Kendall Jenner is one of several W Magazine covers this month. This is partly because of the SAG-AFTRA strike – while many actors did interviews pre-strike, the only way they will agree to a magazine interview during the strike is if they’re promoting a waivered film or they’re promoting a side-project. Thus, the fall magazine covers will feature a lot of models and musicians. As for Kendall, her persona and look is so bland that bleached eyebrows barely even register. Kendall chatted with W about her tequila brand, her mom and the fashion industry. Some highlights:

She’s L’Oréal’s newest global ambassador. Why partner with a 114-year-old brand instead of starting her own thing? “I love wearing makeup, playing around with it, and learning from makeup artists on set, but I never really saw myself being in a lab creating products. I think I’ll leave that to the pros who know what they’re doing and have a passion for it—like my sisters.”

Her 818 tequila: It sold 136,000 cases (that’s 1.5 million bottles) in its first seven months and has been growing steadily ever since. “I’ve learned to be a leader, and to recognize that my energy affects everybody else’s energy. It’s about keeping it positive, uplifting, and really driven. I want everybody to feel inspired at all times, so I’ve been learning how to play that role and be that person for the whole team.”

Her mother: “I come from a long line of businesswomen—even my grandmother and my great-grandmother had their own businesses. I watched them when I was very, very young, and I watched my mom find her way. She never went through any sort of training to do the things that she did. She just bossed it out.”

She’s not giving up modeling: “Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford are my inspirations. I just love how they moved with class and they’ve aged with class. They’re two people I’d love to model my career after—pun intended.”

The quiet-luxury aesthetic: “If you go back in time, I think you’ll find I’ve always had that aspect to my style. But also, I feel that I’ve been very versatile throughout my life. I love the elegance of certain things, but I’ll also do an easy, comfortable, cool-girl vibe. I love a waist snatcher, but I also love a baggier moment. I find myself looking at Jane Birkin a lot. She was the coolest and so elegant, but there was so much sex appeal. Sometimes she’d wear something sheer and her boobs and butt would be out, and I love stuff like that. She was really not afraid to take risks.

[From W Magazine]

Jane Birkin? I’ve always believed that Kendall resembles a young Ali McGraw, and I kind of wish some magazine editor would just put Kendall in full Ali McGraw drag just to see if it would work. But that’s the kind of throwback look Kendall should try too – kind of a cloche-hat-wearing ‘70s queen. I actually like that Kendall dismissed the idea that she would start her own makeup label – the “celebrity makeup” market is already grossly oversaturated, and in her shoes, I would do what Kendall is doing too – go with a brand ambassadorship with an established mass-market brand like L’Oreal.

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Angelina Jolie has been in Paris this week, filming Maria. This is Jolie’s first lead role since Maleficent 2 – since she left Brad Pitt, Angelina has looked for smaller projects which can be filmed quickly, and she hasn’t seemed at all interested in being a movie star. I would assume that Maria has a pretty tight and fast film schedule though, especially because Angelina has so much business to attend to in New York.

Obviously, she’s playing Maria Callas and I’m sort of in love with her Callas costumes from what I’ve seen thus far. They’re using real vintage pieces, pieces Callas either owned or similar period items. Those thick, rimmed glasses are doing so much work. Previously, I claimed that Jolie would not wear a prosthetic nose to play Callas. It looks like that was a lie – I zoomed in for a closer look on some of the set photos, and she’s absolutely wearing a fake nose. *deep sigh* I will not defend it. She should have said no.

In addition to the set photos, Angelina stepped out in her own clothes, and Backgrid says she was headed to a studio, probably to film interiors? She’s been using that same Celine tote for a few months, it’s her new favorite.

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One of the many things you settle into in your 30s is firmly knowing which camp you belong to, early bird or night owl. I identify as the latter. And let’s be real, there’s a lot more positivity ascribed to the early birds. They tend to get in more physical activity, they have a reduced risk of depression, and of course, they get the worm. Us night owls, by contrast, tend to be viewed as lazy. Yahoo! Life just ran an article asking if the unequal reputations between early birds and night owls are valid. While they didn’t flat out say one is better than the other, the studies cited sure seemed to benefit early birds:

Early birds get about an hour more activity each day: One 2020 cohort study of more than 5,000 people published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports had people who were early birds and night owls wear activity trackers on their wrists for two weeks. The researchers found that early birds had up to 60 to 90 minutes more activity during the day than their night owl counterparts.

