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Royal Wedding Trivia: How much does a royal wedding cost to insure?

Royal Wedding Trivia!

How much does a royal wedding cost to insure in the UK?

[Apr. 28]

Prince William and Kate Middleton getting married is one of the biggest media stories since the tragic marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. Scores of journalist from around the globe are lining the streets of London at this hour looking for a unique story angle to tell. As far as royal wedding trivia goes, most of the bio stories are about Kate Middleton and her family. As far as weddings go, they are not the cheapest occasion and can cost a fortune for even the thriftiest of couples. While in the United States it is a custom for the family of the bride to foot the bill for the wedding, in the UK — at least for Prince William — it will be his family paying the larger share of the wedding bill.

Why?

Because the royal wedding will have a viewing gallery of millions as cameras from all corners of the globe converge on Westminster Abbey, London, on April 29th, 2011 — and security alone will be an enormous bill to pay. However, when it comes to planning events of such a great magnitude as a wedding — royal or otherwise — sometimes it pays to spend a few extra dollars to protect the day.

The Royal Family are not known for their austerity measures, so their need for insurance could save them from a disaster in front of the world’s prying eyes. That is where an insurance agent quote can come in handy — and why we here at GCN have welcomed a special guest post from Autonet Insurance to help us quote some fast fact and historical trivia about the cost to insure a royal wedding in the UK.

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DWTS Karina Smirnoff fell, claims Ralph Macchio jinxed by Tom Bergeron?

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DWTS Karina Smirnoff fell, claims Ralph Macchio jinxed by Tom Bergeron?

[Apr. 26]

Karina Smirnoff and Karate Kid actor Ralph Macchio had an upset last night on Dancing with the Stars. Karina apparently tripped over Ralph’s coat during their Paso Doble routine to the tune of C & C Music Factory’s Everybody Dance Now (remember that one from the 80s?). They still earned a respectable score from the judges — 24 out of 30, but it still was low enough to put them in second to last place.

This of course is following Kirstie Alley’s wardrobe malfunction, when her shoe fell off, and another fall when Maksim Chmerkovskiy took partner Kirstie Alley down with him when his hip gave out. And we thought this was Spring, not Fall.

Karina Smirnoff helped sum it up for People:

While they earned a respectable 24 out of 30 points, tripping over Macchio’s coat “was disappointing, because it was such an awesome routine and Ralph was doing such an awesome job,” a dejected Smirnoff said backstage. “I think the floor is jinxed.”

And Kirstie Alley tells People:

“I think Tom Bergeron is the one making everyone fall,” Alley jokes, noting that the spot where so many have gone down is precisely where Dancing’s beloved host stands for most of the show. “If you look closely I think you will probably see the shenanigans he’s up to when we’re not on the dance floor. Always go for the nice guy. Always.”

Whatever the case, Karina Smirnoff and Ralph Macchio have been holding on tight, staying well up in the top contenders on Dancing with the Stars this season, so it will be interesting to see if this fall will put them out of the running, or if they’ll be able to hold on for another episode.

Karina Smirnoff is looking for your love and your votes. She went to Twitter: “Thank u all so much for ur kind words and support! It means a world to us! And thank u for believing in us! Love u.”

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Celebrity Divorce: Olivia Wilde house no longer her celebrity home?

Celebrity Divorce!

Soon to be single actress and swimsuit model Olivia Wilde moves out of marital home in Venice, California?

[Apr. 26]

Television stars and movie stars often keep celebrity homes in California where they can live and work. But what happens when celebrity couples who live together out west in Tinseltown divorce? Eventually, they move out of course.

House actress Olivia Wilde has allegedly been playing house with her husband even though she filed for divorce back on March 11 of 2011. The Tron movie starlet and gorgeous model (who is as much brains as hot bod health and fitness icon) needed a place to stay and Venice, California was the place she called home with husband Tai Ruspoli — until now.

The website RumorFix claims, “the brunette beauty, who is divorcing husband Tao Ruspoli for irreconcilable differences, has moved out of their Venice, California home.”

Olivia Wilde, the actress who plays the bisexual character Thirteen on House was married for eight years and the couple did not seem to have any big drama in the press to show theirs was anything other than a happy home. The celebrity gossip website that verifies truth and rumor reports in entertainment journals reports the “hot in Hollywood” actress has moved completely across town and now is living in the trendy, up and coming Silverlake area.

We bet the swimsuit model is increasing the property values there for sure. Wonder if her new place has a pool?

The more important question is, however, why she and Tao elected to file for divorce.

To date, neither side has voiced any real explanation of how or why love went wrong for the pair — but inside sources speculate that as Olivia Wilde became more wild in her photo shoots and also made her on screen debut in Tron, the 3D picture sequel with actor Jeff Bridges, that it became clear the actress had outgrown her marriage — and he, underwhelming compared to her despite his own fame — may have grown increasingly jealous.

Such is the way of too many Hollywood marriages.

We wish the celebrity couple well as they learn to live life as single people — a task that is always challenging at best, if not downright difficult.

