Tradition states that once one becomes a member of the royal family, they will spend the holiday with only members of the royal family. This means that Kate will not get to spend the holiday with her mom, dad, brother, or sister. She will actually be quite far from her family at the Queen’s Sandringham Manor in Norfolk, England. It will not be a relaxing holiday for her either. While there she will have to follow strict rules and likely have to change outfits up to five times a day for the formal events she will be required to attend. These events include formal meals, cocktail hours, church services, and gift exchanges. It is expected that all eyes will be on her since she is the newest member of the royal family. She will also have to decide a suitable gift for the Queen for Christmas which has to be stressful enough!

When VH1 introduced its I Love the 80s and I Love the 90s mini-series, few expected them to gain as much popularity as they did. Both shows are based on short BBC series of the same name. The series explore their respective decades and offer short interviews with celebrities and other guests about the popular culture of the time. These shows frequently appear in syndication on VH1, which is available through most TV service providers, including Direct TV.

VH1 first introduced I Love the 80s in December of 2002. The series included ten episodes aired over four days. Each episode explored a year from the decade and popular topics from that year. While the episodes varied in their guest appearances and topics, there were some recurring hosts and segments. For instance, every episode included the same celebrity presenting lists of top events and celebrity facts from that year. Each episode also featured a Public Service Announcement and a clip from a popular music video from that year. The show has become so popular largely due to its varied perspectives and wide scope. Each episode discusses not only pop cultural topics but also politics, news stories, and fashion of the era.

Following the popularity of the first series, the network aired I Love the 90s in July of 2004. The series also aired over a four day span. The format was similar to that of its predecessor, with ten episodes exploring each year. This sister series also featured recurring segments, though they varied in theme and subject matter. They included more technologically-based segments, such as email responses with the “Snapple Lady.” While these episodes also focused largely on pop culture trends and incidents, interviewees also discussed crime, society, and advancements of the era. A “Part Deux” of the second series premiered in early 2005 featuring more topics related to the 90s. While it was released to relative popularity, it has not been quite as successful as the first two series.

What is it about these shows that prompts such interest? They are rife with nostalgia, and the current generations of twenty and thirty somethings all can relate. These clips bring them back to their childhood, when they were steeped heavily in the televised, broadcasted culture. The events, songs, and personalities of the past unify our experience. A unification now so lacking in our technological, atomized world. These shows remind us of a sentimental and simpler time, which may only exist in retrospect. The effect of VH1′s efforts may be slightly more profound than might be implied by such a ridiculously shallow commentary show.

British heiress Petra Eccleston married James Stunt in a wedding costing over million. She recently purchased the house of Candy Spelling in California for 85 million, and that is just one of her residences. Her father is the President and CEO of Formula racing, he is a Billionaire! Congrats to the happy couple!

Former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver have split after 25 years of marriage. They have four children together. The couple released a statement Monday night saying “This has been a time of great personal and professional transition for each of us. After a great deal of thought, reflection, discussion and prayer, we came to this decision together. At this time, we are living apart while we work on the future of our relationship. We are continuing to parent our four children together. They are the light and the center of both of our lives. We consider this a private matter and neither we nor any of our friends or family will have further comment. We ask for compassion and respect from the media and the public.”

Pink Taco restaurant in Century City California made a very poor decision that has sparked outrage. The restaurant chose to advertise their Cinco
de Mayo party by painting a real life donkey pink named “Pinky” after they shaved him. They also wrote in black the name of their restaurant. Animal rights activist and many celebrities took the internet and twitter to voice their outrage. The donkey was tied to a post and had to stand in the 90 degree heat for hours. Pink Taco has not released any kind of apology.

President Barack Obama announced Sunday evening that Osama Bin Laden is dead. Bin Laden 54, the mastermind of the Al Qaeda terrorist network that is responsible for the attack on America on September 11.. He was killed in Abbottabad, Pakistan as a result of a U.S. military operation. Bin Laden used his families wealth to fund his terrorist activities. He has been on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitives List since 1999. In Obama’s address to the nation he said “No Americans were harmed” and “Justice has been done.” This September will mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attack. The U.S. has the body of Osama Bin Laden and DNA tests prove it is him.

Prince William married Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey today, Friday April 29, 2011. Worldwide about 2 billion people watched the couple become husband and wife. Prince William wore a scarlet tunic of an Irish Guards officer and Kate wore a dress designed by Sarah Burton of the Alexander McQueen fashion house. The wedding dress was a stunning ivory and satin lacey gown which had a plunging neckline. Kate’s wedding shoes were hand-embroidered with lace at the Royal School of Needlework in Surrey, UK. Her tiara was loaned to her by the Queen and was Cartier, and her Robinson Pelham earrings were bought for her by her parents. After the wedding the couple appeared on the balcony at Buckingham Palace to give the watching crowd the obligatory kiss. The initial kiss was a quick peck on the lips. The crowd chanted “Kiss Her Again!” so the young royals gave them exactly what they wanted. Queen Elizabeth II then hosted a private luncheon for William and Kate with 650 guests which lasted about two hours. The happy couple then left Buckingham Palace in a Aston Martin convertible with the license plate “Ju5t Wed.” The car is owned by Prince William’s father. The couple will now be known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge following their marriage, the Royal family announced this shortly before the wedding.

