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...Princess Di Indignity stalked her like a reporter from Hard Copy. First came Camillagate -- the wide publication of transcripts of a racy phone call between Prince Charles and his mistress -- then further revelations of steamy teletalk between Di and her own Squidgygate pal. As the year progressed, Di became more and more emotionally volatile, and soon after a tabloid ran secret photos of her working out on a weight machine, she announced her partial retirement from public life...
...Best Equal-Opportunity Offenders Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson, who achieved the impossible -- lowering the moral tone of a Friars' roast -- when the Cheers star, in blackface, paid an epochally crude tribute to Whoopi. She later vexed the Anti-Defamation League with her published recipe for ''Jewish American Princess Fried Chicken...
...their old Gatorade bottles away for them. Even when I’m sure it’s been one skipped section or several un-returned phone calls too many, they look lovingly at me (slightly red-eyed from heavy partying) and silently beg, “Save me princess, save me.” We aspiring heroines, we obliging females, we are only too happy to comply.Speaking of royalty, I’m reminded of a few age-old fairy tales from our childhood—Cinderella and her pumpkin, Snow White and those seven dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty should...
Apart from a few recent temporary sculptures, the stone pedestal on the northwest corner of Trafalgar Square has stood empty since 1841. Londoners have long had their own ideas of what kind of statue should go on the plinth: Princess Diana! Margaret Thatcher! A giant pigeon! But lacking a permanent solution, a government-appointed committee last year picked two works that would each occupy the spot for up to 18 months. Marc Quinn, 41, creator of Alison Lapper Pregnant, says he wanted his work to reflect classical influences while addressing a contemporary social issue. "Disabled people are largely underrepresented...
...superpowers, Getty Images and Corbis, which have gobbled up independent agencies and driven down the price that unaffiliated news photographers can earn for their work. It is television that generally dictates what becomes a memorable image these days by endlessly repeating video clips - of the Challenger exploding or Diana, Princess of Wales, in the revolving door at the Ritz. This book gives a select group of photographers a chance to try to even the score...