by Darling Nicky

Obama Trumped Osama

“Don’t you just love a man that is busy killing terrorists while a toupéed jack*ss questions birthplaces?” – via @DarlingNicky999 on Twitter

It was late evening on Sunday May 1, 2011 when the earliest reports that Osama Bin Laden, leader of al Qaeda, one of the world’s most wanted terrorists who openly claimed responsibility for the heinous attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon on September 11^th, 2001 was dead at the hands of a small team of American soldiers in Pakistan.

When President Barack Obama later confirmed that it was a deliberate intelligence mission that he had signed off on and was being kept privy at every step of the way, it certainly silenced any further (and highly ridiculous) chatter caused by the original comb-over King Donald Trump whom we’ve all become familiar with through his popular reality TV show “Celebrity Apprentice”.

In the same week, Obama, still a hero to many for being the first elected African-American President of the United States, was forced in what I believe was a very cruel and unnecessary attack on his character (not to mention the integrity of the American electorate process) to reveal his long-form birth certificate on national TV – a measure that in actuality should have only been imposed by a court of law.

Obama, who inherited a country that was in financial ruins coupled with unprecedented national and international security risks, was a little pre-occupied with his military effort to eliminate the World’s Most Wanted criminal, that he just didn’t have time to entertain the “birther” issue.  If Donald Trump could physically run as much as his mouth does, he would be a great contender for the next Boston Marathon.  In his defence, Donald Trump did issue a statement of praise towards the President on Twitter on Monday, May 2 that started with “I want to personally congratulate President Obama and the men and women of the Armed Forces for a job very well done…”

“I REALLY hope Donald Trump feels like a jack*ss.” – via @DarlingNicky999 on Twitter.  Yep, #ThatsWhatSheSaid

Will and Kate: Ordinary People

“I’m tired. This I know. Damn you Royal Wedding. (Up too early).” – via @DarlingNicky999 on Twitter

I don’t care how many times you declared publicly (or privately) that you were NOT going to watch any part of the April 29^th, 2011 Royal Wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton.  By now, whether it was by unintentional passive viewing of highlights, you too, just like the 2 BILLION of us around the world that tuned in live in the wee hours of the morning have now seen exactly what all the hype was about.  So why exactly did 2 billion people tune in to see two grown adults – one with a super long name, William Phillip Arthur Louie; Duke of Cambridge, Earl of Strathearn and Baron Carrickfergus and commoner Catherine Middleton get married?

The short answer: Because they’re cute!

People love this new generation of Royals because they are, despite the tiaras, crown jewels and impending ascension to the throne of the British Commonwealth, just regular people who fell in love at university and decided to have a long courtship and even shack up for awhile ahead of marriage.  We like them because Kate Middleton could have been one of us – average Jane Doe – who just happened to take her Mom’s advice and choose St. Andrews University because the Prince was going there.

Everything about this wedding was on the one hand, in strict accordance with royal protocol and historical traditions, and on the other hand, very modern and relaxed.  With all the formality of a ceremony at Westminster Abbey, the same place where his famous Grandmother got married (you know that lady who’s on all of our money, the Queen of England), and very possibly the place where His Royal Highness will be coronated when he takes the post as King of England, offset by the tender, personal moments that were shared thanks to well-placed cameras like the coy giggles and whispers at the altar (as if we couldn’t see that!).   I think what did it for me was in lieu of a stush and predictable carriage ride back to Clarence House after the ceremony and lunch; these two down-to-earth new-age Royals drove themselves in Prince Charles’ Aston Martin sporting  some vanity plates that read: JU5T WED.

“Pass the Kleenex, I’m tearing up again.” #ThatsWhatSheSaid

Shooting Cannons

“And now we can begin our day. @MariahCarey and @NickCannon are proud parents of twins. (Nick can stop doing all his own stuntwork).” – via @DarlingNicky999 on Twitter

What do you get when you pair up the lead actress in the biggest motion picture flop of my generation “Glitter” with the geeky, marginally funny, sometimes host/sometimes comedian and rebellious drummer in “Drumline?”  Quite possibly the most famous set of twins since Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.

Yes, on April 30^th, 2011 which also marked the couple’s third wedding anniversary,  this couple welcomed their babies into the world, followed by their annual renewal of vows in a ceremony conducted by Reverend Al Sharpton.

*sigh* Guess that means we’ll have to put up with a whole year of Mariah trying and failing every diet under the sun as we shall soon see thanks to Life & Style or the National Enquirer, AND I guess Nick will be channelling Ryan Seacrest as he attempts to host shows on every available media platform just to keep up with the bills.  Yeah, that’s what I said.

Darling Nicky is an entertainment writer, blogger and publicist.  Check out her out at www.darlingnicky.ca

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