Early birds have a decreased risk of major depression: A study published in JAMA Psychiatry in 2021 linked early birds with a lowered risk of developing depression. For the study, researchers analyzed two genetic databases of more than 800,000 adults, along with data on major depression diagnoses and when people typically went to sleep and woke up. The researchers found that people who were early birds had a 23% lower risk of developing major depression for every hour earlier they reached their midpoint of sleep (that is, the middle of their sleep cycle).

Night owls have an increased risk of type 2 diabetes: Another study, this one published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in September, linked being a night owl to having a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The study analyzed data from 63,676 nurses from the ages of 45 to 62 and found that those who preferred to stay up late were 54% more likely to have unhealthy lifestyle habits, such as smoking, not sleeping enough, not exercising and a poor diet. The researchers also discovered the night owls were 19% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes.

Night owls have a 9% greater risk of early death: Being an early bird is even linked to having a longer life. A Chronobiology International study published earlier this year followed nearly 24,000 twins from 1981 to 2018 and asked them about their sleep habits. The researchers also looked at death records and, after adjusting for factors like alcohol use, smoking, body mass and sleep duration, found that night people had a 9% greater risk of early death than their morning counterparts.

Night owls are more creative and alert: Older research has found that people who stay up late are more likely to be creative than those who have earlier bedtimes. Night owls are also more likely to be mentally alert and have faster response times before bed than early birds, according to another study.

Doctors weigh in on sleep schedules: The sleep schedule you prefer can be caused by a mix of factors, Dr. Beth Malow, director of the Sleep Disorders Division at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, tells Yahoo Life. “It’s definitely biological but can also be related to habits, such as when a spouse prefers to go to bed,” she says. Dr. W. Christopher Winter, a neurologist and sleep medicine physician with Charlottesville Neurology and Sleep Medicine and host of the Sleep Unplugged podcast, tells Yahoo Life, “Jobs and family life also tend to influence bedtimes.”

The number of hours you sleep is more important than when you sleep: Despite all the research to support early birds, doctors say what’s more important is to ensure you get the recommended seven or more hours of sleep a night. “If your schedule allows it, it’s often easier to just stick with what you are comfortable with than to try to change it,” Malow says. Winter agrees. “If you’re killing yourself trying to wake up at 7 a.m. and you have the capacity to get up at 9 a.m. instead, there’s no problem with that as long as you’re exercising and eating well,” he says. “Just stay consistent, and you’ll be fine.”

[From Yahoo! Life]

So as a night owl, I have a greater chance of being depressed, developing type 2 diabetes, and dying younger… but at least I’m more creative! I guess I’ll take it, but that’s just a testament to how much I hate it when the alarm goes off in the morning. It always feels like a violent crash back into reality, even with setting my iPhone alarm to the dulcet tones of Cat Stevens singing “Morning Has Broken.” Also, why didn’t they cite the “older research” for the creativity results? Who were the test subjects, anyway, Broadway stage actors at 11:30pm curtain calls?! Cause it kinda felt like they were just trying to throw us a bone there. Well, the data isn’t pointing to anything quantifiably superior, so let’s tell them they’re more creative! I’ll listen to the doctors quoted at the end and focus on getting a consistent number of hours a night, more than when they happen. Now if I could just get my day job on board with slightly later hours…

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This week, Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles and Queen Camilla will go on a four-day tour of Kenya. They’ll be in Kenya from Halloween through November 3. This will be Charles’s first visit to a “British Commonwealth” country since he became king. Prince William and Kate still haven’t made any trips to any Commonwealth countries since spring 2022, the Caribbean Flop Tour, which apparently changed everything about how the Windsors view their own colonialist cosplay tours. What’s notable here is that Charles, by historical convention, really should have been traveling to Commonwealth countries throughout this entire year. Instead, Brexit changed the dynamics of British diplomacy and European alliances, and it was seen as much more important for Charles to visit France and Germany before any Commonwealth country. Of course, there’s another reason why Charles has avoided Commonwealth countries: he doesn’t want to be put in the position of going on an Apology Tour, wherein he would need to acknowledge the British crown’s long history of racism, slavery and colonialism. Speaking of:

King Charles will acknowledge the “painful aspects” of Britain’s past actions in Kenya during a state visit later this month. The visit follows an invitation from the country’s president, William Ruto, whose country will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its independence from Britain on 12 December. The two countries have enjoyed a close relationship in recent years despite the violent colonial legacy of an uprising in the early 1950s, which led to a period known as “the emergency”, which ran from 1952 until 1960.

