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Post by Cuddles on Aug 31, 2021 19:11:51 GMT
Let's have a change of pace and talk about Miss Diana for a bit. I saw the trailer for "Spencer" and noticed two things right off the bat: 1. No speaking lines from Kristin Stewart, who is playing Diana. Hmmm.... 2. Why did they put those huge dark circles under her eyes like she's been awake for days? With The Crown having more Diana storylines and now this movie I feel bad for both Will and Harry. That was their mother, and unlike the rest of us they actually had a relationship with and loved her. I don’t tune in to that kind of garbage because a) the very reason you mentioned about the boys and b) I don’t want to give them the satisfaction of having me as a viewer. The less popular their “programming,” the sooner they will vanish off into their deluded sunset.
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Post by Kao on Aug 31, 2021 19:19:52 GMT
I know she is a critic darling but I have never been a fan of Kristin Stewart (quite frankly, I feel like the roles she does well are also close to her personality in general) and the fact that she only utters one sentence in a 2 minute trailer is not a good sign. I'm going to try to keep an open mind. I do have to admit that they captured Diana's sadness quite well with the movie poster; whatever designer created that did a wonderful job.
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Post by acookertv on Aug 31, 2021 19:55:10 GMT
I know she is a critic darling but I have never been a fan of Kristin Stewart (quite frankly, I feel like the roles she does well are also close to her personality in general) and the fact that she only utters one sentence in a 2 minute trailer is not a good sign. I'm going to try to keep an open mind. I do have to admit that they captured Diana's sadness quite well with the movie poster; whatever designer created that did a wonderful job. I watched the teaser after seeing your comment. It's hard to tell if they don't show her talking because she hasn't captured Diana very well or because the idea of the whole thing was to show how well they got the costumes and settings and what everyone looked like. Kristen is certainly not the first person cast in a biopic role that doesn't look like the person she's playing. It's a question of how well the story allows the actor to capture the essence of the person. If that's done well, her specific portrayal won't matter as much. All in all, I'd rather her act the role of Diana than to try to impersonate her.
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Post by MissGriss on Aug 31, 2021 21:41:46 GMT
Let's have a change of pace and talk about Miss Diana for a bit. I saw the trailer for "Spencer" and noticed two things right off the bat: 1. No speaking lines from Kristin Stewart, who is playing Diana. Hmmm.... 2. Why did they put those huge dark circles under her eyes like she's been awake for days? With The Crown having more Diana storylines and now this movie I feel bad for both Will and Harry. That was their mother, and unlike the rest of us they actually had a relationship with and loved her. My understanding is that the movie takes place over one or two days (or at least a short period of time) when Diana (or maybe the queen) was deciding to end her marriage. I think it's entirely possible that one might have not slept a lot during a time like that. I've assumed that the movie is pretty sympathetic towards Diana, but I don't know that for sure. If anything, it probably puts Charles in a more negative light, and I'm not sure how Will and Harry will feel about that. (Actually, not knowing either of them, I'm not sure how they would feel about anything. )
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Post by MissScarlet on Sept 1, 2021 20:49:14 GMT
I'm not a fan of Kristin Stewart, but I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt. Is this a theater movie, or is it a regular Network movie, or is it on a pay service? If so, which one?
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Post by Kao on Sept 2, 2021 0:19:02 GMT
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Post by FireWoman on Sept 3, 2021 18:29:31 GMT
Let's have a change of pace and talk about Miss Diana for a bit. I saw the trailer for "Spencer" and noticed two things right off the bat: 1. No speaking lines from Kristin Stewart, who is playing Diana. Hmmm.... 2. Why did they put those huge dark circles under her eyes like she's been awake for days? With The Crown having more Diana storylines and now this movie I feel bad for both Will and Harry. That was their mother, and unlike the rest of us they actually had a relationship with and loved her. As a huge fan of the late Princess, I am highly upset they cast this awful actress, who no doesn't even resemble her in the least (5 foot 5 actress playing the statuesque 5 foot 10 Diana?!?!) wonder who she was sleeping with to pull that off was my first question after I read that she was cast. As for 2, she always looks like she hasn't slept for days, i think the dark circles are just part of her, to me it looked like they were trying to cover them up. On a few well lit close ups it looked to me as her eye area had a lot of lighter makeup around them. And yes, MissGriss, it chronicled the events that took place over the Christmas holiday, 1991, at Sandringham House so about 3 days or so I think it was if i remember what i read correctly.
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Post by Critical on Sept 3, 2021 19:40:47 GMT
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Post by FannyMare on Sept 3, 2021 20:36:06 GMT
I'll wait until it comes to DVD, even then, I'm not sure it will be top of mind to watch
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Post by redsoxgirl on Sept 9, 2021 8:32:10 GMT
Critics have seen more than the trailer and the general consensus is Stewart does a excellent job capturing Diana. The dark circles? Diana was already engaging in her eating disorder, highly stressed by the family swhe was marrying intio, thinking about calling off the wedding, arguing with Charles, suspicious of another woman...It makes sense she wouldn't look great in private. THe height difference is inconsequential. Noone is going to notice because someone somewhere in this production will make sure she isn't tpwered over by anyone. I can't stand Kristen Stewerts acting, but we'll see. Diana will always be my favorite royal by a hundred miles.
