Prince Harry plans to mark his first official visit to the United States with a stop at the World Trade Center site. ...more

May 29, 2009

In one week, Michelle Obama sat for a formal White House portrait, dressed in somber, tailored clothes; posed for a snazzy People magazine cover, dressed in a slightly down-market, hot-pink lace outfit that showed plenty of skin; let the national media know that the First Family would be getting its new puppy from a rescue shelter; and had her press office mention casually that "secretaries and policymakers" had been invited for popcorn and movies at the White House. ...more

March 15, 2009

The Red Cross Angels combined a meeting with a visit to the Princess Diana dresses currently on display at Hyde Park Village. ...more

March 11, 2009

The Duchess *** Keira Knightley corsets up again to play Georgiana Spencer, notorious ancestress of the late Princess Diana, in this adaptation of the biography by Amanda Foreman. Georgiana became a fashion plate and celebrity after her unhappy marriage to an older, colder man (the Duke of Devonshire, played by Ralph Fiennes), but comes across as a somewhat tragic figure. ...more

December 26, 2008

This week's new DVD releases. ...more

December 23, 2008

In the case of the late Princess Diana, the woman made the clothes. ...more

November 14, 2008

More than 16 years ago, the Bombshell of the Balkans and I flew to Las Vegas and there, at the Little Chapel of the Bells, we were married by a minister who was something of a cross between an Elvis impersonator-in-training and a poor man's televangelizing Jimmy Swaggart. ...more

October 23, 2008

THE DUCHESS *** The cinched corsets, the mountains of upswept hair, the richly textured, intricately detailed costumes. Sure, "The Duchess" is a lavish exercise in style over substance, but it's a well-crafted, superbly acted one. ...more

October 10, 2008

Line has replicas of antiques from the 500-year-old family estate. ...more

September 10, 2008

Charles, the 9th Earl Spencer, hawks his line of furniture at Livingston Furniture in Tampa. ...more

September 8, 2008