The Mau Mau armed movement was fuelled by the resentment some members of the Kikuyu tribe felt towards their British rulers and European settlers who farmed land in Kenya, as well as at a lack of political representation. White farmers were targeted in violent attacks as were some Kikuyu who were said to have collaborated with the authorities.

The Kenya Human Rights Commission said 90,000 people were executed, tortured or maimed during the British administration’s counterinsurgency operation. The UK government made a historic statement of regret in 2013 over the “torture and other forms of ill-treatment” perpetrated by the colonial administration during the emergency period and paid reparations of £19.9m to about 5,200 people.

Charles and Queen Camilla spend four days in Kenya from 31 October to 3November. It will mark Charles’s first visit to a Commonwealth country as king. His deputy private secretary, Chris Fitzgerald, said: “The king and queen’s programme will celebrate the close links between the British and Kenyan people in areas such as the creative arts, technology, enterprise, education and innovation. The visit will also acknowledge the more painful aspects of the UK and Kenya’s shared history, including the emergency … His Majesty will take time during the visit to deepen his understanding of the wrongs suffered in this period by the people of Kenya.”

[From The Guardian]

Okay, so I actually didn’t know that British people refer to this part of their history as “the emergency.” That perfectly encapsulates the British penchant for understatement, my God. Shocked that they don’t refer to World War II as “the misunderstanding” or “the dust-up.” In any case, Charles is going to stand in some banquet hall or ballroom and say, with his cut-glass accent, that mistakes were made and of course everyone regrets all of it. He will stop just shy of apologizing and there will be zero reparations made. Camilla will then knock back another martini and grimace at the first white person she sees and then they’ll both stagger back to England.

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One nice thing I’ll say about the Prince and Princess of Wales is that it actually does feel like they’re doing more events these days. It’s all relative, of course, and their “busy schedule” comes after a two-month summer holiday where they did not work at all. It’s also funny to me that William and Kate basically schedule everything for Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays nowadays. It’s not even “we only work during the week, never on weekends.” They need Mondays off, and Fridays too!

So, William and Kate were out again today for an event with SportsAid, one of Kate’s patronages. They visited Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre in Marlow, Buckinghamshire and they spoke to young athletes about mental health. Their events this week (together and solo) have been part of the theme of “mental health.” You can read more about their activities here.

Kate wore her version of sporty gear – jeans (not jeggings, thank god), a white top and a garish blue blazer from Zara. I think the button count on the blazer is 12? Her shoes are Vejas, one of her favorite brands. Once again, Kate was sporting bandages on her right hand, the same two fingers. Everyone is still going with “Kate has a lingering finger injury from a trampoline accident,” which is the excuse we were given last month. Is it possible that those fingers are still bothering her? Sure. Is it possible that Kate is only taking extra precautions with the bandages when she’s doing sporty events where she uses her hands? Sure. But these reappearing finger bandages are still really concerning. They just keep getting bigger too.

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Sarah Ferguson started a podcast months ago, before she was diagnosed with breast cancer. I have no idea if her pod is successful, but I would assume most people really just don’t care. Still, because Fergie is toeing the Firm’s line for the most part, she must be hyped as the next big thing in… American broadcasting?? The Mail is trying to start the rumor that Fergie might end up hosting an American talk show. Like… this isn’t a real thing. It seems the real story is that Fergie is back to scheming for a way to make money so she can “support” her ex-husband.

The Duchess of York is hoping to land a lucrative chat show in America in a bid to help her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, pay his mounting bills. TV producer Amy Rosenblum told The Mail on Sunday that she met Sarah Ferguson at New York’s Regency Hotel last month and discussed possible formats. Ms Rosenblum, one of the most respected figures in US television, who was a long-time producer of America’s top-rated breakfast programme, NBC’s Today Show, said: ‘Sarah told me, “I want a show! I want a show!” I did a pilot with her about 15 years ago. We were up against Ellen DeGeneres and ultimately they went with Ellen. But Sarah was really good when we did the pilot. We have been friends since then.’

Ms Rosenblum declined to comment on specific pitches which may be in the pipeline. But an insider at ABC TV, part of giant Disney Studios, said: ‘Fergie could reasonably expect to earn around £2million a year, but that figure would go up considerably should her show be a hit.

