Thanks for that info! I don't study modern history, but I do have a little interest past 1600 (hence my knowledge of the French court), so I know very little about the Victorian era.

So you know how those palaces have low gates around the royal beds? They served a purpose—the court would be in the room to watch the queen give birth and to watch the royal couple consummate the marriage (it was considered irrevocable proof that the marriage was valid).

Does Jez still do Thighlights? If so, can we start that up again for the World Cup? I want to look at some sexy sexy thighs. And six packs.

[Did the parents just have sex next to their kids? How did that even work?]

The trailer for the movie is so adorable.

Thank you for clarifying! She looked uncomfortable discussing the costs of all these things, so I thought it was the interviewer being pushy. I didn't realize she was putting on an act.

OMG Everything this guy is asking her is making me cringe so much. And it's obviously doing the same to her. Who pays for your shoes? WOULD YOU ASK A GUY THAT?!

I'm watching the interview and it is SO WEIRD to me that the interviewer keeps asking her about the cost of her hair, her shoes, etc. In the US it's completely normal to ask "who" you're wearing, and then people guess the cost later, but to come out and actually ask a celebrity that... Is this an okay thing to do in…

I can't help but always think of him as Mr. Rook, even though I love Parks and Rec :(

Yeah I don't have to be at work until 10 (Film/TV in NYC—many of us have start times at 10am in order to overlap more with LA). I get up at 5 or 6am (depending on what class/gym I'm going to that morning), get back at 8, take a shower, cook breakfast and make lunch at the same time, and then head out the door at 9:30…

I am very much a breakfast person. I go to sleep just so that I can have breakfast. FYI, I am one of those weird egg people. I can always eat egg whites, but the yolks give me weird reactions—sometimes I like them, and sometimes even the smell of them makes me vomit, let alone the taste.

I feel this way all the time, especially about Skyrim (I recently got into gaming a couple months ago). But I beat the main quest AND unified Skyrim last night, so I consider it an evening well spent.

Radar reports that Rihanna is renting a $7 million bachelorette pad in the Hollywood Hills. Nicknamed "The Fortress," the house is decked out in enough glass, chrome, and gray accents to fulfill anybody's medieval nightclub dreams.

Yes, they actually do—and has been debated many times, there's little evidence to suggest that Cleopatra was black in the way we think of it, considering her Greek heritage and how truly incestuous her family was.

It actually looks more like a mummified sex doll to me rather than black caricatures. And what's wrong with the black hair? The wigs do not scream African-American. The hair is not stereotypically Black.

You should have kept trying. When I was 18, I applied for a student credit card at Citi at the urging of my parents to build a credit history. It was a great option—low limit, cash back, and no fee. They denied me at first online, so I called them and they approved me on the spot. Sometimes it's as simple as showing…

I actually think the Beast as the Prince is the most handsome of all the Disney princes :/

NO! He'd make a MUCH better beast, all broody and such.

YES

Thank you! I'm totally willing to sign the integration agreement—I'm more than happy to become fluent in German! I definitely got through C1 in college (at least), but my German has gotten pretty bad. I just sent a VERY long email asking about a thousand questions to both MA35 and the Austrian consulate in NYC (fun…