Word: queens
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...enough to captivate viewers--although with their mix of power and finesse, it should be--there's plenty of drama to go around. Besides the marked Williams sisters, there's No. 1-ranked Martina Hingis, who has morphed from the adorable Swiss miss into the tour's trash-talking queen; Jennifer Capriati, the seemingly washed-up teen prodigy turned fitness monster and this year's dominant player; Lindsay Davenport, a California redwood, who squeezed her high school prom in around the tour and now fires shots at the other players from the safety of her elder-stateswomanship; Monica Seles...
...claims author Christopher Andersen. Simply shocking behavior from a 19-year-old who expects to be the King of England and was nicknamed "DDG"--for Drop-Dead Gorgeous--by his mum. More surprising perhaps was a report in the conservative, well-regarded Spectator magazine that the frosty Queen has grudgingly given her approval for PRINCE CHARLES to marry his longtime mistress, CAMILLA PARKER BOWLES. If the rumors are true, it would mean the Queen has abandoned years of scrupulously pretending Camilla doesn't exist--which in Britain is referred to as proper. The marriage could occur as soon...
...this year's show. Contestants who don't make the finals will get to vote on who should wear the crown. Is this any way to run a pageant? As viewers of the summer's reality shows can attest, the democratic process hardly means the best man, or beauty queen, comes out on top. In fact, it's usually just the opposite...
STOP WORRYING ABOUT THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE PROM It's a high school cliche--the quarterback and head cheerleader reigning over the commoners. And so it will always be, say the authors, who urge parents not to worry about it. "Most children find in due course that their unique abilities and qualities are valued--by someone--even if they were dismissed or rejected by the dominant cliques." And that someone should always include their parents...
...singer Aaliyah, 22, died in a plane crash on Saturday. She was reportedly on her way back from the Bahamas to the United States. She had a lot going for her: her last film, "Romeo Must Die" was a box office hit; she had recently completed work on "The Queen of The Damned," a horror film based on the book by Anne Rice. She was also set to co-star in two upcoming sequels to the sci-fi film "The Matrix...