A choir is singing at the Flight 93 National Memorial as the crowd of some 5,000 listened to a reading of the names of the 40 passengers and crew killed aboard the plane a decade ago.
Family members are at the podium reading the names of the victims.
Flight 93 knifed into a rural Pennsylvania field a decade ago Sunday after some of the passengers overcame the plane’s four hijackers. Their actions helped prevent a likely attack on Washington by plane.
Her royal hotness. Lord of the arse-tocracy. Queen of the booty.
She may be a commoner and not a Duchess like sister Kate, but ever since April, Pippa Middleton has become the style princess of the UK and beyond.
Thanks to a form-fitting Alexander McQueen maid-of-honor gown, Pippa’s captivated couture critics, workout fanatics and plastic surgery lovers alike.
“The latest craze here in the U.S. and across the world is to get the ‘Pippa Butt Lift,’” Miami-based celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Constantino Mendieta said.
Whether women go the surgical route or not, “Once the breasts reigned supreme, now it’s the buttocks that are considered the best asset,” he adds.
The giant badonkadonk is also out.
While it was once trendy to boost a booty to mimic Kim Kardashian, “booty calls” for those two have been bumped for something Pippa-esque.
“The buttocks has been an increasing and escalating interest over the last 4-5 years, but the iconic figure was Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian.”
“Both have tremendous curves and large buttocks. While lots of people love their overall shape, many felt those derrieres were just a bit too big.”
“But ever since the royal wedding, Pippa Middleton has become the new queen of the booty! She opens the doors to those who did not know you could have this small, shapely and perky backside without the large size.”
There are also entire websites and blogs now dedicated to the younger Middleton’s posterior, not to mention appreciation pages on Facebook.
Photographer Alison Jackson told the Daily Mail that she is working to create a Web series called, “How To Create The Perfect Pippa Bottom.”
On the fitness front, Pippa’s Pilates instructor Margot Campbell has inked a book deal to detail just how one shapes up like her famous client.
But it’s not just Middleton’s bottom half that has folks talking.
“I am definitely seeing a rise in Pippa-like features,” Constantino said. “People want their clothes and body to look sexy, elegant and petite overall.”
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In addition to the week’s So You Think You Can Dance results, viewers were treated to a performance by the Mother Monster herself last night.
Having served as a guest judge the previous night, the hardest working woman in Hollywood taped an elaborate segment that aired Thursday.
Here’s Lady Gaga doing “The Edge of Glory” and “You and I” …
Lady Gaga – The Edge Of Glory (Live on SYTYCD)
NBC is firing back at reports that it is involved in a major bidding war for Casey Anthony – and leading the pack no less – denying that it ever offered money.
An NBC rep says:
“NBC News has not and will not be in a bidding war for a Casey Anthony interview. No money has or will be offered, no licensing or other arrangements.”
“If we were to conduct an interview it would be under our standards.”
The network doesn’t deny interest in landing a sit-down with Anthony. In fact, the rep confirms NBC paid for Jose Baez‘s hotel in NYC last week.
Baez, Casey’s attorney, was believed to be holed up and negotiating for interviews on her behalf, and talking about a “big price tag” for them.
Sources connected with ABC insist there was indeed a bidding war between all three major networks for Anthony, and even Anthony’s parents.
While networks don’t pay for interviews, technically, they frequently get around this by licensing photos and videos – such as this alleged one Casey Anthony drinking – at whatever price they want, effectively the exact same thing.
Ian Somerhalder is so much more than a pretty face.
While the actor is accustomed to making female viewers scream on The Vampire Diaries, he went to D.C. this week with the goal of making Congress listen. The founder of The IS Foundation – which aims to “positively impact the planet and its creatures” – Somerhalder testified before lawmakers on behalf of the Multinational Species Coalition.
Ian Somerhalder Speaks to Congress
“Wildlife and environmental conservation has always been not just a passion, but a priority of mine,” he said, hoping to raise funds for organizations that include the World Wildlife Fund, the Sierra Club and the National Audubon Society.
A native of Louisiana, Somerhalder has worked tirelessly to clean up disasters in that area such as the April 2010 BP oil spill.
But he cast an even wider net in this appearance, referencing African elephants, marine turtles, tigers, gorillas and chimpanzees and saying:
“Due to instability or indifference in the areas that many of these species call home, for most of them we are the first, last, and only hope for survival. As the ones with the power to make a difference, the responsibility rests with us. It is imperative that we live up to it.
“On behalf of the Ian Somerhalder Foundation and the Alliance for Global Conservation, I urge the Subcommittee to mark-up H.R. 50 and move to reauthorize this important piece of legislation.”
John Skelton, father of three boys missing from Morenci, Mich., since last year, pleaded no contest Thursday to unlawful imprisonment, according to reports.
The surprise plea deal in Lenawee County Circuit court meant other charges were dropped against Skelton, including kidnapping and parental kidnapping.
Skelton could get 15 years at his sentencing, scheduled for Sept. 15. As for what happened to his kids, some new disheartening details have emerged.
Eerily reminiscent of the Casey Anthony case, Circuit Judge Margaret M.S. Noe read aloud from police reports stating that a week before the disappearance, Skelton searched online for information on how to break a neck.
Noe said Skelton said, “The children will hibernate until they graduate.”
The boys – Andrew, 9; Alexander, 7, and Tanner, 5 – were last seen on Thanksgiving at their father’s home. After the boys went missing, Skelton tried to hang himself. The boys’ mother has said she believes they’re alive.
Skelton has given different versions of his story, which generally states that he gave the boys to someone to keep them from their mother.
But after several fruitless searches, police have given steadily greater indications that they believe the boys are dead, according to reports.
In February, Morenci Police Chief Larry Weeks announced they had reclassified the missing person’s case as a homicide investigation.
Jennifer Aniston knows a thing about celebrity hairstyles.
The woman who popularized The Rachel was asked, while promoting Horrible Bosses in London, to weigh in on a rumor that Prince William is being encouraged by some to get a cosmetic procedure atop his dome.
We’re talking about a hair transplant.
Jennifer Aniston was quick to advise against this – not that he would anyway, in all likelihood – saying William is perfectly handsome the way he is.
“I think he should just let whatever’s happening happen. Don’t you?” Aniston said on Britain’s Capital FM radio. “Well, now if we see him with a hair transplant, then we’re going to be like, ‘Oh, he had a hair transplant.’”
“I think there’s nothing wrong with it, like Ed Harris. Gorgeous.”
We agree, and imagine Kate Middleton does as well.
