?Newsweek? Magazine Imagines What Princess Diana Would Look Like At Age 50

?Newsweek? Magazine Imagines What Princess Diana Might Look Like At Age 50

"Chilling with the Middletons. Tweeting from Davos. And still the People's Princess."

Diana, the Princess of Wales would?ve been 50 years old this Friday had she not died in that tragic car accident back in 1997 and this week the US magazine Newsweek imagines what her life would be like today if she had lived. For their coverphoto, Newsweek has even gone so far as to Photoshop Diana to make her look 50 and placed her alongside Kate Middleton, who just married her son Prince William. I have to say ? this entire Newsweek feature on what Diana might be like at 50 (had she not died 14 years ago) is really kinda creepy ? click below to see for yourselves.

Had she lived, Princess Diana would have celebrated her 50th birthday this coming Friday. Ever ponder how things might have turned out for the people?s princess had that fatal 1997 car crash never happened? Newsweek?s Tina Brown has ever-so-kindly tried her hand at taking some of the guesswork out of that equation. The rather jarring cover features an imaginary present-day Diana strolling with the daughter-in-law she never knew: An age-projected photo illustration of Di is digitally superimposed at the side of the former Kate Middleton, the commoner who married Prince William, emerging from Westminster Abbey in April as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. While many fans were imagining the high glamour and higher emotion Diana?s presence would?ve brought to the royal wedding, the cover and accompanying story takes it bigger, imagining one version of where she would be today. ?Gliding sleekly into her 40s, her romantic taste would have moved to men of power over boys of play,? she writes, saying Diana?s entire life would be about philanthropy and dizzying power circles, in addition to sons William and Prince Harry. Daily Beast founder and Diana expert Brown has a rather dramatic vision of a modern Di, tweeting at the Dalai Lama and owning a deliriously designed Facebook page (featuring another age projection of Diana clutching an iPhone). Imaginary Diana has a lofty apartment in New York, a strange but comforting friendship with ex-husband Charles, Prince of Wales, and naturally a front-row next to Victoria Beckham at Fashion Week.

As interesting as all of this guesswork may be, I can?t help but feel this creepy coverstory is horrible exploitative. Newsweek came up with an inventive way to capitalize on what would?ve been Princess Diana?s 50th birthday, riding high on excitement of Prince William and Kate Middleton?s visit this week to North America in the wake of the hoopla surrounding their royal wedding last April. I imagine it might be jarring and very likely offensive to the British Royal Family to see Diana on the cover of Newsweek alongside Kate. Newsweek even put together a mock-up of what Diana?s Facebook page might look like if she were still alive today:

This is all so ? weird. I think many of us have imagined what Diana?s life might be like today, especially around the time of her eldest son?s wedding this Spring. That said, I don?t think it?s cool at all for Newsweek to splash this aged image of Diana on their cover. Had the magazine kept their speculation inside the magazine (and shied away from Photoshopping her), I think the feature might?ve been more palatable. What do y?all think? Is this Newsweek coverstory on What Could?ve Been regarding Princess Diana?s life interesting or offensively tacky?

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Fred Wertheimer: A Misguided Supreme Court Decision on Arizona Public Financing Law

Other Forms of Public Financing Laws Remain Intact and Unaffected by Decision

In another seriously misguided campaign finance decision, the Supreme Court by a 5 to 4 vote has misinterpreted the Constitution to hold unconstitutional a form of public financing of elections enacted by the voters of Arizona to prevent government corruption.

The Court in Arizona Free Enterprise v. Bennett declared unconstitutional a provision of the Arizona law that provides additional public funds, or so-called "trigger funds," to publicly financed candidates who are outspent by privately financed opponents. The "trigger funds" allow publicly financed candidates in Arizona, who are prohibited from raising any private contributions, to respond to large expenditures made against them by privately financed opponents or by outside groups.

"Trigger funds" provisions like those in the Arizona law do not restrict the speech of any candidate or group and are a sensible feature of a public financing system.

The "trigger funds" provisions of the Arizona law should have been upheld by the Court, whose decision today will also affect a number of state and local public financing systems that have similar provisions. Those systems will now have to be revised in light of the decision.

As wrong as the Court's decision today is, however, it does not cast any doubt on the continued viability or constitutionality of a number of other existing public financing systems that do not include "trigger funds" or similar provisions.

The Supreme Court in Buckley v. Valeo (1976) upheld the constitutionality of the presidential public financing system, which does not have "trigger funds." The Court's holding in Buckley that public financing is constitutional is not affected by today's Bennett decision.

As Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion today quoting Buckley, "We have said that governments 'may engage in public financing of election campaigns' and that doing so can further 'significant governmental interests' such as the state interest in preventing corruption."

In upholding the constitutionality of the presidential public financing system in Buckley, the Supreme Court used broad language to approve the purposes served by public financing. The Court stated, "Congress was legislating for the 'general welfare' -- to reduce the deleterious influence of large contributions on our political process, to facilitate communication by candidates with the electorate, and to free candidates from the rigors of fundraising. "

The Supreme Court also said in Buckley, "Subtitle H [the presidential public financing system] is a congressional effort not to abridge, restrict, or censor speech, but rather to use public money to facilitate and enlarge public [p93] discussion and participation in the electoral process, goals vital to a self-governing people. Thus, Subtitle H furthers, not abridges, pertinent First Amendment values."