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Post by FannyMare on Sept 9, 2021 18:40:44 GMT
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Post by momrek06 on Sept 23, 2021 16:53:39 GMT
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Post by MissGriss on Sept 23, 2021 20:59:26 GMT
I've never seen the Twilight movies, either, so you're not entirely alone. LOL I have, however, seen her in a few other things that I quite enjoyed. It will be interesting to see her in this movie. Thanks for the link.
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Post by dagwood on Sept 24, 2021 19:19:53 GMT
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Post by FireWoman on Sept 27, 2021 14:17:59 GMT
I didn't know she was expecting either! I cannot wait to hear what the little Contessa's name will be. I did read that she does have a lot of red in her hair, I am sure that Grannie Sarah is happy, lol.
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Post by FireWoman on Oct 6, 2021 6:13:38 GMT
And we have a name… another Elizabeth in the mix
The Princess and her husband have named their daughter Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi.
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Post by dagwood on Oct 6, 2021 13:38:16 GMT
I love that name.
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Post by Cuddles on Dec 2, 2021 20:26:45 GMT
A bit of good news for Meghan and more vindication for Harry and his distaste for the tabloids. Meghan Wins Court Appeal
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Post by Kao on Dec 16, 2021 17:49:08 GMT
This is the second time that the courts have vindicated her, yet the comment harpies over at the Daily Fail are still saying it's her fault for sending a letter to her dad in the first place and how she is an awful woman for not having Daddy Dearest in her life and how she is succubus who has mind-warped Harry into doing whatever she wants. Considering William's recent clueless colonist comments about "Africa" (you know, instead of a particular region or country) there's not a doubt in my mind that he was the one who said those ignorant comments about Archie.
Has there been any official pictures released of the little one yet?
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Post by redsoxgirl on Dec 16, 2021 22:44:49 GMT
Meanwhile, our favorite refugees from the drudgery of palace life and relentless publicity have signed all sorts of deals; Earlier this month, questions were raised about the couple's £18million Spotify deal, after giving the streaming giant just 35 minutes of content so far.
The pair also have a Netflix deal which industry insiders say could be worth as much as $100 million, while Prince Harry has a reported $1.7billion position at Silicon Valley start-up Better Up and a four-book deal said to be worth at least £18 million. Harrys role at Better Up is 'busy work.' Eek! But, even if he is working his a** off, 1.5 billion??? My understanding is his job is to glad hand rich people who buy into the Better Up mental health program. It has nothing to do with helping people who really need it. I really adored and admired Diana. Because she championed the poor, rejected, forgotten and disdained. She tried to raise her boys with these values. She was , despite her wealth, keenly aware that wealth gave her the power to show the world the people and places that needed help. When she took up the cause of removing landmines, the Nitish press mocked her, as did the wags at the palace. She didn't stop. If the paparazzi was going to use her she'd use them.
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Post by redsoxgirl on Dec 17, 2021 17:14:49 GMT
In April 1987, at the height of the AIDS epidemic, while many turned away and ignored what was happening, Princess Diana opened the UK’s first specialist HIV/AIDS unit at London’s Middlesex Hospital, a space that would exclusively care for patients with the virus. While visiting the unit, she famously noted, 'HIV does not make people dangerous to know. You can shake their hands and give them a hug. Heaven knows they need it. What's more, you can share their homes, their workplaces, and their playgrounds and toys.' www.businessinsider.com/photo-princess-diana-shaking-hand-aids-patient-1987-2017-8For people living with HIV, her comments marked the start of her monumental efforts to see them treated with dignity, respect, and compassion. And, through her actions, she showed everyone else that HIV can’t be passed through day to day contact. Of course, it didn’t change everything overnight and abhorrent stigma and discrimination remain today, but the Princess’s impact was felt worldwide. In 1997, the year of her tragic death, Princess Diana visited South Africa and met with Nelson Mandela. After her death, Mandela emphatically praised Diana for her efforts surrounding the issue of HIV/AIDS: 'When she sat on the bed of a man with HIV/AIDS and held his hand, she transformed public attitudes and improved the life chances of such people.' Diana had used her celebrity status to 'fight stigma attached to people living with HIV/AIDS,' said Mandela. Attachments:
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Post by FannyMare on Dec 17, 2021 19:52:50 GMT
Meanwhile, our favorite refugees from the drudgery of palace life and relentless publicity have signed all sorts of deals; Earlier this month, questions were raised about the couple's £18million Spotify deal, after giving the streaming giant just 35 minutes of content so far. The pair also have a Netflix deal which industry insiders say could be worth as much as $100 million, while Prince Harry has a reported $1.7billion position at Silicon Valley start-up Better Up and a four-book deal said to be worth at least £18 million. Harrys role at Better Up is 'busy work.' Eek! But, even if he is working his a** off, 1.5 billion??? My understanding is his job is to glad hand rich people who buy into the Better Up mental health program. It has nothing to do with helping people who really need it. I really adored and admired Diana. Because she championed the poor, rejected, forgotten and disdained. She tried to raise her boys with these values. She was , despite her wealth, keenly aware that wealth gave her the power to show the world the people and places that needed help. When she took up the cause of removing landmines, the Nitish press mocked her, as did the wags at the palace. She didn't stop. If the paparazzi was going to use her she'd use them. She did bring attention to landmines, but not before an area was already swept for mines. There was no way in he** they'd let Diana, or anyone else, step out, and get blown up on camera.