‘She’s always gone down well in America. She’s never been too proud to promote the heck out of anything, be it one of her books or WeightWatchers. Americans respect someone who hustles.’

The ABC source said: ‘Ellen has retired so there is a gap in the market.’

Fergie is reportedly keen to help bankroll £2million worth of essential maintenance work at Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park.Andrew had faced losing his 30-room mansion until he paid £200,000 for urgent roof repairs this summer. A source told the Mail on Sunday: ‘It’s true Sarah wants to help Andrew stay in what she considers their family home. She lives at Royal Lodge when she’s in the UK. It’s very much their family’s base. Andrew has lost so much. She will do everything she can to help him keep the house, even though it may prove untenable in the long term.’

Friends say that the Prince has been left ‘bereft’ by events and is a ‘lost soul’.

‘He rides his horses and goes for long walks but he is a lost soul and veers between bafflement and feeling bereft by the turn of events,’ said one woman who is in touch with members of his inner circle. ‘He has always maintained his innocence and those close to him believe him absolutely. He is struggling. He was able to pay for the emergency roof repairs but that was very much an interim fix. The overall repair bill is considerably higher and you have to factor in the day-to-day running costs of a place like Royal Lodge.

‘Money, or the lack of it, has been a constant in Andrew and Sarah’s relationship. She will do everything she can to support him now, just as she always has.’

[From The Daily Mail]

The Mail also name-checked Kelly Clarkson and Drew Barrymore (but failed to mention Jennifer Hudson) as talk-show hostesses who are trying to fill the daytime market following Ellen’s exit. Again, Fergie isn’t getting a network talk show. Americans wish her well, but we’re not dying to see her on a talk show, and these days, her baggage (Andrew, Jeffrey Epstein) would weigh down the show. As I said, the real point of this story is “poor broke Andrew.” “He is a lost soul and veers between bafflement and feeling bereft by the turn of events…He has always maintained his innocence and those close to him believe him absolutely.” Bafflement? Does he not remember all of the teenage girls procured for him by Jeffrey Epstein? Did someone force him to settle out of court with Virginia Giuffre? Did someone force him to lie his ass off in a BBC interview? Good lord. The Yorks are a complete disaster, and I really hope that Eugenie and Beatrice are smarter about money and their associations.

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Prince William and Kate come across as such throwbacks to another era, it’s hard to think of them as modern people who text emojis. They’re surely too Victorian to know about the peach emoji, right? When someone described Kate a “Millennial Queen,” I was actually shocked by the realization that, oh right, technically she IS Millennial (or perhaps more of an Xennial, but that’s a conversation for another time). Anyway, Will and Kate did a radio interview on World Mental Health Day and the quotes from the interview are really something. They listed their favorite emojis and William’s most-used emoji is… shocking.

Kate Middleton and Prince William have favorite emojis just like the rest of us! During an interview with Radio 1 show hosts Jordan North and Vick Hope for their Going Home show, the royal couple was asked a few light-hearted questions sent in by listeners.

When asked what their most-used emojis are, William joked that he was going to have to think of a family-friendly option because his initial answer would be the aubergine [eggplant].
“Is this a clean thing or is this a family one?” he said with a laugh. “I’ve been told not to say the aubergine so I’ve got to pick something else. It would have been the aubergine but I’m saying now—because I’ve got to be all grown up—it’s the one where the eyes go up and down and the mouth’s out. What’s that one? The slightly crazy one.”

Kate then shared which emoji she opts for, and gave listeners a little insight into when she uses it.

“Mine’s probably going to be the heart with then the crying emoji. The hysterical laughing when things have gone wrong,” the royal admitted.

Both presenters were amused by William’s initial suggestion of the aubergine emoji. “He said the aubergine emoji, this is brilliant!” North said. Hope added, “He knows. He’s got a dirty mind.”

[From People]

Genuine question: why the hell is the eggplant – often used as a reference to dong – William’s most-used emoji? He’s texting eggplants to WHOM?? This is the second time in two weeks where I’ve really wondered about William’s inappropriate conversation and behavior during events. The first was when he suggested that women were pinching his bottom, and now this! Why does William want us to think about the royal jewels and the royal bum? Yikes.

