Caught in Flight Naomi Watts Oliver Hirschbiegel Princess Diana

February 9th, 2012

Naomi Watts has signed on to play Princess Diana in the new big screen biopic Caught In Flight.

The film, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, centers on the late royal’s final two years, including her personal search for happiness and evolution into a major international humanitarian.

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December 8th, 2011

“Lady Gaga is releasing a song about the death of Princess Diana,” reports The Sun, which claims the “Paparazzi” singer believes “she may end up dying in the same way” as the late royal.

According to a supposed source for the paper, “Gaga says she sees herself as a ‘pop version’ of Diana,” who died in a tragic car crash after being chased by photographers in Paris.

Really?

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Caught in Flight Jessica Chastain Oliver Hirschbiegel Princess Diana

November 7th, 2011

It’s being rumored that Jessica Chastain will play Princess Diana in a new movie.

Caught in Flight would examine the late royal’s alleged secret affair with heart surgeon Dr. Hasnat Khan.

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Duchess of Cambridge Duke of Cambridge Kate Middleton Prince William Princess Diana

September 19th, 2011

Prince William is following in his mother’s footsteps.

The Duke, who’s president of London’s Royal Marsden Hospital — like Princess Diana had been — is opening a children’s cancer unit there with his wife, Kate.

On September 29, the royal couple will tour the new pediatric center, meet patients and medical personnel, and officially open the unit with a plaque.

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July 15th, 2011

Well, this is really disturbing.

Duchess Kate and Pippa Middleton are reportedly being used as “thinspiration” on websites promoting anorexia and bulimia.

The “pro-ana” and “pro-mia” forums use celebrities like Victoria Beckham and Mary-Kate Olsen to “inspire” women with eating disorders to lose weight, reports MSNBC.

Now the Middleton sisters have become go-to models for “thinspiration.”

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Ann Coulter Prince William Princess Diana Sarah Palin

July 1st, 2011

Not everyone, it seems, is as fascinated as Newsweek by Princess Diana on the occasion of what would have been her 50th birthday.

“I find it a little baffling when Americans get so gaga-eyed over a princess, and particularly Lady Di, who was just this anorexic, bulimic narcissist,” says commentator Ann Coulter in an interview with “The Insider.”

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Kate Middleton Morning Joe Newsweek Princess Diana Tina Brown

June 29th, 2011

Newsweek editor Tina Brown is responding to the controversy around her decision to photoshop Princess Diana onto the magazine’s cover (alongside Duchess Kate) for a story speculating about what the late princess’ life would be like in 2011.

While admitting on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that some people “think it’s kind of spooky,” Brown emphasizes the enormous publicity the cover has triggered online.

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Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton Newsweek Prince William Princess Diana Tina Brown

June 28th, 2011

Princess Diana appears on Newsweek’s cover, her photoshopped image “strolling” alongside daughter-in-law Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.

It’s part of the magazine’s speculative story imagining what the late princess’ life would be like if she were still alive now, at age 50.

But is it all kind of… creepy?

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