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Post by redsoxgirl on Dec 17, 2021 20:35:55 GMT
It was teally about the power of images. It is striking to see HER standing in a landmone area. The first thought isn't " it must be cleared area, but rather, "oh my god, Diana is standing in a mine field! Why?" The photographs of Princess Diana wearing protective clothing and equipment, as well as her meeting landmine survivors, raised the profile of the work being done to clear landmines around the world. Her untimely death in August 1997 came only a few months before the United Nations Mine Ban Treaty — a legally binding prohibition on the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of landmines — was opened for signature. Since then, 164 countries have become parties to the agreement, which is informally known as the Ottawa Treaty. At the time of Princess Diana’s visit to Angola in January 1997, Prince William and Prince Harry were 14 and 12 years old, and her divorce from Prince Charles had been finalized the previous year. She was already known for her other charitable endeavors, such as her role in the 1987 opening of the U.K.’s first HIV/AIDS unit in London, which was designed specifically to treat patients with the virus at a time when it was perceived with much stigma.Princess Diana brought her signature determination to her campaigning against landmines. She had been involved with the British Red Cross for several years before the charity organized and supported her January 1997 trip to Angola. It was there, in Huambo province, that she came across the work of the HALO Trust, which had been working to clear mines in Angola since 1994 amid the then-ongoing civil war there. (The civil war in Angola, which remains one of the world’s most heavily landmine-contaminated countries, ended in 2002 after more than 25 years of intermittent conflict.) She met children who were landmine survivors, and she was also escorted by HALO students and mine-clearance experts through a cleared lane in one of the active minefields wearing protective armor and headgear. Images from her trip were immediately circulated across international media and provided a striking portrait of the princess among people in a humanitarian context.“Diana’s visit is something that people in Huambo still talk about today,” says Ralph Legg, program manager of HALO Trust’s operations in Angola. “For the people that were here at that time, which was obviously still a time of conflict, it led to a feeling of acknowledgement, and that their plight was recognized around the world. The people I’ve spoken to who met Diana on that trip have all said how kind, considerate and how genuinely interested she seemed in them.” After her visit to Angola, Princess Diana wrote a letter to the British Red Cross saying: “If my visit has contributed in any way at all in highlighting this terrible issue, then my deepest wish will have been fulfilled.”Angola wasn’t the only country affected by landmines that Diana visited; in early August 1997, she visited victims of mines in Bosnia and again focused the world’s attention on the issue. Zoran Ješić, now 46, remembers her visit well. Ješić stepped on a landmine in 1994, and now lives and works in Bosnia for the organization UDAS, which supports landmine survivors. “It was a very brave decision for her to come here only two years after the war,” he says. “The situation wasn’t so stable, and I had the feeling that Diana decided to use her popularity to help people in states like mine. Her contribution on the international level was enormous.”At the time of her visit at the beginning of 1997, negotiations were ongoing to initiate the Mine Bans Treaty. Diana had vocally appealed for an international ban on landmines during her time in Angola. Yet her efforts sparked criticism from U.K. lawmakers, who called her a “loose cannon” and out of line with government policy on the issue, which took a more cautious approach to negotiations about the use of landmines, which had not yet been banned in the U.K. Despite the controversy, she had a significant impact on the political process that successfully banned landmines. “We planned for the treaty signing here in Ottawa, and we would have loved to have had her there,” says Hannon, who volunteered at the signing of the treaty. “She was only involved for a few months, but everyone identifies her with the fight to ban landmines.”
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Post by FannyMare on Dec 17, 2021 21:09:35 GMT
Diana did many good things while she was alive. I think toward the end,she got a little manipulative with the press. But the good, far outweighed the bad.
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Post by FannyMare on Dec 23, 2021 17:43:07 GMT
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Post by Eastcoastmom on Dec 23, 2021 18:19:48 GMT
Thanks for sharing this, Fanny! What a beautiful family! And wow to Archie's hair! Love it!
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Post by Critical on Dec 26, 2021 2:07:38 GMT
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Post by FannyMare on Dec 26, 2021 22:15:45 GMT
It's beautiful.
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Post by Cuddles on Dec 27, 2021 20:02:42 GMT
Her part was very easy but it was wonderful to see her there.
Loved the song choice.
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Post by dagwood on Dec 27, 2021 20:47:11 GMT
Adorable picture. Archie looks like he is the spitting image of his dad.
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