How Is Monaco Going to Handle the Succession of Twin Heirs?

Monaco's Princess Charlene and Prince Albert (son of Grace Kelly and Europe's most inexplicably boring aristocrat) are currently expecting twins. Which presents a potential headache for whoever's responsible for determining who inherits the throne of Monaco. If it's a girl followed by a boy, which one gets the job?
Nene Leakes Defiles Expensive Birkin Bag With Shitty 'RHOA' Quotes
NeNe Leakes scorched fashion ground by defiling a wildly expensive Hermès Birkin Bag with — wait for it — Real Housewives of Atlanta catchphrases like "Bloop." The reality star-cum-sorta-actress posted an image of the monstrosity last week, igniting this week's war of words between she and talk show host Wendy…
Your Afternoon Zzzz: Nicole Kidman is Grace of Monaco
Oh, good. Nicole Kidman is playing Grace Kelly in Grace of Monaco. How intriguing! A beautiful rich lady playing a different beautiful rich lady in a movie about a beautiful rich lady living out her dream of becoming even more beautiful and rich. The difference, I guess, is where Grace Kelly was a movie star who…
The Kurt and Courtney Musical Will Either Be Awesome or a Total Disaster
During the Lufti/Spears trial, Sam Lufti let this slip: "[Courtney Love and I] are currently working on a possible motion picture or Broadway musical based on the Nirvana catalogue, based on her life and Kurt Cobain's." However, because Lufti is skeezier than the stuff that falls between the wall and your bed and…
Amber Tamblyn and David Cross's Wedding Was Basically an Alt-Music Festival
"Yo La Tengo playing Superchunk, Mission of Burma and Pixies covers" is one unsurprising description of Amber Tamblyn and David Cross' cool-as-fuck nuptials. Tobias Fünke, 48, and Joan of Arcadia, 29, have been dating for the last four years, and this is the first marriage for both of them. Filmmaker Lance Bangs, in…
When Did Elegant Women Become Villains?
The show Fairly Legal opens with the heroine, Kate, stumbling out of her houseboat and dodging repeated calls from someone labeled "The Wicked Witch of the West."
Attention Royal-Watchers! Not-Fake Wedding!
"One of the world's most eligible bachelors," Prince Albert II of Monaco, 52, is getting hitched. The lucky lady? South African former swimmer and schoolteacher Charlene Wittstock, 32. Princesses Caroline and Stephanie are reportedly tutoring her in royal protocol. [People]
The Birth Control In Grandma's Closet
A sepia-toned Vanity Fair profile of Grace Kelly reminds us that the future Princess of Monaco lost her virginity at the tender age of 17. And from polling our own grandmothers, we were surprised at what we learned:
Kim Kardashian To Take Manhattan; Models Still Thin
- Kim Kardashian isn't just coming to the tents to show her Bebe line — she'll join Felicity Huffman and Estelle, among other celebrities, in a fashion show to raise awareness of heart disease. [WWD]
Anthropology
"The sex life of Grace Kelly, like the home life of the Incas, is one of those distant but down-to-earth matters which we can investigate in depth, and muse upon at length, but never really hope to understand." [New Yorker]
Kate Moss Busts Out; Cindy Says She'd Never Make It As A Model Today
- Pictures of the new Kate Moss Topshop collection are out — and they prominently display the supermodel's breasts, which she just recently up and grew, like she's some kind of experimental woman built by science, or something. [Telegraph]
Victoria's Secret's Diamond Bra, Now With More Diamonds; Eva & Tony Do London Fog
- Marisa Miller has earned the most coveted position of all the Victoria's Secret runway girls: Wearer Of The Diamond-Studded Bra. Her equipment costs $3 million. "It's surprisingly comfortable," says Miller. Sure looks it. [People]
Stella Loves Critters; Diane Von Furstenberg Is A Swinger
- Stella McCartney's fall ad campaign makes a Bambijoke out of all that nature imagery that suddenly became hip over the past few years. For everyone who's ever considered an ironic taxidermy at a bar and concluded, "Why?" [WWD]
Faith Hill Lets Redbook Alter Her Again
How did Redbook get Faith Hill back after that Photoshop of Horrors cover we unveiled (which Redbook's EIC called not a photo but an image)? They let her pose as other women. [WWD, People]
What Michelle Obama Should Wear To The Inauguration
Today, Style.com ran sketches for Michelle Obama's inaugural wardrobe by designers Derek Lam, Vena Cava, Doo.Ri and more Fashion Fund winners. Which means: more styles for everyone to choose from!