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The Dolly Parton promotional machine is in high gear ahead of the release of her album Rockstar in November. She gave an interview to The Guardian that has some fascinating moments in it. Dolly is famously apolitical, though she did speak out in support of Black Lives Matter and has been a vocal LGBTQ ally for many years. But in this interview, she talks a lot about political issues, or rather, she talks around them. Dolly’s too nimble with interviews to give anything much away. But if you read between the lines, there are some interesting nuggets here. She admits in this interview that she won’t speak on politics because she doesn’t want to alienate her fans. But she also says that political discussions have become so heated in her own family since Tr*mp was elected, that they can’t have an extended family dinner without people fighting. (I wonder if she ever pipes up during these family brawls.) Dolly says she’s not a feminist because of the connotation the word has and she believes in “living an example” instead of “preaching it.” Oh, and I think one of her new songs on the upcoming album could reference climate change? Which I did not see coming.

She won’t call herself a feminist, but she believes in equal pay: “If you do something great, you should be recognised and paid for it. So if that makes me a feminist, yeah.” Is Dolly Parton admitting to being a feminist? She laughs. “That title just never seemed to fit right with me, although there’s not a feminist out there that don’t say, ‘Dolly Parton does her job, a good example of what a strong woman can be.’ I’m all about living an example rather than preaching it.”

Why she has always been apolitical: “Because you’re going to lose half your audience,” she says. “Even within my own family, especially the last few years since Trump and Biden, all that, it’s like we can’t even go to a family dinner any more. Especially if people are drinking – they get in a damn fight at the table.” She is dismayed at how polarised politics has become. “Don’t get so trapped where if you’re a Republican, you got to be this way, if you’re Democrat, you got to be that way. You’re not allowed to think nothing else. Well, how crippling is that? I’ve got as many Democrats as I do Republicans as fans, and I’m not going to insult any of them because I care about all of them. I ain’t that good a Christian to think that I am so good that I can judge people. That’s God’s job, not mine. So as far as politics, I hate politics. Hate politics.”

Her upcoming song World on Fire might be about climate change (?): “I tried to say what I was thinking about all of it – can’t we rise above, some love, step up and make a change?” She looks momentarily exasperated, but she’s still smiling. “Whether it be about the world being on fire with hate and greed and climate change or whatever, you’re not even allowed to say you believe in certain things because you’re going to just lose a whole bunch of people that are so set in their ways, they wouldn’t believe it.”

[From The Guardian]

Dolly also refuses to say whether she supports or opposes the abortion ban in Tennessee. But she wrote songs about unwanted pregnancies back in the early days of her career. “Down from Dover” is the most famous example, and there’s also “The Bridge,” a story about a young woman who falls pregnant and is then abandoned by the father, so she commits suicide. Dolly treats the women in both of these songs with compassion–there’s nothing judgmental in the lyrics. She clearly thinks this kind of story is worth telling. The fact that she wrote these songs in the 1960s as an up-and-comer in (notoriously conservative) country music was a big risk. Based on those details, and everything else we know about her, I’m extrapolating that Dolly is probably not in favor of the ban and is just staying out of talking about it on principle. I think it’s fascinating that Dolly tries so hard not to alienate people. You can tell when an artist does that just because they don’t want to lose market share (ahem, Taylor Swift before roughly 2019). But Dolly has taken that stance because she tries not to judge people. That’s not easy. I think Dolly is trying to hold space for the possibility that people can evolve and grow, which is…kind of a radical thing to believe right now.

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Rebecca English had a curious piece in the Daily Mail this week, all about King Charles and his closest royal advisors, all of whom are women. English refers to these royal women as “Charlie’s Angels,” which is nauseating and insulting, not to mention false. The fact is, Charles has always put men in senior positions of his offices and foundations, although he does have a handful of women in managerial positions (not many though). Still, let’s hear about how much “Charlie” values his “Angels,” the Duchess of Edinburgh, the Princess Royal, the Queen Consort and the Princess of Wales.

Duchess Sophie is a key player: Approachable yet passionate, the Duchess is rather formidable in her own quiet way – qualities well-recognised by her brother-in-law, the King. And why Sophie is a key player in the coterie of strong female advisers known as ‘Charlie’s Angels’.

Three generations of kings: Fortunately, Charles III is surrounded by straight-talking female figures, a theme played out behind the scenes as well. Front and centre is the king’s sister, Princess Anne, a worthy inheritor of their mother’s non-nonsense mantle. Surely it was no coincidence that in her brother’s official coronation portrait she was positioned standing at the King’s right hand? Then there’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, who has steadily become the ‘steel marshmallow’ of the current generation of Windsor women (a reference to the late Queen Mother, whose fluffy exterior hid a hard-boiled core) and on whose shoulders many see the future of the monarchy resting.

