Royal News BlogThe blog Lights, Camera… History! shares some video from the TV mini-series adaptation of Ken Follett’s historical novel The Pillars of the Earth, about the drama surrounding the building of a medieval cathedral.
Here’s my brief review of the book (which I liked).
Madonna casts Natalie Dormer to portray the ‘game-playing’ Queen Mother
Below, left: Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who later became Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Right: Actress Natalie Dormer. Photos provided by PicApp
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The new trailer for “Tangled,” Disney’s animated movie based on the Rapunzel story, doesn’t seem to be impressing many people:
Disney releases TANGLED trailer, depressing us all
Tangled will not be the savior of animation
Teaser trailer for Tangled lets its hair down
Are you looking forward to this movie? My view: I don’t enjoy CGI animation (all the movies look the same to me), and I’m really tired of smart-alecky humor in children’s movies. I don’t think it’s good for kids to never see a straight version of anything. AND I think Disney desperately needs to get away from its cliched formulas (the princess has a lizard friend? Oh, very original).
All that said, I have to admit it: This trailer made me smile. Maybe the movie won’t be so bad.
Contrary to what’s said in this report, it’s not necessarily true that the real Cleopatra was a great beauty. Here’s a picture of her.
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Image source: Wikimedia Commons
More depictions and descriptions of Cleopatra can be found here.
The new Robin Hood movie is being released, and I’m sorry to say that it doesn’t sound anything like the movie that was originally planned:
“Robin Hood” drops tights in new extreme makeover
At least it has Cate Blanchett in it.
…And in other news, “Robin Hood” star Russell Crowe likes Prince Andrew.
Tea at Trianon‘s Elena Maria Vidal has good things to say about “The Young Victoria” in her review.
The Young Victoria (which was produced by Sarah, Duchess of York, among others) is now available on DVD.
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