Medieval monks probably played up the association between Glastonbury and King Arthur, presumably so they could get some of that sweet, sweet pilgrim trade. I love these scumbag monks.
This morning let’s look across the pond to Cornwall, which is currently in an uproar over whether additions to a site long associated with King Arthur—including a rock carving of Merlin’s bearded, sleeping mug—amount to unnecessary, tacky “Disneyfication.”
A specter of tyranny is haunting Silver Lake, Los Angeles. At Camelot Kids, a preschool in the ultra-hip east side of the city, where parents pay $18,000 a year for their progeny to have a full-service alternative nursery school experience, this summer saw a wave of toddler purges, mass teacher firings, and public…
Joining the long line of thespians who've donned pillbox hats and highly unconvincing accents in pusuit of Jackie-ness is Katie Holmes, who is set to play the First Lady in History's upcoming miniseries "The Kennedys." JFK is Greg Kinnear. [Variety]
Two articles today ask whether Caroline Kennedy was the victim of double standards. Why yes, she was: the Camelot standard!
Today we mourn the passing of one Robert Goulet, Broadway legend, who died yesterday at the age of 73. He was perhaps best known for his role as Lancelot in the musical Camelot. We have seen Camelot more times than we are willing to confess. Lancelot, and in turn Goulet's, signature song was "If Ever I Would Leave…