Camilla, the greatest asset: And of course there is Queen Camilla herself, once so vilified but whose quiet dignity and loyalty to the Crown has seen her transformed into one of her husband’s greatest assets. Indeed, the fact that Charles’ court has become so female-centric is in no small part down to his wife of 18 years, the undoubted power behind the throne. ‘The Queen can do more with half a raised eyebrow than many a courtier could ever hope to achieve,’ says one insider who knows the set-up well. ‘It’s a power she uses wisely and because she has such common sense approach to all this business of monarchy, it’s brought a very welcome energy to the operation.’

Princess Anne, the workhorse: ‘She’s an absolute chip off the old block and she, recently made clear, the Royal Family still needs her given recent departures, ‘ one source says, referring to an interview she gave to Vanity Fair. The source added: ‘She will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with her brother, with minimal fuss, and after the drama of the last few years that’s exactly what he needs.’

The women are the power behind the throne: ‘The institution has long been a matriarchal one, regardless of who has the top job. And it is the women who ultimately manage, smooth out and improve relationships when they hit the skids, ‘ one former courtier tells me. ‘The Princess of Wales and the Queen [then Consort] were the architects of the rapprochement between the King and Prince William when their relationship was somewhat rocky a few years ago. The men in this family can be quite hot-headed and stubborn at times. And, unbelievably, given what Prince Harry had to say about her in his book, the Queen [Camilla] was instrumental in bringing Meghan into the family at the beginning and trying to make her feel welcome.’

The keen peacemaker: It was the Princess of Wales who very publicly engineered the first conversation between estranged brothers William and Harry after the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral in 2021, an act of instinctive thoughtfulness and compassion. ‘Exactly,’ says my source. ‘If the King and Harry are ever to be reconciled, let alone the two brothers, it will be by the guiding hand of the female members of the family. And let us not forget that this not just a question of ensuring that everyone gets on at Christmas. It’s about the smooth running of global institution. There’s real pressure on them here.’

Kate & Sophie, the dynamic duo: ‘The Duchess is very bright, switched on and a very safe pair of hands, while the Princess of Wales has more say than anyone gives her credit for about what goes on in that household [Kensington Palace], particularly as far as the media and their children are concerned,’ says another insider. ‘But I think it is only now that people will get to see the real influence they wield.’

Charles isn’t afraid of women: ‘He is very emotionally intelligent and is not frightened of powerful women, although occasionally pretends he is,’ they say with a laugh. ‘He has always liked a diverse set of voices around the table and I am confident that won’t change.’

[From The Daily Mail]

Out of all of the “Angels,” Charles only gives a sh-t about Camilla and Anne. Anne and Cam legitimately advise him and help him and have power behind the scenes (not that Anne wants any power, she just wants to be left alone). Sophie and Kate are expendable and Charles really doesn’t give a f–k, let’s be honest. And this desperation to credit Kate with something is hilarious. No, really, she facilitated a conversation at a funeral! No, really, she does something in Kensington Palace! Too bad Charlie’s Angels (minus Anne) freaked out and behaved with reckless, racist spite the very moment an intelligent, well-spoken, educated American woman married into the family.

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Here are some photos of Taylor Swift at her huge Eras Tour film premiere last night in LA. The big mystery guest – which was hyped during the day, before the premiere – was not Taylor’s footballer boyfriend, Travis Kelce. No, Taylor’s mystery guest was BEYONCE! Beyonce and Taylor dominated the year with their respective tours, both of which are two of the highest-grossing tours of all time. While it would have been a great headline if Travis had come to this premiere, it’s amazing that Beyonce came out to support Taylor.

As for Taylor’s look, she wore a Cinderella-inspired Oscar de la Renta gown. Her styling and the vibe was very “vintage Taylor” – she dressed like this and styled herself like this circa 2009-11. While it’s cheesy, I think it’s kind of cool/funny that Taylor keeps referencing her own style periods as some kind of meta commentary/promotional tool for her Eras tour.

As for Travis, according to TMZ, Taylor plans to be in Kansas City tonight for the Chiefs game. They’re playing the Denver Broncos. So… NFL broadcasters are going to be riding high!

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