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A lackluster Duchess Posted by: Cinderellain Film & Television 29Sep From the blog Scandalous Women: another unenthusiastic review of “The Duchess,” which stars Keira Knightley as Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. (I guess I’ll wait for this movie to come out on DVD.

By Melissa Berry NORTHRIDGE, California — Say it ain’t so, Bart! Nancy Cartwright with World Poker Champion Jerry Yang Driving at speeds exceeding 150 miles per hour, well-positioned Vodka bars and just plain drinking, smoking big smelly stogies, big-time gambling in every form imaginable,

Give the people what they want Posted by: Cinderellain Webloggery 28Sep I don’t have anything to post today, so I thought I’d write another entry about interesting search terms that have brought people to this blog, and provide links to the things they were seeking. But there’s a problem.

(Doodle drawn while waiting for my backup to finish, sorry if it’s rather offhand! Just fooling around with Photoshop again!) Okay, I know this movie, The Duchess, was not meant at all to be historically accurate or informative, it being a chick-lit version of the life of the original Duchess of Devonshire (see what she really looked and lived like, here).

Ever since Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End was released, Keira Knightley has sworn off big budget Hollywood flicks, opting instead to only act in more artistically sound, independent films like the Oscar-nominated Atonement, The Edge of Love penned by her playwright mother, Sharman McDonald, and the recently released historical biopic, The Duchess.

The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire have been kind enough to open their adorable little garden to Sotheby's again this year to display and sell a few pretty nice lawn ornaments.  So, if you have a few extra GBPs and a bit of open space in front of your country palace, pop over the Chatsworth and pick up Marc Quinn's "Planet" (above) - or one of the 20 other beauties.

All right, time for my second "as you go" review of Georgiana's biography. I changed my mind about discussing now the depiction of the Marie-Antoinette-Georgiana relationship because I believe I should wait until I finish the book.

I want to finish Amanda Foreman's biography of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, before watching the upcoming film starring Keira Knightley. I will post a series of mini-reviews on the book as I read it. First I should note that Ms.

The Regency Ballroom is a fabulous site that provides music samples and descriptions of some of the English country dances popular during the Regency era. Spare Parts, a group that specializes in period dances, created the site, which provided following information:La Belle Assemblée MarchThis short march signals dancers to take their positions for a country dance.

Yeah, it’s about as exciting as the title of this post. Some kidding aside, maybe a tournament with only 373 players is a bit of a downer from the massive tournaments at the WSOP this summer. And it should be noted that last year’s attendance at the WPT Legends main event was 485, which makes for a pretty significant drop-off in just one year.