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Little Britain is a hilarious sketch comedy show about the "idiosyncrasies" of the English. I've never seen it before, but CasaSugar sent me this insane compilation of clips featuring a character named Anne, who appears to be a very tall man-woman in a house-dress and fetching pink cardigan sweater. Anne has some mysterious disorder which causes her to cluck like a peeved chicken (ehn ehn Read more
Watch this "Little Britain" clip and try to imagine it on mainstream American television. In the first part of the clip, a woman meets her boyfriend's parents only to find out this dude has some major mommie issues. Warning: This is not for the faint of heart. Masterpiece Theatre this ain't! (Thanks, uberfrau--now I'm scarred for life!) Read more
Like Kate's new look? Lucky for us this is not her latest trend for us all to get suckered into. She's just putting on an act - literally. While Pete has supposedly checked back into rehab, Kate's been keeping her mind off of him by adding "actor" to her already expanding repertoire. Recently she took to the stage to perform as a delinquent teenage mother on the popular English sketch show, Read more
Sixty years ago today, Queen Elizabeth II started her reign. Each year, the queen quietly marks Accession Day, since it is the anniversary of the death of her father, King George VI, but today, the queen also made note of the celebrations that will come later this year: "I hope also that this Jubilee year will be a time to give thanks for the great advances that have been made since 1952 and to Read more
We're excited to present this story from our friends at Allure: Fans of the PBS blockbuster Downton Abbey don't need us to tell them that season two has arrived, ending a painfully long wait for the return of the period drama set in a spectacular English country house stuffed with spoiled aristos and scheming servants. How ever did we survive? One bright spot was the video parody that appeared on Read more
We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Stacie Lewis about considering pregnancy a disability. Shortness of breath. Inability to lift heavy objects. Need for specific seating. Exhaustion. Months of nausea followed by months, possibly a Read more
Queen Elizabeth arrived in Australia yesterday, and it must have been a little awkward when she greeted the country's prime minister, Julia Gillard. The Aussie leader, who was born in Britain, is a self-confessed Republican, meaning she supports a republic for Australia, rather than a constitutional monarchy with the British monarch as its head of state, as is the case now. Since the meeting at Read more
While acorns and oak leaves are a common Fall motif, the use of acorn imagery is actually quite ancient. This widespread symbol of regeneration has meant many things to many cultures. In Britain, many people carried an acorn as a sign of good luck. In Norse mythology, the oak tree, and acorn, were symbolic of protection against storms. And the acorn motif, which has been found on Celtic and Greek Read more
Movie affairs have a way of seeming so romantic and dramatic, even if something explosive is under the surface. Such is the case for the Rachel Weisz drama The Deep Blue Sea, an adaptation of the stage play. Set in 1950s Britain, Weisz plays Hester, a married woman who takes up with Freddie, a Royal Air Force pilot, played by Thor's Tom Hiddleston (looking much more dapper here than he does as Read more
For celebs like Jennifer Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jenny McCarthy, and funny lady Tina Fey, Weight Watchers was the key to slimming down their figures. The program also offers success to us commoners — I know a handful of people who've lost college or baby weight using the point system. We know it works, but now we really know. A recent scientific study has proven those on Weight Watchers lose Read more