Journalist Katie Couric 54, is stepping down from her anchor position at CBS Evening News. She made the official announcement today and in a statement said to PEOPLE exclusively “I have decided to step down from the CBS Evening News. I’m really proud of the talented team on the CBS Evening News and the award-winning work we’ve been able to do in the past five years in addition to the reporting I’ve done for 60 Minutes and CBS Sunday Morning. In making the decision to move on, I know the Evening News will be in great hands, but I am excited about the future.” When asked what Katie’s future plans are she said “I am looking at a format that will allow me to engage in more multi-dimensional storytelling,” she says, adding that other details, including when and where the show will air, are “still being discussed.” Along with her new career path Couric has a book coming out called The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives. Wish her all the best in her new endeavor!

Heidi Montag, best known for her reality role in MTV’s show The Hills will be returning to reality tv in a new show called Famous Food. Starring alongside her will be other reality television rejects Jake Pavelka and Danielle Staub, along with Vincent Pastore from “The Sopranos” and DJ Paul and Juicy “J” from the rap group Three 6 Mafia. The show will follow the characters as they open a restaurant in Los Angeles. Their duties will include, renovating a space for the restaurant, agreeing on a concept, creating a menu, hiring the staff, and then hosting the grand opening. The show will debut in the fall on Vh1 and will consist of 10 1 hour episodes. The show is sure to have a lot of drama with these stars as the cast! Will you watch?

Lindsay Lohan, 24 was sentenced today to 120 days in jail and 480 hours of community service because of a probation violation. Lohan allegedly shoplifted a $2,500 necklace from a Venice, California, jewelry store on January 22. She was facing felony charges but instead charged with a misdemeanor. Lohan will do her community service at a women’s center in downtown Los Angeles. Her bail as been set at $75,000 and it is likely that she will be bailed out within the next couple of hours.

Star of the the hit MTV show Teen Mom 2, a show that chronicles the hardships faced by teen moms, is divorcing her husband of just six months. Leah who was first featured on MTV’s 16 and Pregnant, gave birth to twin daughters Aliannah and Alleah on December 16, 2009. Alleah was born with several disabilities and her parents have discussed the challenges on the show. Leah and her husband Cory Simms wed on October 17, 2010 in Charleston on the season finale of Teen Mom 2. At the time Leah was quoted as saying “Marriage to me is a big commitment. If I took that vow it is going to be forever.” Looks like forever has ended, friend close to the couple say that money problems and infidelity. The cameras were following her as she cried over signing her divorce documents, and it is going to be a big focus of the show’s next season. The show been a big hit for MTV but has also stirred up a lot of controversy. Many believe that it glorifies teen pregnancy.

Nicholas Cage was arrested early Saturday morning in New Orleans when an argument broke out between him and his wife Alice Kim. Cage and his wife were arguing over the address of one of their rental properties. They were standing in front of the property that Cage didn’t think was their and that is when he grabbed his wife’s arm. He was reportedly “very drunk” and a cab driver called police when he witnessed the argument. The cab driver said “Nicholas is one of our best clients and normally such a gentleman. He is a big tipper and always very kind.” At some point Cage actually dared the cops to arrest him and so they did. Cage’s bail has been set at $11,000.

Charlie Sheen’s soon to be ex wife Brooke Mueller has relapsed and was spotted purchasing cocaine in a gang infested neighborhood in Inglewood California. It is believed that she paid $150 for and 8 ball of crack cocaine. That Thursday morning Mueller was supposed to show up to a mandatory drug test. She is currently involved in a custody battle with Charlie Sheen over the couples two year old twin sons. She was apparently calling friends and asking them for their urine so she could use it to pass the test because she had been using again. Thursday afternoon she was seen at a pawn shop trying to hock an expensive watch. A source close to Mueller said that “Brooke is having a full fledged crack relapse.” The source also said that “Her lawyer has been trying to reach her to no avail. Brooke has 3-4 friends that are big-time party animals, and they came over to her Los Feliz mansion, picked her up, and she hasn’t been seen since.” Brooke’s mother has been taking care of the two boys since Tuesday. And what was Charlie’s response when he heard that Brooke was at a pawn shop trying to get money for drugs? It was “Don’t pick a fight with a warlock…’cause your gonna lose.”

