fashion promo shots for her fans to enjoy.

    The ?Hold It Against Me? songstress enlisted the designs of Dolce & Gabbana as her attire in the pictorial spread.

    The Italian design duo told press, ?We love Britney and we love to dance to her new songs! We can?t wait to hear the whole album.?

    ?She has always been among our favorite artists because she has been able to remain true to herself and to her style throughout the years. With her music she influenced and inspired generations of people for more than 10 years, always staying at the top, and we can?t but congratulate her for this new, important achievement.?

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    HuffPost TV: HuffPost's Sam Stein Discusses Budget Negotiations And The GOP On 'The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell' (VIDEO)

    The Huffington Post's Sam Stein appeared Wednesday night on 'The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell' to discuss the ongoing budget talks in Congress and the potential of a government shutdown.

    He described Speaker of the House John Boehner's dilemma in the negotiations: "On the one hand, yeah, he has a caucus filled with rambunctious Tea Party members who want to have a fight, and on the other hand he has the prospects of a government shutdown should he not actually compromise with Democratic members in the House."

    Stein went on to explain that Republicans "don't in the end want to be blamed for the government being shut down."

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    Drawn this way: Lady Gaga joins V magazine, solicits fans to draw her picture

    Lady Gaga: Magazine fashion columnist for V magazine.

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    Lady Gaga: Magazine fashion columnist for V magazine.

    Lady Gaga is a magazine columnist now ? and she wants her fans to be her illustrators. 

    The peculiar pop diva is joining the staff of haute fashion's V magazine and is soliciting artwork from her "little monsters" to accompany the piece instead of a traditional headshot.

    The "Drawn This Way" winner will have created the best representation of Lady Gaga ? any medium will be considered.

    Gaga herself will choose the winner.

    She confirmed the news on Twitter early Wednesday.

    "I begin next month as a Fashion+Art Columnist for VMagazine," she wrote.

    V magazine's editors have already begun promoting the collaboration.

    "Each issue, Mother Monster will put pen to page, bringing us an editorial window into her fashion multiverse," the magazine said on its website.  

    Her artistically inclined fans better hurry and send their ideas to drawnthisway@vmagazine by the deadline, Sunday, April 3.

    Her first musings will hit newsstands May 12.

    The 25-year-old singer and fashion diva has graced the cover of V magazine in 2009 and 2010.

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    Vanessa Hudgens: "Sucker Punch" UK Premiere

    Stepping out for one of the biggest night?s surrounding their film's release, the ladies of ?Sucker Punch? were all on-hand at the UK film premiere in London, England on Wednesday (March 30).

    Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino, Emily Browning all posed for pictures on the red carpet before heading inside Vue Cinema at Leicester Square for the big event.

    As for the plotline, the film revolves around institutionalized Baby Doll (Emily Browning) who retreats into her imagination to survive, fighting video game-style battles in places ranging from temples to Notre Dame cathedral.

    While director Zack Snyder?s 2006 film ?300? relied on male six-packs for visual interest, Sucker Punch majors on cleavage with Baby Doll?s fellow asylum inmates Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish), Rocket (Jena Malone), Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens) and Amber (Jamie Chung) all duly obliging their director?s eye for a curve.


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