77 posts tagged anne boleyn

Hey everyone So, my mom and stepdad having been talking for forever about how I should watch the first season of the show “The Tudors.” So, I decided that I would rent it from the library. I just got it on Saturday and I finished it yesterday. It was so good. I have this weird thing where I like informed fiction.

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free (S02E08) Much to Anne's chagrin and Henry's delight, Jane Seymour joined the queen as the new lady-in-waiting. Henry, not as athletic and spry as he once was, was injured in a jousting match. Everyone scrambled to figure out who will succeed him if he does die.

Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free(S02E07) I need to point something out first. When they show Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the opening credits, he stares into the camera and widens his eyes just a little bit at the last second. It's perfectly sexy and haunting and dangerous at the same time.

Well, I've finally finished watching Season 2 of Dexter and have caught up on Season 2 of The Tudors. Pete is catching up on Dexter today. Seriously, we have Showtime just because of these two shows...both are very, very good. I'm thrilled that both will be back for third seasons.

The Doomed Queens website is semi-live. By semi-live, I mean that though the whole site isn’t up yet, I’ve posted a temporary home page. Eventually the content on DoomedQueens.com will expand to include a quiz to accertain your risk of marching to the scaffold, a Youtube video (produced by Random House, natch), and a host of other darkly fun yet oddly empowering content.

Finally, SOMEONE points out that Anne Boleyn was not a whore That's right, they said it. Why it happened at The Huffington Post I'll never know, but it did and I was glad. While it took hundreds of years to raise Anne Boleyn's reputation (think Mary Magdalene), she's recently found herself

The bigwigs over at the BBC should be pleased to hear that Natalie Portman, the latest big screen Anne Boleyn, has reportedly pulled out of the upcoming adaptation of Emily Bronte’s classic period novel, Wuthering Heights.

today is the kind of day that should begin with a poem.  so i offer this: Forget not yet the tried intent/Of such a truth as I have meant/My great travail so gladly spent/Forget not yet. Forget not yet when first began/The weary life ye knew, since whan/The suit, the service, none tell can, Forget not yet.

Just over 24 hours after having been liberated from forced “education”, I feel great! I’ve had a prolific day today - I watered plants, cleared up my computer desk [which I NEVER do], cleaned my room, watched Sally Field [<3] fly on the Tonight Show [Why do I get the feeling that Jay Leno secretly endorses Obama?] and got a haircut.

Image: The White Tower, Tower of London The Tower of London is one of Britain’s most visited tourist attractions and it’s crammed with so many sites of historical interest that it can take all day to get around it and make the most of it. Here’s a guide to the most popular parts of the Tower.