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Dancing With The Stars: American Idol Pia Toscano best singer on DWTS?

Dancing With The Stars!

Pia Toscano from American Idol the best guest singer ever?

[Apr. 26]

I will stand by you. That’s the song singer Pia Toscano knocked out of the ballpark during her live guest appearance on DWTS Tuesday April 26th, 2011. Tom asked the big question, “How the hell did you get voted off?” The new celebrity singer was ousted from American Idol in a freak vote, astonishing judges and fans. Proving her meddle on her live song, the gorgeous girl proved she already is a star celeb of note whose career people will want to follow from now on. Was her song the best on the ABC dance competition? Let’s put it this way… while the other celebrity guests singing were New Kids On The Block and Backstreet Boys — who were great individually and combined into the boy power band NKOTBSB — she truly was the one who rocked the house.

Pia Toscano is rumored to be dating professional dancer Mark Ballas, the outstanding choreographer who will sure take his dance partner Disney starlet Chelsea Kane to the finals. He has finally come into his own during the 2011 season as his best friend Derek Hough elected to sit this season out. The two are always vying for top spots, but Derek — the golden boy with a big smile and pretty blonde hair — has always managed to get the better celebrity dance partner. That is, up until now.

Chelsea Kane is as lovable as a golden girl as Derek was fun to watch, and she meets and exceeds every dance move challenge sweetie Mark Ballas dreams up. Fans are a bit disappointed to hear that the celebrity teen is not dating young Mark; they are happy to see Mark is dating the lovely brunette Pia Toscano on the other hand.

On the episode where wrestler Chris Jherico got voted off, while surprise dancer Kendra Wilkinson stayed on thanks to her risqué Rumba April 25th, the star of the night was Pia Toscano.

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Celebrity Kids: Youngest Kardashian sisters look like star celebs twins?

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Youngest Kardashian sisters look like star celebs twins?

[Apr. 26]

Do all the Kardashian sisters look the same? You betcha we say in our best Sarah Palin – Tina Fey impersonation voice! And the word on the street for that in Hollywood is HOT!

Last week, the two littlest Kardashian sisters showed up at the El Capitan looking like twins for the premiere of Prom by Disney pictures, reports PopEater. Kendall and Kylie (who would have thought their names would start with K?) were sporting slightly different cuts of dress, but with similar styles and in the same shade of blue. Of course, both sport the same long, dark locks that are practically synonymous with being a Kardashian.

So with all this Kardashian sisters goodness floating around carpets and red cameras, can we finally expect that Kim Kardashian and company will put the whole family together in a Kardashian film? It sounds like a great idea for the girls, but big sister Kim Kardashian says there’s nothing in the works.

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Green Celebrity Death: Who was Tim Hetherington, the dead Oscar nominee?

Green Celebrity Death!

Who was Tim Hetherington, the Oscar nominee killed in Lybia in 2011?

[Apr. 24]

Tim Hetherington was born in Liverpool, UK, on December 5, 1970. He originally studied literature at Oxford University, but he went back to school to get a degree in photojournalism. He had been living in New York, and had been sharing his time there with time in London. He maintained dual citizenship. He contributed regularly to Vanity Fair magazine, for which much of his photojournalism work in Afghanistan was done.

Over the course of his career, Tim Hetherington, a green celebrity player behind the camera, became active in humanitarian circles, using his skills with still frame photography and video camera equipment to capture the social and political impact that war had on regions abroad, including Afghanistan, Liberia, and most recently in Libya, where he was killed by shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade, fired by Qaddafi forces.

Tim Hetherington was best known for his work on Restrepo (2010), a documentary film covering a year with a platoon in one of the most dangerous areas in Afghanistan. Hetherington was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary this past January, but lost to Exit Through the Gift Shop with the notoriously world-renowned street artist, Banksy.

However, Tim Hetherington was the recipient of many awards, according to his website, prior to the hit Restrepo. He was a cameraman for Liberia: An Uncivil War (2004) and for The Devil Came on Horseback (2007). He also wrote two books — Long Story Bit by Bit: Liberia Retold, capturing the history of present-day Liberia, and Infidel (2010) about the soldiers in Aghanistan, studying the effects on conflict on the young men at the front. His most recent project, a short film called Diary he called highly experimental and it currently is being shown at multiple film festivals.

While this green celebrity author, photojournalist, and filmmaker was not beholden to one side or the other, he did work hard as a humanitarian to expose the effects of war and conflict on societies and individuals alike, and he has received numerous awards for his efforts. He had a Fellowship from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts from 2000 to 2004. He received a grant from the Hasselblad Foundation for photography in 2002. He received four awards from World Press Photo, which aims to promote excellence in photojournalism. Ultimately he won Photo of the Year from World Press Photo in 2007. From the Rory Peck Trust, named after an Irish freelance cameraman killed in Russia while covering the constitutional crisis there, Tim Hetherington won the Rory Peck Features (rather than shorts) award in 2008. And he won an Alfred I. Dupont award, recognizing excellence in broadcast journalism, in 2009.