Prince William is set to begin training as a Special Forces soldier, although his posting will be "non-operational." So sort of like a ceremonial soldier position for an heir for a ceremonial position in government? • Slow gossip news day: Barack Obama is sort-of-not-really related to Wild Bill (sixth cousins, six times removed). Wow, it's like we are all from the same species or something! • There are some big names being "thrown around" as possible villains for the third Nolan Batman movie: Johnny Depp for The Riddler, Angelina Jolie as Catwoman, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman for The Penguin. Interesting-ish! [People, TMZ, DListed]


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