Elizabeth Taylor died of congestive heart failure Wednesday March 23, 2011 at the age of 79. She was most commonly referred to as Liz and began her career as a child star. She was known for her acting talent, beauty, glamour, and her strikingly beautiful violet eyes. Unlike many child stars Liz made an easy transition into adult roles. Taylor won two academy awards for Best Actress for her performances in BUtterfield 8 in 1960, and for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1966. She also won an award in 1992 for her work fighting against AIDS. On May 16, 2000 at Buckingham Palace she was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II. Taylor was married eight times throughout her life to seven husbands. They were Conrad “Nicky” Hilton (May 6, 1950 – January 29, 1951) an unhappy marriage that ended in divorce after nine months, Michael Wilding (February 21, 1952 – January 26, 1957) he was 20 years older than Liz, Michael Todd (February 2, 1957 – March 22, 1958) marriage ended as a result of Todd’s death not divorce, Eddie Fisher (May 12, 1959 – March 6, 1964) Eddie was Todd’s best friend and he consoled her after Todd’s death, Richard Burton (March 15, 1964 – June 26, 1974) sixteen months after they divorced they remarried from (October 10, 1975 – July 29, 1976), John Warner (December 4, 1976 – November 7, 1982) Warner was a U.S. Senator from Virginia, Taylor was unhappy in Washington and became depressed, and Larry Fortensky (October 6, 1991 – October 31, 1996) they met while Taylor was at the Betty Ford Clinic and were married and Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch. When Taylor was asked why she married so much she replied “I don’t know, honey. It sure beats the hell out of me.” Micheal Jackson and Liz Taylor had a very close friendship. She was a vocal supporter of Jackson when he went to trial in 2005 on charges of sexually abusing a child. She encouraged him to wear a Kabbalah red string as protection from the “evil eye” during the trial. Jackson was eventually cleared of all charges. Taylor had many health problems throughout her lifetime. She had received treatment for alcoholism and drug addiction and also broke her back five times, had both of her hips replaced, survived a benign brain tumor and skin cancer. She also had a life threatening encounter with pneumonia twice. Towards the end of her life she was reclusive and failed to make public appearances because of illness or other reasons. She was admitted into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for treatment related to congestive heart failure, a progressive condition in which the heart is too weak to pump sufficient blood throughout the body. She remained in the hospital until her death. She is survived by her four children, ten grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Taylor is be buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California the same place Michael Jackson is buried. She will be entombed in the Great Mausoleum.

CBS first halted the production of Two and a Half Men, which starred Charlie Sheen. Now the show has official fired him! Sheen decided to grant interviews in the past week to let the show know how he felt about production being halted. Sheen has been in the hospital numerous times now for an alleged overdose on cocaine, the reason Two and a Half Men halted production. The show’s producers wanted Sheen to go to a rehab facility but he said he would do his rehab at his home. Here are some of his crazy recent quotes:

1. When Asked If He Would Ever Touch Drugs Again
   “I will not believe that if I do something then I have to follow a certain path because it was written for normal people, people who aren’t special, people who don’t have tiger and Adonis DNA.”
2. Addressing Rumors That He May Be Bipolar
   “I’m bi-winning. I win here and I win there. Now what? If I’m bipolar, aren’t there moments where a guy like crashes in the corner like, ‘Oh my God, it’s all my mom’s fault!’ Shut up! Stop! Move forward!
3. On His Plans To Sue The Show For Stopping Production
   “They’re trying to destroy my family, so I take great umbrage with that. And defeat is not an option. They picked a fight with a warlock.”
4. Why He Deserves a $3 Million Paycheck for Two and a Half Men
   “I’m tired of pretending I’m not special. I’m tired of pretending I’m not a total bitchin’ rock star from Mars. People can’t figure me out. They can’t process me. I don’t expect them to. You can’t process me with a normal brain.”
5. On Being A “Winner”
   “I’m sorry, man, but I’ve got magic. I’ve got poetry in my fingertips. Most of the time — and this includes naps — I’m an F-18, bro. And I will destroy you in the air. I will deploy my ordinance to the ground.”
6. On His Substance Abuse Issues
   “I am on a drug. It’s called Charlie Sheen. It’s not available because if you try it once you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body. It’s too much.”
7. On Comments Made By Two and a Half Men Creator Chuck Lorre
   “I fire back once and this contaminated little maggot can’t handle my power and can’t handle the truth. I wish him nothing but pain in his silly travels especially if they wind up in my octagon. Clearly I have defeated this earthworm with my words — imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists.”
8. On His Wife Brooke Muller’s Restraining Order
   “Great. I was already planning on staying 100 parsecs away from her.” (A parsec is a unit of length equalling 3.26 light-years.)
9. On His Porn Star Girlfriends The Goddesses
   “Let me say this about the Goddesses, I don’t think the term is good enough, but when you’re bound by these terrestrial descriptions, you must use the best term available. So if you think about it, dude, I’m 0-for-3 in marriage, but like in baseball, the scoreboard doesn’t lie. Never has. So what we all have is a marriage of the hearts. And to sully, contaminate, or radically disrespect this unit with a shameful contract is something I’ll leave to the amateurs and bible grippers.”
10. On the Possibility of Relapsing
    “No. Not going to. Period. The end. I blinked and I cured my brain. Can’t is the cancer of happen.”