Friday, August 5, 2011
Kate recycles two dresses for Zara Phillips' royal wedding weekend
(CBS) Royal watchers got a sense of deja-vu over the weekend when the Duchess of Cambridge recycled two outfits from her wardrobe for Zara Phillips' wedding celebrations in Scotland.On Friday, Kate arrived to a pre-wedding yacht party wearing a green silk "Maja" dress by Diane Von Furstenberg that she also wore during an event in Los Angeles earlier this month.
The duchess wore the dress when she and Prince William attended a reception at the British Consul-General's residence during their three-day trip to the area.
For Phillips' wedding the next day at Edinburgh's Cannongate Kirk, Kate wore a cream-colored coat dress paired with a matching angled hat and nude heels. She wore the same frock five years ago, to Laura Parker Bowles' wedding in 2006. That time, she topped the outfit with a festive fascinator and chose different heels.
The duchess has recycled outfits before - during her tour of Canada with William, she wore same the cream Reiss dress that she sported for her official engagement portrait last year. On that same trip, while at a reception for young Canadians, she wore a black and white dress wrap dress by Issa decorated with a pattern of birds - the same dress she wore upon arriving to London's Goring Hotel on the eve of her wedding day.
Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall delay honeymoon
(CBS/AP) LONDON - Zara Phillips says her wedding to rugby player Mike Tindall was amazing, but she is disappointed that she and her new husband are too busy to go on their honeymoon.Phillips, Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter and a former equestrian world champion, went back to work on Tuesday to launch a range of children's equestrian clothing.
Zara Phillips to parade Toytown at Gatcombe
Zara Phillips on Toytown winning the European Championship at Blenheim in 2005 ZARA PHILLIPS will officially retire her “horse of a lifetime” Toytown on the final day of The Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park this Sunday.
Eighteen-year-old “Noddy” will be paraded in the main arena at 1.45pm on Sunday, so that his fans can pay tribute to the legendary chestnut horse with the distinctive white flecks that has provided Zara - and British eventing - with so many special moments over the last decade.
Phillips, who married England and Gloucester Rugby star Mike Tindall last Saturday, said: “Toytown is my horse of a lifetime and he has given me more than I could ever have dreamed of.
“It seemed fitting to give him a proper retirement ceremony at home, at Gatcombe Park.”
Noddy will enjoy his retirement hacking out in the Gloucestershire countryside and grazing at home on the Gatcombe estate where “he will be thoroughly spoiled”, according to his rider.
Noddy’s rise to stardom has been well documented. He was spotted as a gangly seven-year-old by Zara’s father, captain Mark Phillips, when his then-owner Meryl Winter was at a pony club instructor’s seminar. He was purchased a few months later.
Phillips and Noddy quickly struck up a relationship and she was crowned British Under-25 Champion at Bramham in 2002.
Twelve months later, the pair headed to Burghley for their first crack at a CCI**** – a competition that unfolded into one of the sport’s greatest ever showdowns.
Phillips and Noddy headed the eventual winners Pippa Funnell and Primmore’s Pride going into the final showjumping phase, but one rail down - in the phase that was unquestionably the only chink in his armour - relegated Noddy to second.
The result did, however, prove that the young combination was a serious force to be reckoned with.
A leg injury ruled Noddy out of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, but he returned with a vengeance in 2005 to win team and individual gold medals at the Blenheim European Championships.
Twelve months later he was part of the British squad for the World Equestrian Games in Aachen, where, once again, he took the individual honours and the team won silver.
Noddy made his final team appearance at the Pratoni European Championships in 2007, where he finished sixth individually and helped Britain secure team gold.
The gelding accumulated 1421 British Eventing points in his illustrious career and, fittingly, completed his last ever event at “Little” Gatcombe in September 2009.
Zara Phillips - Zara Phillips Delays Honeymoon To Launch Clothing Line
Despite the lavish wedding, with guests including Kate Middleton, Prince William and Queen Elizabeth Ii, Zara returned to work just two days later to launch her children's range of equestrian clothing. The 30-year-old said the couple had a busy life and were forced to delay the post-wedding trip, adding, "We're kind of missing the quiet period where we can catch up and have some sleep". Tindall arrived back at England's five-star training camp on Monday lunchtime to begin preparations for his team's upcoming World Cup campaign. The couple's nuptials were considerably more low-key than the royal wedding in April. Phillips, who does not use a royal title, has also decided to keep her maiden name for professional and sponsorship purposes but will be known as Mrs Tindall in private.
