“What with Poldark on one side and Victoria on the other, maybe we chaps just aren’t needed in front of the TV on Sunday nights anymore,” a columnist for the Spectator recently lamented.

Having thrown British media into a not-at-all overplayed for the Internet pearl-clutching tizzy, the costume drama Versailles is creeping towards America’s shores, set to air in the fall. And since it is, after all, Bastille Day, U.S. broadcaster Ovation has sent us over an exclusive clip.

This evening, the BBC is scheduled to premiere Versailles, a sexy peek into the doings as Louis XIV built the legendary palace and relocated his court to an elaborate gilded cage, consolidating his enormous power. But how sexy? Is it...TOO sexy?

All your Marie Antoinette dreams are coming true! (Please note this venue is strictly bring your own wig powder and guillotine.)

A large installation in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles in France has come under scrutiny recently, after the artist told a French newspaper that the piece, called “Dirty Corner,” represents “the vagina of a queen who is taking power.”

Jackie Siegel and her husband (time-share magnate David Siegel), the stars of the 2012 recessionary classic The Queen of Versailles, say they’re still working on their monstrosity of a house and in fact their plans are grander than ever. Truly, happy days are here again, America!

Welcome back to Midweek Madness, your spelunking trip into the dark caves of the celebrity gossip tabloids. Every Wednesday, Callie Beusman heads to the newsstand and picks up the new issues of In Touch, Ok!, Life & Style, Star and Us, and together we navigate the stalagmites masquerading as "news." This week: Angie…