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Buzz News Roundup, 2/22

BuzzSugar — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:29:46 PST

It's no coincidence: The West Wing character Matt Santos actually was based on Barack Obama, writes The Guardian.
Variety reports that Amazon.com will produce its first movie, The Stolen Child, based on the fantasy novel by Keith Donahue.
Zap2It writes about a new Lifetime movie titled Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal which will star Tatum O'Neal and Jenna Dewan.
TV Guide reports that Joshua Jackson won't appear on Grey's Anatomy after all.
According to Billboard, World Peace One, a not-for-profit global peace advocacy group, is hoping to bring top talent like U2, Madonna, Led Zeppelin, and Justin Timberlake to its series of international concerts, set to begin May 17.
Daniel Henney and Lost's Dominic Monaghan are the latest additions to the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie, writes Variety.
Jesse L. Martin is out and Anthony Anderson is in at Law & Order, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Guess that's bad news for K-Ville.

Which Celeb Couple's 2012 Arrival Are You Most Excited About?

Kate Stahl — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:37:21 PST

A brand-new celebrity baby is always exciting, but when that bundle comes from a famous couple, it's twice the fun! Last year saw arrivals from double threats David and Victoria Beckham, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, and Kate Hudson and Matthew Bellamy, but 2012 has even more in store. Beyoncé and Jay-Z's tot has stolen the spotlight over the past few days, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck will welcome their third child soon, Without a Trace's Roselyn Sánchez and her actor hubby Eric Winter just welcomed their new daughter, Sebella Rose Winter, on Jan. 4, and Hilary Duff and hockey player Mike Comrie will become parents a little more than a year after their wedding. So which celeb couple's new arrival are you most anticipating? Weigh in below!

5 Nursery Decorating Ideas to Steal From the Restoration Hardware Baby and Child Catalog

Rebecca M Gruber — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:01:08 PDT

There are some catalogs, which when they appear in the mail, are more exciting than a preschool acceptance letter. The Restoration Hardware Baby and Child catalog is one of them. Each page is filled with drool-worthy pieces, but more importantly, expertly styled rooms that exude a sense of richness from every corner. While the products are out of many mamas-to-be's budgets, their style tips can be stolen and used in nurseries of any price range. Here are the top five tips I took away from the 184-page catalog that most recently landed in my mailbox.

Emily Giffin Shares Her Top Moments From the Royal Wedding!

Guest Writer — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:15:05 PDT

Editor's Note: The following is a guest post written by Emily Giffin, author of Something Borrowed and four other best-selling novels. For more from Emily, like her on Facebook.

Just as I got up at the crack of dawn with my mother and sister to watch Di and Charles wed, I set my alarm for four this morning, donned my fanciest hat (purchased for Royal Ascot during my years in London), and gathered with my mother and own satisfyingly brainwashed-to-care children to watch this generation’s version of the royal wedding. As we sipped Earl Grey and munched on iced royal-nuptial sugar cookies, I tweeted the action, entranced by every detail of Kate and Will's magical day. Thirty years from now, here is what I will remember most:

A "people's wedding" with pomp and circumstance. Just as the guest list included celebrities, royals, and dignataries, as well as the butcher, grocer and postman of Kate's Berkshire village, the ceremony managed to be both formal and intimate at once, a tricky balancing act. Even the avenue of English field maple trees placed along the aisle (Kate's idea, natch) brightened the somber, thousand-year-old abbey doubling as a final resting place of 17 monarchs. Right out of the gate, Kate proves that she can respect tradition - yet do things her way - with warmth and style.
The dress, the dress! Kate looked positively stunning in her Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen ivory, hand-laced gown. While Diana's dress conjured an overdone child's drawing (no surprise, since she herself was a teenager!), Kate's gown was elegant and sophisticated, wonderfully reminiscent of Grace Kelly. A real, grown-up princess. (And, of course, I'd be remiss not to mention Kate's "something borrowed" - a 1936 Cartier tiara, on loan from the Queen herself, per royal wedding tradition. Beautiful.)
Picture-perfect Pippa and hot Harry. In contrast to the hideously comical, Dr. Seuss-esque selections of the Princesses of York, Eugenie and Beatrice. Oh, no they didn't.
Prince William’s one-liner to his soon-to-be father-in-law . . . “just a small family affair!” I love that he loves her family - another good sign.

See the rest and more pictures when you read more.

What Exactly Is Included in the Conservative "Marriage Vow"?

Annie Scudder — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:50:01 PDT

Iowa organization The Family Leader has written up a two-page marriage vow it hopes politicians will say "I do" to. Aiming to save the ever-embattled "sanctity of marriage," the group wants politicians to promise to promote marriage between one man and one woman because it "protects innocent children, vulnerable women, the rights of fathers, the stability of families, and the liberties of all American citizens." This week Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann became the first to sign.

Let's take a look at the most outrageous lines in the pledge, including a suggestion that African-Americans were better off under slavery.

Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families, yet sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African-American baby born after the election of the USA's first African-American President.

Social protections, especially for women and children, have been evaporating as we have collectively "debased the currency" of marriage. This debasement continues as a function of adultery; "quickie divorce;" physical and verbal spousal abuse; non-committal co-habitation; pervasive infidelity and "unwed cheating" among celebrities, sports figures and politicians; anti-scientific bias which holds, in complete absence of empirical proof, that non-heterosexual inclinations are genetically determined, irresistible and akin to innate traits like race, gender and eye color; as well as anti-scientific bias which holds, against all empirical evidence, that homosexual behavior in particular, and sexual promiscuity in general, optimizes individual or public health.

The pledge then outlines numerous bullets a candidate vows to personally uphold. Read some of them below.