A former Bbc Sports Personality of the Year, Zara Phillips is reportedly keen to represent Team GB in the London Olympics 2012.
How we got our first SIMPSONS assignment
DyHrdMET gets us started.
Can you tell the story of how you got to THE SIMPSONS and came up with this story idea?
My partner, David Isaacs and I were friends with Sam Simon and had worked with him on a couple of other shows. When he became the showrunner for THE SIMPSONS he asked if we would write one. At the time they paid much less than a standard live-half hour sitcom. Because they were animated, the studio was able to get away with paying essentially the same as a Saturday morning cartoon. But we were fans of the show, wanted to help Sam out, and my kids were little at the time and Sam promised them jackets and toys. That’s really why we did it – for the swag.
There are a lot of inside jokes and references to the International League in that episode – shamelessly so.
As I recall, the three of us (me, David, and Sam) worked out the story in a morning. I’m here to tell you, the real creative force behind THE SIMPSONS was Sam Simon. The tone, the storytelling, the level of humor – that was all developed on Sam’s watch.
Writing the script was a blast. I remember saying to David that there was so much you could do with these characters that I thought THE SIMPSONS could go five or even six seasons. They’re on what, year 35?
From purplejilly:
How would someone get to be a freelance script writer? For example if someone had a job, kids, and couldn’t afford to leave that job, but just wanted to write scripts on the side? Has that ever happened? Are there any successful freelance scriptwriters for TV?
I wish I could be more encouraging. But there are very few scribes today making a decent living as a freelance television writer. And if they do, chances are they’re veterans and getting these assignments from producers they’ve worked with before.
The WGA contract requires shows to farm out a minimum number of freelance assignments. But generally producers give those out to writers’ assistants or people they know, or in rare cases, young writers who’ve impressed them enough that they want to give ‘em a shot to see what they can do.
When I broke in (just after the Ice Age) there were smaller staffs and most shows had plenty of slots for freelancers. That’s how most writers got their first break – by getting a freelance assignment and delivering the goods. Now writers often get hired on staff based purely on their spec scripts. It’s a gamble that can sometimes backfire. Much less risk giving someone a freelance assignment. The first eight scripts we sold (including MASH) were as freelancers. But again, this was awhile ago. The continent of Atlantis was still on the map.
How you get a freelance assignment? Producers are intrigued by your specs, you have a good agent who talks you to the heavens, or you know the producer in some capacity. It’s hard to do under ideal conditions but almost impossible from long distance. Again, wish I had better news.
And finally, from Paul Eisenbrey:
I have a baseball related question. Specifically, about sportscaster grammar. Every once in a while, just often enough to be disturbing, one of you will say something like "that ball was hit a mile off the bat of Bud Cort", or "That young man has come quite a way at just 24 years of age". "Off the bat of"? "Years of age"? Who talks like that? It's as if Yoda got a gig in the broadcast booth.
Seriously (well, sort of...) is there a book of broadcast grammar that recommends such sentences? Or does stress of having to remember to give a plug every 43.23 seconds cause it? Or is ad-libbing for three and a half hours just very difficult (I couldn't do it, anyway) and sometimes oddball sentences just pop out? Or do you guys have a bet going to see how long you can get away with that sort of grammar before someone complains?
Let me know. In the meantime, it is time for me to make the dinner of Paul.
Grammatically incorrect phrases get repeated so often they just become accepted. Announcers don’t even think of them as oddball. The phrases just evolve.
Back in the '40s and '50s the style was much more formal (Chris Berman would last maybe five seconds) and I suspect phrases like “off the bat of” and “years of age” stem from that era.
Here’s the one that drives me crazy, and to my knowledge, I’m the only one who doesn’t say it. “On the night, Pujols is two-for-three.” It’s not ON the night… it’s FOR the night.” So I always say “For the night”, and for all I know the audience thinks, “That’s just weird. Doesn’t this guy know English?”
What question have you?
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