Ever since it was announced that Prince Harry was dating Meghan Markle, he has slowly been hinting that he was going to go his separate way from the Royal Family. This has been especially obvious since his son, Archie, was born in March. Today, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex made it official.
After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution. We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen.
It is with your encouragement, particularly over the last few years, that we feel prepared to make this adjustment.
We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honour our duty to The Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages.
This geographic balance will enable us to raise our son with an appreciation for the royal tradition into which he was born, while also providing our family with the space to focus on the next chapter, including the launch of our new charitable entity.
We look forward to sharing the full details of this exciting next step in due course, as we continue to collaborate with Her Majesty The Queen, The Prince of Wales, The Duke of Cambridge and all relevant parties. Until then, please accept our deepest thanks for your continued support.” – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex
What is the point of becoming a princess if you are going to walk away from it all? Actually, Princess Diana would be very proud of her son. I think this is what she would have wanted her for both of her boys. If she had lived long enough to raise them. Which is probably why Prince Harry wants to live as just Harry.
Does this mean Markle can start acting again? They are going to need money to live and that is the only job she knows.
UPDATE: Several Royal Reporters, including ITV’s Chris Ship, are reporting that neither the Queen of England nor Prince Charles knew that Harry was going to release his statement today. Therefore, Queen Elizabeth’s people responded by saying, “Discussions with The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are at an early stage. We understand their desire to take a different approach, but these are complicated issues that will take time to work through.”
I love Mel Brooks. I love Young Frankenstein. However, no one loved the Broadway musical Young Frankenstein. That is why it closed on so quickly on the Great White Way. It was considered a joke. Yet, for some reason, ABC thinks we want to see it live on our TV screens in the fall around Halloween. What are they thinking?
As the word, we say after you hear “Frau Blücher,” “Neigh!”
I don’t care if the revised version got positive reviews on The West End, there are hundreds of other musicals they can do first. If they are going to work with Mel Brooks, why not do The Producers with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick? What else are they doing now?
Are you going to watch it? I will, but don’t tell anyone!
Katie Holmes returns to horror on February 21st in Brahms: The Boy II. The latest killer doll movie is described as “Unaware of the terrifying history of Heelshire Mansion, a young family moves into a guest house on the estate where their young son soon makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily life-like doll he calls Brahms.”
After a while, all of these films seem the same but with a different doll. I keep hoping they will be different, but they are not. Maybe Brahms will change it up. We will find out next month.
We know that Modern Family and How to Get Away with Murder are ending this season, and now we know when they will be saying goodbye.
The sitcom, who helped remind networks that we still need them, will end its run on Apil 8th. Then a week later, American Housewife will take over its slot. About time ABC realized what a gem they have with this show.
In order to remind Modern Family fans about Housewife, it will take over its old time slot, which is occupied by Single Parents (not liking this news), starting on March 18th before moving to 9p the following month. Shark Tank is moving back to Fridays starting on February 28th.
What about HTGAWM? It returns with new episodes starting on April 2nd and will get murdered on May 14th.
Finally, The Conners will go live February 11th on both coasts (take that other networks who do live shows). What happens that night? The New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary. Results will be shared live during the episode. ABC describes that special as “Mark (Ames McNamara) watching the results of the primary for a school report with Harris (Emma Kenney), who is apathetic to the electoral process and believes money’s influence in politics means real change is impossible. The rest of the Conners share their differing takes on why they all think everyone should vote, including their working-class perspective that you may have to vote for a candidate you don’t love but one that will ‘screw you the least.’ All of this happens against the backdrop of romance when Louise (guest star Katey Sagal) gets an opportunity that might send her away from Lanford, prompting the family to interfere in Dan’s (John Goodman) complicated relationship with her by throwing Louise a surprise going-away party, creating major new tensions between Dan and his daughters.”
Got it all? If not, your DVR will!
UPDATE: ABC made more announcements today. The Oscars will once again go hostless. Former Oscar host, Jimmy Kimmel, will host 8 episodes of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire starting on April 8th. That is not the only game show coming to ABC. Later this year, we will see Leslie Jones hosting Supermarket Sweep. Finally, they are shooting a pilot with the original cast of thirtysomething for a sequel to the show that is about their kids. It will be interesting to see if it gets picked up to series.
https://youtu.be/Gkjjpc_8YgA
Even though the Burger King is creepier than Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker, that didn’t stop the fast food restaurant from using the villain to taunt McDonald’s.
One of the most famous scenes from the movie is when Joker dances on the stairs. Those stairs are in The Bronx and BK is rewarding people from the borough for dealing with all of the tourists checking it out. If you are there and use Uber Eats, then you can get a free Whopper. If you live elsewhere, then the Joker is on you.
Which really pisses me off. I just spent a month there, and I would have loved one. But now I am back on the other coast, and I have to pay for one. Well, in honor of that, guess who is going to McD’s today? You don’t mess with a girl from Da Bronx because we get revenge.
Clowns can be annoying, but at least they are loyal to their fans. BK can learn from that,