The presidential public financing system worked well for most of its existence until it became outdated in recent years as the costs of presidential campaigns outstripped the public funds being provided to participating candidates. Congress has failed, to date, to repair the system and legislation has been introduced in Congress to fix the system.

Since the Supreme Court decision today does not call into question the Buckley decision, existing public financing systems that do not include "trigger fund" provisions, including the presidential system and a number of state and local systems, remain constitutional and unaffected by the Court decision.

The reform movement to create new public financing systems nationally and at the state and local level will go forward without interruption.

The Buckley decision correctly recognized that a principal goal of public financing of elections is to prevent government corruption. Notwithstanding the Bennett decision, public financing without "trigger funds" remains a constitutional and viable option for financing our elections and combating government corruption.

Democracy 21 joined the Campaign Legal Center in filing an amicus brief in the Bennett case in support of the constitutionality of the Arizona public financing law.

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Beyonce Knowles is grounded by mother

28 June 2011

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Beyonce Knowles' mother Tina kept her feet on the ground when she first became famous by smacking her.

Beyonce Knowles' mother stopped her from developing a huge ego by smacking her.

The 'Run The World (Girls)' hitmaker first tasted fame with girl group Destiny's Child at the age of 15 and although Beyonce found herself getting carried away with her new exciting career, her mum Tina quickly made her realise she would not be allowed to act like a diva.

In an interview on CNN show 'Piers Morgan Tonight', Beyonce said: "I remember when we first had our single on the radio, and I was starting to feel like I was hot. And I was in the record store and she was talking to me and I started singing, because I didn't want to hear whatever she was saying. And I was about 15.

"And the song was playing on the radio and I am like, yes, and these guys were looking like, 'Oh, that's Beyonce.' And I thought I was hot.

She is always correcting me and, you know, I feel like it doesn't matter if you are the janitor or the president, everyone is the same, making sure that I keep my humility and my spirit. You know, she is always honest with me.

"And she smacked the crap out of me in that store. When I tell you whack, whack and sent me to the car. And was like, 'I don't care what song you have on the radio, you are my child. You do not disrespect me', and I will never forget it. It was a great lesson.

"She is always correcting me and, you know, I feel like it doesn't matter if you are the janitor or the president, everyone is the same, making sure that I keep my humility and my spirit. You know, she is always honest with me."

Beyonce married rapper Jay-Z in 2008 after six years of dating and although they had an instant connection, she admits their relationship isn't always perfect.

She said: "I definitely had a very natural friendship and connection with him. And I mean, we've been together for a very long time and are very happy."

"I've had my life experiences, definitely. I mean, I haven't had this perfect, flawless life. And any relationship, you go through issues and you have to learn each other and you grow and you have painful moments."

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Which Diva Is Channeling Her Inner Dominatrix?

Tiffany Green mixing up Rihanna and Chris Brown for the Viewers' Choice Award winner wasn't the only awkward moment at the BET Awards last night. This 40-year-old songbird made us cringe by rocking an Herv� L�ger dominatrix dress that just didn't seem to suit her style. If you think this is bad, wait until you see the bewitching babe's I Dream of Jeannie hair!

Find out who it is in mystyle's Fashion DUI gallery!

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Lura Lynn Ryan, Wife Of Imprisoned Ex-Illinois Governor George Ryan, Reportedly In 'Grave' Condition

CHICAGO ? An attorney for imprisoned ex-Illinois Gov. George Ryan says Ryan's wife is in "grave" condition at a Kankakee hospital.

Ryan's lawyer, former Gov. James Thompson, said Monday that Lura Lynn Ryan is on a respirator at Riverside Medical Center. Thompson says she was admitted to the hospital last week for trouble breathing.

George Ryan is in an Indiana federal prison, where he has served more than three years of a 6 1/2-year sentence. Ryan was convicted in 2006 of racketeering, conspiracy, tax fraud and making false statements to the FBI.

Ryan was accused of steering state contracts and leases to political insiders. He received vacations and gifts in return. He also was accused of stopping an investigation into state employees accepting bribes.

The Ryans have been married for 55 years.

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Raising Hope Star Gets Knife Through Security, Posts Photo

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It would've been a clean getaway, if not for Twitter.

"Oops," said Garret Dillahunt, 46, after he walked through security at a local airport carrying a small hunting knife. "Walked right through airport security with this little number," Tweeted the Raising Hope star.

Dillahunt's knife should have been confiscated, but more so, it made fellow actor Rainn Wilson post his own Twitter response: "Arrest this tweeter!," he wrote.

The actor was not arrested for any wrongdoing, however, and responded to Wilson saying, "If I ever get outta this there will be a reckoning. It was a misTAKE, all right? I'm a whittler, plain and simple."

Whittle away, sir, just not while flying.

Garret Dillahunt's twitpic of a knife he took through TSA

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